Registration Information

Classes can be searched online using One Stop. Click on Class Search, which is available under the Quick Links. BICB courses are listed on the Rochester campus; others courses are listed under the Twin Cities campus. Select the Term and then the Subject to find the courses you wish to register for. If you are registering for the first time, see your temporary advisor and the DGS/Associate DGS before you register for courses. Returning graduate students should discuss the schedule for the upcoming semester with their advisor/co-advisors and committee members. To register for a course, click on the Add Now button next to the section you wish to attend. If a course requires departmental or instructor permission, obtain a permission number from the department that offers the course. BICB graduate courses are processed by the BICB Graduate Program Secretary at UMR. If a hold was placed on your registration, contact the DGS/Associate DGS.

The University requires registration every Fall and Spring semester to maintain active status. If you do not register, you are considered to have withdrawn, and you must seek re-admission to the Graduate School (see Maintaining Active Status). To get re-admitted, you need to pay a reapplication fee to the Graduate School (currently $75).

Registration Options

The Graduate School has two registration options: active or full-time status. Full-time status is defined as 6 or more credits per semester. Students who are either Teaching or Research Assistants, or have loans to defer, or are on a foreign visa, or live in student housing must maintain full-time status (some fellowships and traineeships also require full-time status). Graduate students (M.S. Plan A or Ph.D.) who have completed all their coursework and required thesis credits and are working full-time on their research or writing of their thesis have the option to register for “Full-time Equivalent” (FTE). M.S. students register for BICB 8333 and Ph.D. students for BICB 8444 (see Procedures for FTE with One Credit for Advanced Graduate Students). Depending on the source of funding, the Graduate Program reserves the right to require registration for FTE for students who are eligible.

Your University Internet Account

The University creates Internet accounts for all incoming students. In order to use it, you need to “initiate” it by defining a password (more information about how to initiate your Internet Account). Your Internet account gives you 50 hours per month of modem access, as well as 50 MB of file storage space on a University server and 20 MB which can be used for a personal web page. Current students may download and use Symantec Antivirus on one personal computer (see: Virus and Antivirus Information).

Your e-mail account will remain active for a minimum of three semesters after the last term you registered. See Account Information for Graduating Students for more information.