Early Registration Information
Spring 2010
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Registration Schedule
Undergraduates/Graduates: Begins Monday, November 2 - 9:00 a.m.
(Advising begins October 26, if required for your program)
Law Students: Begins Monday, November 9, 2009 - 9:00 a.m.
Once registration begins it will continue until the last day of registration for the Spring semester. The list of courses for the Spring semester will be available online on Friday, October 23 at 4:45 p.m. on the Loyola Online Records Access (LORA) site. Building and Room assignments will appear on LORA approximately 2 weeks before the start of a session.
Registration Priority
Undergraduate (day) students in the Colleges of Humananities & Natural Science, Social Science, Music & Fine Arts and the College of Business are given priority to register based on their future classification. For example, if you are currently a junior and the hours for which you are currently registered will make you a senior next semester, your classification for early registration will be senior. Therefore, you register on the dates that are scheduled for seniors. This priority is used only for early registration.
During registration, you will not be allowed to register if you have a health hold. You should contact the Student Health office for further information. You will be allowed to register even if there is a financial hold. You must report to the Student Finance Office to pay your previous balance or sign a promissory note within 30 days from the first day of registration (November 2 - December 2). Failure to do so will result in the cancellation of your schedule. You will not be allowed to re-register until these holds have been removed.
Registration Timetable: Undergraduate/Graduate Students
| Nov 2 & 3 | Seniors, Freshmen, All Evening and Graduate Students | 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. |
| Nov. 4 | Juniors & All Above Students | 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. |
| Nov. 5 | Sophomores & All Above Students | 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. |
| Nov. 6 | All undergraduate and graduate students & All Above Students | 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. |
Registration Timetable: Law Students
| Nov. 9 | Law Evening Seniors | 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. |
| Nov. 10 | Law Day Seniors & All Above Students | 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. |
| Nov. 11 | Law Evening Juniors & All Above Students | 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. |
| Nov 12 | Law Day Juniors & All Above Students | 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. |
| Nov 13 | Law Evening Sophomores & All Remaining Students | 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. |
Advising
Advising begins on Monday, October 26. Schedule an appointment with your advisor as soon as possible. Your advisor may activate your registration access code so you will be able to access LORA (Loyola Online Records Access) or your advisor may register you on-line on your appropriate day. If you cannot locate your advisor, contact your department chairperson (HN & SS) or your associate dean (other colleges). Law and Evening students, transients and non-degree seeking students are not required to meet with an advisor and your access will be automatically activated and you may register through LORA at your appropriate time.
You may register from any personal computer with web access. Follow the LORA directions to register for your courses. If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Student Records (504-865-3237) during normal business hours - Monday through Friday, 8:30 - 4:45 or email sturec@loyno.edu.
If desired, students with disabilities who notify the Office of Student Records will be assisted in their registration by a staff member.
The course availability is found on Loyola Online Records Access (LORA).
- Click on LORA
- Click Login to Student Services
- Enter your Student ID (social security number or campus wide id -CWID)
- Enter your PIN (If this is your first time logging on to LORA, your PIN has been preset to the first two letters of your first name and last four digits of the your SSN.)
i.e. Maggie Grass SSN = xxx-xx-1234 PIN would be MA1234
(If you have entered LORA previously, please use the PIN that you have reassigned to yourself.)
NOTE: First time users are required to change their PIN numbers. For security reasons, you must change your pin to a 6-digit number that is only known by you. You must make this change on your initial sign-in.
To determine your eligibility and classification, please read the following instructions:
- Click on Registration and Scheduling
- Click on Registration Status – This section will give you information on registration holds and your classification for registration purposes (your registration priority is based on your future classification. For example, if you are currently a junior with 80 earned hours and you are registered for 15 hours this semester, next semester you will be a senior and eligible to early register as a senior).
Forgot your PIN Number?
If you have forgotten your pin, you may submit your request to reset your pin from the LORA web site. Once you enter the wrong pin, a link with appear that will give you the option to reset your pin to the original setting - the default PIN is the first 2 letters of you first name and the last 4 numbers of your social security number.
After priority registration, registration will be open for all eligible students through the last day to register for the Summer or Fall semester.
Closed Courses & Courses Requiring Permission
If a course is closed you may be allowed to register with a New Seat Card. Obtain a New Seat Card from the Office of Student Records or from your Dean’s Office. The appropriate signatures must be obtained. Bring the form and the student copy of your signed Course Request Form with you to the Office of Student Records (HN, SS, and MFA) or your Dean’s Office (Business & Law students only) on or before the last day of late registration.
To register for courses for which the instructor’s permission is needed, you must obtain an Instructor Authorization Card from the Office of Student Records or from your Dean’s Office. The appropriate signatures must be obtained and bring the card and the student copy of your signed Course Request Form with you to the Office of Student Records (HN, MA, SS students only) or your Dean’s Office (BU & Law students only) on or before the last day of late registration.
Wait Listing A Course
Several course sections in the schedule have been created with a wait list option. If you request such a section and the section is closed, you have the option of being placed on a wait list. If a seat becomes available you may be added to the course. You are placed on the wait list in the order of your request..
Note: If you have wait listed for a course section, but also registered for another section of that same course or in a different course at the same time, the wait-listed section will have precedence. If the wait-listed section is opened and you are moved from the wait list into the class, the other section will be dropped from your registration.
General Information
Financial Hold - If you have a financial obligation, you will be allowed to early register. However, you must sign a promissory note in the Office of Student Finance by April 30. Failure to do so will result in the cancellation of your schedule. You can view your current billing account through LORA on Account Summary.
Health Hold – If you have not submitted your state required immunization forms to Student Health, you will not be allowed to register.
View and update address - You may update your current mailing address. Please note that you should not change your local dorm address. Please report that change to the Residential Life Office. If we do not have a local address on file, you must submit one prior to gaining access to LORA.
Loyola Online Records Access (LORA) is available at all hours EXCEPT the following scheduled maintenance times.
Tuesday - Friday 4:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.
Saturday - 3:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.
If you have technical problems, please call Information Technology at 865-2255. If you have questions or non-technical problems, please call the Office of Student Records at (504) 865-3237 during normal business hours. The Office of Student Records is open until 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday. After hours, you may email kgros@loyno.edu for non-technical issues.
