Advising and Course Registration for Students

RN to BS students are advised by Lindsay Larsen, lindsay.larsen@maine.edu.  Brenda Webster has retired, and Ms. Larsen has taken over that role.

Accelerated students can see their faculty advisor in Mainestreet.  It will be either Leslie Larsen or Marcia Goldenberg depending on what accel cohort you are in.

Traditional students 

• Students who have not yet taken NUR 300/301 are advised by Laurie Lentz, laurie.lentz@maine.edu or Jennifer Major, jennifer.major@maine.edu. 

• Students who have completed or are currently enrolled in NUR 300/301 are advised by a nursing faculty advisor.  Students can identify their faculty advisor in their Mainestreet Student Center.

Holds:  ALL students should ensure that they do not have any holds on their account.  Holds will prevent course registration.

Accelerated Students will be registered by the School of Nursing.   

RN to BS students register themselves in Mainestreet.  They should discuss their plans with their advisor prior to registration.

Fall/Spring Regular program students register themselves in Mainestreet.  They MUST meet with their advisor prior to registration to have their Wish List approved before registering.

It is vital that students consult with their advisor prior to dropping/withdrawing from any courses, especially if they are in clinicals. There may be both academic and financial ramifications from withdrawing from classes, as outlined at the Registrar’s Website http://usm.maine.edu/registration-services/addingdroppingwithdrawal.

A student who withdraws from a nursing course may also have to withdraw from one or more other corequisite classes.  For example, if a student withdrew from NUR 300, they would also have withdraw from NUR 301, 306, 307, and 339.  A student who withdraws from NUR 330 would also have to withdraw from NUR 331.

Students who seek to pause their plan of study and take one or more semesters off should also consult with their advisor. Nursing has a number of policies about progression through the program so students should ensure that taking time off does not compromise their standing in the program. Such progression policies are located in the Catalog.

**IMPORTANT:  ALL GUIDES ARE FOR THE CLASSIC STUDENT CENTER**

Resolve the Financial Terms and Conditions Hold

• • 1. Login to your Mainestreet Student Center:  http://usm.maine.edu/mainestreet   Your username is the beginning of your USM email address before the @ symbol.  Your password is the same one used to access your USM email.

    2. Click on “Student Self Service” from the menu of links.

    3. Click on “Classic Student Center”

    4. Click on the link for “Financial Terms and Conditions Statement” in your Mainestreet Student Center To Do List and follow the prompts.  The To Do List is on the right column of the page.
       
       

Instructions for creating a Wish List in Mainestreet

1. Go to your Student Center and click on the "Wish List" link on the left side of the page.

2. Select the semester.

3.  Click on "search".   DO NOT TRY TO ENTER A CLASS NUMBER, you will need to use the "search" button.   

4. Enter the course prefix and number, for example "NUR" and "300", and click search.

5. You will see a list of available courses.  Courses that have open seats are identified by a green circle.   Courses that do not have open seats have a blue square.   A yellow triangle identifies the course is full and a waitlist is available.

6. On the right side of the page click "select" for the course you want to add to your Wish List.

7. On the next screen click "next". and the course is now on your Wish List.  

8. Students can add more than one section of a course to their Wish List, and we often encourage this for labs since they have small enrollments and may fill up quickly.  It's good to have a backup section in mind in case your preferred section is full when you go to register.
   
   

Instructions for identifying Registration Date in Mainestreet

 At USM students register on different dates, depending on the number of credits they have completed.  The more credits, the earlier the registration date.

1. Go to your Mainestreet Student Center.

2. On the right side of the page, part way down, you will see a section for "Enrollment Date".   This shows you the date, at 6 am, on which you may start registering for an upcoming semester.  Dates are usually posted a few months before registration begins.

View Advising Notes

1. In your Student Center look at the right side column.  Partway down the page is a section showing your advisor(s) names and just below the names is a link for "Advisor Notes".

2. Click on that link and you'll see your most recent note.   

3. At the top of that note is a link to "view all" and if you click that you can scroll back through your entire advising note history.

View & Understand Transfer Credit Report

1. Log in to your Mainestreet Classic Student Center.

2. Look at the left column of links and click on “Transfer Credit Report.”

3. The report will be displayed and include your entire transfer history.

4. Once you’ve accessed your Transfer Credit Report you will first see information about the which non-USM university you took classes at and below that a table of courses.

1. The Source Institution shows where you took the original course.

2. Incoming Course:  left side of the table, including the name, course number and grade for the original course you took.  

3. Equivalent Course:  right side of the table, and shows what USM determined the course would equal at USM.

4. The last column on the right side shows whether the course met any Core general education requirements.

5. Anything that transferred as #XX course in the USM equivalent column means that USM determined that the course was good for college credit, but that it did not exactly match any of our courses.  Consult with your advisor about courses that transfer in as #XX and how they will impact your degree plan.

Verify that you will have 120 Credits to Graduate & General Education Completion

Each student should use the tutorial below to verify that they will reach at 120 credits needed to graduate on time and that their general education courses (if relevant) will be completed.

Video Tutorial for Calculating Credits to Graduate and General Education Completion  ***make sure to double-check this with your professional or faculty advisor, better safe than sorry by having you and your faculty both verify the calculation**.  Google Slides used in the Video

If you have a prior bachelor's degree this is not relevant to you since you already have more than 120 credits completed and do not need general education.