Registration

Registration Readiness

Are you ready to register for classes?

You've discussed your classes with your advisor, but are you ready to register?

Before you start adding courses, click here to see if you have any holds that prevent registration, when you are able to register for future terms, and whether or not you need to be cleared by your advisor to register online (you must be logged in to myDU to view your information).

Please note

Undergraduate students who seek to enroll in more than 18 credit hours in a semester are required to seek approval from the Dean of their college prior to submitting the digital add/drop form. No registrations for more than 18 hours will be processed without Dean approval. There are additional charges for taking more than 18 hours in a semester. The tuition and fee schedule can be viewed here:
https://mydu.dom.edu/ICS/Resources/Student_Services/Student_Accounts/Tuition_and_Expenses_for_Dominican_University.jnz

Students who are completing their undergraduate degree in the spring 2024 semester and intending to register in a graduate program in the summer or fall semesters will be required to complete the digital registration form. They will be unable to register via self-registration in myDU until their undergraduate degree is conferred. The digital form is available here:
https://mydu.dom.edu/ICS/Resources/Student_Services/Stars_Connect.jnz

Advance Registration Dates

Graduate Students

Graduate students in the School of Education, the School of Social Work, and the Borra College of Health Sciences are required to meet with their advisors prior to registering for classes. Students who register in person must have their advisor’s approval via the online form before Stars Connect will accept the registration form.

IMPORTANT: Students anticipating the completion of degree requirements in the Fall semester must apply to graduate online no later than August 16, 2024.

Registration dates and times for the 2025 Spring Semester will open at 8:00am on Wednesday, November 6th, 2024, except as noted below for MLIS students:

MLIS students with 24 hours or more (earned plus in-progress) register on Wednesday, November 6th, 2024, at 8:00am.
MLIS students with fewer than 24 hours but at least 12 hours (earned plus in-progress) register on Thursday November 7^th, 2023, at 8:00 am.
MLIS students with fewer than 12 hours (earned plus in-progress) register on Friday, November 8th, 2024, at 12:00 pm.

Undergraduate (including post-bac students in nutrition and pre-medical studies)

Undergraduate students are required to meet with their advisors prior to registering for classes. Students who register in person must have their advisor’s approval in writing via the online form before Stars Connect will accept the registration form.

IMPORTANT: Students anticipating the completion of degree requirements in the Fall semester must apply to graduate online no later than August 16, 2024.

Registration dates and times are assigned based on anticipated successful completion of the prior Spring semester credit hours:

Seniors 90 or more hours (earned plus enrolled)	Fri, Nov 8, 8:00 am
BPS	Fri, Nov 8, 8:00 am
Evening BBA	Fri, Nov 8, 8:00 am
Post-baccalaureate	Fri, Nov 8, 8:00 am
Juniors 60-89 hours (earned plus enrolled)	Mon, Nov 11, 8:00 am
Sophomores 28-59 hours (earned plus enrolled)	Wed, Nov 13 8:00 am
First Year fewer than 28 hours (earned plus enrolled)	Fri, Nov 15, 8:00 am
Non-degree/at-large	Fri, Nov 15, 12:00 pm

Auditing Classes

Auditing a class is an option if a student wants to sit in on a course but is not interested in earning credit. The student may be required to submit assignments and take examinations at the discretion of the instructor. Once the student has enrolled as an auditor in a course, no change in the registration to earn credit may be made. Individuals seeking to audit a course must secure the written permission of the instructor or department before registering.

Auditors may register from the first day of class (but not earlier) through the add deadline. No auditor may hold a place in the class if needed for a credit student. Auditing is not permitted in independent/directed study or other courses as designated by the appropriate school.

To register as an auditor, a student needs to complete a registration form, have it signed by the instructor no earlier than the first class meeting, and submit the signed form to the Stars Connect office before the add/drop deadline for the term.

Information on tuition and fees for auditing is available from Student Accounts.

While tuition charges will initially be applied to your account, the tuition charges will be manually adjusted after add/drop (see Academic Calendar for details).

Withdrawal from Classes

Withdrawal from class must be done formally through the Office of the Registrar. Failure to attend classes or merely giving notice to the instructor will not be regarded as an official notice of withdrawal. Forms are available in Lewis 115 or on the registrar's website; if you cannot come in to complete a form, written notice (submitted through the mail or via fax) will be accepted.

A student withdrawing from a class may be liable for part or all of the tuition depending on the date of withdrawal. Click here to review the current refund schedule.

Undergraduate students who do not attend any classes through the first ten class days of a fall or spring semester, who fail to withdraw from those classes, and who fail to respond to messages from the university, may be withdrawn from the semester by the Office of the Registrar: students will receive grades of WU: Unofficial Withdrawal on their transcripts for the semester, they will be liable for 20% of tuition for the courses from which they were withdrawn, and they will not be able to register for future semesters until they successfully petition their dean for reinstatement.

Waitlist Position (if currently waitlisted)

Position on the Waitlist

View where you are on the waitlist If you are currently waitlisted for any courses, click the above link to view your current position on the waitlist (you need to be logged in to view this information).

Registration Agreement

The first time you attempt to register for a given term, you must first review the registration agreement (a copy of which appears below) and agree to the conditions before you can proceed with online registration.

TERMS

Payment of tuition and other fees becomes your obligation as soon as you register for classes. This obligation remains until the debt is paid in full or until you officially withdraw from the college within the refund period. The University reserves the right to make schedule changes or changes in modality that are necessary due to any unforseen event or circumstances beyond their control.
Nonpayment of tuition and fees and nonattendance of classes does not constitute official withdrawals from Dominican University. Withdrawal from Dominican University can only be accomplished by completing the online Add/Drop or Withdrawal processes and submitting the forms to Stars Connect by the appropriate deadlines.
All financial obligations are due in full by the first day of your class. If you are unable to pay in full, arrangements must be made with the Student Accounts Office.
If you leave Dominican University with an unpaid balance, Dominican University reserves the right to seek collection of your account. This includes assessing reasonable legal and collection fees to your account, assigning your account to an external collection firm, and reporting your account to national credit bureaus.
You will not have access to your diploma and/or transcripts until all financial obligations have been met.
If you feel the debt on your account is not valid you can file a dispute within 60 days of the first statement that contained the mistake. Please send all disputes to the Student Accounts Office at bursar@dom.edu.
Undergraduate students registered for 12 or more hours are required to document their health insurance; those who do not will be enrolled in and charged for Dominican University's Student Health Insurance Plan. If you have existing health insurance coverage, medicaid, county care, or another plan for paying your medical expenses, you must complete the Waiver Form. Existing coverage will be verified.

WITHDRAWAL FROM CLASSES

Withdrawal from class must be done formally through the Stars Connect office. Failure to attend classes or merely giving notice to the instructor will not be regarded as an official notice of withdrawal. Forms are available in Lewis 115 or on the myDU website; if you cannot come in to complete a form, written notice (submitted through the mail or via fax) will be accepted.

A student withdrawing from a class may be liable for part or all of the tuition depending on the date of withdrawal. Click here to review the current refund schedule.

FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT (FERPA)

I understand that information about my rights under FERPA is available by following this link, and I further understand that this serves as my annual notification of my rights as required by FERPA.

ENROLLMENT AND WAITLISTS

I understand that I can register for no more than one section of a course. If I register in advance for more than one semester (e.g. summer and fall), this restriction applies across semesters (if registered in one section of ENGL 102 in summer semester, I may not also be registered for a section of ENGL 102 in the fall semester).

I agree to abide by the Waitlist policy and acknowledge that the policy allows me to waitlist for no more than one section of a course in a given term. I further understand that:

I can be enrolled in no more than one section of a course and on the waitlist for no more than one other section (if I am registered in advance for more than one semester, this restriction applies across semesters)
for LAS seminars, this rule applies to the entire level (e.g. I can register for one 200-level seminar and waitlist for no more than one other 200-level seminar)
if I am on the waitlist for a section of a course that is in a cross-listed relationship with other course section, I may not also add myself to the waitlist of one of those crosslisted course sections
this restriction does not apply to variable topics courses – different courses that use the same numbers – that are designated as such in the course description

I also acknowledge that if I am waitlisted for more than one section of a course (as outlined above), I will be dropped from the waitlist(s) of all but the last (i.e. most recent) section for which I waitlisted.

I understand that it is my responsibility to monitor my Dominican email account for questions from the Office of the Registrar regarding my schedule and for information on whether I have been enrolled into a section from the waitlist.

Waitlists

If a course reaches capacity and allows waitlisting, students may elect to add themselves to the waitlist for no more than one section of each course:

It is allowable to be enrolled in only one section of a course and on the waitlist for no more than one other section
(for students who register in advance for more than one semester (i.e. summer session and fall semester), this restriction applies across all semesters)
For LAS seminars, this rule applies to the entire level (e.g. a student can register for one 200-level seminar and waitlist for no more than one other 200-level seminar)
For cross-listed courses, this restriction includes any other section that is in a cross-listed relationship with the waitlisted course section (e.g. a student who is on the waitlist for SOC 110 at 9:30am MWF cannot also waitlist for AMST 110 at 1:00pm TR because AMST 110 is cross-listed with SOC 110)
This restriction does not apply to variable topics courses – different courses that use the same numbers – that are designated as such in the course description

The Office of the Registrar will monitor enrollment for students who are waitlisted for more than one section of a course; students will be dropped from the waitlist(s) of all but the last (i.e. most recent) section of a course if they are waitlisted for multiple sections.

As seats become available, students will be moved from the waitlist onto the class list in the order that they were added to the waitlist (unless an alternative priority is noted in the course listing). A student will be notified that he or she has been added to the class list through his or her Dominican email account.

Students who are on the waitlist for a class are not to attend that class. Only after students receive notice that they have been moved from the waitlist onto the class list are they able to start attending the class.

A student can review his or her position on the waitlist by following this link.