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Laurier LORIS and MyLearningSpace: First-Year Course Registration
Laurier runs on two student systems. LORIS, the Laurier Online Registration and Information System at loris.wlu.ca, is where you register for courses and see your invoice and grades. MyLearningSpace, or MyLS, at mylearningspace.wlu.ca, is where your courses live day to day. For Fall 2026, first-year registration opened June 29 at 10 a.m. For Fall 2027, Laurier says first-year registration opens in mid-June 2027.
Sources checked September 30, 2026. View sources
LORIS and MyLearningSpace do different jobs
You sign in to both with your Laurier username and password through single sign-on. Your Laurier email is your mylaurier.ca address, and that's where waitlist offers and residence news arrive.
| System | Use it to | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| LORIS (loris.wlu.ca) | Register, add and drop courses; update your profile and emergency contact; view your invoice; request refunds; get tax forms and enrolment letters; order transcripts; apply for awards; see OSAP and funding | Lock yourself out and you wait five minutes before trying again. The ICT Service Desk helps if it keeps happening. |
| MyLearningSpace (mylearningspace.wlu.ca) | Read course content, take quizzes, submit assignments to the Dropbox, check grades and open Course Resources readings | Built on D2L. Courses appear on the first day of term. Six failed logins lock you out for 15 to 30 minutes. |
First-year dates: Fall 2027 cycle and the 2026-27 pattern
Laurier has published the Fall 2027 admission milestones below. Its important-dates page only covers 2026-27, so the next table shows that year as the latest complete pattern. Don't assume the same days for 2027-28.
| When | What happens |
|---|---|
| June 1, 2027 | Fall 2027 deadline to accept your offer and to apply for residence, both at 11:59 p.m. |
| Mid-June 2027 | Course registration opens for Fall 2027 first-years |
| July 15, 2027 | Final official documents due |
| Late July 2027 | Entrance scholarships finalized |
The 2026-27 academic year at a glance
These are Laurier's 2026-27 dates for 12-week and full-year undergraduate courses. Six-week courses and the Bachelor of Education follow their own calendars.
| Date | Deadline or event |
|---|---|
| June 29, 2026 | First-year registration opened at 10 a.m. |
| July 27, 2026 | Last day to register in at least one fall course without a late registration fee |
| September 10, 2026 | Fall classes begin and fall tuition is due |
| September 23, 2026 | Last day to add fall and full-year courses |
| October 13 to 16, 2026 | Fall reading week, after the Thanksgiving holiday on October 12 |
| November 11, 2026 | Last day to drop a fall course for a possible tuition adjustment |
| December 9, 2026 | Classes end; last day to drop a fall course without academic failure |
| December 12 to 23, 2026 | Fall exams; Laurier advises no travel plans |
| January 11, 2027 | Winter classes begin and winter tuition is due |
| January 22, 2027 | Last day to add winter courses |
| February 16 to 19, 2027 | Winter reading week, after Family Day on February 15 |
| April 12, 2027 | Winter classes end; last day to drop without academic failure |
| April 15 to 30, 2027 | Winter exams |
- Dropping a fall course from September 10 to 16 costs no tuition. From September 17 to 23 you owe 10%. From September 24 to November 11 you owe 55%, and incidental fees are no longer refundable.
Prepare your timetable before registration opens
Laurier's registration guide has four steps. First, check your first-year program requirements, listed by faculty and campus. The academic calendar wins if the two ever differ. Second, pick electives. Third, build a timetable in Visual Schedule Builder and write down the CRN, the course reference number, for every lecture, lab and tutorial.
Laurier says a typical full-time load is five courses per term, and you register for fall and winter together, starting with fall. On a Mac, Visual Schedule Builder only works in Safari. If multi-factor sign-in fails with the passwordless phone option, choose "Use your password instead".
Register in LORIS, step by step
In LORIS, choose Student Services, open the Registration Dashboard and select Register for Classes. Pick your term, open the Enter CRNs tab and type each CRN, adding boxes as you need them. Select Add to Summary, then Submit. Each lecture, lab and tutorial should show Registered.
You can swap a lab or tutorial without dropping the lecture. Add the new section from Find Classes, set the old one to Drop Course in the Summary, then submit both together.
- Full course: join the waitlist if one exists. When a seat opens, Laurier emails your mylaurier.ca account and you have 24 hours to enrol in LORIS. Miss that window and you're removed.
- Common errors are course load maximum, prerequisite not met and year level restriction. Clear those before you join a waitlist.
- Blocked by a restriction? Ask your academic adviser or submit your faculty's override form.
- You can't join a waitlist after the last day to add courses for that term.
Read section codes and delivery modes
Laurier uses six delivery modes: In-Person, Hyflex, In-Person Hybrid, Virtual Asynchronous, Virtual Hybrid and Virtual Synchronous. LORIS shows the mode on each course. The section code tells you both the campus and the format.
Campus sections are only open to students at that campus unless you get an override. Virtual sections are listed under the Virtual campus and open to students on any campus. Cross-registration at the University of Waterloo exists, but Laurier doesn't recommend it for first-years and it needs Dean's Office approval.
| Mode | Section code | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| In-Person | A, B, C (Waterloo); BR1, BR2 (Brantford); MC1, MC2 (Milton) | All contact hours in a classroom |
| Hyflex | WF, BF, MF | Attend in the classroom or live online; Laurier prefers in person |
| In-Person Hybrid | WH, BH, MH | At least half the hours in a classroom; the rest live online or on your own |
| Virtual Synchronous | VS | Live online at set times for every course hour; no classroom |
| Virtual Hybrid | VH | At least half the hours live online at set times; the rest on your own time |
| Virtual Asynchronous | VA (formerly OC) | On your own time with deadlines, sometimes with required live sessions; not shown on your weekly schedule |
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Sources and updates
This independent guide summarizes the official information linked below. Availability, access rules and application cycles can change; check the relevant university page before making a decision.
- Laurier: LORIS guide, glossary and errors
- Laurier: MyLearningSpace student guide
- Laurier course registration guide, step 4: register for courses
- Laurier: undergraduate dates and deadlines (Fall 2027)
- Laurier: 2026/27 important dates and deadlines
- Laurier: course registration guide and registration dates
- Laurier course registration guide, step 1: program requirements
- Laurier course registration guide, step 3: build your timetable