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OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY REGISTRAR
Registrar:
Maxwell Carraway Associate Registrars:
Ron Henthorn, Tim Martin A3900 University Center
The Office of the University Registrar is the official custodian of permanent academic records of all past and currently enrolled students at The Florida State University. It is responsible for registering students and for maintaining student and departmental records for the term in progress, readmitting students, preparing transcripts, scheduling academic space, maintaining and updating curricula, certifying eligibility to receive credit for Credit by Examination, certifying attendance for loan purposes, implementing and monitoring academic regulations, certifying eligibility to graduate, and providing services and information to students, faculty, and administration. Reports and certifications of attendance and grade point average are made to governmental agencies, such as the Veterans Administration, with the student's permission.
Students should consult this office with questions concerning registration, locations and meeting times of courses, errors in registration records, dropping and adding courses, cancellation of registration, and grade problems.
Report immediately all changes in permanent and local addresses, name, social security number, divisions and majors, and residency, to this office.
Persons with Disabilities.
Any student in need of specific services and reasonable accommodations should contact the Student Disability Resource Center
, 1st Floor, Kellum Hall
.
During each academic term, an official registration is held for all currently enrolled, degree-seeking students who expect to enroll for the following term. Students registering for their first term do so during their orientation.
Registration at The Florida State University is conducted by telephone and by web site. Through the use of a touchtone telephone or a PC, students are able to register for classes from the privacy of their own homes or from anywhere in the world. Using the telephone data entry and voice responses, or an Internet web site students can register for all of their courses in a matter of minutes and can gain access to information concerning their tuition and fees. Please note that by registering students accept both fee and grade liability
. Students are advised if the requested course is available and informed of other matters related to registration, such as variable credit. However, the registration system will not tell students if they have registered for classes meeting during the same time period. Therefore, it is important to plan very carefully before requesting courses. Students using the automatic redial button will always receive a busy signal. Registering in the evening or during the night will avoid overloaded circuits.
Students should be aware that phone calls to The Florida State University's interactive telephone network systems for course registration, CLAST registration, Office of Financial Aid or Office of Admissions services may be periodically monitored to insure that the appropriate quality control is maintained.
Each academic term, The Florida State University publishes the Directory of Classes
which includes registration worksheets. The Directory
lists course offerings, with the meeting time and location of each course, and, where possible, the instructor who will be responsible for each course. The Directory
also contains a list of all registration deadlines, the final exam schedule, fee and payment information, and important announcements. A copy of the Directory can be obtained from the Office of the University Registrar's information desk (A3900 University Center
) each term and is available on the website at http://registrar.fsu.edu.
Students are advised to organize their materials and plan their schedules before using the registration worksheets in the Directory of Classes
. Students must contact the appropriate departmental office for any clearances or authorization needed and must take care of any academic or administrative hold before calling to register.
How to Find a Course in This Bulletin
The "Course Prefixes" section lists course subjects alphabetically by letter prefix. The column to the right contains the department(s) and/or program(s) offering that course subject. The departments/programs can be found, alphabetically, in the "Academic Departments and Programs" section, where each course offered in a given program is listed, including title, description, and credit hours.
Undergraduate Studies students and first-time transfer students must see their academic advisers for assistance with their course selection prior to registration. New students may be required to register for preparatory mathematics and/or English courses to complete registration.
Students are responsible for meeting prerequisites and corequisites for each course in which they are enrolled. Students are also responsible for any changes made to their schedule without an adviser's approval through the drop/add process.
Students will receive credit only for those courses in which they are properly registered. Likewise, students will be held responsible for every course for which they register unless they officially drop the course or cancel registration.
Those students who register during late registration (normally the first two days of classes) will be assessed a $100 late registration fee.
All permits, such as underloads, overloads, directed individual study (DIS), satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U) grading, and requests to take a graduate course by undergraduate students, must be completed at the time of academic advisement. Many permits require the signature of the academic dean as well as the adviser. Students are responsible for ensuring that the Office of the University Registrar has copies of these permits on file.
Undergraduate course credit may be modified downward with the approval of the chair of the department that is offering the course and the appropriate academic dean. No course may be modified upward. Any undergraduate student wishing to modify credit may obtain the necessary forms in the Office of the University Registrar.
A student entering as a freshman who has a score of 410 or below on the Verbal Subtest administered as part of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (recentered SAT), 15 or below on the English section of the Enhanced American College Testing Program examination (ACT) or 82 or below on the Florida College Entry-Level Placement Test will be required during the first term of enrollment to take precollege work in composition, ENC 0020, offered on this campus by the Tallahassee Community College. Those students with a recentered SAT score of 410 or below, an Enhanced ACT reading section score of 15 or below, or 82 or below on the Florida College Entry-Level Placement Test will be required to enroll in a precollege course, REA 0010. A student entering as a freshman whose score on the recentered SAT Verbal Subtest is 420-470 or on the Enhanced ACT English is 16-18 will be required to enroll in ENC 1905r. Such students will not be allowed to register for ENC 1101 during the first term of enrollment by reason of their scores on SAT/ACT.
Students entering as freshmen who have a recentered SAT mathematics score of 460 or below, an Enhanced ACT mathematics score of 20 or below (or its equivalent) or 71 or less on the Florida CELPT must take the on-campus Supplemental Mathematics Skills test. On the basis of scores on the SAT/ACT mathematics tests and the Supplemental Mathematics Skills test, students will, as space permits, be 1) placed in MAC 1105, or higher; or 2) be required to take community college preparatory course work in mathematics offered by Tallahassee Community College on the campus of The Florida State University. Students completing MAT 0024 with a passing grade must in their next term of enrollment register for MAT 1033. Students taking MAT 1033 must pass this course with a grade of "C-" or better before registering for advanced math classes. All remedial course work must be completed with a passing grade and a satisfactory score on the CPT.
Registration is prevented if all academic and/or administrative requirements have not been fulfilled prior to the term. A "stop" may be placed on the student record if one or all of the following deficiencies exist: academic dismissal, incomplete admissions documents, fiscal deficiency, lack of satisfactory Florida College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) scores, or failure to process readmission papers after a withdrawal or after a two-term absence (including the summer term) from the University. Also, failure to meet specific requirements of a University college, school, or department, the judicial office, or the office of special students, may induce a registration "stop."
Students notified of a "stop" should contact the notifying office immediately and arrange for removal to be allowed to register for classes, receive official transcripts, and/or receive a diploma.
If students with a "stop" on their record are allowed to register in error, they will be considered illegally enrolled in the University. If the "stop" is not removed after notification of such an error, the student's registration is subject to cancellation.
Registration Stop for Outstanding Charges
A "stop" is placed on all students who have outstanding charges due to the University. Students owing $50.00 or more are not permitted to register for classes. The "stop" will not be removed and such students will not be permitted to register until the debt is cleared.
Students allowed to register in error will be cancelled by the Office of the University Registrar.
Students who are dropped or deleted from their last or only course by an academic department because of nonattendance the first day of class will be cancelled by the Office of the University Registrar. This cancellation will be without liability for tuition. A student whose registration is cancelled by the University Registrar must apply for readmission.
A student may cancel registration during the first five days of classes for a semester or summer session by submitting a written request to the Office of the University Registrar
A3900 University Center
or to Withdrawal Services
, A4300 University Center
. Beyond the fifth day of classes, a student cannot voluntarily cancel registration but must apply for withdrawal from the University. Students who cancel their registration within this time frame are not liable for tuition; if tuition has been paid, such students should request a full refund of fees. Students who cancel their registration and are not enrolled for the following term (non-enrollment for two consecutive terms) must apply for readmission.
During the first four days of classes, individual courses may be added, dropped, or sections of a course changed. Students are financially liable for all courses that appear on their schedule after the fourth day of classes. Courses may be dropped through the fourth week of classes; however, tuition charges will remain. Approval by the student's academic dean is required to reduce the academic load below twelve (12) semester hours or increase an academic load above eighteen (18) semester hours [to a maximum of twenty-one (21) semester hours]. Courses dropped during this period will not appear on the student's transcript. To add courses after the first four days of classes requires the academic dean's approval.
After the fourth week of classes, courses may be dropped only in exceptional circumstances. Dates are prorated for individual summer sessions. Approval is required by the academic dean. Such courses will appear on the student's transcript with the notation "WD." Students who register for courses but who do not attend the classes will receive grades of "F" if the courses are not officially dropped.
Students may enroll in courses directed by an instructor for individual study of a particular area. Individual academic departments or programs will determine directed individual study policies for undergraduate students. The directed individual study course title must be approved in writing by the instructor offering the course and the departmental chair, or representative, and will be posted on the student's record. Students enrolled in Undergraduate Studies must also have permission of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies.
A student of senior standing or an upper-division honors student may carry graduate courses for undergraduate credit provided the student 1) has earned either a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0, "B," or better, or has made a combined score on the Graduate Record Examinations aptitude test of at least 1000; 2) carries a course load of no more than fifteen (15) semester hours; and 3) has the advance approval of the dean, the department chair, and the instructor offering the course, prior to registration. Students must have eligibility certified in the Office of the University Registrar before seeking approval of those listed in item 3).
Students who wish to receive graduate credit for such course work must obtain approval of the dean, the department chair, and the instructor offering the course, prior to registration for the graduate course. After approval, up to twelve (12) semester hours may be counted toward a graduate degree at The Florida State University, provided the course has not been counted toward a previous degree.
Note:
an undergraduate student approved for the Program in Medical Sciences need not obtain permission from the instructor, department chair, or dean to register for a 5000 level course required in the program. (See 'Program in Medical Sciences' in the "Academic Departments and Programs" section of the Graduate Bulletin
.)
A full-time student at one institution may enroll in one or more courses at the other institution under the following conditions:
- Permission is to be given by the academic dean of the student's home university;
- Courses taken at the host university should be those normally not offered at the student's home university;
- Within the policy of the student's home university, courses taken at the host university must be graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U) basis;
- The final grade obtained by the student shall be reported directly to the student's home university for entering on the student's transcript. Grades, credits, and quality points are treated as home-institution work;
- All tuition and fees are paid to the home institution;
- Faculty and full-time students at either institution have equal access to the library facilities at both institutions.
To register, see the FAMU-FSU Cooperative Program representative in the Office of the University Registrar. For engineering requirements, see the "FAMU-FSU College of Engineering" section of this General Bulletin
.
A student at one institution may enroll at the other institution under the following conditions:
- Admission.
- The student must obtain specific approval from the designated representative of each institution. At The Florida State University, the approving official for all areas is the Office of the University Registrar. Students of the Florida State University planning to take a course at TCC must also be cleared by their academic dean's office. The approving official at Tallahassee Community College is the Registrar;
- Registration.
- Courses taken at the host institution must not be offered at the home institution. If there is a shortage of classroom space, interinstitutional students will be given lower priority for scheduling than "home" students.
Interinstitutional students will be expected to follow prescribed registration procedures at each institution. If academic term calendars of the institutions vary, students will be expected to attend all classes, complete examinations, and discharge other responsibilities normally required of students in accordance with the schedule of each institution;
- Fees. The student will pay fees to the host institution;
- Records and Certification.
- Each institution will maintain its own permanent record of courses taken. Unofficial grade reports will be exchanged by the institutions at the end of each term. Certifications of enrollment or progress will be made by each institution when requested by the student for Selective Service, Veterans Administration, or other purposes.
This program enables students to take advantage of special resources and/or programs not available at their home institution. An interinstitutional transient student, by mutual agreement of the appropriate academic authorities in both the sponsoring and hosting institution, will receive a waiver of admission requirements of the host institution and a guarantee of acceptance of earned resident credits by the sponsoring institution. Interinstitutional transient students must be recommended by their own academic dean, who will initiate a visiting arrangement with the appropriate dean at the host institution. Students will register at the host institution, paying tuition and/or registration fees established by that institution. The approval of one institution does not bind the other to comply.
To receive dual enrollment credit, students must adhere to the rules and regulations of the Leon County School Board, the Board of Regents, the Florida Legislature, and the following conditions:
- The student must currently be enrolled in a secondary school operated by the Leon County School Board and must be taking a course or courses from The Florida State University for which the student shall receive credit toward a high school diploma. The student must possess a grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or better, certified by a high school counselor, classified as a high school junior or senior, and meet requirements established by the School Board, the University, and the Florida Legislature;
- Students will be enrolled at no cost to either the student or to the school district. The University will provide books and materials to the student and arrange for the payment of all fees;
- Parents or guardians are responsible for the student's transportation;
- Courses taken at the University will under no circumstances duplicate courses offered in the student's high school. Physical education courses offered by the University will not be considered qualified courses. The University may cancel a course due to insufficient enrollment;
- To remain eligible, the student must obtain a 2.0 GPA in all university course work. Both the University and the School Board will maintain academic records of the student's course work. The University will determine the status and grades of the students and will provide records of the same to the School Board at the end of each term.
Students in Leon County public high schools interested in dual enrollment course work should consult their guidance counselor for further information. Academic advising and registration for dual enrollment students at The Florida State University are provided by the Office of Undergraduate Studies.
The above interinstitutional agreements and the dual enrollment agreement between the Leon County School Board and The Florida State University are on file at the University in the offices of the University Registrar and the Dean of the Faculties.
At the time of fee payment, all new main campus special students will be required to pay a nonrefundable fee of $15.
Registration as a special student for undergraduate course work may be approved for any high school graduate and for any postbaccalaureate student provided the student is not on academic dismissal from this or any other institution. Persons without a high school diploma may register with the permission of the Office of Special Students, Office of the University Registrar. All registration by special students is on a space-available basis. Because of excessive demand for some graduate courses, special students may be enrolled in such courses only with the permission of the graduate officer of that particular unit and with the Office of Special Students in the Office of the University Registrar, A3900 University Center
.
Foreign nationals on a student visa may not use the special student status other than to fulfill prerequisite requirements, or for summer enrollment if full-time status has been maintained during the academic year. All other foreign nationals, whether intending degree or nondegree work, must obtain permission from the Office of Admissions. For more complete details, see the "Academic Regulations and Procedures" section of this General Bulletin
.
All regularly enrolled students and persons not enrolled in the University are afforded seating privileges after registration on a space-available basis with permission of the instructor, payment of the prescribed fee for each course, and presentation of the appropriate form approved by the Office of the University Registrar. Since no credit is allowed for attendance via "seating privilege," admission to the University is not required. The course(s) taken will not appear on the student's permanent record.
Students are cautioned not to preregister for any course they intend to audit. They will have to drop the course(s) from their official schedule and will incur additional financial liability.
Citizens 60 years of age or older who are Florida residents may attend classes under "seating privileges" criteria, and fees are waived except for those courses requiring individual instruction.
State employee fee waivers cannot be used to pay for audits.
The Office of the University Registrar will issue official transcripts at the written request of the student. Individuals needing official transcripts should make a written request directly to the transcript section of the Office of the University Registrar.
Transcript service may be denied if a financial or judicial stop has been placed on a student's record. Clearance from the Controller's Office or the Judicial Office must be obtained prior to the release of the transcript. Transcript service may also be denied if the request is made by a third party without the student's written consent.
A charge of $5.00 will be assessed for each official transcript issued.
All student certifications will be by official request only. Students in need of enrollment verification should make a written request directly to: Certification Section of the Office of the University Registrar, A3900 University Center, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2480
.
Students have the right to have access to their student records on file in the Office of the University Registrar. Students requesting access to information in their file, or a third party requesting information in a student's file with the written consent of the student
, has the right to a response from the Office of the University Registrar within 30 days. When the record includes information on more than one student, only the information on the student making the request will be given.
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