Last Updated: 08/28/06
How to Complete the Registration Process
(Register for Classes and Obtain a Student ID, Computer Logon, and Parking Stickers)
In order to register for classes…
- New students (freshmen, transfers, or re-admits), you must make an appointment with your Admissions Counselor to determine your schedule. The Counselor will provide you with a Registration Checklist.
- Returning students, you must make an appointment with your assigned Advisor to determine your schedule.
- Once you have completed your Course Registration Worksheet with your Advisor or Counselor and the courses have been entered, you will proceed to the Information Systems Office.
- The Information Systems Office will verify that your registration has been entered and check to see if you have any holds that would restrict you from receiving your Student ID.
- * (On the bottom of the Registration Checklist is the Parking Registration Information Form, which must be completed before parking stickers can be issued. If you are a resident and will not have a car on campus, you must indicate so on the parking registration).
- If you have holds on your account which restrict you from receiving your Student ID, you will be provided with a Continuing Enrollment Approval Form and meet with a Financial Services Counselor or proceed to the appropriate office to clear the hold.
- During the meeting with the Financial Services Counselor, you will be required to complete a master promissory note.
- * (Any student with an outstanding balance from previous semesters must make arrangements with the Financial Services Office before he/she may proceed with the Registration process).
- Once the master promissory note has been signed and/or payment arrangements have been made, the Financial Services Counselor will mark the “Financial Services Requirements Fulfilled” section of the Continuing Enrollment Approval Form as completed.
- * (Students will not be able to proceed in the Registration Process–receive Student ID, computer logon, and parking sticker(s)– until all of the necessary arrangements (promissory notes signed and holds cleared) have been made with the Financial Services Office).
- Upon completion of the financial arrangements, you will proceed to the Information Systems Office where you will submit the completed Continuing Enrollment Approval Form and receive your Student ID, computer logon, parking sticker(s), and class schedule.
- * You may wish to meet with a Financial Assistance Counselor at this point to ensure that all Financial Aid information for the current school year is complete. Once this information is confirmed, you can make payment arrangements. All arrangements for payment must be made prior to the start of the semester.
How to Get on a Class Waiting List
- At registration you will be told if you are on a class waiting list.
- This will be indicated as “Waiting List” on your printed schedule.
- A Schedule Adjustment Form must be completed and returned to the Records Office indicating the waiting list course as an “add.” (Be sure to check the “Waiting List” box.)
- Students on a waiting list should attend class for the first week of the course.
- Inform the Instructor that you are on the waiting list.
- Periodically check with the Records Office for your status on the list. No students will be added from the waiting list after the final add date without confirmation of attendance by the Instructor.
- You will receive a letter from the Records Office if you have been officially entered into the class.
- Being placed on a waiting list is not a guarantee of enrollment in the course. All athletes and students receiving Financial Aid must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours and should not count on a waiting list course to complete their full-time status.
- Waiting list courses are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. Students will be added to a course in the order they are on the list. Please be aware that instructors cannot change the order in which students are added to a course.
How to Make Schedule Adjustments (Add / Drop)
- Pick up and complete a Schedule Adjustment Form in the Records Office. (The form can also be
printed from the MBU website
.) - Obtain the proper signatures on the form. These will include yours, your assigned Advisor’s, the Athletic Director’s if you are an athlete, the Director of International Students’ if you are an international student and the Provost’s if you are requesting to take 19 or more hours.
- If you have been attending the class, you will also need the signature of the Instructor and the date of the last day you attended the class.
- Return the completed form to the Records Office for processing.
- * It is the student’s responsibility to complete the form properly and to deliver it to the Records Office. Do not leave it with your Advisor or Instructor.
- * Please note that the forms are designated by semester. Do not include two separate semesters on the same form.
- * An add/drop fee will apply if changes are made after the first day of class.
How to Take Consortium Education Classes at Partner Schools
- Pick up an Inter-Institutional Registration Form in the Records Office.
- Your Advisor and the Records Office must sign and approve the request.
- Records Office personnel will mail the form to the Consortium Institution.
- The Consortium Institution will notify the Records Office of the approval or denial of the request.
- You will be notified by the Records Office of the approval or denial for the class.
- Please note that students at the host school will receive first priority when registering for classes.
- Maryville University, Fontbonne University, Webster University, and Lindenwood University are all partner schools within the consortium.
- To participate in the consortium program you must first be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours at MBU.
- Not all programs or courses at the previously listed institutions are available to MBU students through the consortium.
- It is the student’s responsibility to pay all lab fees and parking fees to the consortium school.
How to Change Major/Advisor
- Pick up an official Change of Major/Advisor Form in the Records Office or in the Academic
Advising Office. (The form can also be printed from the MBU website .)
- Complete the form and return it to the Academic Advising Office.
How to Register for an Internship
- Make an appointment with your Academic Advisor.
- A supplemental contract may be required by the division or instructor through whom the internship is being completed.
How to Schedule A Graduation Check
- The Graduation Check should be completed during the first semester of your junior year.
- Appointments must be made with the Director of Records by phone or by coming to the Records Office.
How to Request a Transcript
In order to receive any transcripts (official or unofficial), you must comply with the following:
- Have a $0 balance,
- All holds must be cleared, and
- Written authorization submitted.
A Transcript Request Form may be picked up in the Records Office or a request may be made by mail or fax. (The form can also be printed from the MBU website.)
- A transcript request must include all of the following:
- Complete address of destination,
- Social security number of the student making the request, and
- The student’s official signature.
The first transcript request is free; all those released thereafter are $5 per transcript.
- Please note whether you are requesting an “official” or “unofficial” transcript. The requirements for both are the same.
How to Change Name and Address
- Pick up the Change of Name and Address Form in the Records Office. (The form can also be
printed from the MBU website .)
- Complete the form and return it to the Records Office for processing.
How to Request a Chapel Attendance Exemption
- Submit a written petition for exemption to the Vice President for Student Development by October 1 for the Fall semester and by February 1 for the Spring semester.
- Petitions must be made one semester at a time.
- See restrictions in the Chapel Attendance policy section of this Handbook.
