To secure you a place in as many of your preferred classes as possible, we hope to be able to offer you an opportunity to preregister for your spring semester courses.  Follow these steps for preregistration:

1. If you haven't done so already, consult with your academic adviser at your home university to determine which Old Dominion classes/modules/subjects will be appropriate for your degree program at home.  If you do not have access to a current printed ODU catalog, it is available on the university's website  (http://www.collegesource.org/displayinfo/catalink.asp?dig={55BBE70A-2433-47A1-A91A-5086F90C32C0}&oig={B2F671C7-589E-4645-8AEC-2EC460F9F03A}&vt=0; select the most recent year that is available).  The catalog provides a description of all classes, while the course schedule tells you which classes are actually being offered each term.  You need to look at both in order to make your selections.
   
   
2. Use the Spring 2013 semester class schedule, available through the ODU website/ Leo Online (https://www.leoonline.odu.edu/plsql/web/bwckschd.p_disp_dyn_sched); select "Spring 2013" from the "pulldown menu" and then click "Submit") to identify the classes of interest to you that are offered this coming term.  If you are admitted as an undergraduate student you need to reach an academic credit semester total of 12 credits, typically four 3-credit classes.  If you are admitted as a graduate student you should be seeking a total of 9 credits, typically three 3-credit classes.  You must register for 12 credits (undergraduate) or 9 credits (graduate) in order to meet the terms of your status as an exchange visitor visa holder in the U.S.
   
   Note that course numbers indicate the level of the class: Courses numbered 100-299 are lower division (1st & 2nd year) undergraduate classes; 300-499 are upper division (3rd & 4th year) undergraduate classes.  Only students admitted at the graduate level may register for courses numbered 500-799.
   
   
3. Make a list of the Spring 2013 semester classes you wish to register for.  We recommend that you try to select at least four "backup" classes in addition to your first four choices (i.e. list eight classes).  Organize your list in order of priority, with the first class listed the one most important to you, the last the least important.
   
   Note that classes which indicate location at the "Virginia Beach Higher Education Center," abbreviated "VBCTR," or the "Peninsula Center,"abbreviated "PNCTR," do not meet on the main campus in Norfolk, but at centers located at some distance from the main campus and are only accessible by automobile.  Please do not select these classes unless you plan to purchase an automobile here!
   
   
4. Return the form with your list of classes by email to Michael Dean (mdean@odu.edu), along with information on the best way to reach you (email preferably) between now and January (early requests give you a better chance at successfully preregistering for more classes).  You must include all of the following information for each class you would like to take: 
   1. Course name (example: Public Speaking)
   2. Department abbreviation (example: COMM)
   3. Course number (example: 101R)
   4. Course "CRN" (example: 21215)

*We cannot process your registration request without all of this information, so please be sure to include it or we won't be able to register you.