Summer Sessions for CSULB Students

See Summer Session Dates and Deadlines for a complete list of important deadlines for summer sessions.

Before you start your steps to register for your courses this summer semester, we recommend that you start mapping out your entire path to graduation using the Degree Planner. This online tool can be accessed through your MyCSULB Student Center and helps you figure out what courses to take and when to take them. By starting with Degree Planner, it gives you a complete picture of your entire academic journey at CSULB.

How to Register
Continuing students can register for classes online using MyCSULB from your registration access date and time until the day before the start of each summer session. MyCSULB is available anytime except for the dates and times noted on the Summer Calendar. Learn more via CPaCE.

When Can I Register?
If you are a continuing CSULB student you may register for Summer Sessions through MyCSULB. Self-service registration begins March 6 and ends May 21, 2023 at 10 pm.

In order to register on or after the first day of the session, you must complete the online Permission to Add request on MyCSULB Student Center. Class instructor and department approvals are required.

If you register on or after the first day of the session, your Tuition and Mandatory Fees will include an additional $25 non-refundable late registration fee. To pay the Late Registration fee, see "How to Pay" on the Summer Tuition and Fees website.  You are responsible for confirming your account balance and payment due date on MyCSULB Student Center whenever you make a change to your schedule.

If you no longer plan to participate in a class that you are enrolled in, you must drop or withdraw from the class. The process to drop or withdraw will vary depending on when you decide to do so:

• Before the first day of the session, you may drop one or more classes using MyCSULB Student Center.
• Starting the first day of the session, in order to drop a course, you will need to submit an Online Summer Sessions Registration form through the CPaCE Summer website. Instructor permission is required to drop a course after the session begins.
• After the drop deadline, you will need to request a withdrawal. 
• The deadlines to drop and withdraw are available at Summer Session Deadlines.

A registration hold occurs when the University blocks your access to the registration system because you have not met a particular requirement.

You can view any holds you may have at MyCSULB under "Personal Portfolio" as well as information about clearing the hold. Your emailed registration appointment notification will also include a notice of any holds placed on your registration access. If you still have questions, submit a help ticket to Beach Central for support.

Here are some possible reasons for a registration hold:

• You owe money to CSULB (course fees, a library fine, an earlier tuition payment, etc.).
• You have failed to return property, such as a book or laboratory equipment, to a university department.
• You have not taken a required entrance test.
• You have not submitted required documents for admission.

When Can I Waitlist?

You can add yourself to the waitlist for a class until two weeks prior to the session start date.
The last date to place yourself on a waitlist:

Waitlists are canceled after these dates.

How Waitlisting Works

• All scheduled class sections have waitlists. The size of the waitlist is based on size of the class.
• You can place yourself on the waitlist provided the list is not already full.
• If a seat becomes available, the student highest on the waitlist will get the seat (subject to the limitations below). Seats will not be available to students who happen to log in if there is still anyone on the waitlist.
• You must meet any requisites for the class before you can be placed on the waitlist, e.g., course pre-requisites, section co-requisites, major and class level restrictions. See Catalog/Course Descriptions on MyCSULB.
• You may register or waitlist for classes up to your enrollment unit limit, with a maximum of 7 units of waitlisted classes.
• Students will be moved from the waitlist into the class regularly as other students drop or are dropped due to non-payment of fees.
• If you are successfully moved from the waitlist into the class, you will receive an email notification but only if you have specified your preferred email address in your Personal Portfolio at MyCSULB. You will not be billed for waitlisted classes but will be billed if moved from a waitlist into a class and the additional units result in higher registration fees. Check your class schedule and account summary regularly at MyCSULB to avoid cancellation of the newly added class(es).
• If you are moved from the waitlist into a class, it is your responsibility to drop the class (as with any other class) if you decide not to attend. Failure to do so will result in a ‘WU' grade on your record which will lower your grade point average.
• There is no guarantee you will be moved off the waitlist and enrolled into the class. Once the process to move students from the waitlist has run for the final time and classes have begun, instructors are not required to add students who were waitlisted for the class.

Moving Off the Waitlist

Students will be moved from the waitlist into the class if space becomes available, and in the order placed, unless either of the following restrictions apply:

• There is a time conflict with another registered class. Since potential time conflicts are not checked when you place yourself on a waitlist, you should ensure that waitlisted classes do not conflict with your enrolled schedule.
• You are already enrolled in another section of the same course. Do not use waitlisting to try to get into another section of a course in which you are already enrolled, as you will not be moved from the waitlist if space becomes available. You will need to choose whether to take a chance and place yourself on the waitlist of the full section in the hope space becomes available or remain enrolled in the section you have already scheduled.

If you cannot be moved from the waitlist, for either of the reasons given above, you will be skipped and the next student considered. You will not be reconsidered until the next time space becomes available in the class.

Check your schedule regularly at MyCSULB to monitor your position on a waitlist. If you decide you no longer wish to wait for space to become available, you may drop yourself from a waitlist and add another class.

Parking Fees
Paid parking is required at all times on campus. Summer or monthly parking permits may be purchased online or in-person at the Cashiers' Office, BH-148.  Daily permits may be purchased at a pay station and are only valid in the lot purchased.

Parking Permits
You may purchase a Summer 2023 permit to park in the designated parking lots from beginning in May. Student permits are available for purchase online via e-check (no fee) or credit card (2.65% convenience fee). Student parking permits are valid one week prior to the start of instruction. For more information, please visit the LPR website.

Student permits are valid in all general lots. Please adhere to the specific rules on the black and gold parking signs at the entrance of each lot to avoid being cited. Student permits are valid in employee parking lots, after 5:30 p.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends. A vehicle with a student parking permit will be cited accordingly if parked in an employee lot before 5:30 p.m. For locations of general lots, please see the campus map. If you have not purchased summer session or semester parking, you may choose to purchase a daily or short-term parking from a pay station for use in general parking lots or at short-term parking spaces.

Special Parking Permits

•  ADA Accommodation
  You must display a valid  ADA placard as well as your current student, or day permit to park in any accessible space, designated by blue borders and a wheelchair emblem. If you do not have a placard, visit Bob Murphy Access Center,  located in the Student Success Center. Your ADA placard does not entitle you to free parking at CSULB.

CSULB Vehicle Regulations
Cyclists and drivers must comply with all applicable sections of the California Vehicle Code. Posted speed limits on campus are 25 mph or 15 mph.

The speed limit in campus parking lots is 15 mph. Campus law enforcement and parking officers will cite you and charge a fine if you disregard the designated parking areas or other vehicle regulations. If issued a parking citation, you have 21 days to either pay the citation or contest the citation via the citation appeal process. After 21 calendar days, a late fee will be added to the regular citation fee. See the Parking and Transportation Services web page, or call them at (562) 985-4146.

All Adds, Section Changes, Changes to Grading Options and Audit Class Requests must be completed by:

• Full Summer Session - June 5
• Session I - June 5
• Session III - July 17

Steps for Adding a Class or Changing a Section:

1. Before self-service registration ends, you may add classes or change sections using self-service registration in MyCSULB Student Center. Self-service registration deadlines for each summer session are available in the “How and When to Register for Summer” section.
2. If you must add a class or change sections after self-service registration ends, class instructor and department approvals will be required. Approval is not guaranteed. You will need to get the instructor's approval and then submit a Permission to Add request on MyCSULB Student Center.
3. All requests must be completed (including approvals) by the last day to make changes for the session.

Note the following:

• If you are enrolling in a course in order to remove an original grade from your grade point average, please read important information on CSULB unit limits and Repeating Courses. 
• If you do not attend a class in which you are enrolled, you must correctly drop the class or you may receive a failing grade. To correctly drop a class, follow the instructions under Dropping and Withdrawing from Summer Courses.
• Registration transactions (such as adding, dropping, or swapping classes) may result in additional charges to your account balance. Please review the Tuition and Fees information before making changes. You are responsible for confirming your account balance and payment due date regularly on MyCSULB Student Center. 

Steps for Changing Your Grading Option and/or Auditing a Class

1. Under certain circumstances, you may choose to take a class for credit/no credit (CR/NC) or decide to audit a class. Check the CSULB Catalog or ask your program advisor about restrictions. 
2. Since summer courses are relatively short, instructors will only approve requests early in the session.
3. Enroll in the class and then submit a Grade Option Change Request.
   • Requests to enroll on a CR/NC basis require your program advisor's approval.
   • Requests to enroll on an audit basis require the class instructor's approval.

Students in Special Summer State Support Programs (Ed. D. and MBA) should review the Summer Tuition & Fees information specifically for your program. Financial aid may be available to continuing CSULB students to assist with summer sessions costs. For the available aid programs, general eligibility requirements, and application process, please review Summer Financial Aid.

Making Class or Section Changes in Your Summer Semester?

All class or section changes/adds must be completed by:

• Full Summer Session - TBD
• Session I - TBD
• Session III - TBD

Instructors of classes of short duration will only approve requests if submitted early in the session.

Important Steps: 

1. Before self-service registration ends, you may add classes or change sections using self-service registration in MyCSULB Student Center. Self-service registration deadlines for each summer session are available in the “How and When to Register for Summer” section.
2. If you must add a class or change sections after self-service registration ends, class instructor and department approvals will be required. Approval is not guaranteed. You will need to get the instructor's approval and then submit a Permission to Add request on MyCSULB Student Center.
3. All requests must be completed (including approvals) by the last day to make changes for the session.
4. If you register on or after the first day of the session, your Tuition and Mandatory Fees will include an additional $25 non-refundable late registration fee. You should check your account summary on your MyCSULB Student Center for fees you may owe and payment due date(s) whenever you make a change to your schedule.
5. If you are enrolling in a course in order to remove the original grade from your grade point average, please read important information on CSULB unit limits. See Repeating Courses.