Registration

Registration Office, LSB 1st Floor, (808) 675-3736
http://w2.byuh.edu/registration/

Students who were enrolled as regular or part-time students during the previous semester or term have the ability to process their registration on-line on the BYU-Hawaii website (See academic calendar in this catalog or on the website). Prior to registration, students must be free from any registration restrictions. Students who were enrolled only in the Center for Instructional Technology Outreach (CITO) must apply for admission or readmission to register for regular classes. Applications for admission must be submitted within the published deadlines in order to register. Careful attention must also be given by all degree seeking students to general education and major graduation requirements. Though students may receive advice from faculty, academic advisors or the Student Development Center, they are personally and directly responsible for meeting their graduation requirements.

For information regarding religion course registration, please see the Religious Education section in this catalog.

Attendance in classes without official registration is not permitted and will result in forfeiture of any right or credit in that class by later examination. A student is not considered registered unless all phases of admissions and registration involved have been satisfactorily accomplished.

A $10 fee is charged for each class dropped after the first five days of classes, unless such change is made necessary by administrative action.

Every student attending classes at BYUH must register and pay tuition. Students should refer to the academic calendar and instructions via web to be certain they follow procedures and meet deadlines as needed to be able to use the web registration. Upon registration via web, students may print a listing of their class schedule and tuition charge. Registration is finalized by payment of tuition. New and formally admitted students will receive their instructions for web registration and class request forms from the Registrar's Office through the mail. New international non-native English speakers will register on campus after completion of placement testing. Students must finalize all loans, scholarships, awards, etc., at the Financial Aid Office. MMR/Health Restrictions must be cleared prior to registration.

P is used to indicate the successful completion of a course taken on the pass/not pass option. This option is available to students at the University as a means of encouraging study outside the chosen major and is limited to one course per semester or term. An elective course, a course for which credit is received by examination, and any course specifically designated may utilize the pass/not pass option. Classes in the student's major (with some exceptions), religion, general education, or EIL classes may not be taken with this option. Students electing this option will be given the P grade if their work in the course is rated as equivalent to C or better. If the work is not rated at this level, NP will appear on the permanent record. The P and NP are not included in the computation of the grade point average. Students who desire to register for courses with the Pass/Not Pass option may do so by submitting a request on an add form with the proper approval to the Registrar's Office. Some classes do not allow P/NP and will, therefore not accept a P/NP designation. Pass/Not Pass option is available up to the fifth day of the semester/term. Courses taken as Pass/Not Pass are not included in the computation of grade point average for Honor Roll distinction.

All students are required to register during scheduled registration dates (See academic calendar in this catalog or on the website). Students who do not complete their registration by the fifth day of the semester or third day of the term must appeal for late registration through the Academic Exceptions Committee.

To minimize changes in registration, students should exercise great care in planning their schedules. When a change in registration becomes necessary, students may continue to register for classes that are not closed and drop classes online via the web through the first week of school, (fifth day of classes during Fall/Winter Semesters and third day during Spring/Summer Terms) without instructor's and academic advisor's signatures. To add a closed class during the first week of school, a student must obtain the instructor's signature on the Add/Delete/Drop Form and submit it to their academic advisor for approval and processing.

Changes in registration may be made without charge for the first five schools days in the Fall/Winter Semesters and for the first three schools days in Spring/Summer Terms. A $10 fee will be charged for each class dropped after the first three or five days of school (dependent upon semester or term). Complete change-in-registration procedures are described on the BYU-Hawaii website at http://w2.byuh.edu/registration/

When a student who is listed on a class roll misses the first two classes of the semester or the first class of the term, the faculty may give that "chair" to another student, by signing an Add Form. The student who is officially listed on the class roll must officially drop the course or receive a UW at the end of the semester/term. A faculty may retain the student on the roll if the student notified the faculty as to the reason for absence and the faculty decides that he/she be retained on the roll. Faculty may drop a student from a class if the student has not met all prerequisites for the class. In either case, it is the student's responsibility to process an Add/Delete/Drop form to avoid receiving a UW on his/her academic record.

Courses are numbered according to the following system:

• Below 100: Pre-college level courses
• 100 and 200: Courses primarily for freshmen and sophomores
• 300 and 400: Courses primarily for juniors and seniors
• 500: Courses primarily for advanced seniors and candidates for the professional certificate/diploma

Students will be best served if they closely follow this schedule.

Any student withdrawing from individual classes during approved periods (see the academic calendar for deadlines) must clear with the instructor of the class and complete the withdrawal procedure. No withdrawals are permitted after the established deadline. A student who does not withdraw properly will receive a UW grade (unofficial withdrawal). The UW is calculated as a failing grade and may affect a student's academic standing.

Students discontinuing their entire registration at the University are required to clear their termination by first reporting to the Discontinuance Officer at the Student Development Center, McKay 181, and processing a Petition for Complete Withdrawal Form (For further information, refers to the Discontinuance Office).

Students can interrupt their studies for one semester (Fall or Winter) by submitting a Leave of Absence Form. This form is available at the Registrar's Office and must be submitted prior to the beginning of the semester in which the leave will be taken. Continuing U.S. students may take a leave of absence for one semester. International students cannot take a leave of absence.

U.S. missionaries planning to return to campus for the semester of term following their release must submit a Leave of Absence to the Registrar's Office before entering the Missionary Training Center. International missionaries should reapply for admission at least one year before returning to the university.

The Admissions Office will allow any currently enrolled BYUH-H student who is deployed for active, military duties to defer their admissions and guarantee their readmission upon their return.

Students may repeat classes in the following ways:

1. With the approval of the appropriate department chair, BYU-Hawaii courses currently being offered in which a C- or lower was received may be repeated .
2. Repeat at BYUH, courses taken at another university where there is an equivalent course at BYUH. (A statement of equivalency must be supplied by the appropriate BYUH department head.) Only courses with a grade below C may be repeated.
3. In order for a transfer grade to be replaced, the course must be repeated at the institution where the original course was taken and then transfer the credit to BYU-Hawaii.

Note: A course repeated at an institution other than the one at which it was taken originally and other than at BYUH will not be counted as a repeat. When a class has been repeated, the most recent grade and credit hours will be used in computing the grade point average.

An undergraduate student in good standing may register for as many as 18 hours of credit in any one semester or 9 hours in a term by following the regular registration procedure. Hours taken in excess of 18 per semester or 9 per term are considered overload. Students who have completed 15 or more hours of college work and who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 (or a GPA of 3.50 in the previous semester) may register for overload with the consent of their dean. Off-campus courses, those audited, and those taken through CITO, constitute a part of the student's total registration.

Audit classes must be indicated on the Class Request Form or the Add/ Delete/Drop with the instructor and academic advisors approval submitted to the Registrar's Office. These classes will appear as a "V" on the student's transcript and do not affect a student's grade point average. Students must be officially enrolled to be eligible to attend classes. (The charge for auditing classes is the same as for credit classes.) Students who wish to audit a class (take a course without receiving any credit for it) may register or add the class on the first day of the semester or term with the Registrar's Office.

Regular Students

 

Advanced-Standing Students