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How to register for courses next semester.
As a full-time student, you must sign up for courses in both mods during online course registration.
Although the semester will be broken into mods, it will be treated as a single semester by the college as stipulated by the U.S. Department of Education. Students must take courses in both mods to qualify for financial aid for the semester and, to qualify as a full-time student, must be enrolled for a minimum of 3.0 units during the entire semester.
SPECIAL NOTE: Online add/drop/registration via the Portal is currently unavailable due to a recent software update. While the vendor is working on a fix, please contact registrar@beloit.edu with any schedule changes you need to make for Spring 2021.
Registration Dates for Spring 2021 Semester for continuing and returning vacation term students
- Spring 2021 Course Guide
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Oct. 28-Spring 2021 course list viewable in the Portal
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Oct. 29-Nov. 9: Advising period (schedule a meeting with your advisor)
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Nov. 10-14: Online registration — advisor clearance required
- Register online via the Portal on the following 4 days:
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Day 1: Tues., Nov. 10: up to 1.00 unit of credit
Day 2: Wed., Nov. 11: up to a total of 2.00 units
Day 3: Thurs., Nov 12: up to a total of 3.00 units
Day 4: Fri., Nov. 13: up to a total of 4.75 units - On each of the 4 days, follow this timetable:
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1:00pm-4:00pm: Seniors (class year 2021)
4:00pm-7:00pm: Sophomores (class years 2023)
7:00pm-10:00pm: Juniors (class year 2022) and First-Years (class year 2024) - ************************************
- You will receive confirmation of your registration time and class year from the Registrar in an email during the week of October 26, but you can also view your class year in the Portal. After you log in, you’ll see at the top of the page a link to “Advising Detail for Students”, which will show your class year, highlighted in yellow.
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NOTE: Online registration closes at 10:00 am on Nov. 11, 12, and 13, in preparation for the next registration period that begins at 1:00 pm. After the final registration period on Nov. 13, online registration will close for the weekend at 10:00 am on Saturday, Nov. 14.
- SPECIAL NOTE: If you anticipate a problem connecting to the Portal during your registration time, Registrar Office staff can help you to register. In such a case, you should email your prioritized, primary and alternate, course selections to registrar@beloit.edu , no later than Nov. 8. Please include the full course code (e.g. ENGL 190 C1), title, and instructor’s last name for each course.
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Nov. 16-Dec. 8: Online registration/add/drop period
- Re-opens at 8:00 on Mon., Nov. 16
- Closes at midnight on Tues., Dec 8
- Jan. 14: Courses begin
- Jan. 18: Last day to add Mod 1 and full-term courses
Advising
Currently enrolled and vacation term students: Contact your advisor, since you will need advisor clearance in the Portal to register online. Schedule the appointment between Oct. 29 and Nov. 9.
If you are unable to reach your advisor or have other questions, please feel free to contact registrar@beloit.edu, and we will be happy to help you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Mod Schedule
The simplest answer is COVID-19. We want all of our students with us on campus, but we cannot predict right now if the virus will subside enough to let everyone safely return in the fall. We wanted to identify the best set of circumstances that could bring you back to campus in the fall and make it more likely that you would not need to disrupt your studies with a switch to online classes in the middle of a term.
The best solution that seemed to satisfy these requirements was to start the semester later, giving the virus more time to subside, and to divide it into two mods, increasing the probability that you could complete your courses without disruption.
The fall semester calendar can be found on the Academic Calendar.
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Mod 1
- Classes start on Tuesday Sept. 1 and end Thursday Oct. 15.
- Exams will be held on Friday Oct. 16 and Saturday Oct. 17.
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Mod 2
- Classes start on Monday Oct. 19 and end Friday Dec. 4.
- Exams will be held on Monday Dec. 7 and Tuesday Dec. 8.
- To limit the spread of the coronavirus, no fall break is scheduled.
The spring semester calendar can be found on the Academic Calendar.
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Mod 1
- Classes start on Monday, February 15 and end Friday, March 30.
- Study day on Wednesday, March 31.
- Exams will be held on Thursday April 1 and Friday April 2.
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Mod 2
- Classes start on Tuesday, April 6 and end Friday, May 21.
- Study day on Saturday, May 22.
- Exams will be held on Monday, May 24 and Tuesday, May 25.
- To limit the spread of the coronavirus, no spring break is scheduled.
Under a mod schedule, each class will utilize one of seven timeslots.
Although six of the timeslots have time scheduled every day (Monday through Friday) and the evening timeslot is scheduled Mondays and Wednesdays, a class may not meet on all of the designated days. Your professors will utilize the time in the way that best supports the learning goals for the class, and this will be clearly communicated to you on the first day of class.
Yes, you will sign up for courses in both mods during online course registration. Although the semester will be broken into mods, it will be treated as a single semester by the college as stipulated by the U.S. Department of Education. Students must take courses in both mods to qualify for financial aid for the fall semester and, to qualify as a full-time student, must be enrolled for a minimum of 3.0 units during the entire semester.
Although the semester will be broken into mods, it will be treated as a single semester by the college as stipulated by the U.S. Department of Education. Students must take courses in both mods to qualify for financial aid for the fall semester. Full-time enrollment must be maintained for financial aid (and scholarships) purposes as well as to live on campus (when the time comes).
In order to be considered full-time a student must enroll in at least one course in each mod and must remain enrolled in 3 units between the two mods of the fall term. A typical scenario is that a student would enroll in 2 units per mod.
Registration
Ask the professor to “authorize” your enrollment in the Portal, which will then enable you to register yourself. During online registration, you can add the course with the override, or if you waitlisted yourself, you can go to courses/registration in the Portal and convert your waitlisted status to enrolled. You do that either by clicking on the “move to current” message next to the waitlisted course, or, if that message doesn’t appear, then drop the course and re-add it (the authorization will allow you to do that).
Some courses are listed in more than one way (from 2-4 different ways), e.g. Intro to Literary Study may be listed both as ENGL 190 and CPLT 190. These are called crosslisted courses. You can sign up for the course either way, but to see the combined total enrollment in the course, click on the course code link for course details; right below the description is information about the enrollment, including waitlist count. The “parent” course controls the combined total enrollment. Both the “parent” and “child” courses show as “full” once the parent cap has been reached.
You can add yourself to the waitlist for the course, in case space in the course becomes available. If the instructor authorizes you to join, you still need to add yourself to the course. If the waitlist option is not available, contact the course instructor.
When online registration is closed, a Registrar’s Office staff member will have to process the change.
First, consult with your primary (major, Spark, or AMP) advisor.
Then make the request by emailing your primary advisor and copying the instructor and registrar@beloit.edu . Ask both the advisor and instructor to “reply all” to approve the change. Once both have confirmed, a Registrar’s Office staff member will process the add/drop.
Specific Situations
You cannot do that during online registration. A Registrar’s Office staff member will have to register you.
Special Project: You must complete a Special Project Contract form Consult with the faculty or staff member who will be your sponsor. Then fill out the form and email the completed form to your sponsor, your primary (major, Spark, or AMP) advisor, and registrar@beloit.edu . Ask your sponsor and advisor to “reply all” to confirm approval. Once both have approved, a Registrar’s Office staff member will register you and send you a confirmation copy of the contract.
Internship: Complete an Internship Registration form for an internship (FEP 200) or the internship workshop (FEP 201). See internship information and links to the forms
Email the completed FEP 200 registration form as an attachment to your on-campus sponsor, and copy your primary (major, SPARK, or AMP) advisor and registrar@beloit.edu Ask your sponsor and advisor to “reply all” to confirm approval. Once both have provided confirmation, a Registrar’s Office staff member will register you for the internship and send you a confirmation copy of the form.
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Email the completed FEP 201 registration form as an attachment to registrar@beloit.edu A Registrar’s Office staff member will register you for the internship workshop and send you a confirmation copy of the form.
TA credit: Email the instructor of the course for which you are TA-ing and copy your advisor and registrar@beloit.edu . Include in the email the name of the course and ask the instructor and your advisor to “reply all” to confirm approval. Once both have provided confirmation, a Registrar’s Office staff member will register your the TA credit.
See the Back at Beloit Study Abroad page for information.
You may not register for an overload until the first week of classes. You may need to petition the Academic Performance Committee. To determine whether or not you need to petition, see the course overload policy.
Contact the Dean of Students Office deanstu@beloit.edu to schedule an exit interview.