All new students will register for classes at their Advising and Registration session.  The onboarding process continues with Orientation.  

Fall 2024 - New Transfer Student Registration

Fall 2024 - New First Year Student Registration

I'm Enrolled.  Now What?  

New Transfer Student Registration – Fall 2024

When do I enroll?

New transfer students will enroll at their Advising & Registration session date.  This date is selected during the next steps in the admission process.  Please plan to attend both your Advising & Registration session and Orientation. 

How can I prepare?

Send your transcripts!

  • Submitting your college transcripts and any AP or IB test scores will ensure a successful registration experience!
  • The preliminary transcript deadline is March 15, 2024.  If you miss that deadline, please still send your college transcripts!  If college transcripts are received two weeks before your Advising & Registration date, our team can post your transfer credit to your record at CSUCI before you enroll in classes.
  • Having your college transfer credit posted to your record is a critical step so you may meet pre-requisites for CSUCI courses and to accurately reflect your student level (e.g. junior).

How will I know what classes to enroll into?

Review your Student Success Tools

  • Once your transfer credit is posted to your record at CSUCI, you may use various Student Success Tools such as your Transfer Credit Report, CI Academic Requirements Report (CARR), and Degree Planner (go.csuci.edu/gradtools). 
  • These online tools allow you to review completed coursework and graduation requirements, generate a pathway to complete your degree, and help you generate your semester schedule.  

Attend your Advising & Registration session

  • Academic Advisors will provide guidance on selecting your first semester courses during your Advising & Registration session and through an online course in CI Learn (Canvas). 

New First Year Student Registration – Fall 2024

When do I enroll?

New first year students will enroll at their Advising & Registration session date.  This date is selected during the next steps in the admission process.  Please plan to attend both your Advising & Registration session and Orientation. 

What can I expect for my first semester of enrollment?

  • CSUCI will pre-select five (5) courses for first-year students to enroll into for the fall semester during their Advising & Registration session through a guided registration process.
  • For most students, at least two (2) of your courses will be part of a learning community.  Learning communities are cohorts of students in the same classes with a common theme and support provided by embedded peer mentors.  
  • First year students should anticipate enrolling in a Math/Quantitative Reasoning course and an English composition course during their first academic year.  You may be guided into one or both of these requirements during your first semester.  
  • In May, you will receive a Joining the Pod survey regarding your first semester enrollment preferences.  We will use your survey responses to help us pre-select the five (5) courses and potential learning community.  

How can I prepare?

Did you complete college level coursework during high school?

  • If yes, send us your college transcripts and any AP or IB test scores (if available)!  Academic Advisors want to ensure that you do not register for courses you may have already completed with transfer credit.  Also, courses you completed at the community college or via test credit will be needed to meet pre-requisites for courses at CSUCI.    
  • The preliminary transcript deadline is March 15, 2024.  If you miss that deadline, please still send your college transcripts!  If college transcripts are received two weeks before your Advising & Registration date, our team can post your transfer credit to your record at CSUCI before you enroll.

Learn about first year enrollment requirements before taking the Joining the Pod survey.

  • Consider your options for first year writing.  CSUCI uses Directed Self-Placement because it is up to you which path you choose.  Review your options on the Composition Program webpage.  You will be asked to select your first year writing option on the Joining the Pod survey.  
  • Become familiar with the types of Learning Communities offered at CSUCI.  You will be asked to rank your preferred Learning Communities on the Joining the Pod survey.  

Learn more about Guided Registration.

I'm Enrolled.  Now What?

What if I need additional help with my schedule or want to change my schedule?

  • After your Advising & Registration session, you can use Drop-In Advising for additional assistance with your schedule.
  • Graduate students should contact their program director for advising. 
  • Tutorials on how to add, drop, swap and waitlist a course are on the web at go.csuci.edu/RRTutorials.

What if I am not ready to enroll for the term and have second thoughts about attending CSUCI once I have registered?

  • The Registrar’s Office or professors will not drop you from classes should you elect to no longer attend.
  • If you do not intend to enroll at CSUCI as planned, it is your responsibility to drop your classes by published deadlines.
  • It is also your responsibility to notify other departments of your decision to not enroll as planned (e.g. Financial Aid, Housing, etc.) and take care of any obligations. You are advised to notify these departments as soon as possible if you will not attend CSUCI to reduce charges associated with late cancellation.
  • If you chose not to attend CSUCI in your first term, you will need to go through the application process for a future term and may be required to meet additional admission requirements.

How do I change my schedule once school starts?

  • During the Add/Drop period (weeks 1-3), adding courses online is available and will require you to obtain a permission number from the instructor. Please note that adding during this time is at the instructor’s discretion.  Students may drop during this time without permission.
  • For Fall 2024, the Add/Drop period ends Friday, September 13th at 12 NOON.
  • Check out our Add and Drop Procedures web page for information on schedule changes later in the semester: go.csuci.edu/AddDrop.

Are there enough classes for me?

  • CSUCI tries to provide enough classes for students to achieve their degree. Some classes have more demand than others. Students should be prepared to have multiple options in the event classes or preferred sections are full.
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