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Course Registration
Registration dates for each session are listed in the annual
academic calendar. Early registration periods may be designated
for currently enrolled students. During early registration, the
University allows students to register for courses for the upcoming
academic term. Students register for courses by academic
classification and are strongly encouraged to take advantage of
this early registration opportunity, rather than registering after the
start of an academic term. Students who register early for a term
but do not return the following semester must notify the Office of
the Registrar of their change in status.
Registration information, including registration instructions and
course schedules for the semester, is prepared by the Office of the
Registrar prior to each registration period. Information regarding
course offerings and sections is available on the University
website.
Prior to processing a registration, each student meets with an
academic advisor to discuss career direction, course options,
and class schedules. While selecting courses, students and
advisors should discuss alternative courses as a contingency
for course closings and cancellations. Although each student
has an academic advisor to help with scheduling, the student is
ultimately responsible for the chosen class schedule and course
of study. Students should become very familiar with the course
requirements for their chosen major.
Class schedules are selected using the Student Planning
registration process on the University website. This online
registration process may be completed from the academic
advisor’s computer or from any other computer through which the
student has internet access. Instructions for using the Student
Planning registration program are available on the Registrar’s
website or from the Office of the Registrar.
After the online registration process has been completed, the
student’s confirmed schedule becomes an active registration in
the administrative computer system.
To finalize their registration, students must make financial
arrangements for payment of the amount due listed on their billing
invoice (see the financial section of the catalog for information
concerning costs and payment plans).
Undergraduates in Graduate Courses
Students in undergraduate programs at Cedarville University
who are interested in taking graduate coursework prior to
graduation may be eligible to do so with appropriate approvals.
Individual graduate programs have the ability to allow or prevent
this practice. In some cases credits may count as electives in the
undergraduate program as well as meeting requirements of a
graduate degree. The requirements and procedures for granting
graduate credit to undergraduates are as follows:
The undergraduate student:
• Must have achieved senior standing at the undergraduate
level prior to taking graduate courses.
• Must have a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.70 or higher
to take graduate coursework.
• May not use more than two graduate courses toward
requirements for an undergraduate degree.
• May take at most two graduate courses prior to graduation
from the undergraduate program.
• Must meet all prerequisites for the graduate course(s) for
which they intend to register.
• Must obtain the following approvals prior to registering for the
graduate course:
• the undergraduate advisor,
• the chair/dean of the undergraduate program, and
• the director of the graduate program
The approval form for this process may be obtained from
the Office of the Registrar or from the office of the appropriate
graduate program. The GPA requirement may be overridden by
permission of both the Dean of Graduate and Extended Learning
Programs and the program director.
Tuition for undergraduate students taking graduate courses
will be charged at the higher of the undergraduate or graduate
rates. Graduate credits may be included within a student’s
undergraduate block pricing, but the student may have additional
charges if the graduate tuition is higher than the block rate.
The University reserves the right to limit the number of
undergraduate enrollments allowed within any given graduate
section.
Auditing
Auditing involves attending and participating in a course without
earning credit. A course may be changed from credit to audit
before the end of the first full week of the semester. Courses may
be changed from audit to credit, with permission of the instructor,
before the end of the first full week of the semester. A student may
not test out of a course already audited. Registration to audit a
course will not be processed until the first day of the semester to
accommodate students requiring regular registration status.
Adding and Withdrawing From a Course
Students are responsible to verify the accuracy of their course
registration at the beginning of each semester. All registrations
must be finalized by the end of the second week of the semester.
No courses may be added after this time unless approval is
granted from the course instructor, and the associate/assistant
dean or chair of the department that offers the course. In the
absence of the associate/assistant dean or department chair,
the dean of the school or the dean of undergraduate studies
may approve a late registration. A late registration fee of $50 will
be charged to process a registration or add a course after the
deadline.
Changes in a student’s course schedule must be made through
the drop/add process. This may be completed online within three
calendar days after courses begin. After this time, a drop/add form
is required to complete a schedule change. Forms for course
changes are available in the Office of the Registrar and must be
signed by both the course instructor and the student’s academic
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