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Instructions for Web Advising & Registration

1. Advising procedure

New undergraduate students and undergraduate students who, during all past and current terms, overall, have registered for less than 24 credits, are required to do their registration only after receiving advice from their advisor. (Note: all students are urged and encouraged to obtain advice from their advisor before registering.)

The online registration system is set up to stop students in the above category from registering directly on the web. It will ask for an Alternate PIN. This Alternate PIN requirement will be removed when the student sees his/her advisor and the advisor approves a selection of courses.

Before seeing the advisor, the student must use the online advising system to prepare a selection of courses.

The advising procedure is as follows:

1. Access the LAU site at http://www.lau.edu.lb/registrar/.
2. Click on Banner login.
3. To log in:
   • Enter your User ID. This is the LAU ID Number which consists of nine digits and is available on the admission letter and the LAU ID Card.
   • Enter your PIN (six digits). Note that this PIN is different from the above-mentioned Alternate PIN. Check point 2 of "Instructions for web-based registration" below for a detailed discussion of PIN value.
   • Click on Login.
4. Click on Student Services & Financial Aid.
5. Click on Advising and use the advising system to prepare a selection of courses that you wish to register for.
   The advising system has links to the schedule of courses offered, the catalog of LAU courses, and, a help service which provides instructions on the use of the advising system. You must read these instructions carefully and, if needed, consult the schedule and the course catalog.
   Then prepare your selection of courses. This selection is tentative. You will be presenting it to the advisor for approval. It will automatically be accessible to the advisor through the online advising system.
6. Exit the Banner Student System. Note: at this stage you are not registered yet.
7. During the announced advising period, see your advisor (inquiries about the advisor and his/her office must be made at the appropriate academic division). The advisor will access the selection of courses in your presence. He/she will discuss it with you and may suggest or require modifications. Modifications may be entered on the spot. When the advisor is satisfied with the selection of courses, he/she will approve it (by clicking on an Approve button). This action will result in removing the Alternate PIN requirement. This will allow you to register for courses online by using only your ID number and PIN (please check the instructions below for the registration procedure).

2.Instructions for web-based registration

Browse to http://www.lau.edu.lb/registrar/. Go to Banner Login.

1. Enter your User ID (nine-digit LAU ID number), available on the admission letter or LAU ID card.
   • Students whose LAU ID number consists of six digits, must add "19" to the beginning of the ID number and "0" to the end (e.g. if the ID number is 931234, it becomes 199312340).
2. Enter your PIN (six digits).
   • If this is the first time you access the page, then the default six-digit PIN is your birth date according to the following formula: ddmmyy (e.g. if the birth date is February 5, 1981, then the PIN is 050281).
   • After you enter your PIN, click Login.
   • You will be prompted with the following message "Your PIN has expired. Please change it now." Enter your old PIN (birth date), and then choose a new one of six numerical digits (you need to enter the new PIN twice).
   • Memorize your new PIN since this is the one that you will use for registration. Do not give your PIN to anyone.
   • You'll be asked to enter a question and an answer that will be used in case you forgot your PIN.
3. Click on Login.
4. Click on Student Services & Financial Aid.
5. Click on Registration.
6. Click on Check your Registration Status to check your eligibility for registration. The Term will be displayed. If correct, Submit. If not correct, choose the correct Term from the list that appears upon pressing the downward arrow, then Submit.
7. If "You have Holds which prevent your registration," scroll down till the end of the page and click [View Holds].
   • If you have Human Resources Hold (IH), go to the Human Recourses Office.
   • If you have Admissions Hold (AD), go to the Admissions Office.
   • If you have Financial Charges Hold (FH), go to the Business Office.
   • If you have Remedial Courses Hold (RE), then you must register your courses at the Registrar's Office.
8. Make sure that "Your Academic Standing is Good Standing which permits registration."
9. Your class is mentioned in the sentence "Your Class for registration purposes is ..." If Academic Standing permits registration and you have no Holds, you can register (only on the days assigned for your class).
10. To select the term for registration, click on Select Term. The semester that you are registering for will be displayed; if it is not correctly displayed, choose the correct semester from the list that appears upon pressing the downward arrow. Submit.
11. Click on Add/Drop Classes.
    • If you are an undergraduate new student or have attempted less than 24 credits, the system will ask you to enter your Alternate PIN Number. Enter it and proceed (see comment in box at top).
12. To register choose one of the following:
    1. Type the CRN(s) of the course(s) you want to register under "Add Class." Click on Submit Changes. Make sure to type the correct CRN.
       - or -
    2. You can search by clicking Class Search, and then choose a Subject and/or Course Number and click on Find Classes. You can also search by Campus, Days, Time, etc. Make sure to select the correct Campus - "Cmp 1" is for Beirut Campus (sections range from 11 to 29) and "Cmp 2" is for Byblos Campus (sections range from 30 to 49). Make sure to choose the course or CRN in the appropriate campus.
       
       Once you find the section you want, click on the box to the left of the CRN column (a check mark will appear inside the box) and then click on Register.
       If the letter "C" is displayed in the box, it means the section is closed.
13. If for any reason you have not met the condition(s) for registration in a specific section, a message will be displayed. Read the message carefully.
    • "TIME CONFLICT WITH ..." means you are attempting to register a course that has an overlapping time with another course in your schedule.
    • "LINK ERROR: A REQUIRED" or "LINK ERROR: B REQUIRED" means you are attempting to register a course without its lab or a lab without its course. Make sure to register both the Lecture and the Lab sections.
    • "PREREQUISITE & TEST SCORE ERROR" means you have not completed the registration requirements for this course.
    • "DUPLICATE SECTIONS" means you are attempting to register two sections of the same course. If the courses are special topics or seminars (like BUS871, CSC888, CSC488), then the second section should be registered at the Registrar's Office.
    • "CLASS RESTRICTION" means you are not in the class required for the course.
    • "CAMPUS RESTRICTION" means you are attempting to register in the wrong campus.
14. You can delete a course by clicking Action next to the course on the displayed course schedule, choosing Web Drop/Delete and clicking on Submit changes.
15. Click Student Detail Schedule (under Student Services & Financial Aid/Registration) to Check Your Final Schedule. Every time you make any change in your schedule, make sure to do this.
16. To check your account, click Registration Fee Assessment (under Student Services & Financial Aid/Student Records). If you need to make changes in your schedule, make sure to do so before the end of the Drop/Add period (check the Academic Calendar or Registration Schedule).
17. Log off by clicking the exit button at the top right corner of the screen then closing the browser to protect your privacy.

Remember to check your detailed schedule before the end of the Drop/Add period: No changes are allowed after that date.