So I’m on UBC’s course registration site and there are a number of fun things about the site that makes course registration easy-peasy (especially if you’ve dealt with the UC’s Oracle system). I will, however, refrain from making unnecessary comparisons between the two systems because I still love my alma mater and its quirks.

On UBC’s course registration system though, a cool colour scheme, easy-to-read font and overall clean aesthetics always makes for a nice start, especially if first-time students are rather flustered and wondering about what courses to take and where to click.

What I enjoy most though is the fact that when you hover over a course, the courses you’ve already saved to your worklist (similar to the UC’s shopping cart) show up in a mock timetable with the proposed course’s times highlighted so you know immediately if you will run into a time conflict. See here:

Hovering over EPSE 311 304 causes the time to show up in red, indicating that this course clashes with my timetable. The idea is oh so useful.

Another thing I enjoy is the Test Registration button, found on the Worklist page.

This again lets you perform a mock-registration so you know if you’ve overlooked any course conflicts, thereby preventing a load of frustration.

With these few things I would venture to say that UBC’s course registration system is quite impressive, at least to my experience of five years of course registration at another university.

Perhaps the best thing of all, however, is the fact that clicking on the back button does not cause your system to crash. You might not think this a big deal but from where I’m coming from, the freedom of the back button is awesome.

Cheers (=