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By the act of registration (i.e., requests for and assignment to one or more classes),
you are financially liable to the University for assessed tuition and fees. Unless you
officially withdraw from the University (see WITHDRAWAL)
during the authorized withdrawal periods you are obligated to pay the full amount of the
assessment and are subject to grades regardless of whether you attend class. The
University will mail a statement to a designated billing address or to a current address
if no billing address is on file. If full payment of University charges is not made when
due, you are subject to a late payment penalty. Direct any billing address requests and
questions about payments to:
Student Financial
Services
103 Administration Annex
(970) 491-6466
Registration, including schedule changes (adds and drops), is accomplished by using touch tone telephones or the web. In order to fully benefit from the system, it is essential that you follow the required procedures and observe the established deadlines. Being prepared to register will minimize mistakes and time on the system, thereby reducing the demand during peak registration periods.
You may cancel your registration at any time through the day before classes begin, by dropping on the registration system all courses for which you are registered. No penalty will be assessed and tuition and fees will be canceled. All financial aid awarded prior to the beginning of classes will be canceled if you fail to enroll. You are the only one, through the use of your PAC to access the system, who can cause this cancellation. If the term has commenced, see WITHDRAWAL.
Contact your adviser for assistance in selection of your courses. If you do not know who your adviser is, contact the department of your major for assistance. University Open Option and pre-business students should contact the HELP/Success Center; College Open Option students should contact their college dean's office.
During advising you will be issued a Schedule Manager for Advising and Registration by Technology (SMART) form. This document will include personal information about you, such as class level, college, major, second major, minor, address, etc. The accuracy of this information must be checked by you and, if necessary, corrected in the Office of Records and Registration. The SMART will also contain information about your registration for the semester. This will include your personal access code (PAC), advising code if applicable, the beginning time for your access to the registration system, HOLDS on your registration, registration and schedule change deadlines, etc. Get SMART before you attempt to register.
Your personal access code (PAC) is permanently assigned for the duration of your enrollment at Colorado State. This code and your PID (Personal ID - commonly social security number) are required for access to the registration and grades system. It provides security to your registration record, so do not share it with others. If you believe it has been compromised, a new PAC can be assigned to you by the Office of Records and Registration.
Some students are required to seek advising before they may access the registration system. An advising code must be entered at the first use of the registration system each term. This code changes each term and is available on their SMART form. This code is in addition to the Personal Access Code (PAC) required for registration.
Academic and administrative offices can place HOLDS on your registration, and when you access the registration system you will be prevented from registering or changing your registration schedule. HOLDS are placed for a variety of reasons (academic, financial, etc.). Failure to meet a payment deadline will result in a financial HOLD, which will prevent adds for a registered student. Each HOLD and the office involved (including office locations) will be communicated by the registration system. These may differ from those listed on the SMART since the HOLDS are updated on an on-going basis. You must clear each HOLD with the office involved. Once you have cleared the HOLD with these offices, they will remove the HOLD from the registration system. If a HOLD is placed on your registration after you have registered, your registration will not be automatically cancelled. However, you will not have access to the registration system to adjust your schedule or to register for subsequent terms until the HOLD is cleared . HOLDS do not extend other deadlines and must be cleared prior to deadlines or adds will not be authorized.
Beginning in late October for Spring and early/mid April for Fall, registration access is by class priority with professional (DVM) and graduates followed by seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshmen in that order. Within each class, students with the greatest number of cumulative credits passed will have the highest priority. Your cumulative credits will include any for which you are currently enrolled with the assumption that you will pass them. Obviously, a greater selection of courses will be available if you register early: FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. Get SMART so you can see when your access begins. The class priority schedule ends approximately four weeks later at which time newly admitted students may begin registration.
The registration system (970-224-2000) or through RAMWeb will operate during the following time periods:
7:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday
7:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. Friday
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. Saturday
12 noon - 10:30 p.m. Sunday (except the Sunday prior to classes when hours are 1:00 a.m. -
10:30 p.m.)
All of these times are subject to change due to demands on the system or equipment availability.
Some departments place class restrictions, major restrictions or prerequisites on courses or sections of courses. These restrictions will be listed with each course. Some of these restrictions may be temporary until students of designated class or major have had an opportunity to register for the course or section involved. If this is the case, all students may have access to them after the date noted in the course listing. Exceptions to these restrictions may be made only by the academic department offering the course.
When you are denied enrollment in a course, the reason will be given. Reasons could include: class is filled, ineligible because of class or major restriction, time conflict with another course, lacking prerequisites, etc. You may be eligible for another section of the same course, and you can request to hear a list of open sections.
You may also reenter the system to add another course, drop a course for which you registered earlier, or change credits in a variable credit course for which you are registered. You are urged to do this as early as possible in the registration period because use of the registration system will increase as the first day of classes nears.
RIs include a schedule of classes for which you are enrolled with updated meeting times and locations. RIs are mailed to your current address three weeks before the semester begins, or the Monday following your registration if you register after the initial mailing.
A late registration fee of $50 is assessed for adding the first course on or after the first day of classes or for late adds after the registration period. Petition for Waiving Late Registration Fee.
Schedule changes are made by using the registration system during authorized periods.
Courses can be added, sections changed within a course and credits changed in a variable credit course based on the add periods listed below. Courses that restrict add/drop adjustments are noted under the course listing. Academic departments may drop from classes students who fail to attend either of the first two class meetings or the first meeting of a class that meets once a week. You are responsible to see that the course is dropped or you will be subject to grades and tuition and fees for the course.
These courses have the in-session weeks printed under the section in the Class Schedule. Courses taught in less than 16 weeks have proportionately shorter add/drop periods. See the chart below for schedule periods.
*Limited Drop/Add Courses:
add period ends the first Monday of the semester
free drop period ends the first Sunday of the semester
no "W" drop period (without instructor/department approval within deadline)
*Initial Add/Drop Courses:
add period ends the first Monday of the semester
free drop period ends the 12th day of the semester (weekends excluded)
"W" drop period ends Monday of the 9th week of the semester
Extended Add/Drop Courses:
add period ends the 12th day of classes (weekends excluded)
free drop period ends the 12th day of classes (weekends excluded)
"W" drop period ends Monday of the 9th week of the semester
*restricted periods
Schedule Change and W Drop Periods
| Course Term Length Week(s) | Schedule Change Period [1] Day of Term [2] |
"W" Drop Period Day of Term [2] |
| 1 | 1-2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1-2 | 3-5 |
| 3 | 1-3 | 4-8 |
| 4 | 1-3 | 4-10 |
| 5 | 1-4 | 5-13 |
| 6 | 1-5 | 6-15 |
| 7 | 1-6 | 7-18 |
| 8 | 1-6 | 7-20 |
| 9 | 1-7 | 8-23 |
| 10 | 1-8 | 9-25 |
| 11 | 1-9 | 10-28 |
| 12 | 1-9 | 10-30 |
| 13 | 1-10 | 11-33 |
[1] Tuition and fee adjustments processed through schedule change period.
[2] Day of Term refers to weekdays of the term during which the course is offered
regardless of whether the course meets every day of the term.
An adjustment of tuition and fees is allowed during the schedule change period. After this deadline, there is no adjustment in tuition and fees should you drop a course. Courses taught in less than sixteen weeks have proportionately shorter add/drop periods.
Selection of pass/fail grading for a student option pass/fail graded course, or selection of audit grading, cannot be accomplished through the registration system. The form for selection of these grading options is in the class schedule. Register for the course first, then complete this form, obtain the approval signatures, and submit it to the Office of Records and Registration no later than the end of the extended add/drop period.
The following regulations apply to pass/fail student option courses for the undergraduate student:
-First semester freshmen are not eligible for this option.
-First semester transfer students are not eligible for this option.
-Students with less than a 2.0 cumulative grade point average are not eligible for this
option.
-Students may use this option for only one course per semester.
-This option should not be used in a course to fulfill a general or specific requirements
within a student's major.
-The above regulations do not apply to EX IOOA-P, EX IOIA-J, EX 102A-G, EX 104, EX 106,
and EX 123.
-Additional policies for this grading option are indicated on the form.
Registration for a credit overload cannot be accomplished through the
registration system. Maximum credit
loads are as follows:
Undergraduate - 18
Graduate - 15
Professional (DVM) - 26
The form for overload approval is in the Class Schedule. This completed and approved form must be submitted to the Office of Records and Registration no later than the end of the extended add/drop period.
If the term has not commenced, see Canceling Your Registration. If you attempt to drop all of your courseson or after the first day of the term, the registration system will prevent the dropping of your last course and direct you to the HELP/Success Center to withdraw from the University. In this situation, as the term has commenced, you will be responsible to pay all or part of assessed tuition and fees depending on the date of your withdrawal through the HELP/Success Center, 202 Aylesworth NE, (970) 491-7095.
After the term is over, you may use the phone system or RAMweb to review your grades. Grades are usually available by the fourth working day after finals week. Call (970) 224-2000 and select #2 to hear grades over the phone. Access RAMweb to access grades on-line.
All undergraduate students pursuing degrees at Colorado State must complete the all-University composition (three credits) and mathematics (three credits) requirements within the first 60 semester credits passed, including any transferred to the University. Failure to do so will lead to denial of registration for any course except the courses that are necessary to satisfy those requirements. Students who are affected must contact their major department when this occurs. Students who are planning to transfer to Colorado State should complete these requirements before transferring.
Enrolled students may elect to establish credit by examination for many of the courses offered by Colorado State. The Credit by Examination Program provides the student who received college-level preparation outside the university setting an opportunity to acquire college credit for this work. Qualified students are encouraged to take advantage of this program by contacting the University Testing Service, C81 Clark Building, (970) 491-6053.
Residence hall students can obtain University ID cards between 7:45 a.m. and 4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday in the Palmer Center located in the northwest section of the main campus (Housing and Food Services Office), or at the Cache Card Office, Lory Student Center, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. where your photograph will be taken and an ID will be issued immediately.
There is no cost to new full-time Colorado State students, and $5 (subject to change) will be charged to current students needing a replacement. Please call (970) 491-4754 if you have any questions.
Under a cooperative program with Aims Community College (Greeley), full time Colorado State students may register for one course (maximum of five credits) per term without additional tuition assessment. Contact Records and Registration, Room 100, Administration Annex, for further details.
Senior citizens (age 62 or older) may visit Colorado State resident instruction classes on a space available basis at no cost. Contact Records and Registration, Room 100, Administration Annex, for further details. Senior Citizen Class Visitation Request form.
Colorado State University, in compliance with Colorado State law and Health Department regulations, requires persons born January 1, 1957 or later to show proof of immunity against measles (two doses), mumps (two doses) and rubella (two doses) by submitting an Immunization Certificate to the Hartshorn Health Service prior to arrival at school.
Additional information concerning immunizations should be directed to:
Colorado State University
Hartshorn Health Service
Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523.
Telephone: (970) 491-6548. FAX: (970) 491-0268.