Registration Guidelines
Procedures for registration
You may register for any class directly online from any computer that is connected to the internet. Class rank and the last two digits of your Student ID number determine appointment times. Students may register anytime after their appointment time, but not before. For more information about registration guidelines and procedures, please visit the Registrar’s webpage.
If you cannot register for a course
If the course and section you want to register for is closed due to full enrollment your options are as follows:
- Please keep checking CAESAR to see if a space has opened up in the class you want. Adding and dropping courses is done directly through CAESAR, not through the department.
- If you wish, you may sign your name on a New Section list once they are posted. They are located beside Crowe 1-178. We will do everything we can to accommodate our students, but please keep in mind that signing a New Section list does not guarantee that a New Section will open.
- If the course you’d like to take has a coordinator (please see below), then email the coordinator about why you need to take this course. You should also include your year at NU, if you are planning on/have declared a major/minor in Spanish, and if you are planning on studying abroad in a Spanish-speaking country. If the course does not have a coordinator, please email this information directly to the instructor.
- Be sure to attend the first day of class (your preferred section), and follow up with the instructor about why you need to take this course. On the third day of class, during the Change of Registration Period (Add/Drop), permission numbers will be distributed to those students who will be able to add into the class. Students will be notified by email if they will be able to add into a section by the third day of class, and on the third day of class the instructor will distribute permission numbers to students.
If you’re unsure of which course to take
Language Courses
Students without AP credit should take the online placement exam (http://placementtest. mmlc.northwestern.edu/) to determine the appropriate course, unless they have not had any Spanish, in which case they should plan on enrolling in Spanish 101-1 in Fall or Summer quarters. Students with AP credit should observe the following guidelines: 1) Students with an AP of 3 should enroll in Spanish 125-0 (preferably in Fall); 2) Students with an AP of 4 should enroll in 199-0 (offered each quarter); 3) Students with an AP of 5 should enroll in 202-0 or 203-0 (both offered each quarter). For questions not answered here, please consult either the coordinator (list of coordinators found below and in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese main office) of the course you think you should take, or the Director or the Assistant Director of the Spanish Language Program.
Language course coordinators
Placement Exam, Chyi Chung (c-chung@northwestern.edu)
Spanish 101, Sue Pechter (s-pechter@northwestern.edu)
Spanish 115, Deborah Rosenberg (deborah-rosenberg@northwestern.edu)
Spanish 121, Chyi Chung (c-chung@northwestern.edu)
Spanish 125, Maria Teresa Villanueva (m-villanueva@northwestern.edu)
Spanish 199, Elena Lanza (e-lanza@northwestern.edu)
Spanish 201-0, Penny Nichols Fahey (pen@northwestern.edu)
Spanish 203-0, Elisa Baena (e-baena@northwestern.edu)
Spanish 204-0, Anna Diakow (a-diakow@northwestern.edu)
For questions about Spanish 202, 205, 206 or 301, students should get in touch directly with the professor.
If you think you need to switch courses due to placement
For questions about the placement exam, contact the Placement Exam Coordinator, Chyi Chung (c-chung@northwestern.edu). For questions about possible changes in placement, consult either the Director of the SLP, Heather Colburn (h-colburn@northwestern.edu) or the Assistant Director, Elena Lanza (e-lanza@northwestern.edu).
Literature Courses
Students should see an adviser at the beginning of each quarter or during pre-registration or advanced registration. When coming to an advising session students should bring a copy of an unofficial transcript of their academic record to the meeting.
The Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) oversees the literature and culture course offerings in the department. If you have specific questions regarding Spanish course 210 and above in which you are enrolled, please speak first to your instructor. If you have general questions about courses content and offerings, you should meet with one of the faculty advisers listed in this section. In the event that the instructor or the faculty adviser cannot provide a satisfactory answer your questions, please make an appointment with the DUS.
Spanish Major and Minor department advisors
You may see any advisor during his/her office hours or email them for an appointment. Consult the list of professors who are advisors for Fall 2009.
