Western Seminary - SIS Instructions




		Online Registration Instructions Western Seminary has developed an online student information system designed to provide you with a variety of student services from anywhere in the world. These instructions will introduce you to the system and answer many of your questions. Finding the Online Student Information System Click here for the online Student Information System Enter your student ID number and PIN Challenge Question - This comes up the first time you log in, but never again. Simply enter an answer to one of the two questions. If you ever forget your PIN, you'll be prompted to answer the question so that you can log in. Online Registration Click on Registration under the Course Management heading. Select term and campus Portland Campus: Select Fall, Spring or Summer semester. There is no Winter semester or Summer Session in Portland. Nor Cal Campuses: Select Fall, Winter, Spring or Summer Session. There is no Summer semester in Nor Cal. Important information Read the information and click "I Have Read This" to continue. No worksheet entries You'll see a yellow box that says No Worksheet Entries. This just means you haven't registered yet. Selecting courses Scroll down and select the course you want to register for. Click on the blue course ID number. Select credit or audit. Click Add Course. Repeat until you've selected all of the courses you want to register for. Submit for approval Push this button after all of your courses have been selected. This notifies Western Seminary that you want to register. We can't register you until you complete this important step. Adding classes Follow the steps for selecting courses and submitting for approval. Remember to push Submit For Approval each time you add a new course. And pay attention to the post-open registration fees when adding classes. Dropping classes Just click on the blue course ID in the list at the top of your screen. Scroll down and click Drop Course. Remember to pay attention to the post-open registration fees and the refund that you'll receive at the time of the drop. San Jose courses at Sacramento Certain courses allow Sacramento students to earn San Jose residency, but they are taught at Sacramento. These include CNS530-4SB, CNS539SB and MFM504-4SB. Although these courses are taught at Sacramento, they're technically San Jose courses so register for them on the San Jose registration screen. Exceptions to online registration Independent studies, individualized studies, thesis courses, and the Portland online version of MFM501-4 cannot be registered using online registration. If you want to register for these, contact Rachelle Gibb at rgibb@westernseminary.edu. Doctoral courses cannot be registered using online registration. D.Miss. students should register by contacting Ian Durias at idurias@westernseminary.edu. D.Min. students should register by contacting Kandace Kenyon at kandace@westernseminary.edu. Distance education You cannot register for distance education courses using online registration. Please contact Rhonda Brown at rjbrown@westernseminary.edu to register for distance education courses. Online Bill Pay Click on My Account History under the Business Office heading. You'll see a paragraph at the top of the screen, and the last sentence tells you where to click for online bill pay. Follow the instructions for VISA, Discover or Master Card. We do not accept American Express. Viewing Your Grades At the end of each term, you can view your grades by clicking on My Course History under the Program Management heading. Grades are entered as professors submit them, so some grades may be entered before others. All grades are due from the faculty two weeks after the end of the term. Holds There are a variety of different holds that can be placed for a variety of different reasons. A hold prevents you from registering and, in some cases, prevents you from viewing your grades. Northern California students will have an Enrollment Agreement hold until they turn in that important form, and once per year they'll have an advisor's hold that will prompt them to make an advising appointment. If your account balance is not paid on time, the Business Office will place a hold. These are just a few examples. In each circumstance, you'll see who placed the hold and how to contact that person so that the hold can be removed. Update Your Contact Information Click on General Information under the Account Maintenance heading. Enter your new contact information in the appropriate field(s) and push Submit Change Request when you're done. The information won't be changed right away, but it should be changed within a few days. Other Services Change your PIN Your PIN has to be four characters, but it can be either letters or numbers and you can change it to any four characters that you like. We want you to have a PIN that you'll remember, so feel free to change it. Review your course history Click on My Course History to make sure that your transcript is accurate. Check this page periodically and verify that all of the right classes are listed and that the grades are entered correctly. Most of the registration and grading process is done automatically, but there is a human element so errors can take place. Finding problems sooner rather than later is always helpful. Review your schedule Click on My Schedule to review your course schedule for each semester Review your student account Click on My Account History to check your balance and verify that your charges are accurate. If you have any trouble interpreting the ledger, just contact your local campus office and we'll be happy to assist you.