Office of the University Registrar

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 Florida State University is conducted by Web site. To register online, go to http://registrar.fsu.edu and choose "Register Online" from "Registration Tools". Using the 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 from the privacy of their own home. 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.

Florida State University publishes the Registration Guide. The Guide contains a list of all registration deadlines, fee and payment information, and important announcements. This information is published online at the Office of the University Registrar Web site, at http://registrar.fsu.edu.

Lists of course offerings, meeting times, locations, and instructors (when known) are available online through the Course Look Up system. This system is available twenty-two hours a day, year round. To view class schedules, select the Course Look Up link from the Web page of the Office of the University Registrar. Course listings for an upcoming semester will be available fourteen days prior to the first registration window for that semester.

Students are advised to organize their material and plan their schedule before attempting to register online. Students must contact the appropriate departmental office for any clearances or authorization needed. Individual instructors should be contacted for courses requiring instructor permission. It is important to take care of any academic or administrative hold (stop) before calling to register.

The "Course Prefixes, Definitions, and Locations" chapter 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 listed alphabetically in the "Academic Departments and Programs" section, where each course offered in a given program is listed including title, description, and credit hours. Alternatively, access the .pdf version of this bulletin and search for a specific course prefix or number.

You may request course descriptions through the Registrar's office by visiting http://registrar.fsu.edu/services/acad_pub/. For more information, please contact Geo Laws at (850) 644-3027 or glaws@admin.fsu.edu.

Each campus entity may request printed copies of the campus map through the Registrar's Office. Maps are produced annually. Facillities Planning and Construction maintains Web and pdf versions of the campus map which may be viewed online at http://www.fsu.edu/Campus/newmap/. For more information, please contact Geo Laws at (850) 644-3027 or glaws@admin.fsu.edu.

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 four days of classes) will be assessed a $100.00 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, ideally should be completed at the time of academic advisement. All permits must be completed by the end of the seventh week of classes of the Fall or Spring semester, or by the prorated term deadlines published in the Summer Academic Calendar. 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.

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 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 430 or below on the Verbal Subtest administered as part of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (recentered SAT), 16 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 (CELPT), or failure to pass the on-campus writing test administered by FSU's English department, will be required during the first term of enrollment to take precollege work in composition, ENC 0020, offered by the Tallahassee Community College. Those students with a recentered SAT score of 430 or below, an Enhanced ACT reading section score of 17 or below, or 82 or below on the Florida College Entry-Level Placement Test (CELPT) will be required to take the Nelson-Denny Reading Test. Depending upon the score earned on this test, students may be exempt from a preparatory reading course or they may be required to enroll in either REA 0002 (offered by Tallahassee Community College) or REA 1905 (offered by FSU). A student entering as a freshman whose score on the recentered SAT Verbal Subtest is 440-470 or on the Enhanced ACT English is 17–18 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 unless they score sufficiently high on the on-campus writing test administered by FSU's English department.

Students entering as freshmen who have a recentered SAT mathematics score of 430 or below, an Enhanced ACT mathematics score of 18 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 MGF 1106 or higher; or (2) be required to take community college preparatory course work in mathematics, either MAT 0024C or MAT 1033. Tallahassee Community College (TCC) offers MAT 1033 on the campus of Florida State University (FSU) year round; however, TCC only offers MAT 0024C on the FSU campus during the Summer semester. Students who do not pass MAT 0024C during the Summer will be required to take it on the TCC campus. Students completing MAT 0024C with a passing grade must register for MAT 1033 in their next term of enrollment. Students taking MAT 1033 must pass this course with a grade of "C–" or better before registering for advanced math classes. If MAT 1033 is not passed with a grade of "C-" or better, it must be repeated in the next successive term until a passing grade is achieved. All remedial course work must be completed with a passing grade.

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.

A stop is placed on all students who have outstanding charges due to the University. Students owing any fees are not permitted to register for classes. The stop is not removed and such students are not permitted to register until the debt is cleared.

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 are 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.

Students allowed to register in error are 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 are cancelled by the Office of the University Registrar. This cancellation is without liability for tuition. A student whose registration is cancelled by the University Registrar must apply for readmission.

Cancellation of Student Schedules for Non-Payment of Tuition and Fees

Reinstatement of Student Schedules Canceled for Non-Payment of Tuition and Fees

A student may cancel registration during the first four 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.

International students who wish to cancel their registration must request and receive prior authorization from an International Center adviser. In addition, international students should submit the SEVIS Update Form, available at http://www.ic.fsu.edu/currentstudents/sevis.cfm.

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 appearing on their schedule after the fourth day of classes. Courses may be dropped through the seventh week of classes with the exception of mandated college preparatory courses, freshman composition, and courses involved in allegations of academic dishonesty; however, tuition charges remain. Approval by the student's academic dean is required to reduce the academic load below twelve semester hours or increase an academic load above eighteen semester hours (to a maximum of twenty-one semester hours). Courses dropped during this period do not appear on the student's transcript. To add courses after the first four days of classes requires the academic dean's approval.

A cumulative maximum of two courses may be dropped between the eighth and twelfth week of classes during the semesters in which the student has earned fewer than sixty hours of college credit; tuition charges will remain. A student may only drop one course after earning sixty hours of college credit and until graduation; tuition charges remain. Approval by the student's academic dean is required. Courses dropped during this period appear on the student's transcript with the notation "W."

After the twelfth week of classes (with dates prorated for individual Summer sessions), courses may be dropped only in documented exceptional circumstances (i.e. beyond the student's control), as determined by the student's academic dean. Academic deans exercise their administrative and academic judgment in making final determinations about drop eligibility. Course drops are never approved when there are unresolved allegations of academic dishonesty in a course or when a course grade reflects an Academic Honor Policy penalty.

Such courses appear on the student's transcript with the notation "WD." Students who register for courses but do not attend the classes receive grades of "F" if the courses are not officially dropped. Students changing from a previous catalog year should consult their academic dean regarding limitations concerning the policy described above.

Students called to active duty who wish to receive incompletes for the semester and complete the coursework at a later date should fax or present to their individual instructors a copy of the orders calling them to active duty along with a written request to receive an incomplete ("I") in the course. Students called to active duty who prefer to have their schedules administratively cancelled should fax ([850] 644-6140) or hand-carry a copy of their orders along with a statement requesting an administrative cancellation to the Office of the University Registrar, A3918 University Center.

Students may enroll in courses directed by an instructor for individual study of a particular area. Individual academic departments or programs 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 is 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 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 three.

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 semester hours may be counted toward a graduate degree at Florida State University, provided the course has not been counted toward a previous degree.

A full-time student at one institution may enroll in one or more courses at the other institution under the following conditions:

1. Permission is to be given by the academic dean of the student's home university;
2. Courses taken at the host university should be those normally not offered at the student's home university;
3. 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;
4. 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;
5. All tuition and fees are paid to the home institution; and
6. 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" chapter of this General Bulletin.

A student at one institution may enroll at the other institution under the following conditions:

1. Admission. A Tallahassee Community College student wishing to dual enroll at Florida State University must obtain specific approval from the designated representative in the Office of Enrollment Services at Tallahassee Community College and the Office of Admissions at Florida State University. (Consult the "University Calendar" chapter of this General Bulletin for specific application deadlines.) Florida State University students planning to take courses at Tallahassee Community College must obtain the approval of their academic dean and the Office of the University Registrar prior to submitting the registration request to the Office of Enrollment Services at Tallahassee Community College;
2. 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.

Note: 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;

3. Fees. The student will pay fees to the host institution;
4. 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, Veteran's 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.

Students from other institutions who wish to take courses at Florida State University should submit an approved Interinstitutional Transient Student application to the Office of Admissions by the published deadline. (Consult the "University Calendar" chapter of this General Bulletin for specific application deadlines.)

Note: Academic rules governing regular students (e.g., fees, drop/add, withdrawal, grading policies) also apply to transient students.

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.

Note: 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.

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.

The Office of the University Registrar issues 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 or online at http://campus.fsu.edu.

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.

Unofficial transcripts are available to students free of charge. Visit http://campus.fsu.edu, click the Secure Apps tab and select My Unofficial Transcript.

All student certifications will be by official request only. Students in need of enrollment verification should submit an electronic request through the Secure Apps section of http://campus.fsu.edu. Select Certification Request. Follow the instructions to obtain your certification letter. Your letter will be processed the following business day. Written requests may be submitted directly to:

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, have the right to a response from the Office of the University Registrar within thirty days. When the record includes information on more than one student, only the information pertaining to the student making the request will be given.