• Pin Number
• Registration
• Logging onto Webstar
• Drop/Add Information
• Prerequisites

The following is important information regarding registration. Please refer to the Code of Academic Regulations for additional information. The information below is by no means a substitute for the Code of Academic Regulations. It is the responsibility of each student to familiarize himself/herself with the policies and procedures. However, this link has been created to highlight some of the questions that directly arise during the registration period.

PIN Number
All students receive a six-digit pin number from Nova Southeastern University. This six-digit pin number is needed to access Webstar, which is the system used for all registration periods (including Drop/Add). It is important to keep your pin number. You must have a pin number to register. If you have misplaced your pin number, email pinhelp@nova.edu or call (954) 262-4850 between 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM. To protect student privacy, the University does not give Student Affairs access to student pin numbers. Thus, Student Affairs will be unable to give you your pin number. The pin number is only issued through US Mail, not by email or by phone. It may take up to two weeks to receive a new pin number. Therefore, it is important to keep your pin number in a secure place.

Registration
One academic year consists of the following: two semesters, Fall (August-December) and Winter (January-May); and one term: Summer (May-July). Therefore, one academic year is from the Fall of one year through the Summer of the following year (ex. Fall 2009-Summer 2010). Every semester or term has a registration period and a drop/add period. Registration for each semester will usually be held in the following months: Fall (March or April), Winter (October or November), and Summer (March or April). The specific dates will vary from year to year. Please consult the academic calendar located on the law school website for specific dates. All registrations and drop/adds will be online with the exception of American and Caribbean Law Workshop, Supervised Research, ATLA Trial Team,  International Citator, Law Journal, Law Review, Moot Court, and any other competition . American and Caribbean Law Workshop requires permission of the instructor before student can be manually registered by the Office of Student Affairs. Please contact the instructor directly. The instructor will then contact Student Affairs so that student can be registered. For Supervised Research, the student must have the supervising full-time faculty member sign the form (click here for form). The student must then submit it to the Office of Student Affairs for manual registration before the end of drop/add for the semester he/she wishes to take it. Students must have at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA in order to register for Supervised Research. Late forms cannot be processed; this is a faculty rule. For ATLA Trial Team,  International Citator, Law Journal, Law Review, Moot Court, or any other competition, students must submit the signed Nonclassroom Credit form (click here for form) to the Office of Student Affairs before the end of drop/add for that semester in order to be manually registered. Use this form even if you will not be receiving credit; registration ensures that you receive recognition on your transcript.

If you have a hold on your account, you will not be able to register nor will Student Affairs be able to register you. Please contact the Bursar's Office (954-262-5200) or Financial Aid (954-262-7412) for information on your financial account. If you miss the registration period, you must wait until the DROP/ADD period to register for classes.

There is a limit to the number of times a student may try to register for a closed course. Repeatedly trying to register for a closed course may cause you to be locked out of the system entirely. If you are blocked from registering, you will not be able to make any changes to your schedule. Be sure there is an open seat in a course before trying to register.

During different registration periods, you may not see certain courses offered in Webstar even though they are on our course schedule. When courses are blocked for the students who are currently registering, these courses will be unavailable for registration and they will not be able to be viewed in Webstar. These blocked courses will then be subsequently unblocked in Webstar for the students who are eligible to register for them.

Logging onto Webstar

• Go to Webstar
• Click on "Enter Secure Area"
• Log-In using your Social Security Number or NSU ID and six-digit pin number
• Click on "Student Services and Registration"
• Click on "Registration"
• Once you have finished registering, view your schedule. Click on Student Detail Schedule.

For further information on registration, please consult the OIT website at the following link: http://www.nova.edu/help/all/index.html

The drop/add period begins on the date announced by Student Affairs. Drop/Add is on a first come, first served basis using Webstar. You may adjust your schedule at any time during this period. Students may drop only Supervised Research through the end of the second week of classes for a regular semester (the drop period for Supervised Research in summer terms will be twice as long as the drop period for other classes).

Adding Courses: Students cannot add a course, including Supervised Research, after the drop/add period ends. Attendance requirements are not waived for students who add a course during the drop/add period. Therefore, classes missed during the drop/add period count as absences.

Any withdrawal from a course after the last day of the drop/add period will result in a "W" (withdrawal) on your transcript (except in the case of excessive absences - see below). In order to withdraw from a course, you will need the professor's signature on a Transaction Form. This form (available in Student Affairs) will not be processed without the professor's signature. See the Code of Academic Regulations for rules on withdrawing from required courses.

*** Excessive absences from a course will result in a student receiving an "F" instead of a "W", unless there are extenuating circumstances as determined by the Associate Dean-Student Affairs.

Prerequisites

It is your responsibility to review the course descriptions and prerequisites for each course. If it is determined that you have not met the prerequisites for any course, you will be dropped from the course. If the drop/add period has ended, you will be unable to register for another course.