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Return to Campus

Registration for Next Semester

For instructions and course schedules, visit Registration Information. You can either registrar through your campus portal on the registration day or email your registration to regabroad@840339.com PRIOR to your assigned registration day and time. Remember to account for different time zones.

In your email, please include the following: 

  • Subject line - please put your name. Example: "Your Name – [Semester] Registration"
  • Name 
  • Student ID Number 
  • Adviser 
  • Major 
  • Course ID Number 
  • Section Number 
  • Course Title 
  • Instructor 
  • Day and Time 

Please be assured that you will be registered with your class if we receive your registration request prior to your registration time. Your registration will appear on your student portal the day after your registration date. Due to the high level of student registrations from abroad, please allow 3 to 5 business days after your class registration date to receive an email confirmation of classes. If a class you have requested is full or has been cancelled, you will be notified. Email permission from an instructor to register in a full course will be accepted only from the instructor’s Claremont Colleges email account.

Information for fall courses should be available around mid-April and around mid-November for spring courses, about two weeks before pre-registration. If you have junior class standing and have not yet declared a major, or if you owe money to the College, you will not be allowed to register for courses until you have taken care of these matters.

Saying Goodbye

 Customs vary across the globe, and how you say goodbye can be just as important as the proper greeting when you first met. 

  • Make sure to work around your exam schedule so that you may visit your favorite place or friends you have made while abroad before your departure.
  • Know what is expected of you before your last week in host country. Sometimes parting gifts are part of the culture so you may want to give yourself some time to purchase them during your semester abroad.
  • Keep in mind customs restrictions, fees or shipping costs may make sending certain items from home difficult. If you promise to mail an item once you return, make every effort to do so. Keep in touch; send a note or an email.

What to Bring Home 

  •  If you want to bring home small items for yourself or your family and friends, you may want to purchase them during the program rather than in a rush at the end of the program. Check customs restrictions and duties before you buy: http://www.cbp.gov/travel/international-visitors/kbyg/gifts
  • If you cannot take something with you, take a photo. Include photos of your homestay or your room, classrooms, local shops, people you have met (with their permission), local sites, agriculture, animals, cultural items, monuments, foods, study trips, etc. Do you have a photograph for the cover of the next Orientation Handbook or the study abroad website? 
  • Gather names, addresses, email, phone numbers, host family information, etc. so that you can keep in touch with people you met while abroad. Furthermore, study abroad students undergoing background checks and security clearances many years later have been asked to provide their homestay addresses. The Office of Study Abroad and International Programs does not have this information for prior years.
  • Take notes on any research you may want to continue or use for your thesis, a grant or fellowship application such as the Fulbright. Collect source data and the contact information for people and organizations.
  • To get credit towards your major or another graduation requirement for work done abroad, be sure to bring home any syllabi, assignments, course catalogs or other information for faculty or the registrar to decide.
  • Request a transcript be sent to the Office of Study Abroad and International Programs. Also, find out how to request a transcript be sent to a third party. Even though your grades and courses will be listed on your Pitzer transcript, graduate schools often request an official transcript from the original credit granting institution. 

Reentry Resources

Your experiences abroad are now part of you, and it is not unusual to experience reverse culture shock after your return home. Working through your return modules can be found here: http://www2.pacific.edu/sis/culture/.