Register for Classes

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.

ALERT: COURSE REPETITION (Effective Summer/Fall 2012)
Waitlists
Holds
Registration Dates
Prerequisites
Adding/Dropping Classes
Refunds
Pass/No Pass Grading
Common Registration Problems
Maximum Semester Units

Pre-registration requirements and holds must cleared prior to registration. For information on clearing specific holds, contact:

Assessment Holds	Assessment Center	(805) 730-4149
Advising Holds	Counseling Center	(805) 730-4085
Orientation Holds	Outreach and Orientation	(805) 730-4450
Financial Holds (Outstanding Balance)	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
Disqualification Holds	www.sbcc.edu/probation

Summer 2012 Registration Dates

1. EOPS/DSPS/Veterans/Foster Youth (by appt.)	April 16
2. Eligible Continuing Students (by appt.)	April 16 - 20
3. Eligible New/New Transfer/Returning Students (by appt.)	April 23 - May 17
4. Personal Enrichment Students	May 18
5. Open Registration including Dual Enrollment Students	May 21

Fall 2012 Registration Dates

1. EOPS/DSPS/Veterans/Foster Youth (by appt.)	April 30
2. Eligible Continuing Students (by appt.)	May 1 - 11
3. Eligible New/New Transfer/Returning Students (by appt.)	May 29 - July 12
4. Personal Enrichment Students	July 13
5. Open Registration including Dual Enrollment Students	July 16

To view the SBCC Board of Trustees approved Enrollment Priorities, go to http://www.sbcc.edu/boardoftrustees/files/policies/AP%205055%20Enrollment%20Priorities.pdf.

Register online on or after your appointment time 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 (first week during the summer session), 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.

NOTE: Special adding information for HIT/CIM courses.

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 most Spring 2012 classes, the deadline to drop with eligibility for a refund of enrollment and non-resident tuition is February 4, 2012. 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. For more information on refunds, contact the Cashier's Office.

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

Withdrawal from Class(es):

The last day to withdraw from most Spring 2012 classes without a withdrawal notation ("W") is February 4, 2012. Students who withdraw from a class between February 5 and March 23, 2012 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 March 23, 2012 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. For Spring 2012 classes, petitions must be returned with the approval signature from your instructor no later than February 24, 2012. Review your Schedule/Bill for your course deadlines. Pass/No Pass grading is not permitted within a student's major.

Repeating classes:

SBCC's Course Repetition policy is significantly changing effective Summer/Fall 2012. This will affect many students as they attempt to register in Summer/Fall classes. It is important that you understand these changes as you select your classes. These changes include a new definition of what constitutes an "enrollment." Title 5, section 58161 states that an enrollment occurs when a student receives an evaluative grade (A, B, C, D, F, P, NP) or a non-evaluative symbol (W). For more information, view the policy update.

Beginning in January 2012, new federal regulations for Financial Aid limit the number of times that a passed class can be considered for financial aid payment. Students can only repeat a previously passed course one time and be paid federal financial aid for it. For courses excluded from this financial aid repeat policy, please see the list at http://www.sbcc.edu/financialaid/files/SUBJ.pdf

Maximum Semester Units:

Students are permitted to register in a maximum of eighteen (18) units per semester (Fall/Spring). However, students with a cumulative 3.0 grade point average (G.P.A.) with 12 or more units (excluding ESL) completed at SBCC may request to enroll in up to 20 (twenty) units with Admissions & Records approval.

Permission to register in excess of twenty (20) units requires counselor authorization. Students who do not have a cumulative 3.0 grade point average (G.P.A) at SBCC and/or who have academic records from another college or high school may take in excess of eighteen (18) units with counselor authorization.

During Summer Session, students are permitted to register in a maximum of eight (8) units for the six-week session. However, students with a cumulative 3.0 grade point average (G.P.A.) at SBCC may request to enroll in up to nine (9) units with Admissions & Records approval.

Permission to enroll in excess of nine (9) units requires counselor authorization. Students who do not have a cumulative 3.0 grade point average (G.P.A.) at SBCC and/or who have academic records from another college or high school may take in excess of eight (8) units with counselor authorization.

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.