Transfer Student Overview

WELCOME!

The Registrar’s Office will send a “Statement of Transfer Credit” and registration instructions to your current email address as soon as possible after your deposit is received.

We want your first registration to be a good one and are concerned that our online registration system may not recognize that you have met some prerequisites for your LC fall courses. There may not be direct equivalencies at LC and/or we may have not yet received official transcripts for all your transfer work. Please contact the following Degree Audit and Transfer Credit Coordinators according to your last name.

A - L:  Robin Jarecki at rjarecki@lclark.edu or at 503-768-7329
M - Z: Cherilyn Ronningen at cer@lclark.edu or at 503-768-7332

General Information

• You must set up your LC email account in order to access online registration. Your LC email address will be the primary means of communication used by the Registrar’s Office and many other offices on campus.
• Your LC email account will also allow you access to WebAdvisor where you will register online and view your course schedules, grades and LC transcript. You will be able to access WebAdvisor within two business days of setting up your LC email account.

• We want to emphasize the importance of studying the sections on requirements and policies in the College Catalog.
• The “Statement of Transfer Credit” will indicate whether you will need to register for one of the Core Substitute Courses or if you will need to take Exploration and Discovery, in the Fall and/or Spring.
• As a transfer student you may want to read the general information on transfer credit, available on the Academic Advising homepage.

Also check out the following links:

• Choosing Courses
• Majors to Start the First Semester in College

• If you have taken a foreign language at your previous college and wish to continue with that language, you should register now for the next level (e.g., if you have taken one year of a language, then you should register for 201). If you did not take a language in college and want to continue with a language you studied in high school, you will need to take one of the Foreign Language Examinations before you may register for the course. If you want to study a language you have not previously studied, you should register for it this summer.
• Read “Before Beginning the Online Registration Process” below and Online Registration Instructions prior to accessing WebAdvisor to select courses.
• If you have questions about courses in your major or prerequisites for major courses, please email your Department Chair.
• After August registration ends, additional changes must be made during the Add/Drop Period (the first two weeks of the semester) by submitting a completed Add/Drop form to the Registrar’s Office on or before the second Friday of the semester.

You may find the Academic Schedule Worksheet (PDF) a helpful tool in planning your fall schedule.

If, at any time you have a problem, do not hesitate to call the Registrar’s Office, 503-768-7335 or email us at reg@lclark.edu.

 

I. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES FOR SPRING 2012 SEMESTER

A. Registration for fall courses

1. TBA  or as soon as you are in “paid” status, you may register for your courses online via WebAdvisor, or by contacting the appropriate Degree Audit and Transfer Credit Coordinator.  For students with the last name beginning with:
A - K:  Robin Jarecki at rjarecki@lclark.edu or at 503-768-7329
L - Z: Cherilyn Ronningen at cer@lclark.edu or at 503-768-7332

2. Transfer credit: The Office of the Registrar evaluates all courses to determine if they will transfer to Lewis & Clark. The statements of transfer credit reflect the transfer work on official transcripts that we have received to date. If this evaluation does not reflect all of your previous college course work, please request that an updated official transcript be sent to the Lewis & Clark College, Office of the Registrar.

B. TBA: meeting with academic advisor

C. BEFORE BEGINNING THE REGISTRATION PROCESS

1. Check WebAdvisor for Registration Permissions

You will need:

• Advisor approval to register;
• Instructor consent for specific sections that require special permission (see #5 below).

Confirmation of these approvals will appear in the Registration Permissions area of WebAdvisor.

2. Check WebAdvisor for My Holds/Restrictions

• Check for holds which may prevent registration and address them before registration begins.

3. Read

• Online Registration Instructions
• Helpful Hints for Searching for Courses
• How Waitlists Work

4. Check that Prerequisites have been met with Transfer Credit

• If you have transfer credit that should meet the prerequisite for a course, you can submit the Prerequisite Substitute/Consent form to the Registrar’s Office.  Please note that official documentation of the coursework must be on file in the Registrar’s Office in order to have credit awarded. 

If your notification and documentation are received before your registration appointment and the transfer credit has been awarded, you will be able to register for the course online during your assigned appointment time.

5. Obtain any Prerequisites Substitute or Consent needed to register for a course

• You may submit a completed Prerequisites Met By Transfer Credit form to the Registrar’s Office.
• In place of the form, we will also accept an email from the instructor specifying that you have his/her consent to register for the specific section.

If we receive consent before your registration appointment, you will be able to register for this course online during your assigned time.

6. THE FOLLOWING MAY BE DONE ONLY IN PERSON AND ONLY DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE SEMESTER (ADD/DROP PERIOD):

• Change the grading option for a graded course to credit/no credit. 
  Note: courses used to fulfill a gen-ed requirement may NOT be taken as credit/no credit.
• OVERLOAD (Register for more than 19 credits).
  Note: a student must have an L&C gpa of 3.0 or better and the consent of their adviser to overload. First Year students should not overload their first semester.

7. Most students register for a total of 16 credits (4 courses) plus any 1-credit activity courses such as music performance, PE, or athletics. Students need to average 16 credits each semester to complete in four years the 128 semester credits required for graduation.

II. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT TRANSFER CREDIT, CONTACT: 

Last names beginning with: 

A - L:  Robin Jarecki at rjarecki@lclark.edu or at 503-768-7329
M - Z: Cherilyn Ronningen at cer@lclark.edu or at 503-768-7332

If you have questions, do not hesitate to contact us at:

Registrar’s Office
503-768-7335
reg@lclark.edu

Academic Advising

College Catalog

Create LC Email Account or Access LC email account

Declare Major/Minor/Advisor Form

Foreign Language Examination Information

Exploration and Discovery

Music Theory and Aural Skills Placement Exam

Quantitative Reasoning Exam

Registration Worksheet (pdf)