Course Registration

Course Descriptions

Course descriptions, a year-long planning schedule, and integrated SPH course schedules (by academic term) are posted to the SPH website on the graduate Course Directory page.

When To Register

Registration opens about eight weeks prior to the beginning of the coming term. Registration for the fall term (continuing students only) opens much earlier, in mid-May.

Newly admitted students register for the fall term in late June. Specific registration dates are listed on the SPH academic calendar.

Students are encouraged to register promptly, during the priority registration period, both to ensure best course availability and to avoid delays in financial aid disbursement.

Priority Registration Period

Every SPH program has a quarter in which its students are prioritized for registration for certain (required) courses.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
It is very important that you register promptly, and that you make every attempt to follow the term-by-term course plans laid out in your academic Program Guide as your program has priority registration for required courses specified during those terms.

Priority registration is only open for a limited period – typically 2 weeks for Winter and Spring terms, although much longer for Fall, to allow incoming students to register.

Once priority registration ends, students from other programs may register for these courses. While there is some flexibility to take courses in alternate terms, we can only hold space for you during your prioritized registration term, during the priority registration period.

If you wait to register until after the priority period, or decide to take a course in another term, we cannot guarantee you a spot. No courses are restricted during Summer, so there is no Priority Registration period.

Links To Guides

• Graduate Certificate Guides
• MPH and MS Guides
• PhD Guides

How To Register

Regular Registration

The following SPH students register via PSU’s Banweb:

• MPH/MSW and MPH/MURP dual degree students
• MPH Health Management & Policy and MPH Health Promotion students who started prior to Fall 2016
• PhD Community Health and PhD Health Systems & Policy students who started prior to Fall 2017

View PSU Banweb registration instruction – Banweb Instructions

All other SPH students register via OHSU’s Student Information System (SISweb, SIS, or Student Self-Service).

See SPH Enrollment Services for more information.

Special Registration

Certain courses, including most courses offered outside the School of Public Health, must be requested via special registration. Students cannot register for these courses on their own. Courses requiring special registration vary by course type and by where students register – see the SPH Registration Guide.

Because special registration is a manual process, students must submit special registration requests at least four weeks prior to the beginning of the term.

Special Registration Process

1. Enter complete course information into the Registration Request form.
2. Obtain approval signatures, if required – refer to the SPH Registration Guide. Electronic signatures are preferred.
3. Submit form as an attachment to SPHregistration@ohsu.edu. Include the subject line “Registration Request: [Course Name], [Student Name].” Requests are accepted during the special registration period only, typically from 4-8 weeks before the first day of the term.
4. Students will receive confirmation that their request has been received.
5. Submitting a request does not guarantee enrollment. If the request is approved, students either will be registered for the course by staff, or will receive instructions on how to complete registration.