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Registration Office (B-130 ASB, PO Box 21114, [801] 378-2824)
Who May Register?
Students are eligible to register if they are either continuing BYU students or new students who have received a letter of acceptance from the Admissions Office for the semester they wish to attend.
Continuing student status ends if a student does not complete day school classes the previous full semester (fall or winter) or if a student has graduated from BYU. Students who have lost continuing student status must be readmitted by the Admissions Office (A-153 ASB) before registration materials will be processed.
An individual who has disaffiliated from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or has been excommunicated or disfellowshipped is not eligible for enrollment at Brigham Young University until he or she is once again in good standing in the Church. If a current student disaffiliates or is excommunicated or disfellowshipped from the Church, the Continuing Ecclesiastical Endorsement is always immediately withdrawn, and the student is discontinued. Every student must have a current Continuing Ecclesiastical Endorsement for continued enrollment.
The Registration Process
Complete registration instructions and deadlines are listed in the current class schedule for each semester or term. New students receive a current class schedule in the mail, and continuing students may buy one at the BYU Bookstore or the Registration Office.
Registration is based on a priority system that allows students to begin registration according to their class standing and number of completed hours. Priority begins with graduate students and seniors, then juniors, sophomores, and freshmen. Non-degree-seeking graduates will be given access after continuing freshmen. Newly admitted freshmen will register together in a separate priority.
All eligible students will be mailed a Registration Notice for fall and winter semesters that will inform students of their beginning registration times. Following the instructions in the current class schedule, students may begin registering for fall semester in April and for winter semester in October. Spring and summer term registration will not be based on a priority system. Schedules become available sometime in January, and eligible students can register for spring and summer terms beginning in February. Students have continuous access to the registration system. However, once school begins some classes must be added with an instructor's signature.
A Tuition Billing Statement with a listing of classes will be mailed to each student who has registered for at least one class by mid-July for fall semester, mid-November for winter semester, mid-March for spring term, or mid-May for summer term. The tuition payment deadline is August 15 for fall semester 1997, December 15 for winter semester 1998, and mid-April and mid-June for spring 1998 and summer 1998 terms, respectively. Students who fail to meet tuition deadlines will lose access to the Touch-tone telephone system.
Students who fail to pay by the tuition payment deadline will be assessed a late fee. When a student's tuition is received before the first day of class, the Touch-tone telephone system will be made available. Beginning the first day of school, students may register for their classes by following the adding and dropping procedures outlined below. For fall and winter semesters the late tuition fee is $50 (effective after the tuition deadline and before the first day of classes) and $90 (starting on the first day of classes). For spring and summer terms the fee is $25 (effective after the tuition deadline).
Students may add and drop classes 24 hours a day by Touch-tone telephone. After school has started, each academic department determines how classes are added. The adding procedures of each department are noted T or S (telephone or signature) under each course listing in the current class schedule. Most departments use the following procedure:
During fall or winter semester, students may add classes during the first ten class days and drop classes during the first twenty-five class days. During spring or summer term, classes may be added during the first six class days and dropped during the first thirteen class days. (There is a $10 fee per class after these deadlines to petition for an exception to university policy.)
A student who registers for more than 8 credit hours a semester or more than 4 credit hours a term is full-time for tuition purposes. Registration for 8 or fewer credit hours a semester (4 or fewer credit hours a term) gives the student part-time status. International students and students receiving financial assistance may be required to register for more hours to be considered full-time.
Verification of Full-Time Status for Graduate Students
Graduate students (master's and doctoral students) who are enrolled for at least 2 credit hours per semester and who can be certified by their department as being engaged full-time in pursuit of their degrees can petition for graduate full-time status. Requests for such an exception should be directed to the Office of Graduate Studies.
Students who choose to withdraw from (drop) a class must do so officially. Students who do not officially withdraw before the published deadline will receive a failing grade. Refer to the current class schedule for the appropriate procedure and deadlines.
Students who wish to audit a class (take a course without receiving any credit for it) must add the class, listing it as an audit course, on an add/drop card within the first ten class days. Audited classes do not appear on transcripts and do not count for verification purposes. Students must be officially enrolled either for credit or audit to be eligible to attend class.
The expectation for undergraduate courses is three hours of work per week per credit hour for the average student who is appropriately prepared; much more time may be required to achieve excellence. These three hours may include one hour of lecture plus two hours of work outside class, three hours in a laboratory with little outside work, or any other combination appropriate to a particular course.
Maximum Hours per Semester/Term
An undergraduate student in good standing may register for as many as 18 credit hours in any one semester (9 per term) by following the regular registration procedure. The college advisement center may authorize a student who has demonstrated superior academic ability to register for a maxiumum of 21 hours per semester (11 per term). Registering for classes through Continuing Education or auditing classes constitutes a part of the total registration. Through a petition process, exceptions to these rules may be granted by the university registrar (B-150 ASB).
The university schedules reading and examination periods. An examination period occurs at the end of each semester and term. The examination period is preceded by reading days, which give time for conscientious review, study, and synthesis of the semester's work. The reading and the examination periods are firmly scheduled parts of the semester; students must not make plans that interfere with these important academic activities. Students may not take final examinations early. If illness or other uncontrollable circumstances prevent a student from taking an examination at the scheduled time, that student is responsible to inform the class instructor as soon as possible.
The instructor may give the grade Incomplete, depending on the circumstances. The incomplete cannot be given unless the student and instructor together prepare a contractual agreement. In cases where a student has conflicting examinations or more than three examinations in one day, individual arrangement for alternative test times may be made by the instructor.
The university may place a hold on a student's records that will block registration privileges. The hold will be indicated on the registration system. It is the student's responsibility to contact the appropriate office to clear any holds before attempting to register for classes.
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