Advising
General Information
Each student in the School of Communication & Design is assigned an adviser. The advisee/adviser relationship can be one of the most valuable you will have during your years at the university. Advisers assist students in developing a suitable educational plan and assist students in finding ways to deal with issues that come up along the way. Students are encouraged to work closely with their advisers, not just during registration and early registration periods but throughout each academic year.
Our Office
The School of Communication & Design Office is located in CM 332 Communications/Music Complex. The Director of Student Services is Laura Jayne. You can schedule an appointment by calling (504) 865-3431 or booking online.
The SCD Advising Guide
Registration
Registration is held at the beginning of the fall, spring and summer terms. Early registration for spring is held in October; and early registration for summer and fall begins in April. Working with your adviser, you select courses for each term. Your adviser must sign the advising form. The adviser may register you online or activate your Personal Identification Number needed to access LORA (Loyola’s Web registration system) so you can register.
Be Ready
Don't wait until the last minute to try and access LORA with through the SSO Portal.
If you are a first time user:
Go to sso.loyno.edu
Your user id is the first part of your Loyola email before the @ and your default pin is the first 2 letters of your first name (in CAPS) followed by the last 4 digits of your social security number.
Follow the instructions to complete your SSO registration. Full out your security information TO COMPLETION. You may encounter errors if you do not finish this step.
If you have any problems, please contact the help desk - 504-865-2255 or support@loyno.edu
Drop/Add and Withdrawal
During the first five days of classes, students are permitted to add courses. You may drop courses during the first 10 days. Courses dropped within the drop/add period will not appear on your record. You may drop and add at the Office of Student Records using these online forms or by using LORA.
Beginning with the second week of classes and continuing to approximately one week after midterm, you may receive an administrative withdrawal from a course by completing a withdrawal form (DOC). Courses from which you withdraw during the administrative withdrawal period will appear on your record with a W in the grade column. The date of the last day to withdraw from a course is printed in the semester academic calendar available on Loyola’s website and in the Registration Schedule. After the deadline for an administrative withdrawal, you must complete the course. You will receive a grade in the course, even if you stop attending.
Registration Schedule & Information
Independent Study
Please use this form in concordance with your faculty advisor and follow all instructions
Courses Taken at Tulane/Xavier/ Notre Dame Seminary
Loyola students may enroll (cross-register) for courses taught at Tulane and Xavier universities and Notre Dame Seminary. Students may not cross-register for a course if it is offered in the same semester or is regularly offered at Loyola. Loyola students taking these courses must be enrolled in a minimum total of 12 hours.
Cross-Enrollment/Consortium
Enrolling: Consortium Form (PDF)
Attach the completed form to an email and send to the following people all at the same time:
Your academic faculty advisor (see the Advisor link in your LORA account)
OR
Your department Chairperson (search loyno.edu for your department and click the Faculty/Staff tab – the Chair will be the first listing)
And Laura Jayne, Ljayne@loyno.edu.
Download the form, and fill it in by hand or using the free Adobe Reader's "Fill and Sign" function:
We will forward your approved request to Student Records, and they will further correspond with your Consortium school.
Withdrawing
To withdraw* from a Consortium class, email the Office of Student Records at both schools at the same time – put your full name and ID# in the Subject, and list the course/s from which you wish to Withdraw.
Loyola – registrar@loyno.edu
Tulane – registrar@tulane.edu
Xavier – rsanche1@xula.edu or astuard@xula.edu
Dillard – rvmitchell@dillard.edu
Notre Dame – registrar@nds.edu
*Deadlines are the responsibility of the Student – see and calendar important academic dates on the Academic Calendars according to length of session here.
Courses Taken Away from Loyola
Under certain circumstances, students in good standing are allowed to take summer courses at another school. The student must receive prior written permission, this can be obtained via email from your Advisor and the Dean. Permission will be granted only for compelling reasons. Only courses in which grades of “C” or higher are earned are eligible for transfer credit to Loyola.
• Students are not allowed to take courses during the summer at another university unless there is a compelling reason. We offer online courses that fulfill some of the same requirements we have received requests for.
• No courses may be taken at other local universities.
• A student must be in good academic standing in order to take courses elsewhere.
• Juniors and seniors are not allowed to take courses at community colleges.
• No courses will transfer to Loyola that have not received prior approval from the Dean. Be aware of the university’s policies on summer course approval. Summer course approvals by the department/school will not automatically receive the Dean's approval.
Registration Holds
During registration you will not be allowed to register with any type of registration hold. Please check your LORA account for holds on your record and contact the appropriate office to resolve.
Financial Hold
Students with a financial block will NOT be allowed to register until they have satisfied their financial obligations to the university. Promissory notes are not an option. You can view your current billing account through LORA on Account Summary.
Health Hold
If you have not submitted your state required immunization forms to Student Health, you will not be allowed to register.
Student Records Hold
If you are on an approved Leave of Absence, prior to returning to the university you must sign a document stating that while you were away you were not charged with any misdemeanors, been arrested or incarcerated. Additionally, you must state whether or not you attended another school while away. Upon receipt of this document, your hold will be reviewed and removed, if appropriate. This form will be sent to you prior to registration.
For any other holds, please contact the Office of Academic Affairs
Closed Courses
If a course is closed you may be allowed to register with a New Seat Card. Obtain a New Seat Card from our Online Forms page. The appropriate signatures must be obtained. Email the form and the student copy of your signed Course Request Form with you to the Office of Student Records on or before the last day of late registration. NOTE: New seat cards will not be processed until the Friday before classes begin
New Seat Card Form (PDF) (Signatures Required)
Wait Lists
If you request such a section and the section is closed, you have the option of being placed on a wait list. You are placed on the wait list in the order of your request. If a seat becomes available and you are next on the list, you will be added to the course.
You cannot wait list for one section of a course and be registered in a different section, nor can you wait list for multiple sections of the same course, nor can you be waitlisted for a course that conflicts with another.