Pre-Nursing Student Orientation

Learning Communities (LC)

Learning Communities are groups of 12-25 students with common interests who take two or more courses together. There are more than 100 different learning communities at UC comprising more than 1700 students from almost all of our schools and colleges. Learning communities students have the opportunity to:

• Get a reserved seat in popular, difficult to get into courses
• Establish relationships with professors who have more interactive teaching styles
• Take courses which fulfill requirements needed for graduation
• Experience the feel of a small college with all of the benefits of a major university

In addition to taking classes together, learning community members schedule group study time and participate in their own social and service activities.

How to Register for a Learning Community

You will have multiple LCs to choose from at Orientation. NOTE: This is an example, not a valid schedule.

Nursing I (section 100)
Call Number 710072

Spring 2006 Classes

To register for these courses, follow this procedure:

• Go to the OneStop web site (www.onestop.uc.edu).
• Double click on 'Register for Classes'.
• Enter your student 'Username'.
• Enter your 'Passwprd' (at first login, your PIN is your month, date and year of birth, you will be prompted to change it).
• Log on to the system.
• Choose the 'Quarter' you wish to register for.
• Enter the appropriate 'Call Number', 'Credits' and 'Course Type' (U for Undergraduate).
  Using the example above, Call Number: 710072, Credit Hours: 0, Course Type: U
• Submit your request.
• You will receive all your courses at once after submitting your request and you are done unless you need to add a course.

Important Details

• Learning Communities V and VI do not include English 101 - for students who need Honors English or ENGL 101B.
• If you took AP credit or PSEOP credit but do not have test scores, still register and we will make exemptions once test scores are finalized.
• The only basic difference between LCs is schedule, which is going to change each quarter.
• You cannot switch LCs during the year.
• You need permission from your Advisor (Mollie) and Learning Communities to drop any particular LC course or you will be dropped out of the entire LC by the system.
• Please do not attempt to change your schedule after Orientation, during the summer LCs close up fast through Orientations and you may lose a spot.

Registering for courses outside of LCs (History)

Finding Classes

• At the OneStop web site, click on the link ' View Class Offerings'.
• In the window that opens you can search for classes by 'Term' (Quarter). (You can also “Search for Class” to search by Term, College, Discipline, Day of Week, etc...)
• Choose 'College' (pre-requisites are mostly in the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, you can choose Nursing, Raymond Walters and Clermont College also).
• Choose 'Discipline' (Biological Sciences, Chemistry, English, etc...).
• You will see a list all the classes in a particular discipline for a specific term. Use this lst to choose sections and put the corresponding code in when registering.

Things to Remember when Registering

• If you have submitted your request and it comes back as not registered, look at the courses in which you requested.
• A large red 'Closed' to the right of the course indicates the class is full.
• If you have one closed class it will prohibit you from adding others.
• A large red 'Not Added' indicates the class is open but the closed course is prohibiting you from registering for it. You should drop the closed course and submit your other requests. Proceed by choosing another section that is open, or attend the first day of the class to request to be enrolled. (You will need to take an Add Slip and obtain the professors' signature to over-enroll into a closed course. A professor is the only person who can give permission to over-enroll into their course. If an instructor chooses not to sign the slip you may choose to look for other courses possibilities.)

If you any questions, please call me directly at (513) 558-4394.

Good luck!
Mollie