Obtaining Classes

Once the admissions processing is complete and orientation, assessment, and advisement have taken place, a student may register for classes.

1. PROCEDURE
   Registration is achieved by calling the touch-tone registration line by using our On-Access System or registering on line through the Internet.
   Once the schedule for the student is input to the computer, a Confirmation Notice of the schedule is printed and given to the student, or in the case of touch-tone or Internet registration, a schedule and billing is mailed. Classes not paid for are purged on specified purge dates. There are three registration time periods: early registration, open registration, and late registration. A late fee is assessed for registration beginning the first day of the semester/term. Registration following the first week of class must have instructor and/or department approval.
   1. Change of Registration
      1. Before classes begin and through the first week, registered students may add open classes without an add charge or approval. However, after classes begin, registered students wishing to add a class must obtain instructor and/or department approval on an add card and pay the corresponding fee.
      2. The add fee may be waived for departmentally recommended changes.
      3. The add card may be obtained at Registration. After obtaining the instructor's and/or department signature, the student pays the fee to the cashier and returns the card to Registration.
      4. Students may drop or audit any class up to the end of the ninth week of the semester (the sixth week of a term). Dropping a course after those dates must be approved by the department chair and may be only for extenuating circumstances and not solely for academic difficulty. Classes may be dropped and not appear on the transcript through the third week of the semester. A grade of "W" will appear on the transcript for all drops or official withdrawals beginning the fourth week.
      5. Block classes may be dropped through the fourth week of class.
      6. Registered students who do not attend courses within the first three class periods of the semester may be withdrawn administratively by action of the course instructor.
      7. Any student who does not meet the course prerequisite (s) as published in the University Catalog may be withdrawn administratively from that course by action of the course instructor, through the department chair, after the student has been advised of such action (e.g., Syllabus).
      8. The student receives a Confirmation Notice of his/her schedule and must process through the cashier to pay for any additional credit. The same procedure is followed for dropping a class except that no approval is necessary. The transaction does not have to process through the cashier.
      9. Changing sections, auditing, or increasing credit on variable credit classes all require a change in the student's schedule and are processed according to the above procedure.
      10. For an audit, the student must complete an Audit Form. Audits may be requested through the end of the appropriate block or semester drop deadlines. Students may not change audit to credit status without department approval.
   2. Changes for Students with Dishonored Checks
      Students who have checks returned for non-payment will be placed on Registration and Record Suspension. Any student in this circumstance will not be allowed registration privileges until the Collections Office has released the hold on registration. However, once the financial obligation to the institution has been cleared, registration activity will be retroactive to the date of first official attempt at that activity.
   3. Complete Withdrawals from School
      A student may officially withdraw from school (the entire class schedule) up to the end to the ninth week of the semester (the sixth week of a Term) at the Registration, Admissions, or Records windows. Students taking a semester block class may officially withdraw within 22 days of the beginning of the block. Students taking a term block class may officially withdraw within 14 days of the beginning of the block. Withdrawal after those dates must be approved by the department chair and may be only for extenuating circumstances and not solely for academic difficulty.
      1. Continuing and Readmitted Student Registration Procedure
         Continuing and readmitted students are allowed to register each semester five days before New Student registration. They follow the dates and procedures set forth in the class schedules.
         Each student who registers is mailed or given a Confirmation Notice which lists the schedule of classes and a tuition billing. A purge of unpaid classes is run before school begins. A student whose classes are purged must reregister.
      2. Readmitted Student Registration Procedure
         A student who has missed any consecutive semester excepting Summer Term must reapply for admission. The student is then called a returning student or a readmitted student. (The student is not called a continuing student. A continuing student is one who has not missed a term of attendance other than Summer term.)
         Readmitted students who have reapplied by a designated date may register during continuing student third priority registration each semester.