Spring Registration for Continuing Students:
Priority Registration by Assigned Day

In an effort to give continuing students first priority, registration will now be conducted by assigned day.  Starting November 1, you can find out which day you can begin registration by logging into NOVAConnect (www.nvcc.edu/NOVAConnect) and looking under the heading “Navigation to Enrollment.”  Your registration period begins at 12:01 a.m. on your assigned day and continues until the last day to add classes.  You cannot change the day you are scheduled to begin.

November 11-14   Priority registration by assigned day for continuing students

November 17
Open registration for all students

The Importance of Attending Classes

When you register for a class at NOVA, you are making a commitment to engage fully in the learning process by attending the class regularly, either in person or online.  Since the Commonwealth of Virginia contributes a significant portion of the cost of your education as a NOVA student, and since you are taking a seat in class that might have gone to another student, you must establish your attendance or participation early in the semester.

If you do not attend at least one class meeting or participate in a distance learning class by the Last Day to Drop with a Tuition Refund (also known as the Census Date*), your class registration will be administratively deleted. 
This means:

• there will be no record of the class or any letter grade on your transcript;
• the course credits will be deducted from your course load; 
• a reduction in credits may affect your student status -- full-time or part-time;
• you will not receive a tuition refund.

*  The Census Dates for Spring 2009 are as follows:

• First 8-Week session in-person classes – January 20
• 16-Week Session (1st session) in-person classes – January 28
• Second 8-Week Session in-person classes – March 24

ELI’s (Distance Learning) 16-Week courses:

• 1st session: January 12January 30
  
• 2nd session: February 2February 20
  
• 3rd session: March 2March 20
  

ELI’s (Distance Learning) 8-Week Session:

• 1st Eight-week session: January 12January 20
  
• 2nd Eight-week session: March 16March 24

To find the Census Date for dynamic session classes, do the following:

• Navigate to NOVA home page: www.nvcc.edu
• Click on Current Students on right.
• Class Schedule of Classes on left;
• Click on the schedule and term from menu;
• Enter Subject, Campus or Center, Session (Dynamic);
• Click Search;
• Click on Class ID (5 digits) for details.

The Census Date for that class (Drop with Refund) is printed on the bottom.