How To Register At Cal Poly Rec Center

New Student Registration Guide

Autumn 2022

Last Updated: v/03/2022 at three p.grand.

Hey Bronco!

This guide is going to walk yous through the basics of registering for classes for the first fourth dimension. We've loaded it with how-tos, additional videos and resources that we encourage you to explore.

Step 1: Some Ground Rules

• For every term you register, you have what's chosen an enrollment window. Information technology's a specific day and time that y'all are able to begin to register for classes in an upcoming term. Information technology is too sometimes called your enrollment appointment, registration appointment, enrollment date or enrollment time.
• In your BroncoDirect Student Heart , notice the Enrollment Dates box on the right-hand side. This box will have your enrollment date and fourth dimension .  The date/fourth dimension may not be visible until closer to your Orientation Day.
• For futurity terms, e nrollment times are posted about a week in advance of registration . Your enrollment engagement volition exist assigned based on the number of units you have successfully completed. You'll exist able to enroll in courses in the timeframe of your enrollment engagement .

• For your first semester at CPP, you'll annals for classes at your Orientation Twenty-four hour period. You lot will run across with staff and kinesthesia to receive academic advising and they volition walk you through the registration process.
• For every term y'all register, there are several opportunities to enroll in classes. All students take the power to register during general registration, and the ability to adjust schedules during Add/Drop Period. Eligible students may too register during priority registration.
• Each opportunity also has specific unit of measurement limits. This is the number of units you are allowed to register for. See below for the unit of measurement limits y'all accept – we'll explain more on Add/Drop Period and waitlisting later.

This table outlines the unit limits for each registration period.

Priority Registration	Upward to 15 units
General Registration / Orientation Class Registration	Upward to 16 units
Add/Drop Period	Up to 18 units
Waitlist Units	ten units (of overall unit limit)

• The corporeality of units for each class depends on what type of class information technology is – lab classes can exist worth i to 2 units, while lecture classes tin be ii to iv units. We'll bear witness you lot in the next step how to figure out how many units a course is worth.
• For futurity terms, y ou tin discover the unit of measurement enrollment limit on the homepage of the Registration Guide .

• Sometimes CPP will put a hold on your account when nosotros need you to accept intendance of something. Some holds volition forestall y'all from registering, similar an Advising Hold or an SF Fiscal Hold. Other holds, like the Classes Saved hold, but preclude your courses from being dropped for non-payment.
• The only hold you may take right at present is an Orientation Services hold. This agree volition disappear earlier your Orientation 24-hour interval as long as you've completed Online Orientation and check in for your in-person plan.
  
• Math/English language Category Placement holds do not affect your ability to register for classes.

• To Exercise list items are not holds and do not impact your ability to register.
• The To Do listing is made upwards of checklist items such as university requests for documentation, including taxation returns for your Financial Aid awarding, high school or college transcripts, official Saturday scores, etc.
• One time the university has received a checklist item, that item will no longer display on your To Do list. It may take some time to articulate.

• As part of your Online Orientation modules, yous'll learn almost bookish planning basics, including your curriculum sheet. Your curriculum canvass is an official certificate that lists the courses y'all need to accept to satisfy your degree. You'll get a copy on your Orientation Day.

• Hither are some other tools that will help you:
  
  • The University Catalog: There are two things we want to signal out:
    
    • Full general Education (GE) / Interdisciplinary General Educational activity (IGE) Grade listings: These list all the potential courses that yous tin have for GE or IGE. Non all the courses in a particular GE area are offered every term.
    • Index of Courses : This lists all of the classes offered at CPP. You can look up courses here to read about what y'all'll learn in the grade and meet what the prerequisites and corequisites are.
  • Your Transfer Credit Written report (TCR): This is a tool in Pupil Centre that shows you the courses you've transferred from community colleges or other institutions and how they translate to CPP classes. Your TCR as well shows AP, CLEP, or IB exam scores. Watch our how-to video to learn how to read information technology.
  • Your Degree Progress Study (DPR): This is a tool in your Student Eye that indicates which requirements for your degree that you lot've satisfied and which requirements you have left to complete. Your DPR tin can too tell you your overall, cadre and CPP GPAs, the number of units you've taken and even so need, your academic standing and more.
  • Planner: CPP Connect's Planner tin assistance y'all build your bookish roadmap. Visit the CPP Connect student homepage for the link and how-to videos.

Step 2: Learning to Use BroncoDirect

BroncoDirect is your student portal where yous have care of much of your student business concern: it'due south where you lot can view your bookish record, annals for classes, pay your fees and more. In this footstep, we'll teach you some of the basics.

• Get to my.cpp.edu and log in with your BroncoName and BroncoPassword .

• In one case in MyCPP, locate the Student Center icon either in your Favorites section or the waffle card in the upper right-paw side.

1. Search, Programme, Enroll, My Academics
   1. Search: Takes you to the Class Search.
   2. Program: Takes you to CPP Connect's Planner, a tool that helps you map your path to degree
   3. Enroll: Takes you to your Enrollment Shopping Cart.
   4. My Academics: Tells you your current academic plan (major), curriculum yr, bookish standing, overall and CPP GPAs, and links to other academic records.
2. Other Academic... (hamburger carte)
   1. Apply for Graduation: Where yous apply for graduation when yous are a semester away from completing your graduation requirements.
   2. Class Schedule: Shows your class schedule for electric current or future terms you are enrolled for.
   3. Grade History: Lists all the courses y'all've attempted at CPP, when you took them, and the course you received.
   4. Degree Progress Study: A tool that indicates which requirements for your caste that you've satisfied and which requirements you have left to complete.
   5. Enrollment: Add: This takes y'all to the enrollment page to add a grade.
   6. Enrollment: Driblet: This takes you to the enrollment page to drib a course.
   7. Enrollment: Edit: This takes y'all to the enrollment page to edit your courses.
   8. Enrollment: Bandy: This takes you to the enrollment page to swap a course.
   9. Grades: Shows your terminal grades for your classes in a sure term. Last grades are ordinarily posted during the week after finals week. For grades on assignments or tests in a sure class, check Blackboard.
   10. Open Academy: This takes you to the enrollment folio for CPP's Higher of the Extended Academy (CEU) Classes
   11. Transcript: View Unofficial: Generates a printable unofficial version of your transcript that shows all the classes you've completed at CPP or transferred, the grades you received, and your GPA.
   12. Transfer Credit: Report: A tool that shows yous the courses you've transferred from other institutions or test credit, including AP, CLEP, and IB scores, and how they interpret to CPP classes.
   13. Veterans Do good: This takes y'all to the online Veterans Educational Benefits Certification Asking.
       
   14. What-if Report: Simulate your DPR to encounter how changing your program of report would affect your bookish progress. Talk to your advisor if you want to create a What-if Study.
3. Weekly Schedule: Shows y'all your schedule in a weekly calendar view.
4. Holds Box: Lists the holds currently on your business relationship.
   1. Details: Clicking this will requite you more than information about your holds and how to remove them.
5. To Do List: A list of items you should try to complete as soon every bit possible. To Exercise List items do not forbid y'all from registering.
6. Enrollment Dates: Tells you your enrollment window when you're able to register for classes.

The Class Search will tell you what courses are scheduled for an upcoming term. Here'due south how to utilise it:

Step 1: Click on the Search link in the upper left-hand side of your Student Center.

Step two: Select the term.

Pace 3: Select a subject area. Just selecting the subject will give you the full form offering listing for this subject area.

Footstep 4: Click Search to meet a list of results:

• Course Number
  • 1210 is the course number of PHY 1210.
• Grade Name
  • Physics of Move, Fluids, and Oestrus is the class proper name for PHY 1210.
• Section: An private form offering for a course. Many classes have more than one department offered each term to permit more students to enroll in the class. Course sections may accept different times, classrooms, or professors.
  • 01-LEC Regular indicates this is section 01.
• Green Circle: Open up courses are indicated in the Class Search by a green circle. Yous tin register for an open course if you meet the requirements and have enough units available in your enrollment limit for the term.

Step v: Click on a specific section's link to learn more than about that section:

• Units
  • PHY 1210 is worth three units.
• Teacher: If the teacher says TBA, the department is withal determining who will teach the class.
  • George Rainey is the instructor for this section of PHY 1210.
• Days & Times: If this says TBA, double check the mode of education.
  • This department of PHY 1210 meets on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9 to 9:50 a.1000.
• Instruction Way: Classes tin be offered in a variety of instructional modes. You tin can search by fashion of educational activity in the Form Search or detect information technology in the Class Details folio for a class in your search results. Read about the different modes of instruction here.
• Prerequisites and Corequisites
  • Prerequisite: A class that you are required to pass before enrolling in another class. Sometimes a specific grade is required.
    • PHY 1210 requires you to have received a C- or better in one of the listed math courses.
  • Corequisite: If yous are required to annals for 2 specific classes in the same term, the classes are considered corequisites. Corequisites can be found in the Class Detail page for a course in the BroncoDirect Class Search or in the Alphabetize of Courses in the University Catalog . Corequisites are generally labs or activities.
    • PHY 1210 requires you to also enroll in a corequisite lab: PHY 1210L.
• Class Capacity & Available Seats
  
  • Class Capacity: A limit on the number of students that can enroll for the grade. This limit is often adamant by the number of desks or chairs in the room the class volition be held in.
    • This section of PHY 1210 has a class capacity of 105 students.
  • Available / Open Seats: The number of students that can still enroll for that course. If at that place are 0 available seats, then the class is no longer an open course.
    • This section of PHY 1210 has 58 available seats.

Step 6: Once y'all've decided on a course, click on Select Class and then Adjacent. This adds it to your shopping cart (more than on that in the next section).

• To find specific classes, you tin can put in additional criteria. Many students put in a course number , or search for specific General Education courses.
  • To search for a specific grade, enter the course number into the Class Number box. Select "is exactly"from the dropdown menu if you typed in the exact course number or "contains" if you typed only part of the course number .
  • To search for waitlisted courses, uncheck the Show Open up Classes Only box.
  • To add together a waitlisted course to your shopping cart, check the Waitlist if Grade if Full box.

• • • • Xanthous Triangle : Waitlisted courses are indicated in the Class Search by a yellowish triangle. A waitlisted class is a grade that no longer has bachelor seats but has space on the waitlist. Yous can get on the waitlist for a waitlisted grade if you meet all the requirements and accept available waitlist units.
      • Blue Square: Closed courses are indicated in the Grade Search by a blue square. A closed form is a form that has reached both the course capacity limit and the expect listing chapters limit. Y'all volition not be able to enroll in a closed course.
  • You lot can search for a GE Area by choosing a GE Area (ex. Area A) from the Grade Attribute dropdown card.

• • You can narrow your search by choosing a GE Sub-Area (ex. A-1) from the Course Attribute Value dropdown menu.

• • To search for courses by mode of instruction, select the format from the Manner of Instruction dropdown bill of fare.

Stride 3: Enrolling in Classes

• Your Enrollment Shopping Cart is what it sounds like – you put form sections you want into your shopping cart. You tin add classes to your shopping cart at whatever time, but having courses in your Enrollment Shopping Cart does not mean that yous are enrolled in the course or have a spot saved for you.
• You lot're able to add courses to your shopping cart ahead of your enrollment window , simply you won't be able to enroll in them until your appointment begins. Before your window opens, make sure that the courses you've put in your shopping cart are still open .
• To access your enrollment shopping cart , click on the Enroll link in your Student Centre .
  

• When your enrollment windows, click on Proceed to Pace two of 3. Confirm that you desire to enroll in the courses you've selected and click on End Enrolling.
• If y'all need to take co-requisite classes, like PHY 1210 and PHY 1210L, register for them at the same time and make sure the sections you've selected both have open seats . Double check the grade details to come across if you are required to enroll in a specific section of a corequisite.
• The View Results page volition confirm that you've successfully enrolled in the form, or give yous an error message explaining why you tin can't enroll.
• To waitlist a class, brand sure yous checked the Waitlist if Class i s Full box earlier adding the course to your shopping cart .

• During your enrollment window , you lot can driblet courses from your schedule if you make up one's mind not to take them. To driblet a form you're already enrolled in, click on the Drop tab in your Shopping Cart . Select the form(s) y'all want to drop, and then click on Drop Selected Classes. Ostend your choices and click on Terminate Dropping.
• You tin use the swap function to swap two sections of the aforementioned grade simultaneously.
• Watch this video for more on dropping and swapping classes.

Step 4: Troubleshooting Errors

You lot may come across enrollment error messages while registering. Here are some of the most common errors students see. If you have any questions about these fault messages, contact the Bronco Advising Heart .

This table explains what to practise if y'all're getting an error bulletin while trying to annals.

Enrollment Error Message	What to Exercise
Concur on student'due south record, add not processed	Click on your Holds box in your Pupil Center to see if there are any holds that might prevent your registration. The Concord details explain how to articulate the hold or who to contact.
Invalid enrollment appointment and open enrollment period has not begun	Double check your enrollment window  day/fourth dimension in your Enrollment Dates box.
Requisites non met for course, non enrolled	Look at the Registrar's Office requisite error nautical chart .
Unit of measurement limit exceeded for engagement period	Y'all're trying to add a class that exceeds the unit limit for your enrollment window .
Time scheduling conflict, student not enrolled in class	You're trying to add a class that conflicts with another class in your schedule. Yous can submit a Schedule Conflict Override Petition , just y'all need approval from both form instructors.
Student non enrolled, class full	The class is full . You should enroll in a different section , or ask the class instructor for a permission number .
Student not eligible to enroll for term	You're not eligible to enroll. If this is an error, contact the Bronco Advising Center .

Step five: Additional Registration Information

If you're trying to enroll in a course that is full, requires consent, or requires requisites (pre- or corequisites), you lot can ask for a course permission number. They are one-use codes and but usable in the term you lot become them. They are also sometimes called add codes. For assistance, contact the Bronco Advising Center.

• One time you receive a permission number, use the Course Search to find the grade. Brand sure to uncheck "Show Open up Classes Only." Enter the number in the Permission Nbr box.
  • If y'all have a permission number to override the waitlist , practice not select the Wait listing if class is total box -- this will deactiv at e the number.
• If the permission number is successful, the form volition exist added to your Shopping Cart .
• Picket this video for more on how to use a permission number.

Depending on the type of permission number, yous go it from the course instructor or the academic department:

This table outlines which office or person to inquire for a permission number.

Enrollment Request Message	Request a Permission Number from:
Not enrolled, form is full	The course instructor.
Requisites not met for class, not enrolled	Confirm on your Caste Progress Written report that yous accept met the requisites . Then, visit the academic department to request a permission number.
Permission to enroll in this class is required	The course teacher.
Instructor consent required to enroll in course, add not processed	The class instructor.

Stride 6: After Orientation and Prepping for Your First Day

For Fall 2022, courses will be primarily in-person with limited online options. Check the format your courses are existence offered in by referencing the Instruction Modes guide.

• During the Add/Drib Flow , you lot can add together courses to your schedule or drop courses without them being recorded on your transcript. Refer to the Student Success Central Bookish Calendar for specific Add/Drop dates. Here'south a timeline for dropping courses:

This table outlines the unlike drop periods and what they mean.

T imeline/Borderline	Type of Drib	How To Drop
From the 1st day of registration through the 10th day of the semester	You can drop classes without getting Ws on your transcript.	Drop in your BroncoDirect Student Center .
From the 10th 24-hour interval of the semester (second week) through the 20th day of the semester (4th calendar week)	You can drop classes with a course of W. Undergraduate students are limited to 28 quarter units of recorded course withdrawals or 18 semester units of recorded form withdrawals , i.due east., where students receive "W" grades in the classes dropped.	Drop in your BroncoDirect Educatee Center .
From the 20th twenty-four hour period of the semester (fifth week) through the 12th week of the semester	If you demand to drop classes later the 20th mean solar day of the semester because of affliction or other problems of a serious nature beyond your command, you may request that those class withdrawals not contribute to the 28 quarter-unit or 18 semester-unit limit of recorded form withdrawals. Upon review of documentation, substantiating the reason for grade withdrawal is of serious nature beyond your control, your College Dean may approve that such grade withdrawals not contribute to the limit.	Fill out Asking for Class Withdrawal petition and attach supporting documentation. You should go along to nourish classes and submit coursework until you lot receive a decision.
After the 12th calendar week of the semester through the last day of finals week	Yous can drop all of your courses only for serious and compelling reasons clearly across your control. Yous should request to drop your entire schedule. Failure in a class or changes to your schedule are not acceptable reasons for withdrawing. You may request that such grade withdrawals not contribute to the limit of recorded course withdrawals.	Fill out Request for Class Withdrawal petition and attach supporting documentation. You lot should keep to nourish classes and submit coursework until you receive a decision.

Find more than information about withdrawals on the Office of Educatee Success, Equity and Innovation website.

• You are only entitled to a full tuition and fees refund if you cancel your registration or drop all of your courses before the first 24-hour interval of classes. After the first twenty-four hours of course you are entitled to a pro-rated refund determined by the date of your withdrawal. You may be entitled to a lower tuition fee if you dropped enough units to become a part-time student. To calculate this amount, visit the Educatee Accounting & Cashiering Services website select the term that you demand a refund for.

• In your Student Center click the Bookstore – Become /View Textbooks link located on the bottom right-hand side below the Enrollment Dates box.

• Select a term and then click View Textbook Summary.

• This volition show you the required and optional textbooks for the courses y'all are enrolled in. Y'all can also search for grade sections to meet required materials for courses yous might exist interested in but are not enrolled in.

• A syllabus is a document that outlines the course policies and expectations. Information technology includes your professor's contact information as well equally their part hours. Grading policies, assignment due dates, the course schedule, required materials and other items may as well be included.
• Y'all'll receive syllabi ahead of or on the first twenty-four hours of class.

• Go along tabs on your Canvas homepage. Your instructor has to plough the courses on, and then hang tight if you don't encounter them yet. Canvas updates itself nightly with any changes in your enrollment.
• Many instructors driblet students who do not attend their class on the first day of instruction to allow for waitlisted students to add the class. Nonetheless, d o not rely on professors to drib yous from classes you no longer wish to accept. If you don't attend a class you lot are enrolled in, you may receive a grade of WU or F.
  • If a religious holiday conflicts with the showtime mean solar day of grade, Cal Poly Pomona volition suit you equally outlined in the Dean of Students' Reasonable Accommodations document .
• Office hours are the fourth dimension that professors prepare aside to help students understand the grade material and assignments. Attending part hours will let yous to get a better understanding of the course material and assignments equally well as build a human relationship with your faculty. Bank check your syllabi for your professors' office hours .

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