Lansing Community College
Procedure Details

Procedure Title: Course Registration
Procedure #: RO.032
Revision #: 000

Unit Responsible: Registrar’s Office
Individual Responsible: Registrar or desginee

Effective Date: 04/11/2025
Initial Approval Date: 04/11/2025
Last Review/Update Date: 04/11/2025
Next Review Date: 04/01/2028

*Does this procedure support a Board Policy? Yes
If yes, identify: 3.030 - Academic Records

Board policies can be found at: LCC Board of Trustees Policy Page

*Does this procedure support HLC criteria and/or Assumed Practices? Yes
If yes, identify: 3D

HLC Criteria can be found at: HLC Accreditation Criteria
HLC Assumed Practicies can be found at: HLC Assumed Practices

*Does this procedure support a State or Federal Regulation? No
If yes, identify: n/a

*Note: Standard Operating Procedures should be in furtherance of some LCC policy and/or accreditation criteria, even if the relationship is not direct. Assistance in determining this information can be obtained from the Academic Procedure Advisory Committee (APAC) and/or the Accreditation Liaison Officer.

Course Registration, BP 3.030

1. Purpose

To define who may register and/or drop students at Lansing Community College (LCC).


2. Scope

Applies to all LCC students, Registrar’s Office, Divisional Offices, or other College staff who have access to Banner registration in an administrative role. 


3. Prerequisites

  • Students must be an admitted LCc student who is eligible for registration.
  • Employees - To obtain registration access through Banner Admin, employees must request training from the Registrar's Office;
    • The Registrar will review the request, and approve or deny;
    • If the request is approved, Registrar's Office staff will train approved employees and provide written guidelines to follow while registering and/or dropping students;
  • Employees with registration access will register and/or drop students only within the scope and guidelines of their program/division.

4. Responsibilities

  • Student – Responsible for registering and/or dropping themselves for their courses via the Banner registration system, aside from approved exceptions.
  • Registrar or designee – Responsible for defining and approving exceptions.
  • Registrar’s Office Staff – Responsible for processing registration and/or drops based on approved exceptions.
  • Academic Divisional and Departmental Support Staff – Responsible for processing registration and/or drops based on approved exceptions with Registrar’s Office guidance.


5. Procedure

  1. Students must use Banner Self Service to register for and/or drop courses unless an exception applies.
    1. Approved exceptions include, but are not limited to:
      1. requests to add sections outside the defined registration window, with instructor and/or Dean approval;
      2. student-initiated request to drop when a hold prevents the student from the action;
      3. High School Advantage student enrollments;
      4. traditional dual enrolled student enrollments;
      5. sponsored or consortial cohorts of students; military withdrawal;
      6. adjustment based on Student Compliance request;
      7. adjustments based on processing error.
    2. Lack of access to the internet or an internet-capable device, as well as user-end technical issues, do not qualify for exception. Requests for registration changes due to technical issues that are the fault of the College may be approved at the discretion of the Registrar.
  2. If an employee is authorized to register and/or drop students by their departmental supervisor, they must do so through Banner Admin Pages, not through student’s Self-Service Banner.
    1. Employees will register and/or drop students only within the scope and guidelines of their program/division.
  3. The employee performing the registration and/or drop will notify the student via LCC email when completed.

 

6. Reference

n/a


7. Definitions

n/a