To: All Full-time Students (except students from Programme-Stream 26012-ISS)

Date: 18 March 2008

Subject: Subject Registration for 2008-09 Semester 1

Dear student

Subject Registration for 2008-09 Semester 1

We are pleased to invite you to perform online Subject Registration for 2008-09 Semester 1 which will commence on 7 April 2008. Please note the following information and take necessary actions as required.

(If you will have completed all the requirements for graduation by the 2007-08 Academic Year or will not continue your study at PolyU from 2008-09 Semester 1, please disregard this email.)

Checking of various information concerning your subject registration arrangements

Since some departments may have already registered subjects for you (i.e. pre-assigned subjects), you are required to check the following information at the AS’s Student Page (www.polyu.edu.hk/student) starting from 09:00 am of 2 April 2008 before performing subject registration online:

Information to be checked / Location at the AS’s Student Page (www.polyu.edu.hk/student) > Subject Registration
- Whether you are required to select subject on web and your specified progression pattern/guidance note of your programme / Personal Checklist
- Your earliest commencing time for subject registration on web and its System Re-opening Time
- Subjects pre-assigned to you or registered by you / Personal Subject Registration Record
- Subject details and vacancy / Subject Information > Search by Programme-Stream
- Key dates for subject registration / > General Information > Key Dates for Subject Registration Exercise

Mock Run of Subject Registration

To provide you an opportunity to simulate the process of subject selection for the coming semester, the “Mock Subject Registration” function will be available for your use before the actual run:

Mock Run Period: / 9:00 am of 2 April – 2:00 am of 7 April 2008
Location on web: / AS’s Student Page (www.polyu.edu.hk/student) > Subject Registration > Mock Subject Registration
Important information: / As this is a mock exercise for you to familiarise yourself with the subject registration procedures on web, all subjects you have selected during this period will NOT be included in your cumulative subject registration record.

Online Subject Registration

This is the first run of your online subject selection in a semester:

Selection Period: / 7 April (your earliest commencing time displayed under your Personal Checklist) - 02:00 am of 15 April 2008
Location on web: / AS’s Student Page (www.polyu.edu.hk/student) > Subject Registration > Online Subject Registration
Important information: / -  You are not allowed to register elective subjects exceeding the limit specified for your programme.
-  Timetable information is not available at this stage. You should refer to the specified progression pattern/guidance notes of your programme and the advice of your Programme Leader/Academic Counsellor before selecting subjects for 2008-09 Semester 1.
-  You have to click “Confirm” after selecting ALL subjects you decide to take. Any subject selection done without confirmation will be considered INVALID by the system.
-  Subsequent amendment on subject selection can only be done during the System Re-opening Time (i.e. from 09:00 am of 14 April to 02:00 am of 15 April).
-  You may indicate interest in over-subscribed subjects via the system “Preferred Subject Indication”.
-  Your subject registration record, which will include both the compulsory subjects assigned by your Department and your selected elective subjects, will be captured after the close of subject registration period for compiling a personal non-clash timetable for 2008-09 Semester 1.
-  2008-09 Semester 1 Timetable will be released on 15 July 2008.

Retaking of Failed Subject

The “Retake Failed Subject” function will also be released to you for retaking a previously failed subject of the same subject code:

Selection Period: / 09:00 am of 7 April - 02:00 am of 15 April 2008
Location on web: / AS’s Student Page (www.polyu.edu.hk/student) > Subject Registration > Retake Failed Subject
Important information: / You are allowed to select all the groups available for the subject to be retaken, even though some of the groups are normally not offered to your programme, so that you can retake the subject without time-clash as far as possible.

Thorough checking of your registered subjects

To check your registered subjects on web again after the subject registration period:

Checking Period: / 15 April 2008 onwards
Location on web: / AS’s Student Page (www.polyu.edu.hk/student) > Subject Registration > Personal Subject Registration Record
Important information: / If you found any discrepancies on your subject registration record, please report them to your programme offering department on or before 18 April 2008.

For those full-time students whose selected electives cannot be timetabled clash-free, they will be invited through email to complete subject registration again from 17 to 22 July 2008. All students will also be invited to select General Education (GE) subjects for Semester 1 from 17 to 22 July 2008.

Enquiries

If you have any queries on the subject registration arrangements, please feel free to contact us at 23330600 during office hours or via email at . During the subject registration and add/drop periods, you can also contact us at 27665172 / 27665191 / 27665599.

Academic Secretariat