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Advising & Registration

Student Advising

GSLIS faculty members give serious attention to the student advising process. They announce office hours, are available by phone and use email to facilitate guidance to students as they explore a program of study. Students are offered the opportunity to have substantive contact with faculty advisers at appropriate points during their studies.

Students are assigned an adviser upon admission to the program. At any time during their studies, students have the option of changing their advisers by completing a change of adviser form. Students often take advantage of that opportunity as their career plans become more specific. Change of adviser forms are available in the GSLIS Student Information Center at www.gslis.dom.edu.

GSLIS encourages students to consult with faculty advisers at a point prior to completing their core courses, but not necessarily when they are new to the program. When students are close to completing the core courses, they have a better sense of where their interests lie. In addition to one-on-one advising sessions, faculty may offer group advising sessions to provide information and address general questions for students with a certain career focus.

Registration

Incoming GSLIS students must register in person for their first semester classes. After one semester, students may register online using Campus Web for any course for which they have completed the prerequisites. Campus Web allows students to view specific data that Dominican University maintains pertaining to student records, including a history of the courses taken. Most importantly, it will allow registration online using the Internet. It is not a requirement to use online registration. In-person registration is also an option at the registrar’s office. In-person registration is scheduled during day and evening hours.

Online Registration

Students who wish to register online must have previously registered in person through the registrar’s office at least once in order to use Campus Web. To register with Campus Web, Internet access using a Web browser such as Internet Explorer is required. Internet access is available on campus within the Technology Center and on computers designated for student use throughout the campus. Registration and access to course information from off campus is also available with Internet access using a Web browser. To access Dominican University’s Campus Web from either on or off campus, open a Web browser and type in: http://cmdsweb.dom.edu/campusweb. A Dominican student identification number and a PIN number are required to access Campus Web. Campus Web will not allow a student to register for courses without having completed the prerequisite courses. Special registration situations will require registration in person.

Adding or Dropping Courses

Students may drop or add courses up to the designated drop/add date. After one semester of enrollment, students can drop or add courses online prior to the designated drop/add deadline. However, graduate students cannot register for a class after the second class session, even if the date is within the designated drop/ add date. Missing two classes in graduate program constitutes six hours of class time. Incoming students (without a PIN number and access to Campus Web online) may fax a form to drop a class to the registrar. Students with access to Campus Web must drop classes online. After the add/drop period ends, a student can no longer drop a class online. Due to financial and insurance implications, students dropping a class after the designated drop date must arrange to drop the classes in person at the registrar’s office.

Withdrawal

Students may withdraw from a course up to the last class meeting prior to the final examination. The registrar must be given written notice of withdrawal. Giving notice to the instructor or failing to attend classes will not be regarded as an official notice of withdrawal. When the Office of Student Accounts has received official notice of withdrawal from the registrar, tuition will be refunded according to the following schedule. Refunds will be dated as of the end of the week in which the registrar receives written notification of withdrawal.

Refund Schedule for Fall and Spring

Refund Schedule for Summer

Compressed Schedule Classes

GSLIS also offers courses on a compressed, nontraditional schedule. These class schedules are accelerated and may be structured in several ways:

Tuition refunds for withdrawal from these weekend or day intensive schedule courses is according to the schedule shown below:

Special fees are not refundable. Students should notify the Office of Student Accounts as to whether any refund should be mailed to their home address, held for call or credited to their accounts; without such notification, refunds will automatically be credited to the student’s account.

Refund Schedule

Tuition refunds are based upon the date of completion of the appropriate academic withdrawal or drop paperwork. This can be done in the registrar’s office or on the Web. Loan refunds will not be available until after the last day for add/drop in the fall, spring and summer. Loan checks are only available on Tuesday and Thursday after 3:00 p.m. We can only process a refund for you if your loans are posted to your tuition account and you have filled out a refund request form. Please don’t hesitate to call first to see if your check is available.

Financial Regulations

Students may not participate in graduation or receive recommendations, degrees, honors, semester grades or transcripts of credits until all bills are paid and Federal Perkins/National Direct Student Loans are in current status. Any unpaid bills may be referred to a collection agency. The student is liable for any collection and legal costs. All charges are subject to change after 30 days notice. Registration and enrollment shall be considered as signifying acceptance of all conditions, rules and regulations.