• Advising Period
• On-Line Registration
• Processing
• Schedule Adjustment Period
• Add/Drop Period

ADVISING PERIOD
prior to On-line Registration

• Resolve any Student Accounts or Health Center holds. If you do not, you will not be able to enter your courses online.
• Check the College Bulletin (www.dickinson.edu/bulletin) to make sure you meet all the pre-requisites for your courses.
• Meet with your adviser and discuss your plans prior to the Registration period.
• If you are declaring or changing your major and wish to have the change in place for registration, submit the completed Major Declaration Form - available in the Registrar's Office or on line at the Registrar's Office Forms link - to the Registrar's Office no later than March 27 at noon.
• Submit the completed Course Request Form to the Registrar's Office no later than March 27 at noon and include your signature, your first four course choices, and your second four (alternative) choices.
  • For second course choices, do not include another section of the same course (e.g. SPAN 101 02 as a 2nd choice for SPAN 101 01). If your 1st choice section is full we will automatically try for another section.
• Attach any necessary forms to your Course Request Form. For example:
  • If the faculty member has agreed to allow you to enroll without the pre-requisites, submit the completed Waiver of Pre-Requisite form to the Registrar's Office - available in the Registrar's Office or on line at Registrar's Office Forms link.
  • Submit the appropriate form to register for Special Course Options: Independent Study, Independent Research, & Tutorial - available in the Registrar's Office or on line at Registrar's Office Forms link.
• Once your Course Request Form is submitted, the Registrar's Office will remove your Registration Hold.
  

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ON-LINE REGISTRATION
9:00 a.m., March 31 - 4:00 p.m., April 2

• Enter only 4 course choices, plus a maximum of 2 Physical Education selections, via www.dickinson.edu/doc.
• When successfully entered, these courses will appear as waitlisted during Registration.
• If you received a failed message, you have not successfully entered the course. Please check the information and try again. If the message persists, contact the Registrar's Office immediately with the exact error message you received - reg@dickinson.edu.
• If you enter more than 4 courses, additional courses will be randomly deleted from your schedule before the processing begins.
• You are responsible to confirm your course requests by going to the My Class Schedule page on DOC and checking the accuracy of your requests. If you have questions about your requests, contact the Registrar's Office - reg@dickinson.edu.
  

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REGISTRATION PROCESSING
April 3 - mid-April

• In order for the Registrar's Office to efficiently and accurately process your course requests, certain screens in DOC must be completely taken off line. This means that you will not be able to see any of your information on line. Also, you will not be able to receive copies of your transcript, enrollment verification, or degree audit. Please plan accordingly.
• The computer will match your course requests to pre-requisites and priorities as set by the faculty. Eligible students within a priority category are then randomly assigned.
• If you have less than 4 courses once this process is complete, the Registrar's staff will attempt to register you for additional courses using your second choice selections.
  

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SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENT PERIOD
late April - mid-July (when Freshmen registration begins)

• Once the processing of schedules is complete, you will receive an e-mail message from the Registrar letting you know that DOC is once again available to you and you may view your schedule.
• During this time you can make any desired changes to your schedule via www.dickinson.edu/doc.
• Whenever you make a change to your schedule (add or drop a course) via DOC, you will receive an automatically generated e-mail message.
• You are responsible to confirm all changes made to your schedule by going to the My Class Schedule page on DOC and checking the accuracy of your schedule. If you have questions about your schedule, contact the Registrar's Office - reg@dickinson.edu.
• Wait Lists - You may add or drop yourself from wait lists via DOC. If you are on a wait list, you will be notified via e-mail if a space becomes available for you in the course. Respond to that e-mail within 24 hours whether you want the course or not, as other students may be affected by your decision.
  

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ADD/DROP PERIOD
September 1 - 5

You may add and drop courses using the on-line registration system available at: www.dickinson.edu/doc. Please note: The add/drop period is only one week long.

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