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Registration-related Accommodations

Last updated on Mar 15, 2024

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Registration-related Accommodations

Registration-related accommodations ensure equal access to academic coursework for students who may experience course schedule-related barriers. These accommodations intend to ensure approved students secure slots in courses that meet their scheduling needs, accessibility requirements, or health considerations.

For some students, this might mean selecting courses at times of day when they are most alert or when medication side effects are least disruptive. We list some more examples of barriers in the next section.

The process for implementing these accommodations involves a collaborative effort between the student, disability services, academic advising, and the student records office. Each student's accommodations are determined based on a thorough assessment of their individual needs, documented disability, and the potential impact on their access to the learning objectives of their academic program.


Students experiencing course schedule-related barriers would be eligible for registration-related accommodations. Some examples of those barriers are listed below.

  • Timing conflicts with medical treatments, therapies, or necessary medical appointments that conflict with scheduled class times, making it difficult or impossible to attend certain courses.
  • Physical accessibility issues such as courses scheduled in different buildings too far apart to navigate between in a short passing period.
  • Energy and Concentration fluctuations - students with chronic illnesses or certain disabilities might experience fluctuations in energy levels or concentration throughout the day.
  • Medication Side Effects may impact a student's ability to attend early morning or late evening courses.
  • Mental health considerations allow a student to schedule their courses during optimal functioning periods.

Prepare Before Registration Period Begins

  1. Prepare for Registration
  2. Meet early with your academic advisor to update your academic plan

Related How-To Guides:

See Register for Courses for instructions including those related to waitlists, closed section registration, cross-level registration, and troubleshooting time conflicts, course sections with the same course number, and inability to register for an open section.


How to Use the Accommodation

For students who are approved for Registration-related Accommodations, how they use them corresponds to their program and degree progress. For most undergraduate students, they will have early access to register for their courses when the registration period begins. For the students whose peers will also have access to register for their courses on the first day, academic affairs and the student records office will offer administrative support before the registration period begins to ensure the accommodation is reasonably met.

Instructions to Follow

Registration Appointment

Incoming first year and transfer UG

Administrative Registration

N/A

Continuing first year and transfer UG

Student Registers

Monday

Second Year UG

Student Registers

Monday

Third Year UG

Student Registers

Monday

Fourth Year UG

Administrative Registration

Monday

Fifth Year UG

Administrative Registration

Monday

Graduate Students

Administrative Registration

Monday

Visit the Registration portal page to find the exact dates for Registration Appointments.

Student Registers for Courses

Students with this accommodation will have access to register for their courses the day the registration period opens. That means you should be prepared to register for your courses beforehand to ensure you can secure a spot in your courses.

Register for your courses when the registration period begins.


Administrative Registration

To receive administrative registration support, eligible undergraduate students should share their registration requests with Academic Advising and the Student Records Office. Together, they will assess the request to determine the type of registration assistance needed, such as Prerequisite or Over-enrollment Overrides, Reserved Seats, etc., applicable for the Fall, Spring, and Summer terms. Ideally, this request would be sent before registration begins. 

Graduate students would follow the same steps, but email Graduate Affairs and the Student Records Office.

Feel free to use the email template below.

Email Template

UG students send to:

academicadvising@cca.edu; studentrecords@cca.edu

Grad students send to:

graduateaffairs@cca.edu; studentrecords@cca.edu

CC:

access@cca.edu

Subject:

Registration-related accommodation request

Body:

Hello,

I am a student approved for registration-related accommodations and I request administrative support to register for the following courses for the upcoming semester.

  • Course Section Details
  • Example: DESGN 6080-2 - DC: Design in Context: Criticism
  • (The '2' after '6080' offers staff information about instructors and course meeting patterns.)

Please let me know if there is anything else you need from me.

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