New Student Checklist
Special Education, MA (Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Congratulations on your recent admission to Arizona State University. Please carefully review the information below for the steps to complete prior to starting the program. Contact your academic advising team if you have any questions at MLFTCInnovate@asu.edu or 602-543-9419.
Step 1: Set up your ASU account and ASU email
Once you receive your official notification from ASU to activate your ASURITE User ID, please click here.
Next, set up your ASU email as this is the only authorized address for your program. Click here for ASU Student Email Instructions and please check your inbox frequently.
Step 2: Watch the recorded New Student Orientation
Step 3: Register for classes
Navigate to your program page, MA Special Education (Autism Spectrum Disorders), and to the Required Courses section. Find your course sequence according to your start semester and year.
Add the current semester classes listed on your course sequence at My ASU > My Classes box > Registration > Add/Shopping Cart. Input the five-digit class registration numbers from your course sequence and continue through the steps to add the classes to your schedule.
You will see Session A and Session B classes on your schedule; less often a Session C class. Learn more about the Session dates on the academic calendar.
Step 4: Explore financial information
View payment deadlines at https://students.asu.edu/tuitiondeadlines.
For financial aid, please fill out the FAFSA at www.fafsa.ed.gov and follow the steps under the Finances tab of your MyASU.
Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College scholarship/fellowship information: https://education.asu.edu/admission/paying-for-college.
ASU General Scholarships: https://students.asu.edu/scholarships/general.
Step 5: Textbooks and course resources
After you register, as it gets closer to the start of the term you can find your required books by going to My ASU > My Classes box > Books.
IMPORTANT: Some books may be shown as "provided at a negotiated rate and auto-delivered to you prior to class start." Please do not purchase these books without first reviewing text information in the course syllabus - available a few days before the class begins.
Charges for these auto-delivered books will show up on your account after the drop/add deadline.
Step 6: Familiarize yourself with important graduate college policies
Step 7: Know the resources available to you
Student Accessibility and Inclusive Learning Services (SAILS)
Your academic advising team: Team Innovate, MLFTCInnovate@asu.edu or 602-543-6358
Step 8: Start class
Login to MyASU
In the My Classes section, courses will appear in the semester enrolled.
When the course is "Open" it will be a hyperlink.
Click on the course title and it will bring you to the course content for you to begin.
Learn more at the Canvas Course Tour.
