General Registration Information

General Registration Information

General Registration Information

All course registrations take place online, via Self-Service Banner, during appropriate registration periods for each term. Please see below for more important details about registration.
Course Modalities

Below is a summary of course modalities at Rowan University. Guidance is provided regarding Section Tally and Banner, for how these modalities will appear for registration purposes.  Note that synchronous refers to scheduled times with the instructor that can occur either in person or remotely (e.g. Zoom, Webex) as described below:

Face to Face (F2F)

Courses are offered in a face-to-face, fully synchronous, non-hybrid setting.

Section Tally / Registration Portal will indicate the following:

  • Session = “Day” or “Evening” 
  • Campus Location and Times provided 

Hybrid 

At least 50% of the course is F2F with remaining components being a blend of asynchronous online or synchronous remote instruction.

Section Tally / Registration Portal will indicate the following:

  • Session = “Hybrid” 
  • Campus Location provided for in person meetings
  • Meeting Time provided for all synchronous components

Online Blended

Online with a blend of asynchronous learning and between 30%-70% synchronous remote instruction.

Section Tally / Registration Portal will indicate the following:

  • Session = “Online” 
  • Campus Location = “Remote”
  • Meeting Time provided for synchronous (remote) components

Online

100% asynchronous.

Section Tally / Registration Portal will indicate the following:

  • Session = “Online” 
  • Campus Location = Online
  • No Meeting Time listed as all work is asynchronous
Registration Overrides

If you receive a capacity/closed course error message when trying to register and there is a waitlist available in Banner, please add yourself to the waitlist in the Banner registration screen and follow up with your advisor if you have any questions. If you receive any other error while attempting to register (pre-requisite, repeat, etc.) or no waitlist is available in Banner, please consult with the academic department in which the course is housed. Only the department and professors are able to provide most overrides. If you are granted a waiver by the academic department or professor, they will enter an override into Banner, and you will receive an email to let you know you should try again to register for the course.

Part of Term

“Part of Term” is the 5th column in the Rowan Section Tally and it shows the start and end dates of the session in which the course is placed. These dates determine your registration-related deadlines for the course as well as the date student attendance verifications and grades are due from your instructors. If you plan to make changes to your registration (adds, drops, withdrawals) you must do so within the appropriate deadlines, based on the course's part of term. 

Registration Open Dates
Registration normally opens for each term as outlined below and then remains open until the end of the Regular Drop/Add period for the Part of Term in which the course appears.
  • Fall: usually in March (opens according to student level and classification)
  • Winter: usually in October (opens for all students at one time)
  • Spring: usually in October (opens according to student level and classification)
  • Summer: usually in February (opens for all students at one time)

Specific registration periods for upcoming terms can be found here.

Students can proactively prepare for course registration by "shopping" for courses using the Plan Ahead feature in Self Service Banner: 

Late-start Courses
Most courses that fall within a term but begin after the start of the full term are known as “Late-start” courses. Registration for late start courses opens at the same time as full-term courses and continues through the Regular Drop/Add Period, which is determined by the course's length and specific part of term.
Online Courses

Online courses will be listed as “online” in the “campus” column in the Section Tally. Only 100% online courses are given that label, and if they are, they will be offered through the Canvas Learning Management System through Rowan Global.