Students are encouraged to register as early as possible during each registration period because a course may close before the end of registration. 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 Honor Code violation proceedings.
Students may register using one of several convenient methods.
Registration begins several months before each semester. Students may access the ISIS System at https://isis.jhu.edu/sswf/. When registering online or via mail or fax, students may choose to pay at that time or be electronically billed (refer to the Student Accounts section of this handbook for details).
Registrations are processed as they are received. If a selected course is full, the student is placed in an alternate course if noted on the registration form.
Student attempting to register for a course that is full (has met its enrollment limit), may be placed on the waitlist by going to https://isis.jhu.edu/sswf/. Students may also contact the Office of the Registrar at carey.registration@jhu.edu 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 be placed on the wait list for only one section of a particular course. Students will be contacted only via the student’s JHU email address, 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; therefore no payment is required until a seat in the class is confirmed.
Students may also add courses using the online registration system. To add a course, students must submit an official add/drop form. 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.
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 an eight or 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.
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 term, as noted in the withdrawal/audit policy chart. For the last day to change to auditor status for alternate format classes, consult the withdrawal/audit calendar, or contact the Office of the Registrar at carey.registration@jhu.edu.
Students may drop a course without financial penalty up to the date of the first class by going to https://isis.jhu.edu/sswf/. 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 Office of the Registrar (see refund schedule). 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.
To withdraw from a course, students must submit official add/drop forms. Students may not 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 of this handbook. Call the Office of the Registrar at 410-234-9250 for the last date to withdraw or change to auditor status for other alternate format courses.
Students who withdraw after the deadline 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 Office of the Registrar. 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 410-234-9280 before withdrawing or dropping a course.
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. 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.
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 Office of the Registrar, which requires permission of their academic adviser and the appropriate school program director or adviser. This form needs to be submitted to their own school’s registrar. 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 Office of the Registrar at carey.registration@jhu.edu.
Students who officially withdraw during an academic term will receive tuition refunds based on the refund schedule found in the Student Account section. 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 may 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 Office of the Registrar. Those partially withdrawing may 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 require half-time attendance will have their federal aid canceled, even if some portions have already been refunded to them for living expenses, students 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 Office of the Registrar 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.
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. You will need to submit proof of your immunizations once you register for classes at the Washington DC Center this semester. Students who may have already submitted proof of immunizations for another school/program within JHU are required to resubmit the form to the PSA Office of the Registrar to fulfill the requirement, as these forms are not transferable across schools/programs. A registration hold will be placed on your account if completed immunization forms are not submitted by the registration period for your second semester at the university. Visit https://portalcontent.johnshopkins.edu/bin/u/v/Immunization%20Form_CBS.pdf to download the form. Completed immunization forms can be faxed to the Office of the Registrar at 410-234-9259.
Jhu Carey Business School Part-Time Programs Withdrawal/Audit Schedule Policy | ||||
| Transcript Notation | January intersession | Courses that meet 8 class sessions | Courses that meet 10–14 class sessions | Courses that meet 15 or more class sessions |
| No notation if course is dropped | prior to the 3rd class meeting | prior to the 2nd class meeting | prior to the 3rd class meeting | prior to the 4th class meeting |
| No notation if course is dropped | from the 3rd to the 5th class meeting | from the 2nd to the 3rd | from the 3rd to the 6th class meeting | from the 4th to the 8th classing meeting |
| May not withdraw or change to audit | once the 6th class begins | once the 4th class begins | once the 7th class begins | once the 9th class begins |
