How to Use Self-Service
Current Students
Please follow the registration procedures for undergraduate students / graduate students. Self-Service is accessible through the Single Sign-On (SSO) or through this direct link.
Follow these steps to add courses:
- From the top bar, go to “Registration” and select “Courses Arcadia”. Select the term you are searching in (i.e., Fall, Spring, Summer). In the search box type the specific course (ex. BI101) and press Enter on your keyboard. Or select the “Advanced Search” box to filter your selections further by typing the “Course” by department code (ex. BI, HN, EN, ED) then click Search.
- In the Advanced Search the Course code must be no more than 2-4 letters and three numbers (ie. EN472 or PBH640). All days and times will appear.
- Searching for a partial course code in the Advanced Search (e.g., EN4 or EN47) works better than searching for a full course code (e.g., EN472). Be sure to click SEARCH.
- Each course tile will have a course code (e.g., EN101), section number (e.g., .1 or .OL1), subtype: Lecture, Lab, n.Lab, etc., and session information (e.g., 01).
- Semesters are divided into sessions. Sessions are explained below:
- Session 01 spans the whole term,
- Session 02 represents courses meeting during the first half, and
- Session 03 represents courses meeting during the second half. If you want to see all courses available in a term, please leave the ‘Sessions’ field blank while searching.
- Summer terms have additional Sessions;
- AC1 for accelerated online courses during the first half of summer,
- AC2 for accelerated online courses during the last half of summer,
- 04 for an intensive Monday through Friday course at the end of summer.
- Do not include section numbers in the search field.
- Once you have found a course, click the ADD button. Courses that do not have an ADD button are closed and unable to be added. If a course is full, and you want to request to go on the waitlist you must submit an email request to registrar@arcadia.edu and copy your advisor for approval.
- After you add the course, it will move over to the “My Schedule box” and at the bottom will show how many courses were added to your cart. To complete, please click the “Register” button.
- To confirm the course was added, you will see a “registered” message in a green box and the number of courses registered at the bottom.
- You can also double check your course registration by viewing “My Schedule” under “Registration”.
Please note: If the section you prefer is closed (full) at the time of registration, register for all open courses and finalize the online registration process. Waitlisting (waiting in the queue for an available seat) is not currently supported by Self-Service, and you should email registrar@arcadia.edu indicating the term, session, course and section for which you would like to waitlist.
Self-Service technical “how-to” videos and instructional materials are available at: IT Helpdesk Knowledge Base
