The best strategy to prepare for enrolling in classes is to “Plan ahead!”
View the CSUN Schedule of Classes at Class Search. No login is required.
Take these steps to pave the way to registration.
Steps 1 through 3 below will make selecting your courses and planning your schedule much easier than not doing them. Your academic advisor is your go-to person for wise counsel. Optimize your time together by preparing a few sample schedules in advance of your advisement meeting.
Steps 4 through 7 are requirements to complete before you enroll in classes. These tasks include informative trainings and to-dos, some of which will prevent class enrollment until your complete them.
- Select the classes you need for the upcoming semester using the Degree Planning Tools. Make every unit count!
- Design your preferred class schedule at the times that work for you, even around work hours. Three scheduling tools are at your service:
- Class Search (no login required): You can view classes for future terms. Check out the Class Search guide and the Find Textbooks in Class Search
- Registration Planner (login required) – Helpful guides: Registration Planner and Registration Planner Features
- “Search for Classes” - Displays when you select "Enroll in Classes" through the CSUN Portal. Helpful: Add Classes Guide
- Schedule an advising appointment and share your planned schedule with your academic advisor. Your advising center may contact you, so regularly check your CSUN email account. If an advisor doesn’t contact you, be proactive and contact them to schedule an advising appointment.
Ask your advisor if you need to sign up for an undergraduate Math or Chemistry department exam (may be required to enroll in certain 100- and 200-level MATH and CHEM courses).
- Review your CSUN Portal Checklist for any registration holds, which will block enrollment, and clear them. Visit the View Holds guide and find a list of common holds at Registration FAQ: Registration Holds.
- Before enrolling in classes, all CSUN students must clear the Title IX initial or refresher course hold, the online, interactive video training for sexual misconduct and violence awareness and prevention. You'll need to take the refresher course if the "Not Anymore" link displays in your portal checklist. Learn more at Access Title IX Training.
- Starting with spring 2026 registration, all students at the California State University (CSU) must acknowledge the CSU Code of Conduct. In accordance with California Senate Bill 1287, the CSU Code of Conduct is also a requirement to enroll. (It does not appear in your portal checklist, and you only need to do it once.)
To acknowledge the Code of Conduct, follow these steps on or after Oct. 27, 2025 and before your enrollment appointment:
a. Log in to the CSUN Portal.
b. Select the Student Center icon under the Top Tools section.
c. In the Student Center To Do List box, open the "CSU Code of Conduct" link and follow the prompts. - Complete the CSU Freedom of Expression Training, which is available to you now. On the CSU login page, select “Northridge” as your campus and sign in with your CSUN user ID and password. This is a one-time requirement and also part of SB 1287.
Now you’re ready to move on to How to Register to add classes and use the self-service registration system, and When to Register to learn about enrollment appointments and important dates and deadlines.