How to Use Self-Service

Current Students

Please follow the registration procedures for undergraduate students / graduate students. Self-Service is accessible through the Single Sign-On (SSO) or through this direct link.

Follow these steps to add courses:

From the top bar, go to “Registration” and select “Courses Arcadia”. Select the term you are searching in (i.e., Fall, Spring, Summer). In the search box type the specific course (ex. BI101) and click “Click to Search”. Or select the “Advanced Search” box to filter your selections further by typing the “Course” by department code (ex. BI, HN, EN, ED) then click Search.
- In the Advanced Search the Course code must be no more than 2-4 letters and three numbers (ie. EN472 or PBH640). All days and times will appear.
- Searching for a partial course code in the Advanced Search (e.g., EN4 or EN47) works better than searching for a full course code (e.g., EN472). Be sure to click SEARCH.
- Each course tile will have a course code (e.g., EN101), section number (e.g., .1 or .OL1), subtype: Lecture, Lab, n.Lab, etc., and session information (e.g., 01).
- Semesters are divided into sessions. Sessions are explained below:
  - Session 01 spans the whole term,
  - Session 02 represents courses meeting during the first half, and
  - Session 03 represents courses meeting during the second half. If you want to see all courses available in a term, please leave the ‘Sessions’ field blank while searching.
  - Summer terms have additional Sessions;
  - AC1 for accelerated online courses during the first half of summer,
  - AC2 for accelerated online courses during the last half of summer,
  - 04 for an intensive Monday through Friday course at the end of summer.
- Do not include section numbers in the search field.
Once you have found a course, click the ADD button. If a course is full you can request to be waitlisted. The waitlist functionality IS NOT available in Self Service. Students should email registrar@arcadia.edu to request to be added to a waitlist. Students are not permitted to waitlist for multiple sections of the same course. The email should include the semester, course code (ex. BI101), and section number (ex. 1) of the course you are requesting to waitlist and additionally have their advisor (undergraduate’s only) copied on the request to approve, or email approval already included.
After you “Add” the available course, it will move over to the “My Schedule box” and at the bottom will show how many courses were added to your cart. To complete, please click the “Register” button. To confirm the course was added, you will see a “registered” message in a green box and the number of courses registered at the bottom.
You can also double check your course registration by viewing “My Schedule” under “Registration”.

Self-Service technical “how-to” videos and instructional materials are available at: IT Helpdesk Knowledge Base