Registration Procedures

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Before registering, please note the following:

• The University of San Francisco General Catalog serves as your major reference for rules, regulations, and policies required to successfully complete all degree requirements. This important reference includes a complete description of all programs and courses, academic information and policies, financial and tuition information, a listing of the faculty, and other descriptive information about the University and its requirements.
• You are responsible for knowing all academic rules and regulations affecting your program of study, including degree requirements as set forth by your college or school. Failure to read or understand the requirements does not relieve you of this responsibility.
• If you register for courses without consulting your adviser or without your adviser's approval, you must accept full and complete responsibility for any errors or courses taken that do not meet the requirements of your program.

HOLDS

Prior to registration, all holds (registration blocks) must be cleared. Please check USFconnect to verify that you do not have any holds on your account prior to your assigned registration date. Information on how to clear a hold can be retrieved from the department that placed the hold on your account.

New Undergraduate Students Only

Math
All new undergraduate and transfer students planning to major in Business, Science or Economics must take the math placement test. If you are currently an Undeclared Major and plan on changing to a Business, Science or Economics Major, you should take the math placement test.

New & Continuing Students

Immunization Requirement

The University of San Francisco requires evidence of immunization for students in the following categories:

* All international students
* Domestic undergraduate students born on or after January 1, 1957 (excluding the College of Professional Studies and Regional Campuses)
* Domestic graduate students born on or after January 1, 1957 living on campus

Immunization Requirements
Two sets of MMR:

1. Rubella (German Measles)
2. Rubeola (Measles)
3. Mumps

If proof of immunizations for measles, mumps, and/or rubella is not available, a blood Titer showing immunity will be accepted.

*International Students are also required to show proof of Tuberculosis PPD (Mantoux) test administered in the last 12 months. Students with positive PPD are also required to submit tests of a chest x-ray administered within the last 12 months.

Further information on immunization requirements is available at the USF Student Health Clinic. Call (415) 750-4980 for more information.

Health Insurance Requirement

The University requires the following groups of students to show proof of current health insurance coverage:

• All students who reside in University-owned or -operated housing (including graduate and professional students)
• International students on F-1 or J-1 visas (including those who reside off-campus)
• Nursing students
• Student athletes

Domestic Students

Evidence of coverage must be in writing, which normally is considered an insurance identification card or a policy statement for domestic students. Please submit proof at the Office of Residence Life, Phelan 140. Students who do not have adequate coverage may purchase the USF-Sponsored Student Health Insurance Plan. Information on the Student Health Insurance Plan can be obtained by calling (415) 422-6809 or by visiting www.usfca.edu/hps.

International Students

International students on F-1 and J-1 visas AND registering for classes in the fall and spring semesters are automatically enrolled in and covered by the University-sponsored Student Accident and Sickness Insurance Plan. The cost for this coverage is included on students' accounts in both the fall and spring semesters. Students enrolled for classes in the fall will have coverage from mid-August through mid-January, and students enrolled in the spring will have insurance benefits extended through mid-August.

International students who are able to prove that they have comparable coverage under an American health insurance plan may waive this requirement. Proof must be in the form of a statement of coverage and an insurance card for the applicable period of enrollment and submitted to the Student Health Insurance Office (University Center 200) within five class days from the start of each semester. Students should not purchase insurance from their home countries, as it will not meet the University's requirement.

International students who plan to enroll during Summer Session but were not enrolled in the preceding spring semester are NOT automatically enrolled in the University injury and accident plan for the summer. These students, therefore, must show proof of current health insurance in order to register for summer classes. Proof of coverage must be written in English and include benefits comparable to the plan offered by the University. If proof is not acceptable (e.g., coverage cannot be determined or benefits cannot be verified), the student must purchase the University plan in order to complete the registration process.

Residence Life Holds

CONTINUING STUDENT REGISTRATION (Registration)

Approximately three weeks before Registration begins, continuing students receive a registration notice via their USFconnect email. This notice provides pertinent information regarding the registration calendar, payment dates, registration holds and, in the case of all undergraduates, registration access times. Undergraduate access to web registration begins at the assigned time. The "Register and Add/Drop Classes" page of Web registration cannot be accessed until then. All other graduate students' access begins at 9:00 a.m.

If you choose to register in-person by using the Add/Drop form for all or some of your courses, then you must meet with your adviser and obtain his or her signature. Even if you do opt to use Web Registration, there are specific situations in which the computer system will not allow you to register for a particular class. In these cases you must use an Add/Drop form: (1) for a closed class you must obtain the signatures of the instructor, your adviser, and the Dean; (2) if you are missing a prerequisite for a course or there is a restriction or special permission required for taking a particular class then you must obtain the signature of your adviser and the instructor (if you cannot find the instructor, the Chair of the department may sign instead); (3) if there is a time conflict, you must obtain the signature of your advisor and the signature of the instructor for the class that you will leave early or to which you will arrive late.

College of Arts and Sciences

All Freshmen, undeclared majors, students on academic probation (or continued on probation), and all students in certain departments must meet with an adviser prior to using Web Registration. To enforce this policy an "advising hold" is used. If you see this advising hold listed in your registration notice, it means that you fall into one of these categories and that you will not be able to access the Web Registration system until you have met with your adviser and he or she has cleared the hold for you.

Even if you do not have an advising hold, it is still strongly recommended that you meet with your adviser to discuss your choices and to ensure that you will complete your degree on time. If you elect to register on your own, without first meeting with your adviser, you must accept full and complete responsibility for any errors that you make, even errors that might force you to stay at USF for one or more semesters than you had planned.

All graduate students should check with their departments and advisers to see if they may use Web Registration.

College of Professional Studies

College of Professional Studies (CPS) students are enrolled automatically according to their cohort assignment.

CCA/Joint Degree Students

Joint Degree students in the CCA program must accurately register their CCA courses in the USF registration system by the USF census date. Questions may be referred to Barbara Jaspersen at (415) 422-5553.

School of Business and Management (Undergraduates)

Registration for continuing students can be completed online via USFconnect as well as in person at the One Stop Enrollment and Financial Services Office. All Business Undergraduates are encouraged to consult with an adviser, but only first year students, probation students, and Hospitality majors are required to meet with an adviser and have their registration hold (WS/BA) released prior to registration. Students in the Business Undergraduate Program should sign up for a pre-registration advising appointment with an adviser, during the two weeks prior to registration. Advising appointments begin on October 29, 2007, and can be scheduled directly with your faculty adviser or, alternatively, with an adviser in the Undergraduate Program office in Malloy Hall 113. Students who elect or have to register in person will need their adviser's signature in order to register.

Any graduating senior registering for Bus 401 or Bus 406 will need to be cleared before the registration period to make sure they have the necessary prerequisites and have no graduation holds. In general, students who do not have the appropriate prerequisites will be blocked from taking classes where prerequisites have not been completed.

To prepare for the pre-registration ADVISING appointment, students should:

• Consult their USFconnect account to review their unofficial transcript and degree audit (ensure that courses are posted correctly, transfer credits have been received and posted, prerequisites have been met, etc.)
• Review the online schedule of available course sections
• Prepare a tentative academic course schedule to review with an academic adviser
• Meet with their faculty adviser or an academic adviser in Malloy Hall 113

School of Business and Management (MBA)

MBA Cohort students will be registered by the MBA Programs Office. Web registration is available to all other MBA students.

Any MBA student registering for 619 will need to see an adviser in Malloy Hall 113 before the registration period to make sure they are cleared to take this specific class, and have the necessary prerequisites as well as signatures. In general, students who do not have the appropriate prerequisites will be blocked from taking any classes where prerequisites are needed during the web registration process. All MBA students starting before January 2003 must complete a curriculum conversion with an MBA adviser in Malloy Hall 113. Also students who have department holds will not be able to register until these holds are taken care of by the appropriate department(s).

School of Education

Continuing School of Education students register online. Please consult the schedule homepage via your USFconnect account, or the USF web site at www.usfca.edu/schedules, or contact your department area for information about online registration.

All School of Education students are required to consult with their faculty adviser prior to registration. Once you have determined, with your faculty adviser, the courses for which you will register, follow the online Registration Instructions listed here.

To register for any dissertation courses (709, 729, 790 and 791), doctoral students must submit an Authorization Request Form to Janet Snyder, Doctoral Program Assistant, (415) 422-2874. Forms are available in all department areas and the Dean's Office.

Students not electing to use online registration will be required to complete an Add/Drop Registration Form, have it signed by their faculty adviser, and submit it, in person, to the One Stop Enrollment and Financial Services Office (LM 251) during regular business hours during the registration period.

School of Nursing

Students newly admitted to the School of Nursing will receive advising and registration assistance by appointment in the School of Nursing Office, Cowell 102, (415) 422-6681.

Registration for continuing students is completed online via USFconnect. Each student in the School of Nursing is required to complete a pre-registration advising appointment with the academic adviser during the week PRIOR to registration web access.

To prepare for your pre-registration appointment, students should:

• Consult USFconnect to review their unofficial transcript (ensure that previous grades are posted correctly, transfer credits have been received and posted, prerequisites have been met, etc.)
• Review the online schedule of available course sections
• Prepare a written tentative academic course schedule to review with the academic adviser

Following schedule approval, advisers will release the "Registration Hold" in the online system.

Step 1 - Go to USFconnect in your web browser and log in.

*To enlarge any of the following images, please right click on the image to open in a new tab or window. 

Step 2 - In USFconnect, click on the "Student" tab. In the "Student Self Service" section, click on the "Click here" button located under the semester for which you want to register to open a new window.

                                                    
Step 3 - Under the "Registration" menu, click on "View Holds." If you have a hold on your registration, you will receive a message at this point regarding the hold. You will need to clear the hold before you can proceed.

                  

Step 4 - Under the "Registration" menu, click on "Look Up and Register for Classes." Now choose the term for which you would like to register and click the "Submit" button.

                  

- Select or search for a course. You can search for courses by selecting and entering specific information known about a particular class. To view all courses available, select "All" across from the "Subject" title and click the "Class Search" button towards the bottom of the screen to display both open and closed sections for the semester.

                   

-The course registration number (CRN) of each section is the highlighted five-digit number. After selecting the box to the left of a CRN, you will have the option to either add that course to your worksheet by clicking the "Add to Worksheet" button or registering immediately for that course by clicking the "Register" button (Please note that adding courses to your worksheet does not register you for courses). Sections that are closed will have a "C" where the box to select the course would normally be. Repeat this process until you have added all sections for which you would like to register.

                  

Step 5 - If there is no problem with the course sections you have selected, the page will now show your "Current Schedule".  Review this schedule to make sure you are registered for all of the classes for which you intended, AND if any of the "Credits" for your registered courses are highlighted in a different color, click on that number to make adjustments.  This means you have registered for a variable unit course and you need to enter the correct number of units you want to take.  It will appear in a box under the course.  If it is correct as is, click "Submit Changes".  If it is not, enter the correct number in the box and click "Submit Changes".

- Your web registration will not be successful and a message will appear for one or more sections if:

there is a time conflict between sections you have requested

you have not satisfied a prerequisite or co-requisite

special permissions are required to take the section you have requested

special restrictions on the population of students who may enroll are in effect

- If your web registration for a specific course is not successful and you would still like to register for the section, contact the appropriate college advising office.

Step 6 - Pay tuition and fees by the deadline published in the USF Schedule of Classes.

 

Browser Requirements

Web registration uses the Banner Self Service (SSB) application. Please click here for a list of browsers that generally work well with SSB.

If you have trouble accessing SSB with your browser, please contact the ITS Help Desk at 415-422-6668, itshelp@usfca.edu, or at Lone Mountain North, 2nd Floor.

Help

For help with web registration, contact the One Stop Enrollment and Financial Services Office at
(415) 422-2020 or email onestop@usfca.edu.

A Note on Security

For your protection, if you are browsing the web on a common access computer (i.e. in a computer lab), be sure to quit the browser and log out of the workstation.

Your Password/PIN Number

For assistance logging in, please click on "Click Here" under "Need Help Logging in?" on the USFConnect Home Page.  Otherwise, for your protection, we do not give out passwords by any means other than in-person with a photo ID. Passwords may be obtained at the ITS Help Desk in Lone Mountain North, 2nd Floor West, or by contacting the Help Desk at (415) 422-6668 or at itshelp@usfca.edu.

In-Person Registration Instructions

Most in-person registration takes place in the One Stop Enrollment and Financial Services Office. Nursing students register in the School of Nursing Office, Cowell 102.

Report to your registration site with a signed Registration/Add/Drop Form according to the following schedule:

Undergraduates
November 12 - November 30, 2007
At, or any time after, your access time and during normal office hours but not before 9:00 a.m. on
November 12, 2007 and not after 5:00 p.m. on November 30, 2007.

Graduates
November 12 - November 30, 2007
Any time during normal business hours but not before 9:00 a.m. on November 12, 2007, and not after 5:00 p.m. on November 30, 2007.

Full payment for tuition, fees, and housing charges (as applicable) must be received in the One Stop Enrollment and Financial Services Office no later than Wednesday, January 2, 2008, to confirm your class schedule.

NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION (except CPS)

College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business and Management, and School of Nursing

New Student Registration Dates and Times:
Thursday, January 17, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location:
Parina Computer Lab
University Center

Friday, January 18, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location:
One Stop Enrollment and Financial Services
Lone Mountain 251

School of Education

MA/Credential
New Student Registration Dates and Times:
Thursday, January 17, 2008
2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location:
Parina Computer Lab
University Center

Doctoral
New Student Registration Dates and Times:
Thursday, January 17, 2008
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location:
Parina Computer Lab
University Center

New students must be prepared to pay the full amount of tuition, fees, and housing charges (as applicable). For payment option information, please log on to: http://www.usfca.edu/onestop or call (415) 422-2020. For Financial Aid information, please call the One Stop Enrollment and Financial Services Office at (415) 422-2020.

REGISTRATION AS A VISITING STUDENT

Students who have not been formally admitted to the University of San Francisco but who wish to take a course(s) as a Visiting Student must complete the Visiting Student Application form. The Visiting Student Application form may be obtained by either calling (415) 422-6563 or toll free (800) CALL USF outside California. After completing the Application, submit it to:

Associate Director for Special Admissions
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080

Prior to registering for classes, visiting students must obtain the signature of the Associate Director for Special Admissions (415-422-2464) on a Registration/Add/Drop form. Registration occurs on the first day of classes and is on a space available basis. Payment is due at the time of registration.

COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES REGISTRATION

After their initial registration, CPS students are enrolled automatically in all future CPS cohort program courses. Additionally, CPS students may enroll in other USF colleges or schools with written approval of a CPS Program Director, Associate Program Director, or an Academic adviser in Student Advising and Support Services. CPS Students may be eligible to take courses in Arts, Sciences, Nursing, Business, and Education, provided course prerequisites are met and approval has been received from the appropriate school or college. CPS students wishing to enroll in courses offered by other USF colleges or schools should consult this Schedule of Classes for registration dates and instructions applicable to "continuing students" for specifics on registration.

LATE REGISTRATION AND ADD/DROP

Late Registration

Add/Drop Procedures

Students who were registered as of November 30, 2007 may add/drop courses online or in-person beginning at 8:30 a.m. on January 2, 2008.  Students may add classes online through 6:00 p.m. on Monday, January 28, 2008.  

Students may drop classes online through 5:00 p.m. on Census Date, Friday, February 8, 2008. If appropriate, students who drop their classes by 5:00 p.m. on Census Date will be issued a refund. After Census Date, dropping a course or section will require the signature of the adviser, instructor, and the Dean of your School or College. No refund of tuition will be issued. A neutral "W" (withdrawal) will be recorded on the student's transcript. The absolute last day to withdraw from a course(s) or the university for the Spring 2008 semester is Monday, April 7, 2008 (no exceptions).

Students are responsible academically and financially for courses in which they register. Students who stop attending a course or courses and do not complete the formal drop or withdrawal procedure as outlined in this publication will receive a final grade of "F" (failure) for that course.

OTHER REGISTRATION CONCERNS

Closed Classes

Classes are closed according to the limits set by the colleges and schools. There are physical limitations on class sizes (e.g. capacity of the classroom, number of lab seats, number of books ordered). You may petition to enter a closed class by completing a Registration/Add/Drop Form. You must obtain the signatures of the instructor teaching the course, your adviser, and the Dean of the School/College in which the course is offered. Use a separate Registration/Add/Drop Form for this action since the form may need to remain with the Dean for signature. Petitions to enter a closed class will be accepted beginning the first day of classes for the semester.

Courses Requiring Permission of Instructor

Students wishing to enroll in courses that require instructor permission must secure approval prior to registering for classes. Students should have the instructor sign on the appropriate section of the Registration/Add/Drop Form along with adviser and dean as appropriate.

Courses With Prerequisites

Students wishing to enroll in courses that require a prerequisite that the student has not taken, must secure permission from the instructor prior to registering for classes. Students should have the instructor sign on the appropriate section of the Registration/Add/Drop Form. If the student cannot find the instructor for approval, then the Chair of the department may sign instead.

Cancelled Classes

Classes are cancelled at the discretion of the dean/director of the college or school in which the courses are offered. A student will be dropped automatically from a cancelled class. If class cancellation results in a credit balance the student must request a refund at the One Stop Enrollment and Financial Services Office.

Consortium Cross-Registration

University of San Francisco students may take advantage of a cross-registration agreement between member Colleges and Universities, which make up the San Francisco Consortium. The Consortium includes USF, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco State University, Golden Gate University, and the University of California, San Francisco.

For a detailed description, complete regulations, and eligibility requirements, students should refer to the University Catalog or obtain instructions from the One Stop Enrollment and Financial Services Office in Lone Mountain 251, (415) 422-2020.

Credit Hour Load

Excess Units

Undergraduate students must have written permission of their Dean to take more than 18 units in one semester. Full-time, part-time, etc., is based solely on the number of units for which a student is registered in any term. Credit hour load does not include challenge examinations, transfer credit, or similar credit situations.

Verification and Certification of Enrollment

The Registrar's Office is responsible for verifying and certifying enrollment. Students can obtain an enrollment certificate online after Census Date by logging into their USFconnect account. Visit http://www.usfca.edu/acadserv/academic/registrar/verification.html for instructions on enrollment certificate ordering.

Withdrawal/Leave of Absence from the University

Students planning to withdraw or take a leave of absence from the University are encouraged to make an appointment with their dean's office or adviser prior to initiating withdrawal procedures. Petition to Withdraw from the University and Leave of Absence forms are available in the One Stop Enrollment and Financial Services Office, Lone Mountain 251, and online at

http://www.usfca.edu/acadserv/registrar/forms/index.html

The withdrawal or leave of absence becomes final only when a completed form or a notice of intent to withdraw or take a leave of absence has been filed with the University. Students who simply absent themselves from class without providing appropriate notice of intent to withdraw will have a failing grade(s) posted to their record. Withdrawal or leave from the University must occur on or before the last day to withdraw from classes for any semester. For the summer term, a withdrawal applies only to those programs that require a summer enrollment. Students residing in university-operated housing must also submit a Contract Release Request to the Office of Residence Life along with a copy of the University withdrawal form.

College of Professional Studies students should see the CPS web site at www.cps.usfca.edu regarding CPS Leave of Absence and Withdrawal policies.