Register for Courses
Academic Calendar
Important academic dates and deadlines are published in the Academic Calendar. The calendar
is in the front of this Bulletin, the Miami University Directory, Course Schedule booklets,
and online at www.muohio.edu/calendar. Dates are subject to change without notice.
Miami ID Card
University registration includes the issue and validation of your student identification
card. ID cards are issued in 119 Campus Avenue Building and in 111 Shriver Center.
Course Schedule
Course offerings are listed online through MyMiami (www.mymiami.muohio.edu) and in the
course schedule booklets. The course schedule, published each semester by the Registrar's
Office, contains important registration information and is available from the Registrar's
Office. Dates are subject to change without notice.
Registering
You register for classes at Miami University online through MyMiami/BannerWeb (www.mymiami.muohio.edu)
and receive immediate confirmation of your schedule. You can register, confirm
and change your schedule through BannerWeb only on the assigned days and at the assigned
times.
Before you can register, the system will ask you to supply emergency contact information.
The university requires that you provide emergency contact information so that
we may readily notify a family member or significant other in case of an emergency
or should a critical matter arise.
You are required to provide your local contact information and the name of a family
member/guardian/spouse or another significant person and their contact information.
You will be delayed in registering for your next semester courses until you enter
the requested information.
New students are required to meet with an academic adviser to select their required
courses and electives. First year students register during Summer Orientation
in June and July. Continuing students are encouraged to contact their advisers
for further academic and career counseling before registering.
The deadline to complete registration and payment is the fifth (5th) day of fall
or spring semester, and the third (3rd) day of each summer term. Registering late
will limit your available choices which may prevent you from getting all the required
classes you need.
Course Sections
Courses with large enrollments are divided into sections. Sections are identified by
letters, for example ART 171A. A five-digit CRN (Course Reference Number) also identifies
a course section.
Sprint Courses
Also called accelerated courses, sprint courses meet for less than the full 15-week term.
Several departments offer sprint courses; with the part of term identifiers Q, T, U, V,
W, X, Y, or Z. Sprint course meeting dates are printed in the course schedule.
Changing Your Courses
You have several opportunities to change your course schedule; days and times are available
through BannerWeb and in the course schedule. Change of Schedule through BannerWeb ends
on the fifth day of the fall and spring semesters, and on the third day of each summer
term.
Adding a Course
You can add open courses to your schedule online through BannerWeb during the Change
of Schedule period. After Change of Schedule ends, you can only add a course if an exception
is made for you by the instructor and the department chair. (Any instructor can refuse
to accept a student into a class if, in the instructor's opinion, too much subject matter
has already been covered.) You must have signatures from the instructor and the department
chair on the Change of Schedule form.
Dropping a Course
You must officially drop each unwanted course. Nonattendance does not drop a course.
You can drop a course online through BannerWeb during Change of Schedule, which
ends the fifth day of each semester and the third day of each summer term.
After Change of Schedule ends, you can still drop a full-semester course without
a grade until the third week of the semester (for summer and sprint courses, before
20 percent of the class meetings have elapsed). After Change of Schedule ends,
you must have the instructor's signature to drop a course.
If you withdraw from a course between the third and ninth weeks of the semester
(or between 20 and 60 percent of the class meetings), you will be given a grade
of W. W is not figured in your grade point average.
After the ninth week (or 60 percent of the class meetings), you may not withdraw
from a course unless a petition is approved by the Interdivisional Committee of
Advisers. If the petition for withdrawal is approved, you will be withdrawn from
the course with a grade of W. If the petition is not approved, you will be expected
to remain in the course. Non-attendance or ceasing attendance does not void financial
responsibility or a grade of F.
If you are found guilty of academic dishonesty in a course, and you withdraw from
the course, you will receive a grade of W(AD) for the course, a grade of F will
be calculated in your grade point average, and a note will be appended to your
academic record.
Course Section Change
To change sections online, you must drop the section in which you are currently enrolled,
then add the new section. Because many students may be competing for available space in
the same course, there is a significant risk that you will lose your place in the course
altogether.
Residency
A complete description of the qualifications for Ohio residency is available online at
www.muohio.edu/registrar/student/residency.
Credit Hour Loads
To be considered a full-time student, you must register for at least 12 hours. Most students
take between 15 and 18 semester hours each term or six hours in a summer term. Permission
of the student's divisional dean is required to take more than 20 hours in a semester or
more than eight hours in a summer term. This permission must be obtained before you register.
Repeating a Course
You can repeat any course for which you have not received credit. You can also repeat
a course once for which you have received credit (the hours will count only once
toward your graduation requirements, but both grades will be figured into your grade point
average).
Some departments offer courses that can be repeated up to a maximum number of
hours—courses, for example, in which the content varies from term to term.
For information on repeating credit/no-credit courses, see the Grades chapter.
Student Classification
Freshmen: Students who have earned fewer than 30 semester hours.
Sophomores: Students
who have earned 30 semester hours.
Juniors: Students who have
earned 64 semester hours.
Seniors: Students who have
earned 96 semester hours. You need at least 128 semester hours to graduate.
Graduate-Level Courses for Seniors
Seniors and junior honor students may elect to earn either undergraduate or graduate
credit in 500- and 600-level courses. Approval of the course instructor, academic
adviser, and the dean of the Graduate School is required.
To apply, you must have 112 semester hours toward a bachelor's degree, a cumulative
grade point average (g.p.a.) of 2.75, and a g.p.a. of 3.00 in the concentration
area of the graduate course. Up to 10 semester hours taken as an undergraduate
may count toward a graduate degree. Credit from courses taken for graduate credit
will not count toward a bachelor's degree. Application forms, available in the Graduate
School, should be submitted at least one week before classes begin. Permission will not
be given after the first week of classes.
Course numbers 700 and above are restricted to graduate students.
Greater Cincinnati Consortium
Full-time Miami students can take courses through the Greater Cincinnati Consortium during
the academic year and summer. This association can provide courses that are not
generally available at the institution where the student is enrolled.
Members of the Cincinnati Consortium include the Art Academy of Cincinnati, Athenaeum
of Ohio, Chatfield College, Cincinnati Bible College and Seminary, Cincinnati
State Technical and Community College, College of Mount St. Joseph, Hebrew Union
College, Miami University, Northern Kentucky University, Thomas More College,
The Union Institute, University of Cincinnati, Wilmington College, and Xavier University.
The
Registrar's office can provide you with additional information.
Right to Privacy and Access:
Student Records
The Registrar's office maintains records on all Miami students that include academic
and demographic information. To protect our students' privacy, and to ensure that
their records are accessible to them, Miami has designed a policy for maintaining
and administering student records.
Miami's policy is in compliance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
of 1974 (FERPA). The complete policy is included in the online Student
Handbook at www.muohio.edu/handbook,
but general guidelines are listed here. More information on FERPA is available from the
Registrar's office.
- Educational records are defined as material that is directly related to the
student that is maintained by the institution. These may include academic records,
advisement records, discipline records, and placement records.
- You have the right
of access to your records, with certain exceptions, after presenting proper identification
(your student ID card).
- After reviewing your files, you have the right to challenge
anything you perceive to be inaccurate or misleading. See the online Student
Handbook for the procedure for a hearing.
- The university has a responsibility
to protect students from the release of information about them to others without
the student's consent. An exception to this is public information
or directory information, which may be released without the student's consent. This includes,
but is not limited to, the student's name, age, date of birth, home and local address,
telephone number, dates of attendance, current enrollment, degrees and awards, participation
in officially recognized activities and sports, and weight and height of members of the athletic
teams.
- If you do not want any information about you disclosed, you can restrict
it by notifying the Registrar's office in writing. This must be done each academic year.
Electronic Directory
Miami's electronic directory, like those of other institutions, is accessible worldwide
across the Internet. To preserve the privacy of students, faculty, and staff, the following
data is only accessible within the Miami University community:
- University-supplied data:
Spouse name (staff, faculty; if authorized)
Division (staff, faculty)
Office address (staff, faculty)
Home address and phone number
(students, staff, faculty; if authorized)
School address and phone number (students)
- Optional individual-supplied data:
Pager e-mail address and phone number
Mobile phone number
Office hours
High schools attended
Other colleges attended
FERPA Release and Directory Restriction
Under provisions of the Family Educational Right to Privacy Act (FERPA, Buckley Amendment),
all students are able to request exclusion from the university's electronic directory.
All first time Miami students are included in the electronic directory beginning August
1st, but the student can request exclusion from the electronic directory by filling
out a form available at the Registrar's Office.
Freshman may do so at freshman orientation or anytime prior to July 15; continuing
students may do so at any time during his/her enrollment at Miami.
Exclusion requests are reflected in the electronic directory approximately 24
hours after being processed by the Registrar's office. Emergency exclusions, requested by Miami University
Police or the Office of Student Affairs, are processed as soon as possible by the IT Services.
Changes in Policy
Changes in any academic policy included in this Bulletin will be included in the online
Student Handbook (www.muohio.edu/handbook) updated each year in August. You are responsible
for knowing about any changes in these policies that may affect you.
Registration Glossary
Academic action: Academic actions are defined as academic warning, removal of
academic warning, academic probation, removal of academic probation, academic suspension,
and academic dismissal. Academic actions are taken at the end of each fall and spring
semester, and at the end of the summer term. Any student with a cumulative g.p.a. of
less than 2.00 is subject to academic action, regardless of the number of hours taken
in any semester or summer term.
Academic record: A record of courses taken, grades received, and degrees earned
by each student while attending Miami. It includes transfer credit, advanced
placement credit, and other credit awarded or earned.
Accelerated course: See sprint course.
Admission prerequisites: See "High School Preparation" in the Admission
chapter. If you did not complete these units in high school, you must complete additional
courses at Miami. These courses count toward graduation and many fulfill other requirements.
You must complete these units within your first 64 semester hours (normally,
during your first two years). Questions about prerequisites should be directed to the
Office of Admission.
Associate's degree: Two-year degree, generally offered only
on regional campuses.
Audit: You attend classes, but do not receive credit or a grade. The instructor
may require you to take exams and participate in class discussion. Since not
all courses can be audited, you must have the instructor's written permission to
audit. A course can be changed from credit to audit or audit to credit up to 60 percent
of the class meetings. See the Grades chapter for more detail.
Bachelor's degree: A four-year degree. Basic requirements include: (1) at least 128 semester hours—32
must be from Miami; (2) at least a 2.00 cumulative g.p.a.; (3) fulfillment of
the Miami Plan; (4) fulfillment of divisional and major requirements.
Cancellation: If you do not pay your fees on time, your schedule will be cancelled.
You will need to re-register.
CAS-A, B, etc: Abbreviations for sections of the College of Arts and Science
requirement. See the College of Arts and Science chapter.
Certificate program,
graduate: A specialization program that enhances a graduate degree. Available
to students who have been admitted to the Graduate School and have met program
prerequisites.
Certificate program, undergraduate: Program that requires about half the
amount of course work as an associate's degree.
Change of schedule (or drop/add): A specific time (published in the Course
Schedule and on MyMiami) when you can
make changes in your courses for that semester.
Class standing: Freshmen have earned 0-29 semester hours; sophomores have earned
30-63 semester hours; juniors have earned 64-95 semester hours; seniors have
earned 96 or more semester hours.
Closed: When maximum enrollment in a course has been met, no more students
can be accommodated.
Concurrent course: A course that must be taken during the same semester as another
course because of linked content. Concurrent courses are indicated in the General
Bulletin course descriptions.
Co-requisite: A course that must be taken prior to or during the same semester
as another course because of linked content. Co-requisites are indicated in
General Bulletin course descriptions .
Course level: (See Course number below.)
100-level courses are generally introductory; 200-level more advanced; 300 and
400-levels for juniors and seniors; 500 and above for graduate students.
Course modifier: A letter or numeric symbol designating a different content
within a general course.
Course number: Three-digit number that follows a departmental abbreviation
used to identify a course, for example ENG 111. The course number is an indication
of course level.
Course reference number, see CRN.
Course Schedule: A newspaper guide to classes offered each semester.
Published by the Registrar's office, it contains the academic calendar and lists
courses as well as sections, times, instructors, course codes, etc.
Credit/no-credit: No grades are received for these courses. You will get credit
for a C or better; you do not get credit if your grade is lower. Credit/no-credit courses
are not figured in your g.p.a. You can only take one-fourth of your course work on credit/no-credit
basis, and usually you cannot take courses in your major this way. Freshmen may register
for courses on a credit/no-credit basis, providing they are concurrently enrolled
for 12 semester hours for grades. After 20 percent of the class meetings, you cannot
change from credit/no-credit to a letter grade or from a letter grade to credit/no-credit.
See the Grades chapter for more detail.
CRN (Course Reference Number): A five-digit
code used to identify each section of a course for registration. It is in effect
only for the current term.
DARS (Degree Audit Report): A report of your completed
course
work and current registration matched with degree requirements
of your declared major; it identifies deficiencies and lists courses
to satisfy specific requirements. DARS are available online at http://bannerweb.muohio.edu/.
You can also request a DARS at the Registration Service Center in the Campus
Avenue Building.
Degree Audit Report, see DARS.
Division: An academic part of the university with its own requirements. Miami
has seven divisions: College of Arts and Science, Farmer School of
Business, School of Education and Allied Professions, School of Engineering
and Applied Science, School of Fine Arts, School of Interdisciplinary Studies,
and Graduate School.
Drop/add: See Change of Schedule.
Force-add: Permission to add a course that is closed. A form, available from
department offices, must be signed by the instructor and chair.
Hour: See Semester
credit hour.
Incomplete grade: Unfinished course work indicated by an I and computed as
an F until you finish for a grade. You must have the instructor's permission; you
have 12 weeks to complete the work after your next enrollment.
Lab: Laboratory.
Late registration: Late registration is held just before the new term begins
for new students who did not register early.
Late start classes: Usually graduate education courses that start about one
week later than normal, therefore they meet less than a full 15-week term (Fall
Sememster only).
Lec., Lab.: Lecture and laboratory abbreviations in course descriptions to
indicate contact hours in each (for example, 3 Lec. 1 Lab.).
Major: Your primary field
of study, such as botany, economics, etc.
Miami Plan (MP): Miami's liberal education
requirement. See the Miami Plan chapter.
MPC: Miami Plan Capstone Experience abbreviation used in course descriptions.
Indicates that the course fulfills that requirement.
MPF: Miami Plan Foundation
course abbreviation used in course descriptions. Indicates that the course fulfills
a part of that requirement. Additional abbreviations to MPF (for example, MPF
IIA, IIIB) indicate which foundation area(s) that course fulfills.
MPT: Miami Plan Thematic Sequence abbreviation used in course descriptions.
Indicates that the course fulfills a part of that requirement.
MUNet password: By default, your password is the month and day of your birth
and the last four digits of your Social Security number in the format mmddnnnn.
Please include the leading zero for single digit months and days. For example,
a birthdate of March 1 with Social Security number 123-45-6789 would have a
default password of "03016789".
For security reasons, you will be required to change your default password to
another value the first time you login to MyMiami. In addition, to create a new password,
you will have the opportunity to create a Secret Question/Answer that can be used in
the event that you forget your password. You will then be required to change your password
every six months. To change your password, go to www.muohio.edu/password.
For login problems, contact the IT Services Support Desk through MyMiami at www.mymiami.muohio.edu
MyMiami: Miami University's web portal. MyMiami contains links to BannerWeb, the online campus
directory, Blackboard, Knowledge Base, and other Miami services, as well as information
about university offices, activities and news and events. MyMiami can be accessed from
anywhere in the world at www.mymiami.muohio.edu using
your Unique ID, MUNet password, and web browser.
Nontraditional credit: College credit
given for a nonacademic learning experience, such as knowledge you have acquired
from a military service or your own study. For information contact the Registrar's
office.
Open course: One that can accommodate more students. Open courses are available
online at MyMiami (www.mymiami.muohio.edu).
Password, see MUNet password.
Placement exams: Offered in foreign languages, mathematics, chemistry and physics
to help you enroll in an appropriate first course for your skills level.
Prerequisite: Course(s) you must complete before enrolling in a more advanced
course. This is indicated in a course description.
Proficiency exams: Tests used to obtain credit in subjects for which you have
adequate preparation. Each department administers its own test, and credit applies
toward graduation. You must pass the test with a C or better to earn credit.
You are charged for the tests according to credit hour; see the Fees and Expenses
chapter.
Section: One class of a course. Courses with large enrollments are divided
into sections. Sections are identified by letters, for example ART 171A, ART 171B.
Each section has a unique CRN.
Semester credit hour: Unit used to measure course work. The number of credit
hours is usually based on the number of hours per week the class meets; for
example, a three-hour course typically meets three times a week for 50 minutes
each time. One credit hour is usually assigned for two or three hours in laboratory
and studio courses.
Sprint courses: Courses that meet for less than the full 15 week term. The
sprint parts of term are Q, T, U, V, W, X, Y, or Z. Sprint course meeting dates are
printed in the schedule.
Time conflicts: Registration/Change of Schedule checks for time conflicts and
will not permit you to add courses that meet at overlapping times.
Transcript: A copy of your academic record.
Unique ID: Every student, faculty, and staff member has been issued a Unique
ID to identify them in the processing of university information. It consists
of the first six letters of the last name, followed by the first and middle
initials. Some Unique IDs end in a number rather than a middle initial because
common last names and initials mean that a particular Unique ID is already in
use. The Unique ID is not case sensitive. Both your Unique ID and MUNet password
are required to login to Miami's web portal, MyMiami.
Variable credit hours: Range of credit hours for courses (usually independent study, special topics,
thesis hours). Indicated with cumulative maximum in course description; for example (2-8;
maximum 16).
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