Please visit the UMN Morris PSEO Application webpage for information about applying to the program.

New Student Orientation and Registration (REQUIRED)

Eligibility for New Student Orientation

1. PSEO registration is based upon admission to the UMN Morris PSEO Program. 

2. Students will be permitted to register only after they have confirmed their intent to enroll by returning the confirmation card enclosed in their admittance packet or by confirming their application within their application portal.

3. Enrollment in specific courses in not guaranteed.

New Student Orientation for On-campus

New PSEO students admitted to our program for the 2024-25 academic year will sign up for one of the required in-person orientation (NSO) sessions. 

• • • PSEO First Steps: Review this PSEO Student Handbook and submit all required PSEO forms.

Collaboration Period (The two weeks prior to your NSO date): A period where PSEO students communicate with the PSEO Adviser via email (University email account) or via Zoom with the goal of preparing for registration. An approved class schedule is developed by the PSEO student and PSEO Adviser with guidance from the high school counselor/home school administrator. 

• • • • See PSEO Courses and Enrollment Guidelines and PSEO Course Choices.  

      • See Do I need a placement test or audition?  Please take math and/or language  placements exams, if needed, before your NSO session. 

    • New Student Orientation (NSO) Session: A required session that new on-campus PSEO students must attend in order to register for classes. There is a choice of in-person half-day sessions or virtual sessions.

      • In-Person Half-Day Session (half-day sessions in May or June): New on-campus PSEO students attend with incoming first year students. There will be a breakout session with the PSEO Adviser to answer your questions about the PSEO program and help you register for your classes.

      • Virtual Session (sessions in June and July): New PSEO students attend with incoming first year students. There will be a breakout session with the PSEO Adviser to answer your questions about the PSEO program. You will sign up for an individual meeting with the PSEO Adviser that day for the day session, or the next day for the evening session. You will register for classes at your individual meeting.

2024 New Student Orientation/Registration Program Dates:

All sessions are in person

10:00am - 10:30am check in, orientation session 10:30am - 2:30pm, optional time to visit resources 2:30pm - 4:20pm.

• Tuesday, June 4

• Monday, June 10

• Friday, June 21

• Friday, July 19

• • • • • • NOTE: Admitted students will receive details on accessing all orientation components.

• If students are unsure about attending the UMN Morris PSEO program, we recommend signing up for an orientation session. Students can always cancel their admission or defer to the spring semester.

Online-only PSEO Option

• We also offer an Online-only PSEO option so students who can't come to campus for in-person courses may still attend. We will offer individual virtual orientation and registration sessions for Online-only PSEO students. Any admitted PSEO student may take online courses.

Admission to Morris as a PSEO student is not the same as undergraduate admission to Morris. 

PSEO students are not formally admitted to a degree program within the University; they are officially considered a non-degree seeking student. 

If, upon high school graduation, PSEO students wish to attend the UMN Morris, we will assist with converting their application to a full-time, degree-seeking student. 

Once admitted as a PSEO student, you do NOT need to reapply each term to remain in the PSEO program. However, admission is on a semester by semester basis upon review of academic performance of the previous semester. You must remain in good academic standing. 

See Satisfactory Academic Progress- Nondegree Student Dismissal Policy.

It is extremely important that you review your course selections with your high school counselor/homeschool administrator prior to registration in order to verify that you are fulfilling high school graduation requirements. Your high school (not the PSEO program) determines how your credits will transfer to your high school.

You must also keep your high school counselor/homeschool administrator up-to-date on the status of your enrollment in the PSEO Program. The PSEO Adviser will send your high school counselor/homeschool administrator a copy of your course enrollment after the second week of classes. In the case of a course withdrawal, you are required to notify your high school or homeschool of your enrollment change. You are also expected to notify your high school counselor/homeschool administrator immediately if you are dismissed from the program, in order to ensure that you develop a contingency plan to complete any remaining high school requirements.

Students will be permitted to register for courses after they have confirmed their intent to enroll by returning the confirmation card enclosed in their admittance packet.

1. The high school will monitor that the total number of combined classes at the high school and UMN Morris.

2. UMN Morris cannot guarantee enrollment in specific courses and enrollment in courses is on a space-available basis; be flexible when selecting courses.

3. Admitted students who plan to enroll full time are invited to attend a New Student Orientation session and will register at their session; part-time students register for courses in early August by scheduling a meeting with the PSEO Adviser.

4. With the exception of PSEOs self-registration at New Student Orientation, all subsequent course registration is done by the PSEO Adviser; there is no online registration/cancellation. Students may contact the PSEO Adviser to learn more about course registration. 

IMPORTANT: You may make changes to your class schedule by emailing the PSEO Adviser using your University email address or by making an in-person or virtual office appointment with the PSEO Adviser. You may not request changes via the telephone. Your parent/guardian or high school counselor/homeschool administrator may not request changes for you. 

As a PSEO student, registration is on a semester by semester basis. If you are registered for fall courses, you will be allowed to be enrolled in spring courses when spring open enrollment begins; however, if after the release of fall grades in December your University GPA makes you ineligible, you will be notified and unenrolled from your spring courses. 

You are required to maintain a 2.50 cumulative and term grade point average in your University of Minnesota courses during your participation in the program. It is important that you understand that the UMN Morris staff has the right and responsibility to act in what they believe to be the student’s and the program’s best interests. 

See Satisfactory Academic Progress - Nondegree Student Dismissal Policy.

After Registration and Starting the Term

All students new to the University of Minnesota need to initiate their Internet ID account. The information needed to initiate your account is included the admittance packet from the Admissions Office. Your Internet ID account only needs to be initiated once, so if you have taken classes at any of the University of Minnesota campuses (Duluth, Crookston, Rochester, Twin Cities, or Morris), you will use the same University Internet ID and password. If you don’t have your letter containing your student identification number, contact the Office of Admissions at 1-888-866-3382 to get your ID number.

Visit the UMN Morris One Stop Student Services for more information about updating  your personal information including how to add your preferred name, pronouns and gender identity, and how to set up parent/guest access. 

Check your class schedule by going to your MyU portal and clicking on the Academics tab. Move the calendar to the first full week of class to see your schedule. To check your full registration, including waitlisted courses, confirm your class schedule in your MyU shopping cart. 

Disability Resource Center ("DRC")

We value disability as an aspect of diversity and want to ensure that you are able to fully participate in all programming available to you. It is extremely important to us that each of our PSEO students has the same access, support, and opportunity as everyone else.

If you have a disability or health condition, or suspect you have one, and would like to have a confidential discussion about accommodations, please do the following:

Prior to your Orientation date

• • Contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC) by email, ummssc@morris.umn.edu, to learn about their accommodations/services. If you need to reach out by phone, please call 320-634-6529 and leave a voicemail. Someone will return your call or respond by email as soon as they are able. Some accommodations may take a few weeks to arrange, so it will be important to connect with the DRC staff as soon as possible.

  • If appropriate, schedule an appointment time for after your PSEO orientation date.

After your Orientation date

• After you've registered for courses, you'll be able to attend any appointments you might have made with the DRC staff.

Note: you should do this even if you think you might not want accommodations. If you had an IEP or 504 plan in high school, or any specific diagnosis that may impact your learning in PSEO, you should reach out to the DRC - even just to see what they have to say.  Contacting them is just the start of a conversation. It doesn't lock you into anything.

DRC Contact Information

Phone: 320-589-6178 

Email: ummssc@morris.umn.edu

Campus Address: 240 Briggs Library (Main Floor), 600 East 4th Street, Morris, MN 56267