Cross Registration Instructions for Boston Consortium Students
BUSPH welcomes students from Boston Consortium colleges (Boston College, Brandeis University, Tufts University and Hebrew College) to cross‐register for one course per semester during the fall and spring semesters.
Policy and Procedures
o Incoming students must first obtain an approved cross‐registration form from their home institution.
o The completed cross‐registration form must be signed by the student’s advisor or dean, and by the Boston University course instructor. An e‐mail is an acceptable substitute for signature for Boston University.
o Approval from a course instructor to be registered is academic approval; it does not guarantee a seat in a School of Public Health class. Cross‐registering students are registered, space‐available, approximately one month before the start of the semester.
o The signed cross‐registration form must be submitted to the School of Public Health Registrar’s Office along with a completed BUSPH non‐degree registration form, available at http://sph.bu.edu/registrar/forms.
o The BUSPH Registrar’s Office staff will send the completed packet to the Boston University Registrar’s Office for processing. Upon completion of the official registration, the student will receive a non‐photo part‐time Boston University identification card. Students are urged to obtain a Boston University photo ID card from the Medical Campus ID Office and have the card coded for building entry prior to the start of classes.
o International students must abide by Boston University health and immunization policies and submit the required documentation to Boston University Student Health Services, 881 Commonwealth Avenue, no later than seven (7) days after the start of the semester in which they are registered. The required form is available at http://www.bu.edu/shs/required/index.shtml.
o International students must submit copies of all immigration documents to the International Students and Scholars Office at Boston University. The contact information for this office is:
888 Commonwealth Avenue, Second Floor Boston, MA 02215 Phone (617) 353‐3565 Fax (617) 358‐1170 Email [email protected]
o Students may cross‐register for only one course per fall or spring semester. Cross‐registration is not available during summer semesters.
o Students will be charged by their home institution.
o Students must abide by their home institution’s and Boston University policies in terms of withdrawing from courses.
o The Boston University Registrar will forward grades to the student’s home institution at the conclusion of the semester. ID Card E‐Mail Account
ID cards are required for entry into buildings at After obtaining their student ID, new non‐ the Medical Campus, including entry into the degree students should begin the process of side doors of the Talbot Building. While cross obtaining an e‐mail address by completing registrants will receive a non‐photo ID, we an online application at the Boston encourage them to obtain a photo ID card in University web site, the ID Office, 710 Albany Street, Monday https://weblogin.bu.edu/accounts/create?t through Friday, 7:00 AM to 3:OO PM, with emplate_extension=acs;_hostname=acs. breaks from 9:00‐9:15 AM and 12:00‐12:30 PM. When the online application is completed, Books & Readers students must present their current BU ID at the Alumni Medical Library, Learning Resources Center in order to make their e‐ A list of course textbooks and mail address permanent. The Learning readers is posted each semester to Resources Center is located on the 12th the SPH Student Insider, floor of the Boston University School of http://sph.bu.edu/studentinsider. Medicine. Your e‐mail account will normally Course readers and books may be be available within twelve hours. New non‐ purchased at the Barnes and Noble BU degree students may also open their e‐mail Bookstore in Kenmore Square or online. accounts in person at the Alumni Medical Library. Do not forget to bring your BUID with you! Once your e‐mail account is open, you may check it easily online, http://www.bu.edu/webmail/.
Your BU e‐mail login name and Kerberos password also give you access to the Student Link, an online resource for BU students located at www.bu.edu/studentlink, and Blackboard, a web based course information software used by many SPH professors at www.blackboard.bu.edu.
Contact Information
Christine Paal, Registrar Katie Poirier, Associate Registrar 617‐638‐4963 617‐638‐5057 [email protected] [email protected]