Registration

Students must be officially registered for all courses for which they intend to earn credit. Registration dates are included on the academic calendar. First-time students will receive registration materials from the Office of Admissions after they are accepted for admission; returning students, at their home address or through on-campus mail and at my.lakeland.edu. In general, registration for each term involves these essential steps, though not necessarily in this order:

1. Application for financial aid is made during spring term for the following academic year through the Office of Financial Aid.
2. Financial obligations are settled through the Business Office.
3. Parking permits are obtained through the Campus Security Office.
4. Identification pictures for Campus Cards are taken at the Campus Card Office. The Campus Card is activated through the Business Office or the Student Financial Counselor.
5. Academic progress is reviewed and course selections are made with the assistance of academic advisors.
6. Students log on to my.lakeland.edu in order to pre-register for their courses.
7. Through my.lakeland.edu, academic advisors approve course registrations for their advisees.
8. Residence hall arrangements are made with the Housing Director.

A Schedule of Courses may be found on lakeland.edu or my.lakeland.edu.

Academic Calendar

Lakeland’s academic calendar consists of traditional fall and spring terms, with optional May and summer terms. Each of the four-month fall and spring terms includes fourteen weeks of class sessions and a one-week exam period. Fall term begins in late August/early September and concludes before Christmas. Spring term starts at the beginning of January and continues through the beginning of May. The optional May Term is a three-week term during the month of May. Summer courses are offered through the William R. Kellett School over a term of twelve weeks, beginning the last week of May or the first week in June. The William R. Kellett School also offers some accelerated 7-week online courses.

Fall and Spring Term Policies

While enrollment in five courses (15 semester hours) is the normal full-time student workload during the fall or spring term, Lakeland’s full-time tuition is applied to any enrollment from 12 to 18 semester hours during those terms. Students who have maintained a grade-point-average (GPA) above 3.0 or who have written approval from the Vice President for Academic Affairs may enroll in up to 21 semester hours during a term with payment of an “overload” tuition charge for the 18.5th, 19th, 20th, and 21st semester hours. Part-time and Kellett School students pay on a course-by-course basis.

May Term Policies

The purpose of May Term is to provide opportunities for teaching and learning that do not fit the structure of regular fourteen to fifteen-week terms. These opportunities may include internships, domestic or foreign travel, field experiences, innovative or experimental learning environments, visiting lecturers, major courses, or interdisciplinary study.

Traditional undergraduate program students enrolled full-time in the fall or spring term may enroll for one course (one to four semester hours) during May Term at no additional tuition charge. Students who wish to live on campus during the May Term, including students who work on campus or participate in extracurricular activities, must be enrolled in a May Term class.

Summer Term Policies

The William R. Kellett School of Adult Education offers a selection of summer term courses at its centers, in once-a-week or BlendEd class sessions spread over a term of twelve weeks, beginning the last week of May. Traditional 12-week or accelerated 7-week online courses are also available during the summer through Lakeland’s Kellett School. Registration for summer courses is conducted online and through the Kellett School centers.

Students may transfer up to twelve semester hours of coursework from summer classes taken at another college in any one year. Anyone who plans to transfer work from another college during the summer must notify the Office of the Registrar of that intent and complete all forms and arrangements before the end of the spring term. Grades earned in transferred courses are not included in the official Lakeland College GPA (grade-point-average).