Florida Institute of Technology

General Information

Full-Time Status

For social security, veterans administration, insurance and financial aid certification purposes, an undergraduate student must be officially registered for a minimum of twelve (12) credits to be full time. A full-time graduate student must officially be registered for a minimum of nine (9) credits.

Enrollment Verification

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Student ID Card

Student ID cards are obtained from the Campus Services Office. ID cards are automatically validated each term after registration. These cards must be carried at all times and presented to conduct university business. Go to www.fit.edu/campus_services/id/

Student Directory

The student directory is accessed from the Florida Tech home page under the directories link or go to www.fit.edu/directories/. Directory information will be disclosed in the student directory in accordance with the Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 as amended. Each student must complete the Request to Prevent Disclosure of Directory Information (PDF) form at the Registrar's Office if they DO NOT choose to supply this information.

Academic Advising

Your academic adviser is a very important person in your college career. She or he is here to help you achieve your educational goals, career goals and personal goals. To be successful, it is crucial that you develop a good relationship with your adviser. The responsibility for a successful advising relationship and college career is yours. Make the most of the academic advising process by initiating or maintaining this relationship today.

When you should see your adviser?

• To discuss any problems that affect academic performance.
• To select courses for the upcoming semester.
• To anticipate when to take courses that are offered infrequently.
• To add or drop courses.
• To register to take a course pass-fail or audit.
• To discuss academic progress.
• To declare a major.
• To file a degree plan.
• To petition to graduate.
• To discuss career considerations.

How you and your faculty adviser should work together?

When you were admitted to Florida Tech you were assigned to a faculty adviser for both educational and vocational guidance and advising. Because your adviser is responsible for counseling a group of student advisees as needs occur, the following suggestions are offered to you to help enhance your experiences with your adviser:

• YOU should contact and keep in touch with your adviser.
• YOUR ADVISER should post office hours.
• YOU should make and keep appointments or call if it is necessary to change or cancel an appointment.
• YOUR ADVISER should keep appointments or call if it is necessary to change or cancel an appointment.
• YOU should come with specific questions in mind.
• YOUR ADVISER should provide accurate and specific information.
• YOU should come with necessary materials (pencils, Schedule of Classes, forms, etc.).
• YOUR ADVISER should have on hand resource materials (Academic Policy and Procedures Handbook, Adviser's Handbook, etc.).
• YOU should ask about other sources of information.
• YOUR ADVISER should suggest other sources of information.
• YOU should be open concerning school work, study habits, academic progress, etc.
• YOUR ADVISER should listen to you and help you solve problems.
• YOU should build a schedule free of time conflicts.
• YOUR ADVISER should check your schedule for appropriate selection of courses.
• YOU should make decisions concerning careers, choice of majors, and selection of courses.
• YOUR ADVISER should suggest options concerning careers, choice of majors and selection of courses.

Do you need help studying?

The Academic Support Center is here to serve you and do everything possible to assure that you are successful in your studies at Florida Tech. We are located adjacent to the teaching auditorium (P-133) of the Evans Library Pavilion. The Learning Center is at the south entrance and the Director's Office is at the north entrance.

At the Academic Support Center, you can

• Discuss academic concerns with the director.
• Request one-on-one tutoring for most undergraduate courses.
• Receive help in composition or in writing research papers, reports or speeches.
• Enroll in a University Experience course.
• Attend small group study sessions.
• Review and improve math, English and study skills via self-help audiotapes, videotapes and written materials.
• Find out about the services available to you on campus.

We want to help you achieve your goals at Florida Tech. Visit our center or call ext. 8009.

Registration Process

STEP 1: CLEAR HOLDS

All academic, financial and administrative holds that prevent registration must be cleared with the respective office(s) before you will be allowed to register. Holds may be viewed on the View Holds screen from the PAWS Student Records Menu.

STEP 2: ADVISING

You must be advised prior to registration. Your adviser will indicate approval of your semester course plan by signing the registration form. Registration via PAWS is permissible at your registration time and afterward, if your faculty adviser has verified on PAWS that advising has occurred. You are permitted to register only for courses that were approved in writing by your faculty adviser.

STEP 3: REGISTRATION

At your scheduled registration time and any time thereafter through the first week of classes, you may register through PAWS or bring your signed registration form to the Registration Center. Before leaving the Registration Center you will receive your class schedule. Please verify your schedule for accuracy and notify registration personnel of any errors. You may print your class schedule from the PAWS Registration Menu using the Student Schedule by Day and Time form.

Once registered, you may switch sections and drop courses without adviser approval through the end of the first week of classes. Beginning the following Monday, all registration business must be conducted at the Registration Center.

Withdrawal from the university must take place at the Registration Center.

Registration Details

Co/Prerequisite Courses

Check the 2009-2010 University Catalog or through the PAWS Course Catalog for course descriptions and co/prerequisite requirements for Spring 2010.

Co/prerequisites are checked by the BANNER student system.

To waive a co/prerequisite students must:

1. Complete the Co/prerequisite Waiver Request form also available from your adviser or the Registration Center.
2. Present the completed form to your faculty adviser for review. Your adviser will agree or disagree with your written justification and sign the form.
3. Take the signed form to the academic unit offering the course to request approval of the waiver. If the waiver is approved, the academic unit head or designee of the academic unit offering the course will sign the waiver form.
4. Bring the form to the Registration Center to officially enroll in the class.

Closed Classes

Certain classes may be closed at the time you register. If you want to enter a closed class, you must complete a Closed Class form, also available from the Registration Center or your academic unit. Take the form to the academic unit offering the course. If the academic unit approves, the academic unit head or designee will sign the form. Bring the signed form to the Registration Center within 24 hours or by 5:00 p.m. the next day to officially enroll in the course. Approved closed class forms are not valid after 5:00 p.m. the day after approval was obtained.

Class Schedule Changes

A Change in Registration Status form also available at the Registration Center is used for class adds and drops and for university withdrawal. A schedule change becomes official when a university Change in Registration Status form bearing the required signatures is processed by the Registration Center. Schedule changes may be made online on PAWS through the first week of classes.

Adding Classes

Classes may be added online on PAWS or in the Registration Center through the first week of instruction. The last day to add a class during Spring 2010 is Friday, January 15, 2010. Added classes become official when validated and entered into the BANNER student system by the Registration Center.

Registration for any course that is not listed on a Registration form or Change in Registration Status form that your faculty adviser signed is a violation of academic policy and could result in your registration being canceled at any time, either before or after the start of classes.

Required Signatures for Adding Classes

During the first week of classes, no signatures are required for switching sections of the same course. Adviser signature is required for undergraduate students when adding a course not previously approved in writing. During the second week of classes, the Change in Registration Status form must be signed by the respective faculty adviser and the academic unit head or program chair offering the course.

Dropping Classes

Failure to attend classes and/or verbal notification to faculty does not constitute an official class drop. Students who do not attend class and do not file the required paperwork according to university policy will receive a failing grade of F. Requests for retroactive removal of F grades for nonattendance are not granted.

For Spring Semester 2010, classes dropped beginning Tuesday, January 15, through Friday, March 19, 2101, must be signed by the faculty adviser and processed at the Registration Center. Class drops are not permitted beginning Monday, March 22, 2010. The deadline to drop Spring 2010 classes without receiving a “W” is Friday, January 22.

University Withdrawal

Students may officially withdraw from the university by completing Change in Registration Status form and an exit interview questionnaire in the Registrar's Office. Students receiving financial aid must check with the Office of Financial Aid to learn if and how the withdrawal will affect their financial aid status.

Spring 2010 Registration Center Schedule

November 7–9, Saturday–Monday—8:15 a.m.–4:45 p.m.

Graduate and senior undergraduate students with at least 85 earned or in-progress credits, Student Government representatives, AVF majors and varsity athletes authorized by the Athletics Director

November 10, Tuesday—8:15 a.m.–4:45 p.m.

Undergraduates with at least 56 earned or in-progress credits

November 12, Thursday—8:15 a.m.–4:45 p.m.

Undergraduates with at least 30 earned or in-progress credit

November 13, Friday—8:15 a.m.–4:45 p.m.

Undergraduates with at least 0-29 earned or in-progress credits

November 16–January 15—8:15 a.m.–4:45 p.m.

Open to all students

See the Academic Calendar for important dates.

Financial Aid Reminders for Spring Semester 2010

Disbursement of Spring 2010 Financial AidAll financial aid is scheduled to disburse into students’ accounts Wednesday evening, January 6. New students with a Federal Stafford Loan or a Federal Grad PLUS Loan and current Florida Tech students who are first-time borrowers of those loans, must 1) accept their loans in PAWS, 2) select a lender on the financial aid Web site at www.fit.edu/financialaid/, 3) complete the lender’s Master Promissory Note and 4) complete an entrance interview. All four steps must be completed before the loan funds will disburse to the student account (can be completed online without waiting in line at the Office of Financial Aid). Other financial aid requirements can also prevent aid from disbursing. Consequently, it is good practice to check PAWS each semester until all financial aid has paid into your student account.

Book Voucher

You will not need a book voucher if your student account shows a credit (negative) balance (check your account in PAWS). With a credit balance, you can go directly to the campus bookstore and charge books and supplies to your account. If your loan funds or other aid is still in pending status, come to the Office of Financial Aid to pick up a book voucher. Vouchers will be issued beginning Thursday, January 7.

Refund Check

Students with a credit (negative) balance in their student account may be eligible for a refund. Refund checks are not available until after the drop/add period (the first two weeks of class). More information on the Florida Tech refund policies and procedures is available at www.fit.edu/sfs/refunds.php.

Financial Aid Applications for the 2010–2011 School Year

Students with Federal Student Aid must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) each school year. The 2010–2011 FAFSA can be filed any time after January 2, 2010, but the priority deadline date for filing the FAFSA is March 1, 2010. Go to www.FAFSA.gov.

Questions?

Contact the Office of Financial Aid
2nd Floor, Keuper Building
(321) 674-8070; Fax (321) 724-2778

Student Accounting Reminders for Spring Semester 2010

The "Payment Information" section of the Schedule of Classes and the payment policy Web page provide important information regarding due dates for payment of tuition and fees.

For your conveniences you may pay online via PAWS (credit card and direct debit).

Cash and check payments are accepted in the Cashier's Office (credit card payments available online only via PAWS), located on the first floor of the Ray Work Jr. Building, adjacent to the Registration Center.

Account balance information may be obtained via PAWS, by e-mailing studentacctg@fit.edu, or by calling (321) 674-8199, (321) 674-7428, (800) 676-9250 or (800) 943-4348.

Faxes may be sent to (321) 674-8148.