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REGISTRATION HINTS FOR EDUCATION STUDENTS
This document provides you with helpful hints to aid you in making a correct registration. Registering correctly will help you to avoid the paperwork process to correct a registration later in the term or after the term ends.
Wolverine Access (http://wolverineaccess.umich.edu)
Wolverine Access is the University’s computerized system that you will use to keep your address up to date, build a proposed class schedule during pre-registration backpack, register, print unofficial transcripts, and view your student account.
Office of the Registrar (https://umich-regoff.custhelp.com)
Another source for important registration information is the web site for the Office of the Registrar. You can view the Academic Calendar, Residency information, and obtain current tuition and fee information.
Subject Codes in Education
There are three subject codes that represent courses offered in the School of Education. You will find the majority of Education’s course offerings listed under the subject code of EDUC. For Education C Behavioral Sciences in Education, the subject code is EDBEHAVR. For Education D Curriculum and Instruction, the subject code is EDCURINS.
Pre-Registration Backpack
Pre-Registration Backpack in Wolverine Access is an optional planning tool that allows you to build a proposed class schedule online, with alternates, in advance of your registration appointment.
Note: Putting a class in your Backpack does not hold a place for you in the class, enroll you, or place you on a waitlist. You must actually register for a class to be enrolled or waitlisted in it. If you are waitlisted, periodically check to see if space is available. If so, proceed with enrolling in the course.
Schedule of Classes
The most up-to-date schedule of classes information can be viewed via the UM Registrar’s Office web site (http://www.umich.edu/~regoff/schedule) or Wolverine Access.
Class Notes
Class Notes are additional pieces of information that pertain to a particular class and section. The notes will assist you in selecting and registering in the correct Education (EDUC) class and section. To view these notes via Wolverine Access, click on the class number.
Disenrolling, Withdrawing, Dropping, and Adding via Wolverine Access
Registering after the Wolverine Access Registration Period has Ended
The Office of the Registrar web site provides Student Registration Deadlines (http://www.umich.edu/~regoff/calendar/). This information includes the withdrawal, drop, and add deadline dates, etc.
There is a limited period of time at the beginning of each term during which the on-line Wolverine Access registration system is available. Contact OSS (734-764-7569) if you need to withdraw, register, add, or drop after on-line registration has concluded.
Enrollment Limit
Undergraduate and graduate students are automatically limited to enrolling in 18 hours of course work via Wolverine Access registration in a full term (fall, winter, spring/summer). Approval is not automatic. Students will be contacted when the enrollment limit has been increased so that you can proceed with electing the class.
Graduate students are limited to 9 hours in a half term (spring or summer). If the total number of hours exceeds 9 or 18 hours in a specific term, you can send an email to Joan McCoy ( jemccoy@umich.edu ) in OSS. To request an increase in your enrollment limit, include your UM ID number, the catalog number of the course(s), and the credit hour(s) for the course(s).
Undergraduate students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher in order to be considered for approval of more than 18 credit hours. Send an email to Paige Pawson (ppawson@umich.edu) or Lisa Clark (ljclark@umich.edu) in the Office of Teacher Education, Room 1228. To request an increase in your enrollment limit, include your UM ID number, the catalog number of the course(s), and the credit hour(s) for the course(s).
Permissions for Independent Study Courses (e.g., EDUC 310, 317, 320, 470, 638, 640, 650, 655, 657, 767, 770, 835, 990, or 995)
An electronic permission is required for a student to register in an independent study class.
Undergraduate students: Undergraduate students must submit the form, Undergraduate Independent Study Agreement for EDUC 310, 317, 320, or 470, to Robert Scroggins (scroggin@umich.edu) in the Office of Student Services, Room 1033. Download the form from http://www.soe.umich.edu/es/resources/undergraduate/index.html.
You must provide a description of the work to be completed. The form must have the faculty member’s signature in order to be processed.
Graduate students: The program office will issue the electronic permission. Requesting permission to enroll in an independent study course indicates that you contacted the professor, discussed this enrollment, and agreed on the work that you will complete. Submit the request form http://sitemaker.soe.umich.edu/soe.ispe/request. You will receive an email confirming submission of your request and an email when the permission has been issued.
CPEP, ES, and JPEE graduate students: Tina Sanford (ES, Room 1225) will issue permissions for EDUC 638, 640, 650, 655, 657, 835, 990 and 995.
CSHPE graduate students: Linda Rayle (CSHPE, Room 2117) will issue permissions for EDUC 470, 767, 770, 990, and 995.
Grading Basis
The grading basis on your schedule indicates how the class(es) you have elected will be graded, i.e., Graded, Sat/Unsat, Pass/Fail, NotforCrdt, Audit.
If a graduate student sees a grading basis of NotforCrdt on his/her schedule, this means that you will not receive graduate credit for this class and it will not be used towards your graduate degree program. If a graduate student elects a course numbered 100-399 and sees a grading basis of NotforCrdt on his/her schedule, this would be correct because the courses numbered 100-399 are typically not approved for graduate credit. On your transcript, an NFC notation will follow the course title; this notation will be added at the end of the term.
If a graduate student elects a course numbered 400 and above, sees a grading basis of NotforCrdt on his/her schedule, and believes that the course is approved for graduate credit, try to modify the grading basis by selecting “Graded”. If you are not able to modify the grading basis, check with OSS to see if the course is approved for graduate credit.
If a graduate student sees a grading basis of Audit on his/her schedule, this course will not be used towards your graduate degree program. If you have selected the grading basis of Audit by mistake, try to modify the grading basis by selecting “Graded”. A grade of “VI” will appear on your transcript for a course elected as Audit; this notation will be added at the end of the term.
Meet Togethers and Cross-Listed Courses
“Meet Togethers” are defined as classes that meet with students from another college/school/department at the same time with the same instructor in one location. Each college/school/department lists the course offering. This allows a student to elect it as an Education or non-Education course. Information about “Meet Together Classes” appears as a class notes in Wolverine Access. To view the notes via Wolverine Access, click on the class number.
“Cross-Listed Courses” are defined as courses whose ownership of the course is shared with another college/school/department and meet with students from these units at the same time with the same instructor and in one location. Each college/school/department lists the course offering. This allows a student to elect it as an Education or non-Education course.
Cognate Requirement
All students in master’s or doctoral programs approved by the Rackham Graduate School are required to complete graduate-level coursework in a field or fields other than the student's field of specialization. This is referred to as the cognate requirement.
Rackham policy sets a minimum requirement of four semester hours of cognate courses, but the School of Education exceeds the minimum Rackham cognate requirement as follows:
- ES & CSHPE master’s programs: minimum of six semester hours of cognate coursework
- CSHPE doctoral program: minimum of six semester hours of cognate coursework
- ES doctoral program: minimum of 12 semester hours of cognate coursework
New Rackham Policy Effective Fall Term 2007
A graduate-level course elected Fall 2007 or after to fulfill the cognate
requirement must receive a grade of B- or higher.
For ES and CSHPE graduate students, a cognate is usually a graduate-level course taught outside of the School of Education. Under some circumstance, however, EDUC graduate-level courses taken at UM can be used to satisfy part or all of the cognate requirement if:
- The EDUC course is a meet-together or cross-listed course (please note meet-together or cross-listed courses on your worksheet or program course-planning sheet); or
- An ES student chooses an EDUC course (see exception below) that is taught primarily for CSHPE students; or
- A CSHPE student chooses an EDUC course (see exception below) that is taught primarily for ES students.
Exception
Research methods courses such as EDUC 695, 765, 792, 793, 795 may NOT be used to fulfill the cognate requirement.
Choose one of the following to see the complete list of EDUC courses that are eligible to count toward the cognate requirement:
Under some circumstances a student may, with advisor approval, be able to use non-Education graduate course work from another accredited institution toward fulfillment of the cognate requirement. To help you with this, contact Joan McCoy (jemccoy@umich.edu). She will meet with you and review your transcripts.
If you have any questions about fulfilling the cognate requirement, contact Joan McCoy (jemccoy@umich.edu). General information about the cognate requirement can be found in the Rackham Graduate School Academic Policies:
http://www.rackham.umich.edu/StudentInfo/Publications/GSH//html/contents.html
Process for electing a course for Audit/Visit
Occasionally a student may choose to audit/visit a course; students can no longer modify the grading basis via Wolverine Access. Audit/visit courses are assessed tuition, but do not count toward course work requirements. To Audit/Visit a course:
- Student registers for the course via Wolverine Access
- Pick up an Election Worksheet from the Office of Student Services; we will help you complete the form
- Obtain the signature of the instructor of the course and your advisor or department chair
- Take the form to the Office of the Registrar with a photo ID for processing.
For more information about this process, view the Rackham Graduate School Academic Policies Section 1.2.3: http://www.rackham.umich.edu/StudentInfo/Publications/GSH//html/section1.html#123.
Your Schedule
Always check your schedule after initial enrollment, adding, dropping, or modifying a class to make sure that your schedule is correct and reflects any change(s) you may have made. We suggest that you always print your schedule
after initial enrollment or after making any changes.
Do you need help?
For assistance, you may contact the following when the problem is related to registering in an Education class:
Office of Student Services, Room 1033
Tina Sanford, Educational Studies, Room 1225
Linda Rayle, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, Room 2117
Online assistance is available under the “? Help” tab in the banner at the top of the Student Business pages in Wolverine Access. For Wolverine Access questions, contact (734) 764-4357 (4-HELP). You may also contact the Office of the Registrar at (734) 764-6280 for assistance.
Revised: 01/03/2008
