How to use these forms

Certain courses require that you fill out additional forms once you have registered. Please select these forms from the list below using the paperless, online option if it is available.

The links on this page are to the digital versions and PDF versions.

For the Digital versions, simply enter your information and submit. The process will be paperless and routed to the appropriate parties from there.

If you use the PDF forms, you’ll fill out the form on the screen, and then print them out. Some forms require obtaining various signatures first. Once you have those signatures, email the final copy to the Registrar’s Office (registrar@carleton.edu).

Registration Forms

Form

Use For

Change Request Form

Changing a 1st or 2nd 5 Week course registration; changing a course level; requesting a waiver for a course conflict; requesting a course section change; requesting to do comps as a Junior double major.

Special Student Registration Form

Registration for: faculty or staff members or their spouse/partners; language assistants; Northfield High School honor students; Alumni; and International Exchange Students.

Carleton/St. Olaf Inter-registration Form

For students who want to take a course at St. Olaf College through the Inter-Registration agreement.

Proxy Registration Form

Students who are off-campus and who will not have internet access during registration can elect to have the Registrar's Office to act as a proxy and register for them via the following electronic form.

Independent Study, Reading, Research, and Directed Research

Form

Use For

Independent Study/Reading/Research form

Proposing an independent project that is distinct from department-specific student/faculty research.

Directed Research Form

Proposing a research project related to a faculty member’s research interests, and directed by that faculty member.

Petition Forms

Online Form

Use For

Petition to Overload

Petitioning to enroll in more than 22 credits

Petition to Add and Additional Major

Petitioning to add an additional major.

Petition for Exception to an Academic Policy (General ASC Petition)

Petitioning for an exception to an academic policy.

Request to Accelerate Graduation

Petitioning to graduate before the end of your twelfth term.

Special Major Petition

If your educational goals cannot be fulfilled within a standard major, an alternative may be a special program of study. If you have questions about the process reach out to Associate Provost & Director of Advising, Yansi Pérez.

Off-Campus Studies Forms

Form

Use For

Leave Change Form

Petition to change a Required Leave of Absence for a Carleton Summer OCS Program to a different term.

Non-Carleton OCS S/Cr/NC Form

Request to change a course from graded to S/Cr/NC, for Non-Carleton OCS courses only.

Off Campus Studies Credit Form

Form to apply OCS credits toward liberal arts, major, or minor requirements.

Proxy Registration Form

Students who are off-campus and who will not have internet access during registration can elect to have the Registrar's Office to act as a proxy and register for them via the following electronic form.

Transfer, Leave of Absence, or Withdrawal

Request

Use For

Transfer

Carleton students interested in transferring to another institution should work with the Dean of Students Office. This site outlines the steps and actions needed for transferring. You can also submit requests to complete Transfer College Reports through this page.

Leave of Absence

Students who need to request a leave of absence (a temporary interruption in a student's program of study) from Carleton should work with the Dean of Students Office. This site includes information about personal leaves, medical leaves, and military leaves, and the necessary forms to submit. There is also important information about the process for returning from a leave.

Withdrawal

Students who decide to withdraw from the College must work with the Dean of Students Office. This site outlines the steps students should take, including submitting the online form to withdraw. There is also information about returning to Carleton from a withdrawal.