Important Information
Returning Students who have attended UNC within the past 12 months
You can log into Ursa and use any of the student services it provides.
- If you no longer remember your user login, click on "New Student?" and follow the instructions.
- If you no longer remember your password, click on "Forgot your password?" and follow the instructions.
All Other Groups, including:
- Returning Students who have not attended UNC within the past 12 months.
- Submit the Student Information Form on-line at www.registrar.unco.edu .
- Unclassified Graduate Students (who have earned at least a bachelor's degree
- Visiting students (undergraduates who have earned a high school diploma or equivalent, and who are not admitted to any UNC degree program
Have you ever logged on to Ursa before?
If no, take the following steps:
• Click on "NEW STUDENTS START HERE"
• Follow the instructions to obtain your Bear Number, if needed.
• Key in your Bear Number, date of birth, and Social Security last four digits.
• Follow the prompts to activate your Ursa account.
• Follow the registration instructions found on the Resources tab within the Ursa Help sheets channel.
If yes, click here for registration instructions.
Unclassified Graduate Students
Unclassified status refers to a student who has at least a baccalaureate degree and has applied or has not been admitted into a graduate degree program. To register as an unclassified graduate student, submit the Student Information Form on-line at www.registrar.unco.edu . Please allow 24 hours for processing, excluding weekends and holidays. Access our website and click on 'URSA'. To obtain your Bear Number, click on "Forgot your Bear number." URSA will ask you for your Social Security number and date of birth (MMDDYY). If you have never logged into URSA click on "NEW STUDENTS START HERE." You will need your Bear Number, date of birth and the last 4-digits of your Social Security number. Follow the prompts to activate your URSA account and then follow the registration instructions found on the Registration page at www.unco.edu/aboutursa .
Visiting Student
If you are an undergraduate student who is admitted to another university you may take classes at UNC to transfer back to your home school. Submit the Student Information Form on-line at www.registrar.unco.edu . Please allow 24 hours for processing, excluding weekends and holidays. Access our website and click on 'URSA'. To obtain your Bear Number, click on "Forgot your Bear number." URSA will ask you for your Social Security number and date of birth (MMDDYY). If you have never logged into URSA click on "NEW STUDENTS START HERE." You will need your Bear Number, date of birth and the last 4-digits of your Social Security number. Follow the prompts to activate your URSA account and then follow the registration instructions found on the Registration page at www.unco.edu/aboutursa .
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Add/Drop/Withdraw
After the first day of classes, for each individual session, a service charge will be assessed when dropping/withdrawing from ALL classes in that session.
• The add/drop deadline for a class occurs when the class has reached 15% of its meetings.
• To totally drop/withdraw from ALL classes within a session, contact the Registrar's Office in Carter Hall, Room 3002, 970-351-2231.
• Please check each class for exact start and end dates.
Complete Withdrawal from Summer Term
Once the summer session has begun, students withdrawing from all their classes will be assessed a 15% charge. However, students cannot drop or withdraw from all your classes on Ursa; students must contact the Registrar's Office to completely withdraw from the summer term - 970-351-2231.
Terminology
Drop: To drop is to officially cancel your registration for one or more (but not all) of your classes prior to the 15% point in the session. Deadlines for dropping classes are listed on the summer session calendar. For short term classes, contact the Registrar's Office (351-2231) for individual class deadlines. Individual classes dropped prior to the drop deadline will not be charged tuition for the dropped classes, and no record of the drop is placed on the transcript.
Withdraw: To withdraw from one or more (but not all) courses is to cancel your registration after the 15% drop deadline. A "W" grade will be placed on your transcript, without affecting your GPA. Students are responsible for tuition for all withdrawn classes.
Credit Load
The following maximum loads apply during individual summer sessions:
• The maximum credit load for summer session is 15 credits.
• Up to 9 credits may be taken during either the First or Second 6-week Session
• Up to 10 credits may be taken during the Educators' Session
• Up to 15 credits may be taken during the 12-week Session
To take more than the maximum credits, overload permission is required; this applies to classes requested in both on-campus and off-campus programs. A cumulative GPA of 3.00 is required when requesting permission.
Overload permission can be granted for:
• Undeclared undergraduate students (by the Registrar's Office)
• Undeclared graduate students (by the college dean/director)
• College of Education and Behavioral Sciences undergraduate and graduate students (by the director or major advisor)
• College of Humanities and Social Sciences undergraduate and graduate students (by the major advisor or dean of the major department
• Monfort College of Business students (by the dean of the major department)
• College of Performing and Visual Arts undergraduate and graduate students (by the major advisor, dean or director, or Undergraduate/Graduate Coordinator)
Click here to download a Summer Overload Permit form.
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Full-time Enrollment
For financial aid and enrollment verification purposes, summer semester full-time enrollment is 12 credit hours for undergraduate students and 9 credit hours for graduate students.
Grades and Transcripts
Students may access first 6-week session grades beginning on July 3. Updated grades, term totals and GPA's are available beginning at 9am August 18, 2008. Official transcripts with summer grades are available as grades are recorded and listed under "Courses in Progress" in Ursa, Banner Self-Service. For the date Degrees will be awarded for summer semester are available please access the summer calendar at (link to calendar)
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