Start Here: Selecting Your First-semester Courses

What You'll See When Registering

• 1. Name and Email Address

  Your name and email address will appear. You may update your non-Bucknell email address if you wish. Please note that any email communication from Bucknell will be sent to your @bucknell.edu address.

   

• 2. Degree Program

  If space is provided, please enter your tentative major. Depending on the tentative major you indicated on your application for admission, you may have a choice of forms to complete.

  • Example 1: If you indicated physics, you will have a choice of completing a bachelor of arts form or a bachelor of science form, since physics offers both degrees. Please use your letter from the department chair or program director, if you received one, and the Model First-semester Programs list as a guide for selecting your program of study and your courses. The form you submit will indicate to us the program you want to study at Bucknell.
  • Example 2: If your tentative choice of major was political science, you will be directed to a bachelor of arts form because there is no bachelor of science degree in that area. Similarly, you will be directed to only one form if you selected biochemistry, mathematical economics, neuroscience, engineering or bachelor of music, or if you were admitted into the business administration degree program in the Freeman College of Management.

  If you believe you are directed to a form for the wrong degree program, please refer to your letter of acceptance; it states the program to which you were accepted.

  If you received the wrong form, please contact registrar@bucknell.edu.

  If you were accepted into a degree program but want to switch, you must submit a written request to Dixie Kreamer in the Office of Admissions (dlk024@bucknell.edu). Some degree programs are in high demand, and change may not be possible at this time. You can also address major/degree program changes when you are on campus.

   

• 3. Foundation Seminar

  A Foundation Seminar course is a requirement for all incoming Bucknell students and it may be fulfilled by either a RESC (residential college) or FOUN (foundation seminar).

  Some Foundation Seminars are associated with Residential Colleges, and you must live in the Residential College to participate in the seminar. You’ll have the option to select whether you want to participate in a Residential College or choose another Foundation Seminar theme during registration. Contact the Residential Colleges office at rescollege@bucknell.edu with questions.

   

• 4. Required Courses

  Bachelor of science, bachelor of science in business administration or engineering students: Your required courses have already been entered for you. You do not have to reenter those courses. For example, B.S. physics students will have MATH 201 and PHYS 211 preselected for them. You will still need to fill out the humanities and social science course selections. We will use these courses only if a preselected course does not need to be taken because of Advanced Placement or transfer credit.

  Bachelor of arts students: There are no preselected courses for these degree programs, but B.A. students in science and mathematics should see recommended courses in the Model First-semester Programs.

  Education majors: Select recommended courses found in the Model First-semester Programs under B.S. education.

   

• 5. Elective Courses

  All students will be asked to select courses in the arts & humanities and social sciences divisions.

  Engineering and science majors will have science and math courses preselected for them.

  Non-science majors will also be asked to select courses in the natural sciences & mathematics division.

  If you have three preselected courses — for example, students submitting the B.S. in physics form will have MATH 201 and PHYS 211 already selected for them — the arts & humanities and social science course selections will still have to be completed. We will use these course selections only if a preselected course does not need to be taken because of transfer or Advanced Placement credits (for example, you receive credit for MATH 201 and will not continue the study of math).

   

• 6. Optional Courses

  There is an area to request optional courses such as .50 credit dance courses and military science courses.

   

• 7. Advanced Placement and Transfer Credit

  Advanced Placement: If you have taken Advanced Placement courses, please indicate this in the appropriate area. This is important information that may affect your schedule and must be reported. Bucknell's institutional code is 2050. The Educational Testing Service can be reached at 888-225-5427. Have ETS send the scores to:

  Office of the Registrar
  Bucknell University
  Lewisburg, PA 17837

  Courses taken at other colleges and universities: If you completed courses elsewhere and your transcript has not been sent to Bucknell, please ask the other institution to forward an official transcript directly to:

  Office of the Registrar
  Bucknell University
  Lewisburg, PA 17837

   

• 8. Completion

  After you have completed your selections, you will receive an email confirming your submission. You may make changes until June 14. If you have questions about what you submitted, please contact registrar@bucknell.edu or 570-577-1244.