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San Marcos
What's New in MyCSUSM Student Center?
A guide for students at California State University San Marcos
What's New?
The PeopleSoft Student Center is the online location to access your student information. Student Center enables you
to add and drop class enrollments, view your academic history, apply for graduation, review your Academic
Requirements Report (former DPR), apply for graduation, update contact information, view your financial aid, view
your finances, search for classes and more.
The PeopleSoft Student Information System has been upgraded to version 9.0 over the weekend of July 27 through
August 2. Updates to the Student Center include:
New convenient links to search, enroll, and view your academics
Pages reorganized with tabs and sub tabs to put the information you use most at your fingertips
Enhancements to Search and Browse tools to make classes easier to find
New Academic Requirements Report (former DPR – Degree Progress Report)
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Accessing PeopleSoft Student Center
You will continue to use the MyCSUSM link from the main university webpage, http://www.csusm.edu/ , to go to
your Student Center. Your information will be displayed as shown in the example below.
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New Academics Links
The Academics area contains three new links:
1) Search allows you to find classes and browse courses
2) Enroll replaces the old Add a Class and Drop a Class links
3) My Academics offers convenient access to your academic
requirements report (former DPR), view your unofficial
transcript, apply for graduation, and view advisor notes.
summary
Search
The Search function enables you to find classes offered during a specific term or browse a list of courses.
Note: The instructions below provide a general overview of using the Search for Classes inside Student Center. For
more detailed instructions, please refer to the Class Search resource guide on the Student Administration –
Student Self Service page, which is located at http://www.csusm.edu/cms/TrainingDocumentation/student.html .
Search for Classes
To search for classes by term, click the Search link or the Search for Classes button. Notice that the search for
classes sub tab is automatically selected. This page allows you to narrow your search with basic criteria, such as
subject or course number, or more advanced criteria such as instructor name, meeting time, and/or date.
1.
Use the drop down menu to select a term in the current academic year.
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2.
Enter a least two search criteria
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3.
Click Search to review your results. On the Search Results page you now have your Class Schedule and
Shopping Cart information to view when reviewing the results.
4.
Use the Additional Search Criteria to search for specific meeting times/days of the week, instructor, and unit
values. You can also use the course attribute and attribute value to search for specific general education courses.
Use the Course Attribute of GREQ with any of the following course Attribute Values to find specific courses.
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Enroll
The new Enroll link replaces the old Add a Class and Drop a class links. The enroll link is displayed after your
enrollment appointment begins and continues to be displayed through the end of the Add/Drop period (when your
appointment ends). The Enroll feature includes these four sub tabs; my class schedule, Add, Drop, and Term
Information.
My Class Schedule
Click the new my class schedule sub tab to view your enrollment summary for the selected term. This sub tab
replaces the MyClass Schedule link that was previously located on the Student Center page. You can change your
schedule from List to Calendar view using the option buttons at the top of the page.
Add
Click the add sub tab to enroll in a class. This sub tab replaces the Add a Class link that was previously located on
Student Center. Enter a class number to add it to your enrollment shopping cart or use the search button to search for
classes.
Note: When you click the Enroll link from Student Center, Add is automatically your active page.
The Class Search, Enter Class Number and Shopping Cart have been combined into one block now!
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Drop
Click the drop sub tab to unenroll (drop) in a class. This sub tab replaces the Drop a class link that was previously
located on Student Center. Select a class from your Class Schedule and click Drop Selected Classes.
Term Information
Click the term information sub tab to view details about your enrollment appointment(s) by term.
My Academics
The new My Academics link provides convenient access to your academic requirements report (former DPR),
unofficial transcript, application for graduation, and a list of the courses you have already completed. Listed on this
page is your current major (Plan), second major, minor, your expected graduation date, your status for applying for
graduation, and current overall GPA and academic standing.