It is good practice to choose courses that you are planning to take in an upcoming semester during course planning period. This helps the actual registration process to run smoother. Correct estimation of course demand makes it possible to better adjust course waitlist prioritizations.
No, you do not need to. Course planning and course registration are two different and distinct processes. Whether you plan your courses before or after does not affect your chances in course registration. You will not have a priority in course registration if you plan your courses immediately when the system opens for planning.
Besides the fact that it helps in adjusting the waitlist prioritizations, the major benefit of planning for students is that students who plan their courses before registration will have completed the following steps: Choosing between different courses, seeing how different course sections fit into the weekly schedule, preventing clashes of different sections, etc. Hence, students will not lose time during the actual registration period and will have a better chance of enrolling intothe courses they want.
The best strategy is to plan your courses realistically and only choose those courses that you really plan to take. If you need to register for 5 courses, you should plan for only 5 courses. If you choose 7 courses in your plan for some reason, you will have to remove the two extra courses during registration and you will lose time. You may be willing to choose some courses as reserve courses in case you cannot take the courses that you want during registration, but we recommend you do this planning outside the KUSIS course planning system.
Scholarships and waivers are applied to a student’s tuition one at a time.
Note: Some waivers (*) cannot be combined.
(*) Waivers arising from the parent working at or being a retiree of Koç Group, working at Koç University and student being from Koç High School cannot be combined. Only sibling discount (5%) can be combined with any of these waivers.
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At least one of the following conditions must be met to take a course with 2 or more credits in addition to the normal course load in the Fall and Spring semesters:
– GPA of 2.70 and above,
– A semester grade point average (SPA) of 2.70 or above on the most recent previous semester, excluding the summer semester, with the condition that by at least normal courseload was taken
– Students who can graduate in a maximum of three semesters, one of which is the Summer semester, by taking one more course than their normal semester courseload,
– Double Major Program Students
The normal courseload in Summer term is 2 courses with 2 or more credits. Students who meet the above listed requirements to take more courses by the end of the relevant Spring semester can take a total of 3 courses with 2 or more credits in Summer term. Students enrolled in 3 courses with 2 or more credits during the Summer term can take a maximum of 1 credit DOS coded course in addition to this load.
Students who meet the 1 course overload requirement in the Fall, Spring or Summer semesters can use their overload course right as a maximum of 3 1-credit courses, if they wish.
At least one of the following conditions must be met to take 2 courses with 2 or more credits in addition to the normal course load in the Fall and Spring semesters:
– GPA of 3.60 and above,
– Students who have 10 courses left to graduate as of the Spring Semester (11 for the School of Law) can take 2 3-credit courses in addition to their current course load in the relevant Spring Semester, without the need for a GPA requirement.
Regardless of whether they take a normal or extra course load in the Fall and Spring semesters, students can take 1 course with 1 or 1.5 credits in addition to their loads.
Note 1) College of Engineering students who are in First Year status can only take an extra course load with the approval of the Faculty Executive Council if they meet the GPA requirement of 3.6 and above.
Note 2) School of Nursing students must submit their 8th course requests to the Faculty Executive Council with a petition, even if their GPA is 3.6 or above.
Note 3) Students who begin their undergraduate career in the summer term and become eligible to overload based on their summer GPA or SPA, will not be allowed to overload in the Fall term.
Requests by students who do not meet the conditions for taking additional courses are evaluated by the relevant Faculty Executive Council.
There is no additional fee for course overload in the Fall and Spring semesters. During the Summer term, students are charged per course taken.
List of Courses for Which No Fee is Requested and That Are Not Counted in the Normal Courseload
ALIS 100, UNIV 101, CPAP 100, DOS 171, KOLT 101, L extension courses, internship courses, Nursing graduation exams
The decision to add the course to the curriculum of the student should be made by the Faculty to which the course is attached, based on the approval of the relevant faculty member. Independent study courses are also included in the course load calculation.
Rules and regulations regarding additional exam rights are available at this link.
Current ELC students can register for the summer courses offered in their academic programs, and attend the summer semester, if they are promoted to the Freshman program by the end of a given Spring semester.
(In case of failure to be promoted, students will be fully reimbursed for the Summer Semester courses for which they have registered.)
The minimum course load ise 3 courses with a minimum of 3 credits per semester each, to be applied in Fall and Spring semesters. However, undergraduate students who are in their 8th semester will be able to pay and take courses according without a minimum course threshold, if they have fewer credits left than the normal course load defined in their curriculum. Students who are in their 8th semester and have credits equal to or more than their normal course load must take at least 3 courses of 3 credits. Students who are in the 9th and later periods of their education will be able to pay and take courses without a minimum course threshold, regardless of the remaining credit load for graduation.
If you need further help during pre-registration and registration, please consult with: