CSUS procedures differ from registration at other colleges. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL STUDENTS TO READ THE INFORMATION IN THIS SCHEDULE OF CLASSES.

The first phase of CASPER is based on class level priority. As an eligible student, you will be assigned an appointed day to use CASPER. On that day and hour, your Student Identification Number (SID) will be activated. Provided your fee payment has been recorded and all holds are cleared, you may call or log on to request classes. Each time you ask for a class, CASPER will respond to indicate that you have been enrolled in the class if it is open; if the class is full or cancelled, CASPER will prompt you make another request.

The second phase, called CASPER Plus, permits late registration and change-of-schedule. All eligible students whose fee payments have been recorded may add and/or drop classes. CASPER Plus opens after CASPER Schedule Confirmations have been mailed; it ends on the Add/Drop Deadline (end of second week of semester). The CASPER phone number remains available until the University census date to list and verify your courses, and CasperWeb is available all semester to verify your schedule.

Am I Eligible to Use CASPER?

Yes! If you are a:

• Continuing student (attended every semester since you were admitted to CSUS)
• New student (and received your letter of admission to CSUS before the beginning of CASPER)
• Returning student (you last attended CSUS two or more semesters ago but have reapplied and received your letter of admission prior to the beginning of CASPER)
• Out-One-Semester student (you stopped out of CSUS for one semester, but at least one month before the start of CASPER, you notified the Registrar's Office of your intention to return)

If you applied to graduate, you will not receive an Invitation to Register for the following semester. Therefore, if your plans change, you must notify the Degree Evaluations Office (undergraduates) or the Office of Graduate Studies and give us time to re-assign your registration eligibility.

When you complete your academic program and are awarded the degree, credential, etc., your eligibility to register in that program ends. If you intend to continue to enroll at the University, you must notify Graduate Studies of your new objective and reapply if necessary.

Sixty-Plus students and ACE students may enroll during CASPER Plus only. Students registering for audit may not enroll by telephone or web. See Miscellaneous Registration Information.

Two weeks before the start of CASPER for Fall and Spring semesters each eligible student will be mailed an Invitation to Register with a specific date and time assigned. The Invitation is mailed to the most recent address we have for you. Remember, it is very important to maintain an accurate address at the Admissions and Records Office or on CasperWeb so you can receive your Invitation to Register, Schedule Confirmation and financial aid checks.

The Invitation to Register contains each student’s individual Registration Day and time, notification of HOLDS that must be cleared before you register, and the Fee Statement form which you must use to pay your registration fees at least five business days before your Registration Day. For Summer registration, continuing students are sent an Invitation to Register postcard with registration instructions.

Your CASPER Registration Day and time are scheduled in accordance with University priority policy in this order: disabled students, retention programs, graduating seniors*, freshmen attending orientation (Fall semesters only) seniors, freshmen, classified graduates, juniors, sophomores and unclassified graduates. Within each class level, students are scheduled according to total units completed.

On the first day of CASPER Plus (in Fall and Spring semesters), your time to call is based on your student ID number (SSN). See Access Hours for schedule.

*Graduating seniors must have submitted a graduation application by the deadline. See Graduation Info Undergraduate Students. Priority is granted only one time. Second bachelor's degree candidates are considered unclassified graduates except during the one semester for which they file to receive graduating priority.

A financial or administrative obligation to the University is a “hold” and will block your access to CASPER and the credit card fee payment system. Your Invitation to Register will list any holds as of the date it was printed. Hold Status can also be checked on CasperWeb. You MUST clear your obligations to qualify for registration. Financial obligations require a minimum of two business days to clear. Here are hold codes and where to go to clear them: