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Advisement Registration Fee Processing. Who ? How? When? Where? Fall 2009. The Process. 1 . Prepare Tentative Schedule 2. Participate in advisement Make appointment with Advisor (already done) Talk about goals, alternate courses
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AdvisementRegistrationFee Processing Who? How? When? Where? Fall 2009
The Process 1. Prepare Tentative Schedule 2. Participate in advisement • Make appointment with Advisor (already done) • Talk about goals, alternate courses • Complete advisement form and list alternate classes 3. Have Advisement Hold Removed(advisement form) (Advisor - Penland 108 – B&E 238) 4. Locate computer and register (PIN and VIP Instructions) http://www.usca.edu 5. Check and print your schedule 6. Check and print your bill (Business Services flyer) 7. Process your bill (Penland 114 or VIP)August 19th 8. Get ID made (Penland 109) 9. Pacer Print 10. USCA Email 11. Pacer Shoppe (Bookstore)
Prepare Tentative Schedule Fall 2009 Registration Guide The Registration Guide describes: • VIP System • Your PIN • Class Schedule web site address • Advisement Process • Registration Process • How to Process your Bill • Session Deadlines & Refund Schedule (page 3) • Academic Calendar (page 4)
Course Schedule Class Schedules are found on-line on the Registrars Home Page: http://www.usca.edu/records/Fall2009.html Department Acronym page: • (Schedule Codes; Course Title; Section; Time) Click specific Course: • (Professor; Seat Availability)
Participate in Advisement • Make an appointment with Advisor (already done) • Talk about goals, alternate courses • Complete advisement form and list alternate courses
Advisement Form 000-00-1234
Advisement Hold Have Your Advisement Hold removed • White copy is your copy • Yellow copy stays in your advisement folder • Pinkcopy of your Advisement form is the key • Advisor • Staff person @ information desk in B&E 238 • Staff person in Academic Success Center in Penland 108
Registration Methods • Faculty Desktop Registration • VIP (Visual Information Processing) • B&E 238 • Penland 109 • Any computer
Locate Computer & Register http://www.usca.edu (Registration Information – page 1 of Registration Guide – VIP)
VIP Registration • Go to a computer in B&E 238 • Find USCA Home page (http://www.usca.edu/) • Go to VIP (top of home page) • Login and begin • PIN
PIN (Personal Identification Number) Each student has a four-digit Personal Identification Number (PIN). PINs are required to logon to VIP to access grades, registration, appointment times, and fee payment.All new students will have a provisional PIN assigned. This provisional PIN is a randomly generated four-digit number and needs to be claimed by the student. The provisional PIN can be claimed by the student by providing a positive method of identification.
Set your PIN (0n-line process) • Go to USCA Home Page www.usca.edu • Go to VIP Login (click top of Home page) • Go to New Student User (on right side of VIP Login Screen – under Login Help) • Click New Student User (takes you to “SET YOUR PIN” page)
Set Your PIN • After you successfully complete this online process, you will receive the provisional PIN at the email address provided on your application for admission or your USCA email address. (Problems?) • If you can not obtain your PIN after completing this process, individuals in the Registrars (Records) Office will be available to assist you in the Registration Center in B&E 238.
VIP Registration • Go to USCA Home Page • Go through VIP Login Process • Academics Page (Register) • Overrides (Not likely; See Pacesetter or Records Office Staff person) • Financial Page (View Financial Aid and Print Bill) • WWW.usca.edu
Check and Double Check • Check and print your schedule • Check and print your bill • One more thing – Check your schedule and bill • Overage checks (If you have not already signed up for Direct Deposit, you will receive your overage check at the Business Services Office in Penland 114 as you process your bill. Sign up for Direct deposit in the Spring.) (Direct deposit form) (Business Services flyer)
Process Your Bill • Everyone (even if you owe no money) must process their bill • Check your bill carefully • Process your bill (Penland 114) by August 19thor your classes will be CANCELLED • Credit Card on-line via VIP • Direct Deposit required for Overage Checks
Method of Payment Through VIP • Debit and Credit Cards MasterCard; Discover; American Express (convenience fee of 2.5% of outstanding tuition and fee charges) • VISA not accepted for tuition and fees • eChecks($2 convenience fee) In Person(Penland 114) • Cash • Check • Tuition and fee payment plan By Mail • You can process your bill by mail. Send check with bill to USCA Business Services, 471 University Parkway, Aiken, S.C. 29801. Always keep your receipts (you will need your receipt to activate your meal plan at Food Services)
YOUR USCA ID • Smile, you have made it; have your ID made in Penland109. • Resident students will also have an opportunity to have an ID made during move-in. • Uses of your ID...... Identification / Access to buildings / Meal Plans/ Pacer Print CAROLINA CASH /(also called CAROLINA CARD) • Future uses of your ID: Vending machines, meals, bookstore purchases
Pacer Print Part of your technology fee allows all students to have 100 single-sided or 200 printed pages if you use the double sided feature each Fall/Spring semester Carolina Cash When you have used your 100 page allotment you will have to add money to your ID card (Carolina card) in the form of Carolina Cash. https://vip.sc.edu You may add funds to the Pacer print on line (VIP) with a credit/debit card only. To add funds with cash or checks students must go to the Business Services office – Penland 114.
Your USCA email account USCA EMAIL (only officially recognized email address) http://www.usca.edu/ USC System assigns an account which is not your USCA email address and account. Do not use this as your email. https://vip.sc.edu/ MORE Information: http://www.usca.edu/helpdesk/ - Students - New Students
Email - Key Points • The most important thing to remember is that you will almost always be using your USCA username.Most students only use their USC network usernames to log on to Blackboard and nothing else! • Your USCA professors and administrative offices communicate with you via your USCA email address, so you must check this account!If your email address doesn’t end in @usca.edu then you are not using the correct address. Visit the Help Desk if you have questions about this!
“YOU CAN DO IT” • Advisement • VIP Registration • Bill Processing • Pacer Shoppe (for books and supplies)