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An Overview of Registration

Registration consists of two activities:

  1. Planning your semester and overall degree program—Identifying the courses you need is the most important thing you can do to graduate on time. Advising is available to you throughout your college career—through the summer New Student Orientation Program, in group advising sessions, from your major department advisor, from your evaluator, and from the Advising Office. Your academic advisor is your best resource. See your advisor every semester.
  2. Registering each semester for the courses you want—Register for courses during your enrollment appointment by using your individual Portal account or by manual registration by use of the Change of Program (COP) process, both described below.

Registration & Fee Payment Timetable

Continuing Students New Students*
SPRING 2008 FALL 2008 SPRING 2008 FALL 2008
PRIORITY REGISTRATION Oct. 15 - Nov. 16, 2007 Apr. 14 - May 23, 2008 Nov. 26 - Dec. 7, 2006 July 28 - 30, 2008*
OPEN REGISTRATION Nov. 28 - Dec. 7, 2007 Aug. 4 - Sep. 5, 2008 Not applicable Aug. 4 - Sep. 5, 2008
REGISTRATION FEE PAYMENT DEADLINE Dec. 13, 2007 July 31, 2008 Dec. 13, 2007 July 31, 2008
REGISTRATION ADD/DROP PERIOD Jan. 7 - Feb. 8, 2008 Aug. 4 - Sep. 5, 2008 Jan. 7 - Feb. 8, 2008 Aug. 4 - Sep. 5, 2008
* New students who attend Summer Orientation, June 3 - July 25, 2008 will be able to register for fall 2008 classes during their orientation session.

Use the Step-by-Step Guide to Registration and The Class Schedule for more information

Important Registration Activities, Dates, and Deadlines. Information regarding fees and fee payment deadlines can also be found on the Fees and Deadlines page.

Online Registration

Registration at Chico State is online via your Portal account on the Chico Web. Chico State's home page, www.csuchico.edu, is where you will need to activate your Portal account. Follow the procedures outlined on the Web. If you need to activate your Portal account and you do not have a Wildcat or Temporary ID number, go to the Chico web homepage, select Registration and follow the instructions under To Activate Your Portal Account. You are encouraged to acquire and use the Portal for all registration activities. For a guide to the registration process, see either the Fall 2007 Portal Registration Worksheet or the Spring 2008 Portal Registration Worksheet.

Manual Registration - Change Of Program (COP)

The Change of Program (COP) process is used for all manual registration. Some courses, especially Independent Study (199, 299, 399, 499, and 599), Internships (189, 289, 389, 489, 589, and 689), Graduate Study (597, 697, and 699), and other courses designated by the departments, require specific faculty permission or other special handling for registration. All of these courses are handled by the COP process throughout all phases of registration. Courses requiring manual registration or the COP process are indicated in The Class Schedule. Change of Program forms are also used for Late Registration of all courses, which occurs after the second week of a semester.

Late Registration

After the second week of classes, all adding and dropping is late registration and is to be done through the manual registration process using the COP process and form obtained from the department or faculty teaching the course.

More info on late registration

Change of Address

It is vital that the University have accurate local, permanent, billing, next-of-kin, and e-mail addresses to maintain communication with you. Use the Address Change Form available in MLIB 180, or on the Student Records and Registration Office (SRO) Web page.

This document is maintained by:
Richard Houchin at APOcatalogeditor@csuchico.edu