Registrar's Office

The Registrar’s Office serves as the official record-keeper of the University. This office also assists students in registering for class, awarding credit for transfer work or correspondence courses, and helping students plan for graduation.

 For additional information, transfer students should contact the Admissions Office at 479.524.7157 and current students may contact the Registrar’s office at 479.524.7158 or registrar@jbu.edu.

STEPS FOR ACADEMIC PLANNING REGISTRATION 

Traditional Undergrad Winter Session

• Last Day to Add a Winter Session course: Monday, January 4, 2021 
• Last Day to Drop a Winter Session course: Friday, January 15, 2021

Traditional Undergrad

• Steps for academic planning registration
• Last Day to Add a Spring 2021 course:  Friday, February 12, 2021 (How to add a class)
• Last Day to Drop a Spring 2021 course: Friday, March 26, 2021 (How to drop a class)
  
  
  

Online Undergraduate

• Registration Instructions
• Last day to drop a Fall A course: Friday September 11
• Last day to drop a Fall B course: Friday, November 6
  
  
• Last day to drop a Spring A course: Friday, January 29
• Last day to drop a Spring B course: Friday, April 2
• During the first week of class you can drop a class online (here's how to drop a course). After the first week of class, or if you want to drop all of your classes, contact your advisor.
  
  

 Graduate School

• Registration Instructions
• Last day to drop a Fall A course: Friday, September 18
• Last day to drop a 16-week course: Friday, October 16
• Last day to drop Fall B course: Friday, November 13
  
  
• Last day to drop a Spring A course: Friday, February 5
• Last day to drop a 16-week course: Friday, March 5
• Last day to drop Spring B course: Friday , April 9
• During the first week of class you can drop a class online (How to drop a class)
• After the first week of class or if you want to drop all of your classes contact:
  • Counseling – Marena Harmon
    
  • Cybersecurity – Ted Junseok Song
  • Business – Wendy Bailey
    
  • Education – Michelle Willis
    
  • Higher Education –Magen Meyer

Core Curriculum Revisions

Revisions to the JBU core curriculum requirements will be effective July 1, 2019. To review the new core and how this will impact current students, please click on the link below.  Students who have earned 75 or more credit hours at the end of the Spring 2019 semester are not eligible to switch to the new catalog with new core requirements.

Revisions to the Core Curriculum

Important Information

• Need to order a transcript? Transcript Requests
• Need information on CLEP or AP Tests? Clep & AP Test Information
• Need to change your major or minor? Complete Online Form         
• Need to change your academic catalog? Change of Catalog Form
• Need information on transferring in credit? Transfer Policy
• Course Schedules  (list of all courses for the semester, formerly known as the "racing form")
• Current Course Catalog (describes all academic programs and course descriptions)
• Printable Academic Calendars
• Final Exam Schedule
• Forms
• Need an apostille for Documents? John Brown University does not provide apostilling services to university alumni. While we do not endorse any company in particular, below are several service providers. 

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• JBU does not accept courses from Straighterline, Study.com, or similar services.

Need to change your home address/name/social security number?

• In order for John Brown University to maintain accurate records, and for you to receive important and timely information from us, it is imperative that your address be correct in our system. In order to do that, you must notify the Registrar's Office of any name/address changes (if you move, your address changes, you change your name, or you find that your name/address is incorrect in our system) as soon as possible. 
• You may submit a change of Address form online at https://www.jbu.edu/registrar/forms/.  (Also, it is recommended that you file a change of address with your local U.S. Post Office.) 
• For change of name, please provide a copy of a divorce or marriage certificate, driver's license, or Social Security card.  For change of Social Security Number, Social Security card is required. You can email Registrar@jbu.edu