Registration
Students are encouraged to register as early as possible during each registration period because a course may close before the end of registration. Social Security numbers are required for registration and become a student's permanent university identification number. Please note that all outstanding debts to Johns Hopkins University must be paid in full in order to register.
Students may not sit in on a class without being officially registered for that class. Students who fail to complete their registration and sit in on a class may be subject to Student Code of Conduct proceedings.
January intersession is considered a separate term from the fall semester. However, registration for January intersession may be included on the registration form with fall semester courses, and one registration fee covers both terms. May session courses are considered spring semester courses and should be recorded on the same form.
Registration Options
Students may register using one of several convenient methods. Details of registration dates are provided on page 16.
Registration begins several months before each semester. Students may access the course schedule via the Web at onestop.jhu.edu/courseschedule. Students electing to register online should refer to the instructions available at http://onestop.jhu.edu /registration/ ways_to_register.cfm. When registering online, via mail, or fax, students may choose to pay then or be electronically billed (refer to the Student Accounts section, page 21, of this catalog for details). ONLY the new tuition remission applications may be faxed. Faxed copies of the old tuition remission vouchers will not be accepted. Registration materials may also be brought to any campus center or to the Registrar's Office in Columbia.
Registrations are processed as they are received. If a selected course is full, the student is placed in an alternate course as noted on the registration form.
Wait Lists
If the course for which a student is attempting to register is full (has met its enrollment limit), that student may contact the Registrar's Office at 410-516-9816 in order to be placed on a wait list. Students placed on a wait list for any course will be contacted in the order in which they were placed on the list. Please note that students may wait list for only one section of a particular course. Contact will be made only if an opening occurs prior to the first class meeting of the course. Students may not participate in a class unless officially registered for it. Wait listing for a course is not an official registration.
Registration Prior to Admission
Undergraduate Degree Applicants
Applicants to undergraduate degree programs may register for classes before admission. Applicants with at least 60 college-level credits and a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 may register for .300-level courses with the signed permission of an adviser.
Graduate Degree/Certificate Special (Non-degree) Applicants
Applicants to graduate degree/certificate programs and special student applicants may be allowed to register for one term only while they are completing the application process. However, if their application is later denied, they will receive undergraduate credit for the course(s) and they will not be allowed to register for subsequent graduate-level courses. If they choose to withdraw from the course(s), they will receive the appropriate refund.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to speak with an academic adviser regarding their course selection. Registration before admission is limited to .500-level courses. Graduate applicants may only register for .600- or higher-level courses with adviser permission.
Adding a Course
To add a course, students must submit an official add/drop form. Students may also add courses using the online registration system. The same payment options for registration also apply for adding a course. (Johns Hopkins employees must submit a tuition remission application for each added course.)
Students who have already registered may add new courses, provided that the course(s) has not met for the first time and is not already closed. Students also may add alternate format courses (e.g., mini-courses or those that meet for one or two weeks) anytime before the first class meeting, provided the course is not closed. Students may not add courses after the first class meeting.
During the first two weeks of a semester and prior to the second class meeting, when dropping one course and adding another, 100 percent of the tuition from the dropped course may be applied to the tuition of the added course. After the first two weeks of the semester or the second class meeting, a student who wishes to drop a 12- to 15-session course and add an alternate format course may apply the appropriate refund from the dropped course to the tuition of the added course.
Note: Students cannot drop a course using the online system.
Auditing Courses
Students who register as auditors pay full course tuition. Regular attendance is expected, and the course is recorded on the student's transcript. Auditors are not required to complete quizzes, examinations, and other assigned work and do not receive academic credit for the course. Audited courses do not count toward the credits required for financial aid eligibility. Not all courses are open to auditors. Potential auditors should verify in advance that a course is available for auditing.
Students enrolled for credit who wish to change to auditor status must submit official add/drop forms (dropping the class for credit and adding the same class for audit) before the appropriate deadline each semester, as noted in the withdrawal/audit policy chart on page 16. For the last day to change to auditor status for alternate format classes, consult the withdrawal/audit calendar, or call 1-800-GO-TO-JHU (1-800-468-6548).
Dropping or Withdrawing from a Course
Dropping Courses
To drop a course, students are required to submit official add/drop forms. The online registration system cannot be used to drop/withdraw from a course. Students may drop a course without financial penalty up to the date of the first class. Once classes begin, students who drop a course receive a pro-rated tuition refund. Tuition refunds are calculated from the date of receipt of the add/drop form in the Registrar's Office (see refund schedule, page 17 of this catalog). Financial aid recipients will have their aid award adjusted according to credits registered. Students dropping to less than half-time status will have their aid canceled and will be responsible for any debit balance created. The facsimile add/drop form may be used.
Withdrawing from Courses
To withdraw from a course, students must submit official add/drop forms. Students may not drop/withdraw from courses using the online registration system. Notice to the instructor of intent to withdraw is not sufficient, nor are telephone withdrawals accepted. The last dates to withdraw without academic penalty (without receiving the grade of F) are listed in the withdrawal/audit calendar (page 16) of this catalog. Call 1-800-GO-TO-JHU for the last date to withdraw or change to auditor status for other alternate format courses.
Students who withdraw after the dates listed on page 15 or stop attending class at any time without properly submitting an official add/drop form receive an F (Failure) grade for the course. Tuition refunds are calculated from the date of receipt of the add/drop form in the Registrar's Office (see refund schedule on page 17 of this catalog). Please note that the registration fee is non-refundable. Financial aid recipients will have their aid award adjusted according to credits registered. International students on an F-1 visa are advised to contact International Services at 410-516-9740 before withdrawing or dropping a course.
COURSE LOAD
A student who is employed full time is encouraged to take only one or two courses each semester, and must consult an adviser before registering for three or more courses. To accelerate a course of study, students should consider enrolling in the January intersession or May session.
Courses numbered .500 and above require an average of three hours of outside preparation for each class hour. Full-time graduate students are those who enroll for nine or more credits each semester. Part-time graduate students are those who enroll for less than nine credits each semester.
INTERDIVISIONAL REGISTRATION
During the fall and spring terms, degree-seeking students at the Carey Business School may register for courses in another school at Johns Hopkins by submitting an interdivisional registration form, with all appropriate approval signatures from the host school and the Carey Business School, along with the regular registration form. Students pay the per-credit rate of the school offering the course. Special students are not permitted to register interdivisionally.
Conversely, students from other divisions (except the Schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering) of the university may take courses offered by the Carey Business School by completing the interdivisional registration form, including all appropriate signatures from their home school and from the Carey Business School, and submitting it to their own registrar for processing. Students in full-time Arts and Sciences and Engineering programs should use the Supplemental Registration Form, available from the Homewood Registrar's Office, which requires permission of their academic adviser and the appropriate school program director or adviser. Note that Carey Business School students have priority in registering for Carey Business School courses. All Interdivisional students must abide by these policies, procedures, and deadlines. All published prerequisites for the course must be met prior to enrollment. During the summer session, students do not follow the interdivisional registration procedures noted above. Students from other Johns Hopkins divisions who want to enroll in Carey Business School summer courses should follow the registration procedures outlined in the Registration section. For more information, contact the Registrar's Office at 410-516-9816.
REFUNDS
Students who officially withdraw during an academic term will receive tuition refunds based on the refund schedule. Refunds apply only to the tuition portion of a student's charges and are calculated from the date that the school receives an official add/drop form. Refunds are not applicable to registration and other non-tuition fees and are not granted to students suspended or dismissed for disciplinary reasons.
Federal aid recipients who withdraw from all coursework will have aid returned to the federal government according to federal "Return of Title IV funds" regulations, a copy of which can be obtained at the Registrar's Office. Those partially withdrawing will have their aid awards adjusted to the reduced cost of attendance. Students who drop to less than half-time prior to commencing the courses that yield half-time attendance will have their federal aid canceled, even portions which may have been refunded to them for living expenses, and will receive a bill from the school for the balance due.
If a course is canceled by the school, the tuition is refunded in full, and the registration fee is refunded if that course was the only course for which the student registered. All refunds will be approved in the Registrar's Office in accordance with the refund schedule. A refund may take four to six weeks to process. Students will receive refunds according to the method of payment.
NEW IMMUNIZATION LAW FOR NEW AND CONTINUING STUDENTS UNDER THE AGE OF 26:
According to Washington, DC, Immunization Law 3-20, students under the age of 26 who attend classes in Washington, DC, must get vaccinations for Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) and Tetanus/Diphtheria. Students will need to submit proof of immunizations once registered for classes at the Washington, DC Center. A REGISTRATION HOLD will be placed on accounts if completed immunization forms are not submitted by the registration period for a students' second semester at the university. Download the immunization form at onestop.jhu.edu/media/files/immunization.pdf. Completed immunization forms can be faxed to the Registrar's Office at 410-516-9817.
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