Graduate Registration Guidelines

To help you find relevant information as quickly as possible, information about course registration is organized into the following sections:

First Steps

How to Register

Accessing Your Courses

Course Fees, Financial Aid and Veterans' Benefits

Ordering Course Materials & Textbooks

Important Student Forms

Final Course Grades

Graduation

First Steps:

The first step to registering for a graduate course is selecting a graduate course. All graduate courses are offered online.

View all graduate courses.

Many graduate programs at Thomas Edison State College require students to complete courses sequentially.  If you need help determining which graduate course you should take, contact an academic advisor.
 
Students must register for the courses during scheduled registration sessions. Graduate registration terms are offered four times each year:

July 2010 Term
Course Registration: May 15 – June 6, 2010
Late Registration: June 7 – 11, 2010
Classes Begin:  July 1, 2010
Term Ends: Sept. 25, 2010

October 2010 Term
Course Registration: Aug. 14 – Sept. 5, 2010
Late Registration: Sept. 6 – 10, 2010
Classes Begin: Sept. 27, 2010
Term Ends: Dec. 18, 2010

January 2011 Term
Course Registration: Nov. 13 – Dec. 5, 2010
Late Registration: Dec. 6 – 10, 2010
Classes Begin: Jan. 1, 2011
Term Ends: March 26, 2011

April 2011 Term
Course Registration: Feb. 12 – March 6, 2011
Late Registration: March 7 – 11, 2011
Classes Begin: April 1, 2011
Term Ends: June 25, 2011

View complete Graduate Academic Calendar.

How to Register:

Students can register online, by fax, by phone, by mail or in person. Your payment method determines how you may register. See below for details. All payment methods are accepted from students who choose to register in person.

If you are paying via Credit Card, Check, Military Tuition Assistance and Thomas Edison State College Approved Financial Aid Award Letter, you may register using the following methods:

Register Online
Visit Online Student Services

Register by Fax
Fax your Graduate Course Registration to: (609) 292-1657
Access Graduate Course Registration Forms via the Student Forms page
 
Register by Phone
Call us at (609) 633-9242 -- 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (ET) weekdays, excluding major holidays
Access Graduate Course Registration Forms via the Student Forms page

Register by Mail
Complete the Graduate Course Registration Form and mail it to:

The Office of the Registrar
Attention: Course Registration
101 W. State St.
Trenton, NJ 08698-1176

For students paying via Corporate Voucher/Check:
Students must fax, e-mail or mail your completed Registration Form and Corporate Voucher Form/Check together. Registrations received without approved corporate vouchers will not be processed. If your company requires partial student payment, make sure your payment is included. Registration with payment by check must be mailed.

Students can check your current course schedule via Online Student Services under “View Current Schedule.” Please note that once registration for your term ends, you will no longer see your courses listed. Online Student Services only shows the current registration term.
 
Once you have registered for a course, you will receive a course confirmation from Thomas Edison State College. After receiving confirmation of course registration, you are ready to order your Course Materials Package, which includes all course materials and textbooks.

Course Fees, Financial Aid and Veterans' Benefits

If you need a receipt, mail your request to:

The Office of the Bursar
Thomas Edison State College
101 West State St.
Trenton, N.J. 08608

You may also contact the Office of the Bursar at (609) 984-4099 or bursar@tesc.edu.

If you expect Veterans' Benefits for this course, submit Veterans' Form B to:

The Office of Financial Aid
Thomas Edison State College
101 West State St.
Trenton, N.J. 08608

You may contact the Office of Financial Aid at (609) 633-9658, or finaid@tesc.edu.

If you have Thomas Edison State College Financial Aid, please remember that federal and New Jersey state financial aid is awarded only for enrollment in Thomas Edison State College Guided Study (GS) and Online (OL or NU) courses. Financial aid will not be awarded for TECEP exams (TE), Prior Learning Assessment (PA) or e-Pack (EP) courses.  In order for your course tuition and fees to be paid by financial aid, you must register for courses in the specific terms that you requested in your award letter. Please check your course confirmation letters against your Thomas Edison State College Financial Aid Award Letter to ensure that you are in compliance with all your award specifications. If you register in courses outside of the terms you requested or in the course types listed above as non-FA approved, your financial aid won’t be awarded and you will be responsible for the course tuition and fees. You will also be responsible for the College enrollment fee you selected. If you wish to change your courses so that they will be accepted for financial aid, please contact the Office of the Registrar immediately by entering a Help Desk ticket via myEdison®. 

Ordering Course Materials and Textbooks:

You may purchase your course materials from any available source. For your convenience, all materials for your courses are available from MBS Direct.  To review the materials needed, visit the MBS Direct site and follow the instructions below:

Access MBS Direct Online Bookstore. 

• Click “Order my books”
• Select your term and program and then click “Continue”
• Select your course and click “Submit course ID selection(s)”
• Click on the title of the book and you will see information about the book, including its title, edition and ISBN number

Please have your term and course information available when you order to determine what materials are needed for your course. You can also reach MBS Direct at (800) 325-3252.

NOTE: Course materials and textbook costs are separate and must be paid directly to MBS Direct.

Students will find the syllabus and Course Calendar online once the semester begins. Access information to courses will be e-mailed to students with their registration confirmation. Start your course work on the term start date as outlined in the academic calendar. Contact your mentor the first week.

Accessing Your Courses:

Thomas Edison State College provides students and mentors with 24-hour access to their courses via myEdison®, our online student portal.

To access the site, your browser must be a recent version of Internet Explorer or Firefox. Please contact your ISP for assistance in upgrading your browser. Your course will be made available online the first day of the term.

Access myEdison® 

You may log in using one of the methods below:

• If you have an existing account for myEdison®, please continue to use the established Username and Password to access your course(s).
• If you have used the Online Student Services page, your Username for myEdison® is your seven digit College ID number and the Password is the same as the one used to access the Online Student Services page.
• If you have not used the Online Student Services page, your College ID is your seven digit College ID number and the Password is initially set to the last 4 digits of your social security number. We strongly recommend changing your password upon logging in for the first time.
• Once you are logged into myEdison®, you will see the heading “My Courses.”  The courses you are registered for will appear the first day of the term for which you are registered. Click on the title of your course.

For assistance with accessing your courses, please contact our Information Center from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday through Friday by phone at 888-442-8372 or support@tesc.edu.

To Verify/Change Your Email Address or Password:

• Log into myEdison® as described above
• Select "Personal Information"' from the list on the left side of your screen
• Click on "Edit Personal Information" to change your email address. You may also want to email the other users in your class
• Click on "Change Password" to change your password

NOTE: Changing your password or e-mail address in myEdison® DOES NOT update your student records.  To update your student records, visit Online Student Services.

Important Student Forms:

Access Student Forms
Links to Course Withdrawal Forms, Course Extension Forms, etc.

Final Course Grades

Final course grades will be available for viewing via the Online Student Services page by four weeks after the term end date. If you request and receive an approved extension, your mentor will submit your final course grade when all course requirements have been fulfilled. A final grade will be issued at that time. If you need an unofficial final grade, please contact your mentor directly. (Note that the mentor receives the exam about a week after you take it. Please allow time before you contact the mentor.) If you haven’t requested an extension and your mentor is only missing your final examination as of the date he or she is required to submit the final course grade, your mentor will give you an “I” (Incomplete) final grade. If the examination is not received by six weeks after the term end date, the “I” (Incomplete) grade automatically becomes an “IF” (Incomplete Failure). If this course completes your degree requirements for a Thomas Edison State College degree, you should apply for graduation after you complete the course. All course grades are reported as letter grades with the exception of PA (Prior Learning Assessment), PR (Practicum) and EP (e-Pack), noted below. Grades for PA, PR and EP courses are reported as Credit or No Credit only.

Graduation

If this course completes your degree requirements for a Thomas Edison State College degree, you should apply for graduation after you receive your final grade report (about four weeks after the end of the term). If you have an approved extension, your final grade will be released after your mentor submits an updated final grade. You may NOT request to graduate or receive a transcript of the course grade until you receive your official final grade report from the Office of the Registrar.