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Summer 2010
Course Schedule
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Registration
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2010 Tuition and Fees
Self-Registration Using MyBenU
Self-Registration Questions and Answers
Classroom Assignments
Final Grades and Transcripts
Accessing your Network Student Account
Applying for Financial Aid
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Academic Support Services
Miscellaneous Information
New Degree-seeking Students
Current Students
Visiting Students
Non-traditional Students
How to register using MyBenU
How to make a payment using MyBenU
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| 2010
Tuition and Fees |
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Tuition per semester credit hour |
$720 |
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Audit fee per semester credit hour |
$360 |
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Technology fee per semester credit hour |
$15 (maximum $150) |
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Lab fees and technology fees may apply. |
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Tuition and fees are incurred at the time of registration. Tuition is due in full seven calendar days after the first class meeting. A “Statement of Accounts” is generated once a month. This statement reflects only that activity that has taken place on your student account in the last billing cycle (similar to your checking/savings/credit card statements of account). Since paper statements are only produced
once each month, you may not receive a billing statement in the mail prior to your payment due
date. Students may view and pay their accounts online at www.ben.edu/mybenu from any on-campus computer or access MyBenU via BenUConnect at www.ben.edu/BenUConnect, from off-campus. Tuition and fee costs are also available on the Web at www.ben.edu/resources/studentaccounts/tuition.asp. |
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Self-Registration Using MyBenU
MyBenU (www.ben.edu/mybenu) is Benedictine University’s online student information system.
In addition to other features, students can use
MyBenU to self-register for classes.
The following guidelines apply to registration using MyBenU:
- All financial and health holds must be cleared
before registration.
- Students must observe all procedures with respect to
course prerequisites, department consent designations
and PIN numbers.
In order to protect personal identity information, students are strongly discouraged from sharing their identification and social security numbers with other students or allowing other students to register on their behalf. The University assumes
no liability for consequences resulting from students voluntarily sharing such information. |
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Self-Registration Questions and Answers
Q: What is MyBenU?
A: MyBenU is Benedictine University’s online
student information system. MyBenU is currently available at www.ben.edu/mybenu. You can use MyBenU to add and drop classes; view and print transcripts; view any financial/health holds; make a payment; view financial accounts; search for assigned advisors; and verify demographic
information. More functions will be available in the future.
Q: Who can use MyBenU?
A: Current traditional undergraduate, adult
accelerated undergraduate, graduate, new
freshman and transfer students may all register.
Q: Is the system easy to use?
A: Yes. All you need is a user name, password and your pertinent registration information such as department, course number, course title, credit, day and time.
Q: Will help be available when I register?
A: Enrollment Services (Ben Central) will be available to assist students from 8:30 a.m. -
5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday in Krasa 169 or call
(630) 829-6500. If you are receiving an error message, please refer to the error glossary
on the Advising Matters Web site prior to
seeking assistance.
Q. Can I register from home or off-campus?
A: Yes. MyBenU is available on-campus via the Internet at www.ben.edu/mybenu. BenUConnect should be used for students attempting to access MyBenU from off-campus.
Q: How do I reset my password?
A: Passwords are set to expire every 90 days.
If you cannot access your account, reset your
password online through a secure access located at www.ben.edu/stuadmin or click on the student password reset link located on the MyBenU and BenUConnect home pages.
Q: Do I still need to meet with an advisor?
A: Not for the summer session. All current
students (degree and non-degree seeking) are strongly encouraged to meet with their faculty advisor prior to registering for summer classes but is not a requirement.
Q: What should I do if I am having trouble using the system?
A: If you are having trouble accessing the
system, you may call the Information Technology Help Desk at (630) 829-6684. Please have
your student ID number handy. MyBenU will
not let you register if there are financial or
health holds on your account. If you have questions about possible holds on your
account, contact Enrollment Services (Ben Central) at (630) 829-6500 prior to submitting your registration.
Q. What does the error message mean when I attempt to register?
A: See the error glossary on the Advising Matters Web site. |
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| Classroom Assignments
Classroom assignments and other class changes will be posted on BenULive. |
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Final Grades and Transcripts
Final course grades can be accessed online via BenUConnect on Benedictine University’s Web site at www.ben.edu. Grades can be viewed and printed using the “View Grades” option in MyBenU. By following the print instructions, a comprehensive grade report along with the University seal and logo can be printed. As soon as grades are submitted and posted, they are immediately available for your viewing and printing. If courses are in progress or not yet graded, the grade will appear as “IP” (In Progress). The “In Progress” grade does not impact the grade calculation. Grades are available only through BenUConnect and are not sent through the mail. If you have any questions about the grade report policy, please feel free to contact the Registrar’s Office at (630) 829-6349.
Unofficial transcripts are viewable and can be printed from your student account on the Web site as well. Unofficial transcripts do not contain the school seal or a signature. Transcripts reflecting your entire academic history at Benedictine University with the current term enrollment are reflected
after the end of the term. Official transcripts are available for a fee through Enrollment Services
(Ben Central). Request forms are available at www.ben.edu/resources/bencentral or you may call
(630) 829-6500 for more details. There is a $5.00 processing fee for each official transcript requested through Enrollment Services (Ben Central). |
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Accessing your Benedictine University Network Student Account
If you do not know your student account number, or need a student account created, contact
Enrollment Services (Ben Central) at (630) 829-6500 to receive your Benedictine University student ID number. You will be asked to confirm your identity over the phone by providing your social security number, your date of birth and your home address. Enrollment Services (Ben Central) is staffed Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
After you confirm your student ID number with Enrollment Services (Ben Central), access
Benedictine University’s Web site at www.ben.edu and navigate to BenUConnect, reflected on the front page. On the bottom of the BenUConnect page, “student password reset” is reflected. Enter the student password reset page through this connection. At this point, you are encouraged to reset your password. If you need technical assistance at this point or later, please contact the Information Technology Help Desk at (630) 829-6684.
Applying for Financial Aid
Please note that students must be accepted in a degree-seeking program and enrolled for a minimum of six hours per semester to receive financial assistance. To apply for financial aid, complete and
submit a 2009-2010 FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). Apply online at
www.fafsa.ed.gov. Be sure to include Benedictine University’s federal school code, 001767.
Academic Support Services
The Student Success Center (SSC), provides academic support services in the form of individual and small group tutoring for a number of academic disciplines. During the summer session, however, these services are limited. The SSC is not able to guarantee that tutoring services will be available in any specific academic area or at any specific time. For a tutoring schedule or more information, please contact the SSC at (630) 829-6340.
Miscellaneous Information
- Academic department consent/approval is granted by a permission number (PIN). This
PIN is available only through the instructor/department. Departments reserve the
right to place consent on a course after the class enrollment limit has been reached. In
doing so, a wait list will be started in the department for any additional open seats.
- Registration for a class guarantees the student a seat in that class. Upon registration, the
student becomes financially responsible for full tuition and fees until the course is dropped
according to the procedures outlined in this course schedule. The University reserves the
right to cancel or close a course if it is under- or over-enrolled, in addition course location,
dates, times and/or instructor are subject to change.
- To add a course, current students are encouraged to register via MyBenU available online
at www.ben.edu/mybenu prior to the first class meeting. Course withdrawals must be
submitted via MyBenU or by faxing to Enrollment Services (Ben Central), located in the
Krasa Student Center, room 169.
- Admission to Benedictine University is open to individuals without regard to age, race,
sex or disability.
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New Degree-seeking Students
Students who would like to work toward a degree on either a full or part-time basis should contact the Enrollment Center at (630) 829-6300 as soon as possible. Upon admission, you will be assigned to an academic advisor with whom you meet for advising and course selection.
Current Students
All current students (degree and non-degree seeking) are strongly encouraged to meet with their faculty advisor prior to registering for summer courses. Current students should register via MyBenU using their student account login prior to the first class. For technical assistance, please contact
the Information Technology Help Desk at (630) 829-6684, 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
Visiting Students
Benedictine University welcomes students from other colleges and universities and invites them to enroll in courses as visiting summer students. Every year, students from more than 50 colleges
enroll as visiting summer students. Through the Student Success Center, visiting students may
receive advising and registration assistance, course syllabi and other services to facilitate their ability to take courses at Benedictine University and transfer the credit to their home institutions. It is the
ultimate responsibility of the visiting student, however, to verify that the chosen courses are
acceptable to the home institution.
Please complete the registration form and mail to the Student Success Center. For general information and registration assistance, please contact Jon Miller in the Student Success Center at (630) 829-6515 or by e-mail at jmiller@ben.edu.
Non-traditional Students
Adult students seeking information regarding undergraduate accelerated courses or graduate course offerings should contact the Enrollment Center at (630) 829-6300.
Benedictine University welcomes non-degree seeking students (Student-At-Large). A Student-At-Large (SAL) is one who wishes to take courses for one’s own enrichment or enjoyment or who is on leave from another college and who is not currently seeking a degree from Benedictine University. A Student-At-Large does not qualify for financial aid.
A Student-At-Large is not required to submit transcripts. Should you later decide to work toward a Benedictine University degree, your SAL courses may satisfy some of our graduation requirements. However, they ordinarily do not satisfy the residency requirements for earning a degree from
Benedictine University. (Please note that registration in the summer sessions does not automatically include acceptance for regular sessions during the academic year.) Regardless of status, all courses taken for credit appear on your transcript.
The graduation requirements you must meet are those in effect at the time of admission to degree status, which may be different from those in effect during any SAL period. SAL status is not available to students denied regular admission to Benedictine University or who have already been dropped for poor scholarship by Benedictine University. |
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How to Register Using MyBenU
- Meet with your advisor – As in the past, if
you are a traditional undergraduate student
you must meet with your advisor as the
first step of the registration process. Your
advisor will enter an electronic signature
into MyBenU that will allow you to register.
You will not be able to access registration
using MyBenU without your advisor’s
electronic signature.
- Have the necessary course information
and your student ID number available –
Write down the four-digit numbers, the
names and other pertinent information about
the courses you want to take (including
instructor/department permission numbers
if they are required to register for a course)
on a registration worksheet (available from
your advisor or by filling out page 22 of this
course schedule) to assist you when
entering your registration request.
Remember, do not share your personal
information with anyone. As the MyBenU
student information system is expanded,
anyone with whom you share your ID
number will have access to your
personal information.
- Once you have logged into the MyBenU
system, the homepage will appear. Click
on the link called “Self Service.” The Self
Service page will open.
- On the Self Service page, select the
“Student Center” link. Your Student Center
homepage will open.
- On your Student Center homepage, select
the “Enroll” link under “Academics” header.
The Add Classes Select Term page
will open.
- On the Add Classes Select Term page,
select the term for which you want to add
classes by clicking on the appropriate
radial button. Then, click the “Continue”
button. The Add Classes 1 Select class to
add page will open.
- On the Add Classes 1 Select class to add
page, you have two options.
- Option 1: Class number is known. If
you know the 4-digit class number,
type that number in the “Enter Class
Number” box. Then, click on the
“enter” button. [NOTE: If concurrent
registration in a related class is
required, the Related Class section
page will open next. On this page,
select the appropriate related class
section using the radial button and
click on the “next” button.] This will
open the Enrollment Preferences
page. On this page, you may place
yourself on the class waitlist if the
class is closed by clicking on the
“Wait if class is full” checkbox; enter
the 6 digit PIN in the “Permission
nbr” box if a PIN is required for
registration; enter the number of
credit hours for which you wish to
register and in a variable credit
course. Once you have entered the
needed information, click on the “next”
button. This will add the selected
class to your “Shopping Cart” and
return you to the Add Classes 1
Select class to add page.
- Option 2: Class number is not known.
If you do not know the 4-digit class
number, click on the “search” button
under “Find Classes.” This will open
the Enter Search Criteria page. Select
at least two criteria from the given
choices and click on “Search” button.
[NOTE: if you click on the “Additional
Search Criteria” link, you see that you
may search on class days, class
meeting times, instructors as well as
other options.] This will open the
Search Results page. On the Search
Results page, select the class you
wish to add by clicking on the “select
class” button that corresponds to
that particular class. [NOTE: If
concurrent registration in a related
class is required, the Related Class
section page will open next. On this
page, select the appropriate related
class section using the radial button
and click on the “next” button.] This
will open the Enrollment Preferences
page. On this page, you may place
yourself on the class waitlist if the
class is closed by clicking on the
“Wait if class is full” checkbox; enter
the 6 digit PIN in the “Permission
nbr” box if a PIN is required for
registration; and enter the number of
credit hours you wish to register for
in a variable credit course. Once you
have entered the needed information,
click on the “next” button. This will add
the selected class to your “Shopping
Cart” and return you to the Add
Classes 1 Select class to add page.
- On the Add Classes 1 Select class to add
page, you will see that the class[es] you
selected has [have] been added to your
“Shopping Cart”. Repeat the steps outlined
in step 5 above until all classes have been
selected. When you are done selecting the
classes you want to add, click on “Proceed to
Step 2 of 3” button. This will open the Add
Classes 2 Confirm Classes page.
- On the Add Classes 2 Confirm Classes
page, all the classes in your shopping cart
are listed. This step is a confirmation step.
Make sure that the displayed classes and
its information are correct. If yes, click on
“Finish Enrolling” button. This will open the
Add Classes 3 View Results page.
- On the Add Classes 3 View Results page,
you may view your enrollment confirmations
and errors. “Success” - If a “ ” mark appears,
then that class has been successfully added
[either classes enrolled in and/or waitlisted].
“Error” - If an “X” mark appears, then that
class has not been added. Refer to the
message displayed by the class and
act accordingly.
- Log out of MyBenU – You should now be
registered. For security purposes, log out of
the system by clicking the “Sign Out” icon in
the upper right-hand corner of the page.
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How to make a payment using MyBenU
- Log on to MyBenU from any
on-campus computer or access MyBenU via BenUConnect from off-campus. When you
log on to MyBenU, the MyBenU homepage appears.
- Click on "SA Self Service" - A page will appear with options
for self-service.
- Click on "Learner Services" - A page will appear with
options for learner services.
- Click on "Finances" - A page will appear with options
for "Finances."
- Click on "Account Summary" - A page will appear with the
terms you are eligible to review.
- Select "Term" to be reviewed - This will give you a
summarized view of your activity for term selected.
- Select "View Account Detail" - "Account Detail for Term" will show you a breakdown of all charges, payments received,
financial aid posted and any anticipated aid not posted for
that particular term. To make a payment from this page click
on yellow "Make Payment" button, you will automatically
be taken to the "Make a Payment" page.
- Select Payment Method by clicking on "Pay by Credit Card" or "Pay by Electronic Check" yellow button. The "Payment
Information" page appears.
- "Payment Information" - "Account Information" payable
online. Total Amount Due and Payment Amount. You may
choose to pay Total Amount Due or Allocate Your Payment.
a) Payment Made in Full - Please fill in appropriate
information on payment method selected either
by credit card or electronic check. Please verify all
information for accuracy before clicking the click
yellow "Submit" button.
b) Allocate Your Payment - To pay a portion of your
total amount. The total of the amount in the "Payment Amount Box" must equal the amount
listed on the "Allocate Payment" page. Please
adjust amounts accordingly. An error message will
appear if amounts are not equal. (Allocate
Payment at top of page in Account Information
area). Once payments match click on the "Apply" button. Please verify all information for
accuracy, click yellow "Submit" button.
- Please print "Payment Result" page as your receipt.
- Log out of MyBenU - For security reasons, log out of the
system by clicking the "Sign Out" icon in the upper right
hand corner of the page.
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