Registrar's Office
Registrar's Office
One University Place
Shreveport, LA 71115
Phone: 318.797.5061
Fax: 318.797.5286
One University Place
Shreveport, LA 71115
Phone: 318.797.5061
Fax: 318.797.5286
Registration
Important Registration Dates
Detailed Registration Dates
- Nov. 10 - Enrolled Graduate students and Seniors
- Nov. 11 - Currently enrolled Juniors
- Nov. 12 - Currently enrolled Sophomores
- Nov. 13 - Currently enrolled Freshmen
- Nov. 14 - Returning students
- Nov. 24 - Transfer students who have finished VTO
- Every LSUS student will use COMPASS to register for classes regardless of when he or she registers. For detailed information regarding registration, please view the Registration Booklet here.
- For instruction on how to register for classes, click here.
- Students register at assigned times according to their classification which is based on the number of hours completed at the time of registration. Please see the box at the above right for dates web registration begins.
- Freshman 29 or fewer semester hours
- Sophomore 30-59 semester hours
- Junior 60-89 semester hours
- Senior 90 or more semester hours
- Graduate Admitted for Graduate status
- Every student must meet with an academic advisor prior to registration. To determine your academic advisor, please contact your department office.
- Students should ensure that the pre-requisite courses have been completed for each class. Co-requisite courses,most often found in foreign language and science courses, should be checked.
- Audit and special permission courses require approval of the chair of the department in which the course isoffered or the approval of the appropriate dean. Students who plan to attend another college or university while registered at LSUS must have prior written approval from their dean.
- Currently Enrolled and Re-entry Students will register using COMPASS during the dates posted in the above box.
- Entering Freshmen will register during the student orientation and registration session (SOAR). Students who are not able to attend one of these sessions may register during open registration, which is the Friday prior to the beginning of classes, thus limiting selection of required classes.
- Entering Transfer Students will be directed to academic advising resources upon completion of Virtual Transfer Orientation (VTO). Students must be advised prior to registering via COMPASS.
- A financial aid recipient who wants to drop below the minimum credit hours required for the type of aid received should contact the Financial Aid Office, AD 202, prior to dropping the course.
- A student who has paid tuition and fees and is attempting to drop his or her last class must resign from the university. Students can resign by dropping all classes on the web and completing the web resignation survey.