Registration

To register for classes, go to Pipeline: http://pipeline.sbcc.edu. Secure your Pipeline username and password, log in, and go to Registration and Student Records. Review your registration status, which will include your pre-registration requirements (HOLDS) and your registration appointment time. Your registration appointment date is based upon units completed at SBCC, your educational goal, transfer plan and enrollment status.

Holds
Registration Dates
Prerequisites
Adding/Dropping Classes
Refunds
Pass/No Pass Grading
Common Registration Problems

Holds must cleared prior to registration. For information on clearing specific holds, contact:

Assessment Holds	Assessment Office	(805) 730-4149
Orientation/Advising Holds	Counseling Office	(805) 730-4085
Financial Holds	Cashier's Office	(805) 730-4197
Dean's Holds	Dean, Educational Programs-Student Services	(805) 730-4078
Registrar and other Holds	Admissions & Records	(805) 730-4300

Spring 2010 Registration

Eligible Continuing Students	November 16 - December 1 (By Appt.)
Eligible New, New Transfer, and Returning Students	December 2 - 10 (By Appt.)
Personal Enrichment Students	December 11
Open Registration including Dual Enrollment Students	December 14 - January 22

Register online on or any time after your appointment by going to http://pipeline.sbcc.edu and selecting Registration and Student Records. In person assistance is available in Admissions & Records, SS-110 on or after your appointment. Go to www.sbcc.edu/admissions for office hours.

Pay fees online. For information on payment options and deadlines, go to www.sbcc.edu/fees. For information on Board of Governors Fee Waivers, financial aid, scholarships, etc. go to www.sbcc.edu/financialaid.

Prerequisites and corequisites are enforced for all classes. For more information, go to http://www.sbcc.edu/prerequisitepolicy.

SCHEDULE CHANGES

Viewing Critical Course Dates:

Go to the Class Schedule at www.sbcc.edu/classes or log in to http://pipeline.sbcc.edu, go to Registration and Student Records, and select Class Schedule. Search for the class. Click on the CRN (Course Reference Number) to view:

-Last day to add
-Last day to drop with a refund
-Last day to drop without a "W"
-Last day to withdraw

Adding a Class:

Open classes may be added to your schedule prior to the start of the semester. During the first two weeks of the semester (until September 5, 2009 for Fall classes), you may add semester length classes with permission from the instructor. To add a class, attend the first class meeting. If space is available, ask the instructor for an Add Authorization Code. Log in to http://pipeline.sbcc.edu and go to Registration and Student Records. On the Add/Drop Classes page, input the CRN (Course Reference Number) of the class you wish to register for and click on "submit changes". Enter the Add Authorization Code and click "verify" to continue. Submit your changes, review your schedule and pay fees.

To add an online class after the semester has started, contact the instructor for an Add Authorization Code and follow the instructions outlined above.

Instructor permission is not required to register in an open short course before the starting date of the course. After the start date, request an Add Authorization Code from the instructor and follow the instructions above before 20% of the course has been completed.

Dropping a Class:

As the student, you are responsible for dropping classes by the stated deadlines. If you register in a class and later change your mind, it is your responsibility to drop the class. Review your Schedule/Bill for course deadlines. Log in to http://pipeline.sbcc.edu and go to Registration and Student Records. Follow the instructions on the Add/Drop Classes page for dropping a class.

Dropping with Eligibility for Enrollment Fee and Tuition Refund:

For Fall classes, the deadline to drop with eligibility for a refund of enrollment and non-resident tuition for most full semester length classes is September 5, 2009. Short courses must be dropped before 10% of the course has been completed to be eligible for an enrollment/tuition refund. Review your Schedule/Bill for your course deadlines.

Refunds for enrollment fees are not automatically awarded. A student must first officially drop class(es) and file a refund request with the Cashier's Office. Enrollment and tuition refunds are granted for classes a student officially withdraws from by Saturday of the second week of the semester (Friday of the first week in summer). Refunds for other fees are given only for complete withdrawal prior to the first day of the semester. A refund check less a $10 processing charge will be mailed to students. Refunds cannot be carried forward for credit to the next enrollment. For more information on refunds, contact the Cashier's Office.

Classes with insufficient registration may be cancelled. Upon completion of a refund form, fees will be returned to the student for any cancelled class(es).

Withdrawal from Class(es):

The last day to withdraw from most Fall full semester length classes without a withdrawal notation ("W") notation is September 5, 2009. Students who withdraw from a full semester length class after September 5, 2009 and by October 23, 2009 will have a withdrawal notation for that class on their academic record. Short courses must be dropped before 20% of the course has been completed to be eligible for a drop without "W". For some very short courses, 20% of the course may be the first day of class. Review your Schedule/Bill for your course deadlines.

Students registered in a semester length class after October 23, 2009 must receive an evaluative grade (A, B, C, D, F, Pass, No Pass) or Incomplete (I) for the class. Students registered in short courses after the day that 60% of the course has been completed must receive an evaluative grade.

Pass/No Pass Grading:

Pass/No Pass Petitions may be obtained from Admissions & Records or from your instructor. Petitions must be returned with the approval signature from your instructor, no later than September 25, 2009 for Fall classes. Pass/No Pass grading is not permitted within a student's major.

ATTEND CLASSES

Students are expected to attend classes regularly. A student who does not attend the first meeting of a class may be dropped as a "no show". An instructor may drop students at any time for excessive absences. As a guideline, absence is considered excessive if a student misses three class meetings, or the equivalent of one week of class.

If you decide to drop a class, it is your responsibility to officially withdraw by the deadline.

Non-attendance does not constitute an official drop. Do not depend on the instructor to drop you. Failure to officially withdraw by the deadline may result in a failing grade.

10 Steps to Enrollment