REGISTRATION PROCESS

Each semester, official admission to classes is obtained through the registration process and payment of all tuition and fees.

1. In consultation with the Graduate Program Director, the student selects an appropriate program of courses from the official Course Schedule issued each semester and enters the selection on the Registration Form. The student must obtain the signature of the program director to approve the semester’s program. Non-matriculants will be assigned an ad hoc program director by the GSBMS dean’s office. If a student has not completed the nominal prerequisites for a particular course, but nonetheless wishes to enroll “with the permission of the instructor,” the student must also obtain the signature of the course instructor.
2. Ph.D. students must obtain a Tuition Remission Authorization Form, which must be signed by the program director and by the dean of the Graduate School. Master’s students who wish to be considered full-time students must obtain a Certificate of Full-time Status Form and have it completed and signed by both the program director and dean.
3. All students must then present their registration paperwork to the Graduate School office, where they will be cleared for registration.
4. The student then submits the Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office (Room 127, Administration Building). The student will receive a confirmed schedule of their selected courses.
5. The student then submits the appropriate payment for tuition and fees to the Bursar (Room 115B, Administration Building).
6. Each semester an official Course Schedule is published that lists the courses being offered, their time and location, and also an identification number (“class number”) for each course. Continuing students receive the course schedule by mail several weeks in advance of the registration period. The course schedule is also posted outside the dean’s office and additional copies are available there. New students also receive a copy of the course schedule by mail. On occasion, addenda to the course schedule are announced, noting deletions or additions of courses or changes in scheduled times and rooms. These addenda are posted outside the GSBMS office. Addenda are not mailed to all students.

An advanced registration period is available approximately six weeks before the beginning of the September and January terms. Exact dates are posted in the academic calendar for each year. During this period, the student completes steps 1 to 4 and submits full payment to the Registrar’s Office.

In-person registration takes place approximately one to two weeks before the beginning of the September and January terms. Exact dates are posted in the academic calendar. Students registering after the normal registration period are charged a late registration fee in addition to the normal tuition and fees.

Drop/Add period. For a period of approximately two weeks after the first day of classes, students may change their selection of courses for the semester. Specifically, they may drop and add an identical number of credits without any additional tuition being charged. Courses that are dropped officially during this period do not appear on the student’s permanent academic record. In addition, students may change their status in a course from graded to audit, or vice versa, during the drop/add period.

Credits that are dropped without replacement during this period will result in a full or partial refund of tuition to the student depending upon the exact date the course is dropped. Credits that are added during the drop/add period will be charged at the full semester rate.

Courses from which the student withdraws after the close of the drop/add period will remain on the student’s permanent record with a grade of W (withdraw) or W/F (withdraw, failing). Changes in status from graded to audit are not permitted after the end of the drop/add period.