BEFORE YOUR REGISTRATION DAY

1. Obtain academic advising from your major department. (Undeclared students: see Academic Advising in LSN-1012.) Do not delay, since some departments have mandatory advising requirements, and they may block your registration if you do not comply.
   
   
2. If your Invitation to Register shows any holds, clear them immediately. Do not incur any new ones before your Registration Day! You may verify current hold status on CasperWeb.
   
   
3. Pay your fees. Your payment must be received in the Student Financial Services Center at least 5 business days before your scheduled call-in Registration Day. For example, if your CASPER Registration Day is November 21, your payment must be received by the Student Financial Services Center by November 14. Use their Drop Box (LSN-1001), or mail your Fee Statement form and payment early enough to reach the Student Financial Services Center before your payment deadline. Credit card payments via SmartPay or CasperWeb should also be made well in advance of your Registration Day in case you have holds or card restrictions. Normally, telephone payments and web payments record immediately; however, if you have a financial hold, you must wait for that payment to clear before you can pay fees. American Express, Discover Card and Master Card are the only credit cards accepted.
   

   During Fall and Spring semesters, if you applied for Financial Aid and have received an award letter indicating eligibility for financial aid, you do not need to return your Fee Statement form. (You may use it to purchase parking and/or augmented health plan.) You must allow a minimum of eight weeks for an offer of financial aid to be made after you file the application. Therefore, if you have only recently applied for financial aid, you should plan on paying your own registration fees. In summer semester, all students must pay fees prior to registration (fees are NOT deferred).
   
   If your fees are paid by a sponsored program, write in the name of your sponsor in item 7 on the Fee Statement form in your Invitation to Register. See FEES PAID BY A SPONSORED PROGRAM for details.

4. Sac State offers a registration fee installment payment plan. Follow the instructions on the Invitation to Register or see SPECIAL NOTICES.

5. Decide on the courses in which you want to enroll. Use the Worksheet in the Class Schedule. Identify several alternate courses in case the ones you prefer are already full. Remember, CASPER will enroll you immediately if there is a seat for you in the class, so you may not need your alternate selection; but CASPER won’t let you remain on the line leafing through the Class Schedule in search of another possibility. If the section you request is full or canceled, CASPER will inform you if there is an open section of the same class. You may enroll in the open section if you wish.

   Pay attention to footnotes describing course prerequisites, session dates, etc. Note especially footnotes D and O, which mark distance education courses having special technology requirements.

6. Mark your Registration Day and time on your calendar and be sure you’ll have access to a touch-tone phone and/or the internet that day. It is important to register on your Registration Day. Don’t try to get in earlier – CASPER won’t let you. You may call CASPER from any touch-tone phone anywhere in the U.S. You may be able to call from some international stations as well, but be aware of the time difference. Students who have SacLink accounts may register via CasperWeb. CASPER is available Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS –

1. All international students must show proof of health insurance each semester to staff of the Office of Global Education, LSN-2304. Failure to do so will result in a hold on CASPER registration.
   
   
2. International students must pre-pay and register for a full-time unit load.
   
   
3. Students who wish to pay non-resident tuition and fees using the installment plan must go in person to Student Financial Services Center (SFSC), LSN-1001, to sign the appropriate agreement no later than five business days prior to your Registration Day.