Registration Notes for 2007-2008

Check your Registration Time & Status

Registration is just around the corner. Registration times for returning U of M students begin July 23. If you have not already done so, check for your registration time through Aurora Student.

· Select Enrolment & Academic Records>Registration> select the Term Fall 2007 or Winter 2008, then Registration Time & Status. Your registration time will be displayed on this page. You should have the same registration time for both Fall 2007 and Winter 2008.

· Please check the Curriculum Information lower down the page. If this program is not the program you intend to register in, please contact your intended faculty. Your registration time may need to be adjusted.

· If you have a Hold or Academic Status (such as Suspension) that prevents registration, this will also be noted. If you have been away for awhile and your account has been inactivated as a result, this will also be noted.

· If you see that you have a Hold that prevents registration, click View Holds at the bottom of the page for details. Note that Honours and Major students in the Faculty of Science and the Riddell Faculty must have their program approved by their faculty advisor prior to registration.

· If your account is Inactive, please contact a student advisor in your faculty office.

New for 2007!

Laboratory Fees

The University of Manitoba has introduced a lab fee for all course sections that include a laboratory component. Three types of lab sections have been identified:

· Wet/Bench Labs will be assessed a fee of $30.00 per term for sections that are 3 to 5 credit hours.

· Dry Labs /Tutorials and Language Labs will be assessed a fee of $25.00 per term for sections that are 3 to 5 credit hours.

Lab Fees are in the process of being set up on applicable course sections. If the fee is in place at the time of registration you will be assessed immediately. Please check your fee statement prior to the fee payment deadline for any Lab Fees that may have been assessed after you had registered.

Note that Lab Fees are refundable only up to the Revision Deadline for the applicable term.

You may view the Lab Fees attached to a specific course section in the Class Schedule – Detailed Class Information.  To view Detailed Class Information in Class Schedule click on the Course Title- CRN- Section Number link. If a Lab Fee has been applied it will appear under the heading:  Base Fees (other charges may apply)

UMSU Health Dental Plan changes

The University of Manitoba Students Union (UMSU) Health & Dental Plan is a group benefit approved by students in a referendum in 2002. Since that time, the university has supported the administration of the plan and continues to do so. All students taking 6 credit hours or more for the Fall Term (excluding Distance Education and Off Campus courses) are automatically enrolled in the plan. The plan fee is $226.55 per year (for 12 months of coverage), though students may add their family (spouse and dependants) for an additional fee of $343.85. Students who have suitable alternate coverage may apply to UMSU to opt out of the plan. Details of the plan and opt-out deadlines are available online, at the UMSU Health and Dental Office in 110 University Centre or by calling 204.474.6666.

In an effort to provide information to the insurance provider that is both timely and accurate and to ensure that students have suitable coverage when needed, administration of the opt out process has been changed, effective Fall 2007. The plan premium must be paid to the university, regardless of whether or not you are planning to opt out. If your opt-out application is approved, you will be issued a refund of the Health and Dental Insurance fee directly from UMSU. Go to UMSU.ca for more information on UMSU Health and Dental Insurance and to access the opt-out application form (available in August).

Note: Band sponsored students will initially be assessed the UMSU Health & Dental Fee. The fee will be removed from your student account before invoices are sent to Band sponsors.

Credit Hours needed per term to be considered Full Time

Undergraduates

Full Time Status is determined on a per term basis. To be considered full time, most undergraduate students must be enroled in at least 60% of a full course load for the program in which they are registered.  For example, in a program in which the normal full load for a Fall/Winter Session is 30 credit hours, full time status is based on 60% of a full term load of 15 credit hours. In this example a student would need to be registered in a minimum of 9 credit hours in a term to be considered full time for that term. As the course load varies between years within a program, faculties have determined a minimum number of credit hours required for each term applicable to all years for specific programs. If you are uncertain of the number of credit hours required to be full time in a term in your program, please consult a Student Advisor in your faculty.

Graduate Students

Note that, with the exception of students in programs in which fees are assessed on a per credit hour basis (MBA, MPA, Social Work by Dist Ed, Occasional, Pre-Masters), graduate level students are considered full time, unless approved by the department and the Faculty of Graduate Studies for part time study. Students in the programs noted above will be assessed as full time or part time by the rules used for undergraduate students described above (i.e based on registered credit hours.)

Good Luck with registration. If you have questions regarding registration in your program please check with your faculty office.

For an immediate response to a registration related question go to AskUManitoba.ca.

Neil Marnoch

Registrar, University of Manitoba