1. Obtain an unofficial transcript by logging on to Web Central.
   
   
2. Obtain a catalog and course registration booklet from the Advising Center. The Advising Center is located in Willard Hall, Room 100.
   
   
3. Obtain a Criminology curriculum worksheet. This worksheet can be found in the Secretary’s office located in the Vance Academic Center, Room 454. These worksheets indicate the courses that you need to take to satisfy your General Education and Criminology major requirements.

Evaluation and Categorizing Prior Courses

4. Evaluate how your prior classes meet your graduation requirements at CCSU by examining your transcript and Criminology curriculum worksheet.
   
   
   1. On your Criminology curriculum worksheet, in the General Education column, indicate in writing the courses that you have taken that satisfy your General Education requirements. To determine into what General Education category to place your courses, examine the catalog and find, under the index listing, "General Education," the page number for the list of courses that will fulfill your General Education requirements.
      
      
   2. On your Criminology curriculum worksheet, in the Criminology column, indicate in writing the courses that you have taken that satisfy your Criminology major requirements.
      
      
   3. For students who entered CCSU in the Fall of 1998 or later, your General Education requirements will be listed under the categories tern1ed "Study Area" and "Skill Area."
      
      
   4. For students who entered CCSU prior to the Fall of 1998, your General Education requirements will be listed under the categories "Modes of Thought" and Areas." The courses in these categories are also contained in the catalog that was applicable when you entered CCSU.

Transfer Students Only

5. This step applies to transfer students only. If you have attended college only at CCSU, go to step number 6 below.
   
   
   1. If you are a transfer student, you must obtain from the Admissions Office (Davidson Hall, Room 115) an evaluation of your previous course work. You should have received this evaluation when you entered CCSU. The Admissions Office bases this evaluation on your transcript from your prior college(s). This evaluation is called a "transfer credit evaluation." It will indicate the courses for which CCSU has given you credit. Obtain this evaluation and then complete your Criminology curriculum worksheet.
      
      
   2. If you believe that you have not received the appropriate credit for prior non-criminal (for example, English, History, and Philosophy) courses taken elsewhere, you may appeal to the department (not Criminology and Criminal Justice) at CCSU within which you seek credit for your prior course.
      
      
   3. If you believe that you have not received the appropriate credit for prior criminal justice courses, you may appeal to the Chairperson of Criminology and Criminal Justice. You cannot receive credit for prior criminal justice courses through any other means.

   Please meet with the Department Chair before registering for classes.

Registering for Courses for Next Semester

6. Complete in writing your Criminology curriculum worksheet.
   
   
7. Complete in writing your proposed schedule for next semester. Include alternate courses in the event that your preferred courses are not available.
   
   
8. After completing all the above steps, then see your faculty advisor. Before the meeting with your advisor, be sure to obtain and complete all the required forms (noted above).
   
   
9. Register for next semester's courses.

Closed Course Policy

You will find that some courses are "closed." This means that no student may register for a closed course or even attend a closed course class in the hope that the course will be open at some time in the future. Although we want to accommodate every student's needs, we simply do not have enough resources in terms of professors or classroom space. In some courses, registered students do drop in the first week, and you may be able technically to register for the course during drop-add week at the designated location. However, even in the remote event that a closed course is opened at some time in the future, you will already have missed many classes. Lost class time cannot be recovered. If a course is closed, please choose other courses. Neither your advisor nor your professor can permit an unregistered student to "sit in" or enter a class that is closed.