Online Registration FAQs

What is Online Registration?

Online registration is the way to register for classes on the Web. You can register online through Circle Park Online (CPO).    Online Registration offers several advantages:

• add sections directly from the Course Search; 
• add up to five sections at a time using Schedule Builder;
• print your schedule;
• before the first day of classes you can cancel your schedule;
• drop a section by clicking a button.

Is advising required before I register on Circle Park Online?

Yes, all undergraduate, degree-seeking students must be advised during a designated Fall and Spring semester before registering. Undergraduate students with fewer than 30 hours earned at UT or are on Academic Review are required to meet with an advisor during Fall and Spring terms. Make an appointment with your adviser as soon as possible before registration for the new term begins. Here's a list of the college advising centers:   College Advising Centers. Graduate Students are encouraged, but not required to meet with their academic advisor prior to registering for classes.

What do I need to access Circle Park Online?

You need your UT Net ID and Password. Click the "IDs and Passwords" link on the left hand menu to read more.

What are the hours for CPO online registration?

CPO Online Registration is available :

7:00 a.m. – 12:00 midnight,  Monday - Saturday
1:00 p.m. –  6:00 p.m.,  Sunday

How can I access online registration?

Online Registration is available on Circle Park Online.

You may use any computer with a Web browser to get there.

1. Point your web browser to https://cpo.utk.edu/CPOWeb/. 
2. Select Enter Circle Park Online.
3. Enter your UT Net ID and Password.

How do I select my courses through online registration?

Once you have accessed the system as described above, select the term you wish to register for and click "Change Term." If you are a first-time user of Circle Park Online, please review the "CPO Quick Tour" before entering CPO.

What does the "Schedule Builder" button do?

If you are having difficulty registering for all of your courses, you may enter the Academic Discipline and Course number you wish to register and click "Build My Schedule." The registration system will attempt to schedule your courses so that you will be registered for as many of the courses you have selected as possible. If you already have part of your schedule, the Schedule Builder will keep those classes exactly as they are while attempting to build the new requested classes.

PLEASE NOTE!  When you use the "Schedule Builder," you cannot enter courses that have pre-requisites, co-requisites or are paired with another course. You will need to use Course Search to add these type courses.

Where can I see what courses are being offered each term?

• online at Circle Park Online -- https://cpo.utk.edu/CPOWeb/ (searchable by department, course, time of day and day of week);
• online at Full Text Timetables (full text online version).

What is the difference between the Full Text Timetable and the Course Search in CPO?

The Full Text Timetable is available 24 hours a day--7 days a week on the Office of the University Registrar Web site: click the Registration choice on the left hand menu bar. The Full Text Timetable provides search capabilities and allows you to "build your own timetable to print". The Full Text Timetable provides complete information, but it is necessary to go to Circle Park Online to register.

Circle Park Online (CPO) provides links to both the Full Text Timetable and the Course Search on the left hand menu bar. Course Search allows you to add/register for courses. Course Search is available during the hours of operation for Circle Park Online- 7:00 am to 12:00 midnight Monday-Saturday and 1:00pm to 6:00pm on Sundays.

If I am having difficulty accessing Online Registration, how do I get help?

• Contact the Registrar's Information Services Desk at (865) 974-2101;
• Come by 209 Student Services Building;
• E-mail us at Registrar@utk.edu;
• E-mail CPO support at cpo@utk.edu.