Advance Registration Information and Instructions

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1 Advance Registration Information and Instructions Advance Registration for Fall 2009 occurs from Monday, March 23 through Sunday, April 5, During this period you will enter requests for the courses you would like to enroll in. At the end of advance registration, the system will then schedule all students requests based on availability. Depending on course demand, the system may not be able to enroll you in all the courses you requested. In late-november, a copy of your schedule will be mailed to you. You may also view your schedule on Penn InTouch beginning Friday, April 17, If you do not receive a full schedule, or if you wish to change your course selections, you may begin revising your schedule during the Course Selection period which begins on Tuesday, April 21, Please refer to the Academic Calendar for the end of Course Selection and DROP dates. Requesting Courses On-Line Non-Participating Divisions/Schools: if you are in one of the following divisions/schools, take your completed Advance Registration Worksheet to your division or department office for processing on any weekday during the Advance Registration period. School of Dental Medicine School of Medicine School of Veterinary Medicine Graduate groups of Chemistry, Organizational Dynamics, English, Executive Engineering, Physics, and Psychology Molecular Biology graduate group in Biomedical Graduate Studies Wharton Graduate Division You must have your advisor s approval entered into the system before Advance Registering if you are in: The School of Engineering and Applied Science (all undergraduate programs) The Non-Traditional Graduate Program in the College of Liberal and Professional Studies School of Nursing (undergraduates only) The College of Arts and Sciences as a first-year undergraduate The College of Arts and Sciences Juniors/Seniors with an undeclared major Dissertation Students If you were previously on dissertation, (except Graduate Engineering students), you will automatically be registered for the next term. Graduate Engineering students must register each term with their school office. If you are a new student, contact your department office for the correct dissertation section number. Preparing for Advance Registration and Registration Drop/Request Resolve your University financial and academic obligations. A financial hold, academic hold, or Student Health hold will prevent you from requesting courses during Advance Registration and during Drop/Request. To check on possible holds logon to Penn InTouch. 3

2 If you have a hold the following message will appear: This student has a registration hold or has not been cleared to register for term. Select View Holds for further information. For financial holds contact: Student Financial Services For academic holds contact your School Office or your Advisor. For Student Health holds contact Student Health Services Instructions on using Penn InTouch for Advance Registration - Penn InTouch is accessed through the PennPortal ( - Click on the Register for Courses link. - Enter your PennKey and password to complete the required login. - If you need assistance with your PennKey, please review the information at - On the Penn InTouch main page, click on Registration and then select the appropriate term. - Penn InTouch requires the subject area code (for example: HIST), the course number, and the course section number. - When you request a course you may change the grade type from Normal to Pass/Fail and for a variable credit course you may change the amount of credit. Please check the guidelines of your School/Department regarding grade types. - You MUST request ALL parts of multiple activity courses such as lecture/lab or lecture/recitation. Requests that do not meet this requirement will be dropped at the end of the Advance Registration period without enrolling you. For example, if you only request a lecture but do not request a corresponding recitation or lab, the system will not enroll you in just the lecture. Use the Advance Registration Worksheet included in the Timetable to keep track of your courses. If you fill out the worksheet first, you will be able to spend less time completing your registration on Penn InTouch. A guide to reading the Course Timetable: ***************************************************** Course number HISTORY ************************************************ Subject area code HIST-073 LATIN AMERCA SURVEY 1 CU Section number 001 LEC TR 1:30 3:00 Armstrong D Activity: LEC (lecture); SEM (seminar); REC (recitation); LAB (lab); CLN (clinic) Course Unit (Credits) Instructor s Name Class meeting day: M (Mon); T (Tue); W (Wed); R (Thu); F (Fri); S (Sat); U (Sun) 4

3 Advance Registration Worksheet Use the Worksheet to list the courses you wish to request in order of their importance to you. You will need the subject area code, the course number, and the section number for each course you wish to request. The scheduler system works as follows: - The system will try to schedule you into your first primary request. - If you do not get into that section, it will try to schedule you into another section of the same course if you have selected the any section option for that course. - If you do not get into any section of the course, the system will then try to schedule you into the first alternate request, then into any section of that course. (If you did not request a first alternate request, the system skips to the 2 nd primary request.) - The system will then go to your second primary request and continue repeating the steps detailed above until it has gone through all of your requests. Note: the scheduler will stop checking your requests when it meets your maximum load. For example, if you entered 8 primary and 8 alternate requests and the scheduler is able to enroll you in the first 5 courses you requested the scheduler will discontinue trying to enroll you in courses. - It is important to enter several additional requests beyond your desired course load in case you do not receive all of your top choices. - It does not matter when you enter your requests during the Advance Registration period. There is no advantage to entering your requests on the first day of advance registration or on the last day of advance registration. The system waits until all the requests have been collected and then processes them all at once. - To ensure optimal performance, it is necessary to limit the number of simultaneous users and restrict all Penn InTouch sessions to thirty minutes. Try to use Penn InTouch at off peak times during weekends and between 5:00 pm and 9:00 pm on weekdays. Course Selection Period Beginning Tuesday, April 21, 2009, you may request and drop courses on Penn InTouch in real time and know immediately if seats in the courses are available and if you have been enrolled. Course requests are considered on a first-come, first-serve basis. Instructions on using Penn InTouch for Registration Add/Drop: - You MUST request ALL parts of multiple activity courses such as lecture/lab or lecture/recitation. Requests that do not meet this requirement will be dropped daily during the Registration Add/Drop period. - Do not request any course in time conflict. The system will not schedule you in any courses that meet at overlapping times. - The system will not allow you to enroll in more courses than your maximum load. If you are already enrolled at your maximum load and you want to add another course, use the Drop/Add function on the Penn InTouch Registration menu. You must choose the course you are willing to drop in order to add a new course. If you wish to carry a higher maximum load than normally allowed, you will need to consult your School/Department for approval before you can add additional courses to your schedule. 5

4 Schedule Display Please use this layout to plan your course schedule. If you select a multiple activity course such as a lecture/recitation or lecture/lab, be sure to enter the days/times for both on the schedule display. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 Classes listed as one hour (9-10, 10-11, etc.) begin on the hour and last 50 minutes. Classes listed as one and one half hours (9-10:30, 10:30-12, etc.) begin at the stated time and last 80 minutes. Instructors are encouraged to allow the 10 minutes between classes as transit time. 6

5 Advance Registration Worksheet Request Number Subject area code Course number Section number C.U. (credits) 1st Primary Request. 1st Alternate. 2nd Primary Request. 2nd Alternate. 3rd Primary Request. 3rd Alternate. 4th Primary Request. 2nd Alternate. 5th Primary Request. 5th Alternate. 6th Primary Request. 6th Alternate. 7th Primary Request. 7th Alternate. 8th Primary Request. 8th Alternate. 9th Primary Request. 9th Alternate. 10th Primary Request. 10th Alternate. 11th Primary Request. 11th Alternate. 12th Primary Request. 12th Alternate. Grade Type Any Section 7