You will be pre-enrolled in your Spring 2026 courses by your Open Enrollment Appointment, at which time you will be able to view your schedule in your Enrollment Cart.

Every student is assigned an Open Enrollment Appointment for every registration period. The Open Enrollment Appointment is a specific day and time assigned to each student based on the number of units completed and any programs a student is active in that allows a bump in registration time (like Finish in Four).

Your Open Enrollment Appointment will appear in your Student Center the week before registration opens. A new box called "Enrollment" will appear under your "To Do" list, and you will click on "Details" to view the exact time you have access to your enrollment.

Spring 2026 registration kicks off November 17. You will see your Enrollment Appointment the week of November 10.

Yes! You will have access to adjust your schedule at the time your Spring 2026 Enrollment Appointment opens. You will not need to use the Hornet Launch Ticket System. The ticket system will not be available for spring semester schedules because you have access to your schedule so quickly.

Make sure you have discussed with an advisor the courses you plan to swap. Certain courses are prioritized for freshmen and it may be difficult to enroll yourself in certain courses after your first year. Hornet Launch will not be able to re-enroll you in any classes if you drop them.

For information on how to swap classes, watch “How to Use Sac State Scheduler” and “How to Add/Drop/Swap”

Click here to look up your college by major. If you need to change your major, please contact the department to which you want to change your major to. Meet with the department of your new intended major and they will submit the Change of Major form on your behalf.

Do not use the "Freshman Change of Major Petition" on the Hornet Launch webpage. This is no longer being processed for students admitted Fall 2025.

Colleges & Majors Page

Check your Student Center once a week for Registration Holds and work to clear them as quickly as possible. These are set to block class enrollment during the next registration cycle until you take care of what the university is requiring you to do.

Common registration holds are:

• Completing the Financial Responsibility Agreement (All students must complete this every semester)
• Submitting final, official high school and/or college transcripts.
• Paying outstanding fees on your account (Orientation fee, tuition fees, housing fees, etc.)
• Advising holds (You need to meet with the advising center that is requiring semester advising. All freshmen are required to attend advising)

Hornet Launch is not authorized to override registration holds. If you have a registration hold on your account when we try to enroll you, we will not be able to do so. If a registration hold is on your account after November 14, Hornet Launch cannot guarantee our ability to enroll you in your Spring 2026 Hornet Launch schedule.

If you remove your registration holds after November 14, you will be responsible for enrolling yourself in Spring 2026 classes starting your assigned Enrollment Appointment time. After November 23, you may email Hornet Launch at hornetlaunch@csus.edu and request the list of courses that Hornet Launch planned for you, and seek advising in the Academic Advising Center or your major's Student Success Center.

Yes! While any items on your To-Do List in your Student Center may not be a problem now, if left unattended, could delay important things later. They are important reminders for submitting documents to process Financial Aid, or to order official transcripts to prove you graduated high school or earned college credit.

If you are planning to not attend courses at Sac State in Spring 2026 please email hornetlaunch@csus.edu. It is important that we do not enroll you in classes you do not plan to attend. Course enrollment prompts the university to charge tuition and fees to your account, which you will be responsible for. If you are considering taking a semester off, it is highly recommended that you meet with an academic advisor to plan your leave of absence and your return to Sac State.

Taking a class at a community college while taking classes at Sac State?

Please email the Hornet Launch Program at hornetlaunch@csus.edu to alert the team of the course you are taking and where you are taking it (for example, CHEM 300 at American River College). Please send the email from your Sac State Outlook account and include your Student ID number in the email. The sooner we know what you are taking, the sooner we can make sure your Spring schedule will be to your greatest benefit.

The key to passing is attending class, completing as many assignments as possible, communicating with your instructors, and doing as best as you can on tests and exams. Tutoring is available for all kinds of classes and subjects. Connect with academic success resources like PARC (Peer and Academic Resource Center), the Reading & Writing Center, and the Math Lab, just to name a few.

If you feel your grade is in jeopardy of failing, communicate with your instructor as early as possible to discuss a plan.

Spring enrollment happens before you finish your Fall courses and Hornet Launch enrolls you in full confidence that you will pass. If there is a Fall course you do not pass, just connect with an academic advisor as soon as possible to discuss the best options for you. You may need to take a summer class or adjust your Spring 2026 schedule.

Academic Notice/Probation is a category of Academic Standing that serves as a warning that you should seek additional assistance to help you succeed toward your degree. You can learn more about categories of Academic Standing.

If you find yourself on academic notice/probation after Fall 2025 grades post at the beginning of January, meet with an academic advisor to discuss the best pathway to get back on track. This may include options of repeating courses in Spring and/or summer session.

For information about reserved seats and how to identify them, watch this short video: Understanding Reserve Seats.

Please make sure you have checked the sections of the course you want to see if there are seats left unreserved. Departments typically do not reserve full sections for Hornet Launch.

Any unused seats reserved for Hornet Launch Spring 2026 schedules will be released on November 24, 2025.

If you are trying to enroll in a course with reserved seats:

• Check if there are non-reserved seats open in the class (see video, Understanding Reserve Seats, to learn how to check).
• If non-reserved seats have been filled, try:
  • Looking for another section that has non-reserved seats open.
  • Signing up for the waitlist. Being on the waitlist helps inform the department that more students want this class, and the department will determine if another section can be created. If reserved seats are not used in a class, students on waitlists are auto enrolled into the unused reserved seats once the reservation is removed.
  • Check other course options that fulfill requirements you have not satisfied yet by reviewing your Academic Requirements Report and/or speaking with an advisor.
  • Hornet Launch Spring 2026 reserved seats will be released November 24.