Advising and 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 advisor upon admission to the program. At any time during their studies, students have the option of changing their advisors by completing a change-of-advisor form. Students often take advantage of that opportunity as their career plans become more specific. Change-of-advisor forms are available in the GSLIS administrative office, Rebecca Crown Library, Room 300.
GSLIS encourages students to consult with faculty advisors at a point prior to completing their core courses. 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 the myDU portal for any course for which they have completed the prerequisites.myDU 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 register using myDU. To register via myDU, Internet access using a web browser such as Internet Explorer is required. Access to myDU either on or off campus is available from Dominican's website: www.dom.edu.A Dominican student identification number and a PIN number are required for online registration. Students will not be allowed to register for courses online without having completed the prerequisite courses. Special registration will require registration in person and/or permission from GSLIS.
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 the graduate program constitutes six hours of class time.Incoming students (without a PIN number and access to online registration) may fax a form to drop a class to the registrar. Students with access to online registration 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.
