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Registration Overview

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Frequently Asked Questions

The following information is designed to help you understand the registration process in the School of Library and Information Science.

1. Courses are scheduled based upon an established rotation (see the rotation schedule) which indicates when particular courses will be taught. Our schedule is divided into Regular Session Courses and Special Session Courses. See the current class schedules.
   
   Students are admitted in either regular or special session and cannot switch.
2. Students register for classes using the PeopleSoft system accessed through the MySJSU Web site.
   
   See details about the registration procedure
   
   Students in the cohort groups (MARA and Executive MLIS) will be placed in the appropriate classes. They do not need to login to MySJSU and enroll.

Questions and Answers

Regular and Special Session

1. What is the difference between a "Regular Session" student and a "Special Session Student?"

How to Register and Dealing with Holds

2. What registration information can I find on the SLIS Web site? the University Web site? What registration questions do I ask my advisor? My instructors?
3. Who do I contact with problems?
4. How can I find out about prerequisites?
5. Can I take all my classes via the Web?
6. If a class has mandatory Elluminate meetings must I attend all the meetings?
7. I've done a search for open classes on MySJSU. I have located an open class that I want to register for, but it is asking me for a permission number. How do I obtain a permission number?
8. What if I move to San José or from San José and I need to switch sessions?
9. Why am I blocked from registration?

Payments, Fees, and Purging

10. What will my tuition be?
11. Why were the classes purged that I had just registered for?
12. Now that I have registered for my classes, what happens next?
13. How can I find out about required or recommended textbooks?
14. Does signing up for a class on ANGEL register me in the class?

Miscellaneous

15. What is the policy on Incompletes?
16. I am admitted for Fall. Can I take classes in Summer?
17. I am admitted for Fall. Can I wait until Spring to begin taking classes?
18. Can I take classes after I have graduated?
19. How do I obtain a student ID card that I can use for student discounts?

REGULAR AND SPECIAL SESSION

1. What is the difference between a "Regular Session" student and a "Special Session" student?

   • Funding. Regular session is state supported and state subsidized and is for students who live within the catchment area of San José. The cap on the number accepted is related to the amount of money received from the state.

   • Special session is totally funded from student fees.

     Note: Both Special Session and Regular Session schedules have only online classes.

   Regardless of where you attend classes, you are a student of San José State University.

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   HOW TO REGISTER and DEALING WITH HOLDS

2. What registration information can I find on the SLIS Web site? the University Web site? What registration questions do I ask my advisor? my instructors?

   • The SLIS Web site
     • Course schedules for upcoming, current, and previous semesters
     • Specific procedural information
     • Faculty greensheets (syllabi) for current and many previous semesters
     • Yearly course rotation
     • Suggested specializations, e.g., academic librarian, public librarian, etc.
   • The University
     • Registration times
     • Registration processes
     • Registration deadlines such as add/drop periods
     • Charges for classes based upon the add/drop dates
   • Your Advisor
     • Questions about courses needed to meet your career goals
     • Questions about prerequisites
     • Questions about numbers of courses you should plan to take
   • Your Instructors
     • Clarification of issues you do not understand from your review of their greensheet (syllabus)
     • Academic queries about the course content and work load

3. Who do I contact with registration problems?

   • If you cannot access the system: E-mail cmshelp@sjsu.edu
   • If you have problems seeing the correct screen or problems with incorrect IDs: E-mail erecords@sjsu.edu
   • Problems with holds: E-mail Scharlee Phillips.

4. How can I find out about prerequisites?
   See course descriptions.

5. Can I take all my classes via the Web?
   Yes.

6. If a class has mandatory Elluminate meetings must I attend all the meetings?
   Yes.

7. I've done a search for open classes on MySJSU. I have located an open class that I want to register for, but it is asking me for a permission number. How do I obtain a permission number?
   An open class that asks for a permission number is a special class that has been reserved for the Executive MLIS cohort program. General SLIS students are not eligible for a cohort class and no permission will be given out.

8. What if I move to San José or from San José and I need to switch sessions?
   The office staff must make the request to have you moved to the alternate session. Please contact Scharlee Phillips.

9. Why am I blocked from registration?
   Some common causes:

   • Cashiering hold: Non–payment of tuition for previous semester
     You must clear up the debt to the University prior to registering. Call Cashiering at 408–924–1631.
   • Admissions hold: You are unable to register until all final admission documents have been submitted. For information, call 408–283–7500.
   • Probation Hold: Contact your advisor
   • Dropped from the University: You did not register for classes for two semesters in a row (excluding summer) and did not file a leave of absence request.

     See: Semester Leave

   • Contact the Student Services Coordinator Scharlee Phillips.

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   PAYMENTS, FEES, PURGING

10. What will my tuition be?
    See information about fees on the following page: slisweb.sjsu.edu/admissions/fees.htm

11. Why were the classes purged that I had just registered for?
    When the fees are not paid on time, courses are purged (you are un–enrolled from your classes). You will be notified at the time you register regarding your fees and deadline for payment. Look in the "Finances" section on your MySJSU Student Center Web page for this notification. You will not receive a bill in the mail. If you have questions regarding your billing, please call the Bursar's office at 408–924–1614.

12. Now that I have registered for my classes, what happens next? Do I need to purchase any books for my course? Is there an orientation session? Where and when do we first meet? What are my assignments?
    Your instructor is responsible for getting class information to you. Close to the beginning of the semester, they will post class information on their syllabus and on their ANGEL class site. Regularly check these places for information:

    • The course Web pages for your class section (see slisweb.sjsu.edu/classes/courses.htm, Current Students/Web Pages). The instructor will say on the syllabus/greensheet when they plan to open their ANGEL site for the class, what their required textbook(s) are, meeting times and places, assignments, and other information.
    • Check your MySJSU Student Center Web page in my.sjsu.edu regularly for messages. Instructors will send their students a password to the class ANGEL site via my.sjsu.edu.

13. How can I find out about required or recommended textbooks?
    You can find out which textbooks are required and/or recommended by your instructor by checking Textbooks by Semester. Textbooks will be listed approximately 6 weeks before classes begin.

14. Does signing up for a class on ANGEL register me in the class?
    No. Signing up on ANGEL does NOT register you in the class. You must register for the class following the university registration procedures. ANGEL is merely the tool selected by the instructor for delivery of content. If the instructor of a course for which you've registered chooses to use ANGEL for a class, you must self–enroll for that course on the SLIS ANGEL site.

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    MISCELLANEOUS

15. What is the policy on Incompletes?
    See Incompletes
    
    
16. I am admitted for Fall. Can I take classes in Summer?
    No. You must wait until the Fall semester begins to take classes.
    
    
17. I am admitted for Fall. Can I wait until Spring to begin taking classes?
    Applicants admitted into SLIS cannot defer enrollment. Graduate Admissions requires new students to register for the semester indicated on the application. New students who do not enroll but wish to return for a later semester must reapply.
    

    To reapply, follow the instructions on Admissions Process – Reapplying for Admission

18. Can I take classes after I have graduated?
    Sorry, no. SLIS is no longer offering any classes via Open University.

19. How do I obtain a student ID card that I can use for student discounts?

    • Regular Session students can apply for a Tower Card in order to obtain student discounts. See www.sjsu.edu/bursar/services/towercard/ for more information.
    • Special Session students, after paying their tuition fees, should send an e-mail to: Chau Tran at Chau.Tran@sjsu.edu. In the email, provide Name, Student ID number, and Address (the address will be verified with the address on file in my.sjsu.edu. The Bursar's Office will use the address on file in my.sjsu.edu, so make sure that this is correct). Also in the email, state that you are a Special Session student and want a paper ID card.

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