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Spring 2006 Registration Information October 27, 2006 NOTES ABOUT WHEN YOU REGISTER: Please avoid the $100 late registration fee by registering between November 13th and December 1st! You will receive via email an assigned start time for your registration. We'll also send a postcard reminder to your SPO. You may register beginning at that time and continuously through the last day to register, Friday, December 1st, at 4:30. Yes, this means you may register at midnight, 3 a.m., or even 6:30 a.m. or p.m. if you register on-line! Days are assigned by classification based on credits already completed, not including the courses for which you are currently registered, starting with seniors the first two days, juniors the next three days, sophomores the following three days, and first years the four days following. The last day is simply the last day - no person will have their first day to register on the very last day. It's more of a last chance to change your schedule or get registered for an additional course. Within those days, start times were assigned in half-hour increments, first by credits earned, and then randomly. In-person registration will conform to these same start times. In other words, your first time to register is the same whether you register on the web or in person at the Registrar's Office. Be prepared for this - if you come early, we won't register you just because you're there - we have to say no to be fair to the students who are waiting for their time to register on-line. STEPS TO GETTING REGISTERED VIA THE WEB OR IN PERSON OVERVIEW: STEP 1: Review the spring 2007 schedule of available classes. You can use: The Course Schedule, available through the Student Information System on the web. This option has some advantages because it shows enrollment limits, special requirements to get into the course, and is updated as soon as changes are made in our database, or when someone registers. The Mac class schedule, available from the Registrar's web page, without a password. The advantage to this one is you can still see it even if you've forgotten your password. However, updates are fast but not instant, and there is no enrollment or prerequisite information on it. STEP 2: Work up a possible schedule (if you want a registration form, you can pick one up at the Registrar's Office). Meet with your adviser to review this schedule and make changes and adjustments. After the two of you have discussed your schedule, your adviser needs to "sign off" on your registration - preferably by doing so on- line, but they may also sign your registration form. IF YOUR ADVISER DOES NOT CLEAR YOU ON-LINE, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO REGISTER VIA THE WEB. Your adviser has instructions on how to do this for you. STEP 3: Obtain signatures for any courses that require them (marked with a %). Instructors may authorize on-line or sign on a form. If they sign on-line, you should be able to register for the course on the web. If they sign a form, you will have to bring that form to the Registrar's Office. STEP 4: Be sure that you have the prerequisites for the other courses you want. If you don't, or if you have something from another college or university that meets the prerequisite, the only way to get in the course will be to get permission from the instructor. Once again, that permission may be given on-line or on a form. If the instructor signs a form, you'll have to bring that signed form to the Registrar's Office. STEP 5: Register yourself via the web at your assigned time! Go to the Registrar's web page. (The path from the Mac Home page is through Student Services, then Registrar.) If you're registering in person, bring your signed registration form to the Registrar's Office at your assigned time...). -Click on Student Information System at the left of your screen. -Enter your Username (your Mac ID number) and your Password (Can't remember? Visit the Registrar's Office!). If you have a hold that prevents you from registering, you will see a statement to that effect. Click on the Hold link, and what you need to do will be described. -Be sure that the Options box is displaying Spring 2007. Change it if necessary. -Click the Registration button on the left of the screen. Once again, if you have a hold, a message will appear. -If it is not your time to register, you'll see that message along with your assigned time. You may register any time after that time through the last day to register, Friday, December 1st, at 4:30. By "any time", we mean 24/7, barring system down-time! -If it is your time to register, the screen will say "Ready for entry". -Enter your first course and section number. If you don't know the course number, you can type in the department abbreviation (for example fren, geol, math, comp, or wgst) and then click on the question mark [?] to bring up a list of possible courses. Select one, and either type in the section number or click on the question mark [?] to bring up a screen of sections from which to choose. -When you have selected the course you want, click the Add button. The message "The course X has been added" means that you are now registered for the course. Any other messages should alert you to missing prerequisites, special course requirements, or that the course is full. -Register this way for as many courses as you can. You will not be allowed to register (ever) for more than 20 credits for the semester. Twelve (12) credits makes you a full-time student. Credits over 18 (not to exceed 20) will incur additional tuition charges. -WHEN YOU'RE DONE, CLOSE THE BROWSER! -Once you have registered, you may change your schedule through December 1st, at 4:30pm. Once again, this may be done via the web, or in person! THE FOLLOWING MUST BE REGISTERED FOR IN-PERSON: 1. ACTC Courses: You must register in person with a blue, cross-registration form at the Registrar's Office. Please take note: Graduating Spring 2006? Since the final grade for your ACTC course might not be available in time for commencement, you may not receive your diploma at the ceremony. Once the grade is received, and your graduation is finalized, we'll make arrangements for mailing your diploma. 2. All tutorials (604), independent projects (614), internships (624), and preceptorships (634) must be registered in person at the Registrar's Office with a drop/add form. The signature of the sponsoring professor is required for tutorials and independents. Internships and preceptorships require learning contracts. For internships, the contracts are available at the Internship Office and registrations must be signed by the Director of the Internship Program, Michael Porter. Preceptorship learning contracts are available at the Office of Academic Programs, and registrations must be signed by the Dean of Academic Programs, Ellen Guyer. 3. GOING ON STUDY-ABROAD? Refer to your approval letter for registration instructions! SPRING SEMESTER VALIDATION PROCESS 1. Beginning Wednesday, January 17, 2006, check the Student Information System (SIS) to see if you have any validation holds. Do this by checking the HOLDS option found in the BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION link. 2. If you do not have any holds listed, you have automatically been validated for spring - no need to check in with the Registrar's Office! 3. If you do have holds, you must visit the office that has placed this hold on your validation, and make satisfactory arrangements to clear this hold. Once the Registrar's Office is notified that you've cleared all holds, you will be validated. Validation should be completed the first day of class, Monday, January 22nd. The last possible day to validate is Friday, February 2nd. If you don't validate by the February 2nd deadline, you will be dropped from all of your courses and lose your status as a student. 4. If you decide not to return for spring semester, you must notify the Dean of Students Office to arrange for a temporary or permanent withdrawal from the college. NOTES: You have to be validated in order to: appear on class lists, drop/add courses, access on-line course folders, declare grading options, etc. QUESTIONS about registration or validation? Have a change of address? New phone number? Please contact the Registrar's Office by phone (x6200), email (registrar@macalester.edu) or by stopping in to the office located on the first floor of 77 Mac. |
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