Spring 2012 Registration Information

Registration Information

UNDERGRADUATE REGISTRATION - Spring 2012

STEP 1: ACADEMIC ADVISING

Advising for students is from October 31 through November 11. Please schedule an appointment with your adviser early.  Advising sessions generally take a half hour, sometimes longer.

Use the Academic Catalogue which is available at http://www.goucher.edu/x1388.xml to note required courses and the spring class schedule to start your planning process. The course schedule will be posted on October 21 on myGoucher. Bring to the advising session a completed Course Change Form as a first draft of the courses you want/need to take.  Many advisors require that advisees take this first step before starting an advising session.

After the advising session (which must be in-person, not via email, unless you are away from Goucher this semester) your adviser will authorize you for online registration.  If you need to add courses requiring signatures other than your advisers, a course change form should be signed by your adviser during the advising session. (The course change form is available at http://www.goucher.edu/x1893.xml)

Select alternate courses during your advising session, in case your first choices are full.

Prerequisites: You may only register for courses for which you have met the required prerequisites unless the instructor has signed an add/drop slip to waive them. ICA's require acceptance into the program to register.  ICA registration will be done by the Office of the Registrar in SAS.  Make sure you calculate the ICA credits into the total you are allowed when registering online.

Your adviser's and the instructors' signatures are required for audits, closed courses and any course in which you are required to have the permission of the instructor to enroll.  For time overlaps, your adviser's signature and the signature of the instructor of the class you are attending, and the signature of the instructor of the class you will be missing, is required. Adviser's, instructor's and department chair's signatures are required for independent work.

Registration for any of the above course types must be done in-person in the Office of the Registrar (Mon-Fri, 8:45 a.m.-5:00 p.m.) after your assigned day and time for registration. A completed course change form must be submitted in SAS, and the adviser's and all other required signatures are required on the form. Printed emails of approval from the instructor and adviser, attached to the course change form, may be submitted in place of required signatures.

When registering online, pass/no pass can be selected only for courses required to be graded as such (PE activity, PE 135, etc.).  Changing from a regular grade to pass/no pass can be done by completing a course change form and bringing it to SAS after your assigned registration time (see pass/no pass in the catalog at:  http://www.goucher.edu/x1388.xml  under "Grading System").

Senior thesis paperwork is submitted to the Associate Dean's office in VM G24, and once approved, is forwarded to the Office of the Registrar for registration.

Registration for internships requires you to submit an Internship Learning Agreement (ILA) to the Career Development Office for approval. (Be sure to check their add, drop and withdrawal deadlines.)  After approval by the CDO, the ILA will be submitted by the CDO to the Office of the Registrar for entry.

STEP 2: RESOLVE HOLDS

If you have any registration holds (stop flags), they will appear when you log on to myGoucher. Holds may be placed on your account by Billing, the Office of the Registrar, the Health Center, Financial Aid and the Associate Dean's Office. Resolve any holds placed on your account by contacting the appropriate office before your assigned start day and time. Registration can not occur unless the hold (stop flag) is removed.

STEP 3: REGISTRATION

The deadline to initially register for Spring 2012 is Thursday, December 15. After this date, students will be charged a $100 fee late registration fee.

Registration begins the week of November 14. The order of registration is determined by the number of completed credits. Students will receive notification of their assigned start time on myGoucher on November 4. Online registration groups will start at 30 minute intervals and continue from the assigned time through January 23, the day before fall classes begin. Students can register for courses and continue to make schedule adjustments on-line until this date. The add/drop period continues in-person, in the SAS office through February 6 for full semester courses.

Through January 23, students will be able to do add/drops online only if initial approval for registration was received from the adviser (approval is needed one time only).  Your adviser will receive an e-mail showing add/drops that are done each day. Closed courses, time overlaps, credit overloads, audits, independent work, and special permission courses will need to be registered for in person, as they may require a manual override. Once a manual override is required for a time overlap, closed course, or other issue, a manual override will be required for any subsequent schedule change, and these will have to be made in person in SAS.

Course credit load is determined by your GPA and credits completed. See course load in the Academic Catalogue at: http://www.goucher.edu/x1388.xml.

If you encounter technical problems, please send an e-mail message to the helpdesk@goucher.edu. The helpdesk e-mail will be monitored for problems during registration.