Registration Guide for Year 1 Students - Wilfrid Laurier University

Glossary of common university termsLaurier Email AddressOur official means of communication is withyour Laurier email account. Students areexpected to regularly check their Laurieremail account for important notices from theuniversity community. Students are requiredto send emails to official members of theuniversity community from their Laurieremail account in order to ensure delivery.Emails sent from non-Laurier accounts, suchas hotmail, may be identified as spam andnot delivered. Furthermore, it is impossibleto determine whether the emails receivedfrom these non-Laurier accounts are comingfrom the person they claim to be from. Yourco-operation is appreciated.Your Laurier email address consists ofthe first four letters of your last name andthe last four digits of your student ID # (i.e.,Somebody Else, student ID #080123123, wouldhave a Laurier email address of else3123@wlu.ca) and a password that you choose.Link ErrorWhen registering online, using LORIS, youwill receive a link error message if you haveselected a lecture without a correspondingrequired lab/tutorial, the course is full, youhave a time conflict or a campus restriction.See the list of link errors and solutions in theRegistration section.LORIS (Laurier Online Registration and InformationSystem)LORIS is Laurier’s online registration systemthat students use to add and drop theircourses on the internet.MinorA secondary area of concentration inan honours program only requiring asequence of at least 3.0 credits or equivalentin one subject as specified in the programdescription.Online Learning (OC)An online learning course is offered througha learning management system (LMS) calledBlackboard Learning System (known asWebCT) and uses additional technologiesto engage learners. These courses provideflexibility to learners in that online courses donot have classroom lecture hours. They allowstudents to learn in their own environment.They are identified on LORIS as section OC.PrerequisiteA prerequisite for a course states a conditionwhich must be satisfied prior to registrationin the course. This condition may consist of a)obtaining credit for another course or othercourses, or b) having a particular registrationstatus, such as registration in a program and/or in a specified year, or as a senior student(i.e., a student who has obtained 5.0 or morecredits), or c) having a minimum GPA (e.g.,thesis courses). Students without properprerequisites may be removed from a courseat any time.SectionSome courses have several days/times theyare offered. A section is a particular day andtime that you want to take the course. Mostsections are letters (e.g. CS101 A, B, C etc.)Senior CourseA course at the 200 – 499 level (e.g., FR438 orHI247*). Such courses are normally restrictedto senior students unless otherwise specifiedin the course description.TelarisIs the server used to register online.TutorialA small group that meets for the purpose ofreviewing and applying lecture material.WebCT (now called Blackboard Learning System)See definition under “B”.Collection of PersonalInformationWilfrid Laurier University collects personalinformation under the authority of theWilfrid Laurier University Act. Personalinformation collected by any part of theUniversity may be used or disclosedby other units in order to execute thevarious functions of the University and toadminister the various relations betweenthe University and its students, alumni,employees, clients, suppliers, partners,and others. If you have questions aboutthese uses, contact the director of Laurier'sUniversity Information and Privacy Office,found from the homepage, Resources, OtherResources.62 | www.wlu.ca