Student Advisor SSB:
Student Advisor SSB (SSB) is Andrews University’s electronic file for academic records of all students. Advisors can view the profiles of each of their advisees through SSB. SSB is managed by the Office of Academic Records.
SSB is an excellent tool that allows advisors to look at the transcripts of their advisees from the individual profile page. Advisors can also see the current class schedule of an advisee, their GPA, address, e-mail address, phone number, photo, and much more.
Student Alerts:
An advisor or faculty can make an alert using the Beacon Student Alert system. The Beacon Alert is made through a widget on the Andrews Univeristy website. The widget is located in a variety of support service webpages.
Advisors can make recommendations for support via the alert system. These may include the Student Success Center, Counseling and Testing, dorm deans, Student Life, Math Center, or The Writing Center.
Registration Central:
On-line registration at Andrews is through Registration Central which is accessed through Vault. A student logs-in to Registration Central using his/her Andrews username and password, verifies personal information, and then is prompted to enter a PIN.
Access to PINs:
Academic advisors have access to the PINs for their advisees. When helping students to register at a distance, advisors are encouraged to “Allow Registration without a PIN” rather than provide the PIN number.
Class Standing:
| Freshmen |
0 – 24 credits |
| Sophomore |
25 – 56 credits |
| Junior |
57 – 86 credits |
| Senior |
87 and above |
Class standing has an impact on dormitory assignments and financial aid awards. Students who have 24 credits (or less) at the end of their first year at Andrews will continue to be listed as freshmen until they have earned 25 or more credits. MATH091, MATH092, and GNST091 (Academic Tutorial Support) are pre-college credits and do not apply toward class standing.
Encourage your advisees to take (and successfully complete) sufficient credits during the school year to ensure that they attain the next level of class standing.
If this is not possible, these students may want to explore these options:
- Take an intensive class during May Express or a Seize the Summer distance class
- Take a traditional summer school class at Andrews University
- Take an Andrews’ distance class over the summer. Contact the School of Distance Education at 269.471.6323 or sderegister@andrews.edu for additional information on courses available
Should students opt to take a class at another college/university during the summer, encourage them to complete the appropriate form before enrolling to ensure that the credits they take will, in fact, transfer to Andrews University for credit. Transient Student Forms are available from the Records Office.
Credits taken in a summer school setting will add to the previous school year’s credits and may change the student’s class standing based on total credits earned.
Summer Options for classes at Andrews:
May Express:
May Express is an intensive summer term that starts in the month of May and most classes finish in the month of May. May Express focuses on Andrews Core Experience general education courses. Tuition for classes offered during May Express is typically discounted. The rate will be set each academic year. Watch for more details!!
Seize the Summer – Distance courses:
General Education distance courses offered at discounted prices. Courses offered will be available on the AU web-pages for Seize the Summer.
General Guidelines for Registration
Online Registration
Go to Registration Central (through Vault) and have the student log in. Next select a semester to get the registration steps and choose “Class Registration.” (Students are responsible for completing all the registration steps and caring for any holds.) Enter the student’s PIN number. You will then be able to enter the desired CRN (Course Reference Number) and register for classes.
Student PIN Number
After you have planned with the student what he/she will be taking for the term/year, the student will need to register on-line through Registration Central. Please opt to “Allow Registration” rather than give out the PIN number.
Holds
Holds must be cleared before the student can register for classes. Holds are listed in SSB and in Registration Central with the appropriate contact person also listed for each hold.
Courses you were unable to web register
If on-line registration is not possible for a particular course please contact the Registration Specialist at the Registration Counter in the Administration Building with a drop/add form.
Drop/Add form:
Drop/Add form is used for changes to registration. Drop?Add forms are no longer available in paper forms. Please use the online forms provided by the Office of Academic Records.
Important Registration Dates and Terms
(Check the Academic Calendar for each term’s specific dates)
Reserving Classes
Classes may be reserved without financial clearance during the early registration period. Check the academic calendar for the exact dates.
Make sure the student knows he/she must have financial clearance before the unconfirmed class reservations are cancelled.
Cancellation of Reserved (Unconfirmed) Classes
Students who have reserved their classes and do not obtain financial clearance by the cancellation date posted in the academic calendar will have their unconfirmed classes cancelled.
Late Registration Fee
A late registration fee will be in effect for new registration activity the day after classes begin for a term. This fee will be charged to the account of students who have not registered for at least one course before the above date.
Last Day to Drop/Add Without a Fee
The last day to enter term classes, drop a class with full tuition refund, complete a drop/add without a fee or entry on permanent academic record, change audit to credit.
Dropping a class after the last date to drop/add without a fee
Students will use a Drop/Add form to drop a class. Students must obtain the signature of BOTH academic advisor and the professor of the class they intend to drop. Forms will not be processed without the appropriate signatures.
Change of Registration Fee
There is a fee charged to the student’s accounts for changes made from the last day to drop/add without a fee until the last day to change from credit to audit or to withdraw from a class with a W.
Registration
The link to Registration information from the Office of Academic Records for registration information is:
http://www.andrews.edu/services/registrar/students/registration/
|
