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Registration
New Student Check-in at PSU:
New students must check in at the IELP Office, take the IELP
Placement Test, and attend the New
Student Orientation. Students are required to attend classed the first
week.
Students who arrive late and miss the placement test, registration day,
or the first week of classes may not be admitted until the following term.
New international students (with F-1 and J-1 visas) are required to check
in with PSU's International Student Services Office, (located in East
Hall, room 101) within the first 2 weeks of class. Bring the following
items with you to the International Student Service Office:
- Passport
- White I-94 Form/card
- I-20 or DS-2019 Form
- Medical insurance information
- Local contact information (address and telephone number).
Class Registration
The IELP Office will assist all students with class registration during
the New Student Orientation and on the returning students registration
day.
Visa Requirements
All F-1 and J-1 international students are required to enroll in and
complete a full-time course of study at Portland State University
each term (except during a vacation term).
Exceptions to this requirement must be approved by the IELP International
Student Advisor BEFORE class registration.
Non-credit IELP courses
- Students who are enrolled in the non-credit Intensive English Language
Program (IELP) will be registered for five (5) non-credit classes, listed
as LING 099.
- Non-credit courses are listed permanently on a student's PSU academic
record as zero (0) credit, with a grade mark of AU, except for the elective
class, which receives a grade of A-F.
- Non-credit courses cannot be applied towards PSU's degree requirements.
- The IELP Office will issue separate grade reports at the end of the
term to students taking non-credit classes.
PSU admitted students
- ESL students who are admitted or conditionally
admitted to PSU will be registered for four (4), 3-credit, ESL classes,and
one (1), 2-credit class, (for a total of 14 credits).
- Credit-bearing ESL classes are listed as LING 110.
- LING 110 courses CAN be applied (as elective credits) towards PSU
undergraduate degree requirements.
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