Accessing Online Student Services.

• If you are a KU student and you wish to access the "Online Student Services" web pages.
  • If you do not know your PIN number, you should contact the Registrar's Office by any of the following ways:
    • In person during normal Registrar's Office business hours. Monday - Friday 8:00am to 4:00 pm., 115 Stratton Admin. Building. Please bring your valid KU photo ID.
    • Telephone the Registrar's Office during normal business hours. 610-683-4485.
    • E-mail any of the Registrar's Office staff. Click on here or on "Registrar's Office Staff & Functions" option for e-mail addresses
  • If you know your PIN number:
    • Go to Kutztown University's home page http://www.kutztown.edu
    • Click the dropdown menu box labeled "Search With Quick Clicks"
    • Scroll down and click on Registrar's Office
    • Click the link titled "Online Student Services"
    • Enter your social security number and your PIN and click "Login"
    • If successful, you will receive a page showing the "Online Student Services" main menu.

Students are sent post cards and are alerted, through Online student Services, when a course(s) is/are cancelled.

The only people who are permitted to register by the phone are part-time students (less than 12 credits). Part-time students can call their schedules in for the Spring and Fall semesters, only during regular registration. They must call on or after their scheduled appointment time.

You have a few options, you may pay in full or you may pay half and defer payment for the balance of your bill (there is a $25.00 fee for this option). The Registrar's office will accept payment by Visa, Mastercard, and check-our office can't accept cash. (the Bursar's office can accept cash) If you are not able to utilize either option above, you may go to the Bursar's office and work out a payment plan (this must be done prior to registering).

You have nine weeks into the next semester. At that time your professor must submit a resolute grade for you. If you will not be able to complete the work in the nine weeks alloted, an extension of time may be requested. The request for the extension must be in writing from theprofessor to the Registrar.

When transferring from a 2 yr community college, we will transfer in as many credits that have comparable KU courses. However, only 64 credits maximum can be used toward a degree program. For more information contact the Admissions/Transfer Programs coordinator at (610) 683-4788.

Students on Academic Probation during the current semester are allowed to register for no more than 15 credits for a subsequent semester without permission through the Advisement Center.

See the current Undergraduate Bulletin

Students on Academic Warning should not select more than 15 credits without permission through the Advisement Center.

Please consult the Kutztown University Undergraduate Bulletin, under Academic Regulations section.

The computerized system used for course selection is designed to avoid scheduling conflicts; however, please check your schedule.  It is recommended that you print a copy from the class schedule screen. 

Courses with numbers 2 through 6 as the first digit in the code are offered at night.  Courses having section codes beginning with the number 8 are offered off campus.  Check location notations in the course schedule booklet to avoid being erroneously enrolled in an off campus course.  ELU 354 sections also indicate the geographical location of the internship.

Students transferring from any institution of higher education to Kutztown University must:

• Complete half of the minimum semester hour degree requirements in their major and minor field at Kutztown University.  The courses to be taken to fulfill this requirement must be at the upper level.  In some cases, in order to comply with this regulation, a student may be required to complete more than the total semester hours normally required for a degree. 
• · Have a minimum of thirty (30 credits must be completed at Kutztown University.

Any student required to take a Developmental course(s) must complete the requirement prior to graduation.  Developmental courses do not apply to credits needed for graduation.

The latest date for withdrawal from a developmental course will be the same as for credit courses.  Withdrawal within two weeks of the beginning of final examinations automatically results in a WU.

This federal law provides that institutions may not disclose information about students nor permit inspection of their records without their permission unless such action is covered by certain exceptions that are stipulated in the act.  The full provisions of the act are available for inspection in the Registrar´s Office and in the office of the Vice President for Student Affairs.

See the current Undergraduate Bulletin.

Health (HPD 110, HPD 115, HPD 116 and HPD 120) and Physical Education (HPD 011-HPD 095) are to be scheduled during the same semester.

A copy of the Final Exam Schedule will also be available online by August 22nd for the Fall 2005 Semester.  Please use it to determine when your last exam is scheduled.  You are expected to remain on campus and not depart from the University until after your last exam has been completed.

Applications may be filled out and handed in during course selection but no later than Friday, September 9, 2005 for Fall 2005 Commencement.

See the current Undergraduate Bulletin.  Note:  Leave of Absence forms may be picked up and should be returned to the Registrar´s Office for processing.

If you wish to take a course pass/fail during the Fall 2005 Semester, you must secure a “Pass/Fail’ form from your Department Chairperson, complete it and have your Academic Advisor sign it.  THIS FORM MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE REGISTRAR´S OFFICE BY THE END OF THE DROP/ADD PERIOD.  ADVISOR APPROVAL IS RECOMMENDED BUT NOT REQUIRED.  The pass/fail option only becomes legal when it is in the Registrar´s possession, and the student has met all conditions of the policy.   The pass/fail policy is found in The Key on Page 43 and in the 2002-2005 Undergraduate Catalog on Page 16.  Please be certain to read it carefully.  PLEASE NOTE:  If a course can be used as a concomitant course, yet will not be used as such, please write FREE ELECTIVE on the top of the form.  Pay particular attention to the following:  Only free electives and courses in general education designated in the Kutztown University Undergraduate Bulletin for each specific degree program as electives can be taken pass/fail.

Quality Point Average or Grade Point Average

One way for students to bring up their quality point average is to repeat courses in which they anticipate earning a higher grade.  (Note:  Repeats of passed courses (A, B, C, D) do not count toward the academic progress requirements for financial aid).  The quality point average in a student´s major program is based on all courses taken which the department allows to count toward major, regardless of whether the student uses the courses to fulfill major program requirements or as electives or concomitant courses or within General Education.  Through your Online Student Services Account, you can actually now compute your projected QPA, using information retained on the KU Database regarding your student records. If the course being repeated has a number or prefix that has been changed, you must complete the appropriate Course Repeat Form in the Registrar´s Office.  The Course Repeat Policy has been revised for undergraduate students.  Effective Fall 2004, a student may repeat any standard Kutztown University course.  When a student repeats a course, the credits for the course are to be counted only once in determining the grade point average (GPA) and the total credits needed for graduation.  The higher (or highest) grade in the course will be used to calculate the final GPA.  The course must be repeated at Kutztown University to receive credit and the GPA adjustment.

No student may obtain a degree without a minimum residency of 30 credits completed at Kutztown University.  Fifteen (15) credits of the last 30 credits required for graduation must be completed at Kutztown University.

Information on student graduation rates, as well as campus crime statistics and a description of policies relating to campus security, are available by contacting the Director of Public Safety.

The University welcomes the return to higher education of students who for various reasons did not complete their degrees.  Such students should be aware that courses taken in their major discipline ten years or more prior to the resumption of study might not be counted toward graduation. Such courses may no longer be considered to be current or be required for the degree.  The Registrar determines the acceptability of these credits.  However, students may request the reevaluation of the Registrar´s decision by submitting a petition to the Undergraduate Exception Committee.

In most cases, transfer credit will not be granted for any previous course(s) taken at Kutztown University and passed with a grade of D or higher.  For more information, please check the website for transfer student information.

All veterans and/or dependents receiving GI Montgomery Bill educational benefits are asked to stop in the Registrar´s Office during the course selection period to complete an APPLICATION FOR BENEFITS FORM.  Failure to complete the necessary form may result in unnecessary delays in processing educational benefits.  You are reminded that any change in credit hour load during any given semester or session must be reported to Eileen Wessner in the Registrar´s Office and to the VA.

Please consult the Kutztown University  Withdrawal Policy  or the Undergraduate Bulletin, Academic Regulations and Fees and Financial Aid sections, and the preceding refund policy statements contained in these instructions.

If a student withdraws from an individual course(s) by the end of the 6th week of class, a grade will not be recorded.  If a student withdraws from a course(s) from the 7th week of class up to two weeks before the beginning of final examinations, the student will receive a grade of “W’ for the course(s).  Withdrawal within two weeks of the beginning of final examinations automatically will result in a grade of “WF’.  “WF’ will be computed as an “F’ for the course(s).