Registrar's Office
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• Beginning March 3 -- Advising Period
• March 24-26 -- Course Request Period
• March 27- April 20 -- Course Request Processing
• April 21 - July 10 -- Schedule Adjustment Period
• August 23- 29 -- Add/Drop Period
ADVISING PERIOD
Beginning March 3Use the Advising Period to learn more about the following items and to meet with your advisor to discuss your course selections for the upcoming semester.
- Your Degree Audit
- available on Banner Self-Service - click here to find out more- Alternate PINs
-A MUST for first-year and sophomore students - click here for more info- Declaring or changing Your Major
-In order to have your new major count toward the priorities during the Course Request Period, you must submit the completed Major Declaration Form to the Registrar’s Office no later than Thursday, March 20.- Your Student Status
-Make sure there's nothing that will prohibit you from entering your course requests. Click here to find this on Banner Self-Service.- The Classes being offered
-You can search for classes on Banner Self-Service even without a Username & PIN or Alternate PIN. Click here to find out how.- The Priorities for the classes offered
-Priorities for classes can be found by clicking here.- Class Prerequisites/Restrictions
-If the class you want has a prerequisite/restriction (where to look, click here), but you believe you qualify for the course otherwise, contact the professor of the class to find out if you are eligible for a registration override - click here for more about overrides.
COURSE REQUEST PERIOD
9:00 a.m. EST, March 24 – 4:00 p.m. EST, March 26NOTE: If you do not enter your requests by 4pm, March 26,
you will not be able to select classes until the Schedule Adjustment Period.
If you will not/do not have access to the internet to enter your course requests during the Course Request Period,
contact the Registrar's Office (717-245-1315) prior to 4pm, March 26 and we will assist you.Step 1: Go to Dickinson Gateway, log in, and click on the Banner Self-Service tab.
Step 2: From the Student Main Menu, select Course Selection then Search for Classes. Enter your search criteria, including at least one Subject, and click Class Search.
Step 3: Place a checkmark in the box beside each of the classes you want to request and click Register. You may request up to 4.5 course credits and 2 phys ed classes (for details on how to add music performance studies classes, click here).
NOTE: At this point first-year students and sophomores will be required to enter their Alternate PIN ("AP" followed by 4 digits) before continuing.
Step 4: Review your requests.
• If they were entered correctly, your choices will show under Current Schedule with a status of “Course Requested.”
• If you receive an error message, your choice will show under Registration Add Errors. Correct your request or select another class.Step 5: Print a copy of your requests for your records.
You are responsible for confirming that the course requests you entered are correct before the end of the Course Request Period – 4pm Wednesday, March 26 . They will show under Current Schedule with a status of “Course Requested” if entered correctly.
NOTE: If you are taking an Independent Study/Research, Tutorial or Internship, you cannot enter those requests on Banner Self-Service. Rather, you must submit the appropriate paperwork.
COURSE
REQUEST PROCESSING
March 27 - April 20
In order for the Registrar’s Office to efficiently and accurately process your course requests, your unofficial transcript and degree evaluation on Banner Self-Service will be unavailable during this time. Please plan accordingly.
During this time a process is run that assigns students to classes according to the priorities listed online. One of two things will happen:
- If the course capacity is greater than the number of students who requested the class, then all of the students will be registered for the class.
- If the number of students who requested the class is greater than the course capacity, then those students with the lowest priority will be dropped from the class. In this situation, if a class has no priorities or multiple students with equal priority, the system will randomly select students to drop from the class until the enrollment equals the course capacity.
SCHEDULE
ADJUSTMENT PERIOD
April 21 - July 10
Once the processing of course requests is complete, you will receive an e-mail message from the Registrar's Office letting you know that Banner Self-Service is open for Schedule Adjustment Period, which means you can:
- View your schedule - if any of your classes were dropped during processing they will no longer appear on your schedule
- Add and drop classes - click here for details
- View your degree audit - to see how your registered course fulfill graduation/major requirements
NOTE: There are no waitlists in Banner. During this period you can add classes via the Banner Self-Service tab of the Dickinson Gateway as seats become available.
ADD/DROP
PERIOD
August 23 - 29
All completed forms must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office no later than 4pm, Friday, August 29, including:
Audit Permission
Overload Permission
Pass/Fail Permission
Special Course OptionsEven though forms are due by 4:00 p.m., Friday, August 29, you may add and drop courses using the Banner Self-Service tab of the Dickinson Gateway through 11:59 p.m. EST, Sunday, August 31.
NOTE: There are no waitlists in Banner. During this period you can add classes via the Banner Self-Service tab of the Dickinson Gateway as seats become available.