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Class Registration

Get Ready for Registration! Fall registration begins the week of April 20

Before registration becomes available for the fall and spring semesters, the Office of the Registrar sets an enrollment appointment time for all undergraduate students. Your specific registration time will be available to view under the "Enrollment Dates" box on the right side of your Student Center on Albert. (Summer and January terms do not require registration appointments; you can register as soon as registration becomes available for those semesters). Make sure to check for any registration holds on the Albert home page. Some holds may prevent you from registering. Take care of them prior to your registration time. Also, make sure to read through course notes carefully before enrolling in a class to make sure you meet the prerequisites!


Important Course Scheduling Information

Please be advised that class days/times are subject to change.  Review Albert before finalizing your schedule and before the first day of classes!
 

Helpful Registration Tips

Take advantage of the following tools and resources when planning your fall schedule.



Meet With Your Adviser

You are strongly encouraged to schedule an appointment to discuss your proposed plan of study in advance of your registration appointment time. You can schedule an appointment via NYU Connect. Please don't forget that all appointments are held in ET/NYC time, so if you are abroad, please account for any time difference. 

  • Advisers will be available for 30-minute in-person, Zoom, or phone appointments scheduled via NYU Connect. 15-minute appointments will begin on April 15 and run through April 24. 30-minute appointments will resume on April 27.
  • Advisers are also available during daily virtual Quick Visit drop-ins throughout the week. Zoom in during the listed time-frames to ask quick questions one-on-one to members of our advising team. See scheduling and Zoom Info on Stern Life.
     



Search for Classes and Course Feedback

Use the course search on Albert to find classes. When viewing the search results, be sure to:

  • Write down the class number of each proposed course, as you will need it to register. If you are using the course search after having signed into Albert, you should see an option to "select class" when browsing through course options. This will automatically add the course to your shopping cart.
  • Make a note of courses that also require a permission number to register.
  • Read the departmental notes to determine if there are any course prerequisites or registration restrictions.
  • Read important pre-registration emails from the Advising office specifying courses that you should take based on your class year and/or major or concentration.
  • Course feedback is a great planning tool for registration that allows you to see course feedback from students who have taken the class previously. It's important that you remember to fill out your feedback at the end of each semester to help your fellow students better navigate their course selection process in the future.
     

Graduate Course Numbers

The following courses have been renumbered as graduate-level (GB) coursework. Please note that enrollment in these courses requires you to follow the Stern graduate academic calendar (withdrawal, etc.) as well as their policies (e.g. graduate courses cannot be taken pass/fail). 

  • ACCT-GB 6025 Analysis of Financial Institutions
  • ACCT-GB 6044 Modeling Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts
  • FINC-UB 6039 Real Estate Primary Markets
  • FINC-GB 6043 Futures and Options (previously FINC-UB 43 Derivatives)
  • OPMG-UB 6054 Decision Analytics for Sports
  • STAT-GB 6017 Regression & Multivariate Data Analysis
  • STAT-GB 6018 Forecasting Time Series 

If you previously took the -UB version of the above courses, you cannot take the -GB version for credit. 



New & Featured Course Information - Fall 2026

For a full listing of open courses along with course descriptions and other important information, see Albert.
 

  • FINC-UB 5 Investment Management (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: FINC-UB 2
    Counts toward Finance concentration - if you took Foundations of Finance in Spring 2026 and are interested in pursuing a finance concentration, this course is highly recommended in lieu of Corporate Finance.
    The course would spend time on the three major types of financial assets (equity, debt, and derivatives) covering how they are traded, how they are used, and how they are priced, while also examining important investment products offered by financial Intermediaries (e.g., Mutual Funds, ETFs, Hedge Funds, Private Equity Firms/Funds, Venture Capital Firms/Funds, and, Real Estate Investment Trusts).
  • BSPA-UB 137 Business in Hawai'i (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher
    Counts toward Sustainable Business concentration
    This class examines how the modern business environment of Hawai’i came to be through the lens of corporate imperialism, labor rights and immigration, indigenous values, and how the primary drivers of the Hawaiian economy impact its land and people. We will work with organizations in Hawai’i to better understand how these dynamics are reflected in current-day situations. The class will culminate in a required week-long trip to Hawai’i in January, where students will meet their clients, finalize their projects, and engage in immersive learning of the concepts introduced throughout the semester. Attending or viewing an Info Session is required before enrolling in this course. Must be enrolled at Stern in New York City during the semester you take the course. Important Note: Seniors who plan to graduate in January - the final grade for this course will not be available until after the January trip. View this website for more details about this class and trip.
  • FINC-UB 51 Discretionary Long/Short Equity Investing (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: FINC-UB 2
    Counts toward Finance concentration
    This rigorous seminar-styled course teaches students how professional discretionary equity investors — long-only managers, long/short hedge funds, mutual funds, REIT/infrastructure specialists, and activist investors — assess companies, industries, management teams, business models, and strategic decisions to form actionable investment theses. Students learn to combine fundamental financial analysis, industry research, behavioral frameworks, capital allocation assessment, and strategic competitive analysis to build complete, real-world investment decisions. The course will incorporate high-value case studies from complex industries where regulation, capital intensity, strategic differentiation, and consumer behavior provide powerful generalizable insights into how discretionary investors evaluate opportunities. The course is explicitly applied: students learn by dissecting real companies, evaluating real catalysts, and presenting real investment opinions. The capstone is a professional-grade long or short investment pitch.
  • FINC-UB 67 Corporate Finance and Valuation in the Music Business (1.5 credits)
    Prerequisite: Sophomore Standing or higher
    Counts toward Finance concentration and BEMT minor
    An in-depth exploration of the financial principles and methodologies used to assess the value of companies and assets in the music sector. Learners will analyze the unique economic factors influencing valuations in the music industry, including intellectual property valuation, revenue streams from different types of royalties, and the impact of continued transformation through the adoption and growth of streaming; blending theory with case studies examining major music companies, independents and emerging platforms incubated to acquire music catalog rights.
  • FINC-UB 77 Finance: Climate Risks and Opportunities for Leaders in Business & Society (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: FINC-UB 2
    Counts toward Finance, Sustainable Business, and Real Estate concentrations
    Climate change presents one of the central challenges of our generation, with a wide range of possible effects on financial markets and the broader economy. This class: (i) Thinks about the effect of climate change on the overall economy (ii) Studies the risks and opportunities that climate change hold for firms and financial institutions (distinguishing between a variety of types of risk, including transition risk and regulatory risk) (iii) Discusses how financial markets can help transfer and hedge climate risk (iv) Explores the economic and financial foundations of potential climate regulation (v) Analyzes how climate risk interacts with other risks, such as the risk of future pandemics.   
     


Taking Online Courses? Keep in mind:

International Students

Taking Remote/Online Courses While Studying Away

  • Students studying at NYU London in the fall 2026 semester who are not on a student visa can enroll in remote/online courses provided they are enrolled in a minimum of 12 credits of in-person coursework at NYU London. Students attending with a student visa cannot enroll in any type of remote course (asynchronous, synchronous, zero credit, independent study, etc.) due to immigration-related policies. Internship program students, full-year London students, and some students with specific immigration cases attend NYU London with a Student Visa.
  • Students enrolled at other NYU Global sites can enroll in remote/online courses provided there are no actual time conflicts and the student is enrolled in a minimum of 12 in-person credits offered by their study away site. Students can contact global.academics@nyu.edu for assistance in overriding perceived/fake time conflicts.

If you have any questions about your study away experience and the policies related to it, please contact global.programs@nyu.edu.

 

Course Information for Study Away

 


Graduate Accounting Courses for Fall 2026

The Accounting Department offers undergraduates an exciting range of advanced graduate-level accounting electives, which satisfy general accounting concentration requirements. To find these courses in Albert, make sure that your "undergraduate" filter on the left-hand side of Course Search is off and then proceed to look in the "ACCT-UB" section. The -GB courses will be towards the bottom of the list.

  • ACCT-GB 6302 Financial Reporting & Analysis (#3160)
    Date/Time: MW 3:30-4:45pm
    Prerequisites: ACCT-UB 3 Financial Statement Analysis
  • ACCT-GB 6313 Auditing (#3161)
    Date/Time: TuTh 2:00-3:15pm
    Prerequisite: ACCT-UB 3 Financial Statement Analysis
  • ACCT-GB 6315 Accounting Information Systems (#3164)
    Date/Time: MW 9:30-10:45am
    Prerequisite: ACCT-UB 3 Financial Statement Analysis
  • ACCT-GB 6323 Accounting-Based Valuation (#3163)
    Date/Time: MW 11:00am-12:15pm
    Prerequisite: ACCT-UB 3 Financial Statement Analysis
  • ACCT-GB 6380 Taxation of Individuals & Business Income (#3162)
    Date/Time: MW 8-9:15am
    Prerequisite: ACCT-UB 3 Financial Statement Analysis
     


Waitlisting and the Edit Swap Tool

Waitlists
Adding your name to a course waitlist does not guarantee enrollment. After a certain period (see NYU Academic Calendar), course waitlists are deactivated for the term. If you have not been able to enroll in the waitlisted course by this time, it is no longer an option for your schedule. If you plan to add your name to a waitlist, please be aware:

  • Not all courses have a waitlist option
  • Waitlists can become full and the course will show as closed
  • You can add yourself to a waitlist and set up an "EDIT SWAP" which will allow Albert to automatically drop you from a course on your schedule if you get off the waitlist.
  • You will not be able to waitlist for a course for which you don't meet the prerequisites.
  • You will not be able to get off a waitlist if there is a time conflict with another enrolled class or if the addition of that course would exceed the 18-unit semester limit.
  • Monitor your waitlist position and your class schedule as it may change; if you have set up the edit swap properly, you will be automatically enrolled in the course if you move up to the first position and space becomes available.
  • To remove an edit swap, you need to go back to the edit swap menu, select the blank space at the top of the drop-down menu, and click "submit." Check your schedule; this should have removed the edit swap.


The Edit Swap Tool
If you plan to add yourself to a course waitlist but your schedule is already full, you may need to use the edit swap function.

To "Edit Swap," you must:

  • Register for an open back-up course to ensure a schedule of 16-18 credits
  • Waitlist yourself for the class you would prefer. Then set up an edit swap by following the steps below:
    1. Log on to your Student Center on Albert
    2. Scroll down to your schedule
    3. Select the "Edit Swap" button
    4. Select the course from your schedule that can be dropped (the “back-up course”) if you get off the waitlist
    5. Select "submit". You should see your waitlist position and the class number of the class you have the edit swap set up with on your schedule
    6. Albert will only drop you from your back-up if it is able to enroll you from the waitlist into your preferred course.

If you are already on a waitlist for a class and then enroll yourself into an open section of the same course, Albert will drop you from the waitlisted section because it will assume you got the course you needed. To avoid being dropped from a waitlist, first, enroll in an open section of that course and then waitlist yourself for the section you prefer. Finally, set up the "edit swap."



Enrolling in Non-Stern Elective Courses

If you are approved to take a course that requires a permission number or special authorization to register, you should contact the department offering the course to determine if you are eligible to enroll and to inquire about the necessary steps to obtain a permission number, and/or other special registration authorization.

Check out these classes across NYU to find an interesting elective to take!



Verify Your Schedule

You should always verify your registration on Albert by reviewing your final schedule. Be sure to correct all registration mistakes before the first day of classes to avoid financial penalties. Pay special attention to the start dates of all of your classes as some schools of the University offer courses in special sessions. Please also make sure that you are enrolled in at least 12 credits (full-time) unless you are in the second semester of your senior year and you can be part-time (enrolled in less than 12 credits) and still be on track to successfully complete your degree requirements.



Tuition & Fees

New York University sets tuition payment deadlines for each fall, winter, spring, and summer semester. These deadlines are printed on the Office of the Bursar's website.

In addition to payment information, please review the following financial resources also found on the Office of the Bursar's website:

Academic Advising

uc.advising@stern.nyu.edu
212-998-4020