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Registration Guide

How to Register for Courses

Courses are closed when the enrollment limit is reached, so register early!

FALL 2010 registration:

Credit courses: Through Sept. 3
Senior citizen auditors register on Sept. 7
Noncredit courses: Ongoing until 5:00 p.m. (Mon.–Fri.) the day before the course starts (online through Sept. 3; afterward, by fax, in person, or mail).

SUMMER 2010 registration:

Credit and noncredit courses: Ongoing until the day before the course starts.
Senior citizen auditors register for credit courses on May 19 (Session I), June 10 (Session II and III), and July 7 (Session IV).

SUMMER 2010 Youth and Precollege Programs:
These programs have separate registration procedures, described on the program sites:

Registration payments by check, money order, and credit card are accepted.

ONLINE: Student Services
(Visa/MC/Amex/Discover only)

Scroll down to the second boxed section, “Records and Course Registration”
Click on the “Registration” link
At the log-in screen, enter:
User name: web.guest
Password: Go2Purchase
Returning students: Use your Purchase College e-mail user name (firstname.lastname) and password.
Follow the instructions for meningitis compliance and immunization requirements.
Enter the required personal information, course details, and credit card information
Submit your registration and make a note of the tracking number.
You will be notified by e-mail when you are officially registered for the course(s).
Note: If this is your first time registering online for courses at Purchase College, please visit Nonmatric Registration Instructions.

FAX: (914) 251-6373
24 hours (Visa/MC/Amex/Discover only)
Enrollment Services, Registrar

IN PERSON:
School of Liberal Studies & Continuing Education
Music Building, suite 0089, ground floor
Mon.–Thurs.: 8:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m.*
Fri., 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Sat., 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.*
*The office closes at 5:00 p.m. when classes are not in session. To check office hours, please call (914) 251-6500.

MAIL:
Enrollment Services, Registrar
Purchase College
State University of New York
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1402

REGISTRATION CONFIRMATIONS
Registrations are processed in the order received and confirmations are mailed by Enrollment Services. (In-person registrations cannot be processed while you wait.) Courses are closed when the enrollment limit is reached. We will notify you if a course has been closed or canceled by the College.

LATE REGISTRATION for CREDIT COURSES

Fall 2010: Aug. 30–Sept. 3
Students must include a nonrefundable $30 late fee when registering for credit courses between Aug. 30 and Sept. 3.

Summer Session 2010:
Students must include a nonrefundable $30 late fee when registering for credit courses on or after the first day of class(es). Late registrations cannot be accepted after the end of the session's drop period.

REQUIRED for FAX, IN-PERSON, and MAIL REGISTRATION

Registration form: Fall 2010 | Summer 2010*
Payment: Check, money order, or credit card authorization*

*Separate forms are used for the following programs:
Summer Youth Programs in the Arts
Summer Precollege Programs in the Arts

Credit course registrations only:

If you are a new student registering for 6 or more credits:
Refer to Meningitis Compliance (Health Services)
If you are a new student registering for 12 or more credits (or 6 or more credits in an approved certificate or degree program) and you were born on or after Jan. 1, 1957:
Refer to Immunization Requirements (Registrar)

*These PDF forms require the free Adobe Reader plug-in:

Credit Course Overload
Refer to the Course Load policy for instructions.

Permission of Instructor
If a course requires permission of instructor, you will need to obtain an Instructor Access Code (IAC) from the school offering the course:

School of Liberal Studies & Continuing Education:
(914) 251-6500
Fall and Spring only:
School of Humanities: (914) 251-6550
School of Natural and Social Sciences: (914) 251-6600
Conservatory of Music: (914) 251-6700

Flags (returning students only)
If you owe a fee or fine to an office on campus, you are given a “flag.” (You can check for flags online at Student Services.) Students must clear any flags with the issuing office(s) before registration.

Updated May 14, 2010