Registration
Periods of time are set aside each semester during which each student registers for the upcoming semester. The dates of these periods are listed in the Academic Calendar.
Online Priority Registration is open to all continuing students who are in good standing. This week-long period occurs near mid-term in the semester prior to the one for which registration is being conducted.
Open Registration is a longer period of time during which continuing students, students returning after a leave, and new students may register. Continuing students registering during this period can register online; however, new and returning students must register via a paper form through the Registrar’s Office. New students are assigned special dates for placement testing, advising, and registration to be determined by the University annually.
Late Registration is offered after the close of Open Registration as a final opportunity to those continuing students who did not meet the deadlines of the earlier registration periods. Late registrants are ineligible for online registration and are subject to a late registration fee. Late enrollment is subject to space availability. Beginning on the first day of the term, registration requires the written permission of each instructor.
Requirements for Registration
Registration for incoming Freshmen students is coordinated by the first-year advisors and the Academic Advising and Achievement Center. Course schedules for these students are submitted to the Registrar’s Office by their advisors. The only requirement for Freshmen students prior to registration is that they have been accepted and have paid their deposit through the Office of Admissions.
Before registering, all students are expected to:
- Meet with their academic advisor(s)
- Pay all University bills due or to arrange a suitable payment plan with Business Services
- File the required forms with the Registrar's Office
Changes in Registration: Semester-Long Courses
Continuing students may add or drop courses online via Self-Service before the first day of the semester, or by submitting an Add/Drop form to the Registrar’s Office before the deadlines published in the Academic Calendar. New or returning students may add or drop courses only by submitting an Add/Drop form; they cannot make changes to their schedules online.
To add or drop a course after the term has started, all students must submit an Add/Drop form to the Registrar’s Office, prior to the deadline published in the Academic Calendar. To add a course after the start of the term, the student must also obtain the signature of the instructor on the Add form. The instructor’s permission to drop or withdraw from a course is not required.
Changes in the number of units in which a student is enrolled may impact financial aid, tuition, student visa status, athletic eligibility, and/or veteran’s benefits. It is the student’s responsibility to consult with the appropriate office regarding such impacts when changing the number of enrolled units.
After the Add/Drop deadline has passed, students may withdraw from a course until the withdraw deadline, but they may not drop a course; please see the online Academic Calendar on the Dominican University website (www.dominican.edu) for these deadlines. Withdrawing from a course means that a student is still enrolled in the course, but will have been assigned a grade of ‘W.’ For further information regarding the ‘W’ grade, please see the Grading System section of this catalog. Please note that, while still enrolled in a course, the student will not receive credit for a course with a ‘W;’ it is the student’s responsibility to consult with Financial Aid regarding the impact a ‘W’ grade may have on their Financial Aid package.
For students who wish to drop all of their courses, please see the Withdrawal and Leave of Absence sections of this catalog.
Changes in Registration: Short-Term Courses
If a course meets for less than the full semester, the last day to add the course is the Monday following the first meeting. Beginning on the first day of the term, students who wish to add a short-term course must submit an Add/Drop form to the Registrar’s Office with the instructor’s signature, even if the course itself has not started.
The deadline to drop a short-term course is the day of the first course meeting (or the Friday before the first course, if the course begins on a Saturday or a Sunday). Once the course has met for the first time, students may only withdraw from the course, they may not drop the course.
Special Conditions: Ukiah Campus Courses
For deadlines regarding changes in registration for courses offered at the Ukiah campus, please contact the director of the Ukiah Center for Graduate Study.
Financial Obligation
Financial obligation for tuition and fees related to registration is not waived or canceled by a student's failure to attend courses. All official procedures must be observed, and reference should be made to the Tuition Refund Policy found on the Dominican University website (www.dominican.edu). Students should note that making changes to their course schedules after the official Add/Drop deadline, with the exception of a full withdrawal from all courses in that semester, may not result in any changes to their financial aid awards for that semester.