Online Student Services & Online Registration FAQ & Help

• Click on the Online Student Services link from the South Suburban College home page.
• Type in your Student ID (your Social Security Number) and your PIN.
• Click on the Login button.

A PIN is automatically sent to you when you submit an application to South Suburban College. If you have misplaced or forgotten your PIN:

• Go to the Online Student Services page
• Enter your Social Security Number in the Student ID box
• Click on "Need a PIN or forgot your PIN?"
  • If your email address is on file at SSC, your PIN will immediately be sent to your email address.
  • If you do not have an email address on file, a letter with your PIN will be mailed within one business day. You can also visit the Student Help Center or the Admissions/Registration Counter with a picture ID and you will be able to secure your PIN for Online Registration.
• For security reasons, you cannot call in and get your PIN over the phone.

• Register for classes
• View and Print Your Schedule
• Add or Drop Classes
• View Your Transcript & Grades
• Pay Your Tuition & Fees
• Change your email or PIN
• Add Your Name to a Wait List

• Login to Online Student Services.
• Choose a semester, and click the Select button
• Click on the Change PIN/Email button near the top of the page
• Type your new email address in the box under "Student Email"
• Click the Change button

• Login to Online Student Services.
• Choose a semester, and click the Select button
• Click on the Change PIN/Email button near the top of the page
• Type your current PIN in the box under "Old PIN"
• Type the four-digit number you would like to be your new PIN in the boxes under "New PIN" and "Retype New PIN"
• Click the Change button

• Athletes - need schedule approved by athletic department
• High School Students - must register via In-Person registration on campus
• International Students
• Students registering for more than 18 credit hours
• Students repeating a course - any course for any reason
• Students registering for Honors courses
• Students with unmet prerequisites
• Students using concurrent enrollment to meet prerequisite
• Certain Curriculums such as OTA, RAD TECH, LPN and ADN Nursing, Paralegal, MRI, MAM, PHB and PHT require admission to the program and signatures to register. These students should register by the batch process. Likewise, certain Internship courses in Business, Paralegal, Child Development, etc. also have internships that require signatures and must be registered in person. Signatures are also need for internships CHD 211, CHD 212 and BUS 253, BUS 254.
• Students with restrictions, otherwise known as BLOCKS (see What is a BLOCK page)

• After logging in to Online Student Services, select the semester for which you are enrolling and click the Select button.
• Read the registration information on the Welcome page.
• Click the Registration button near the top-left part of the page.
• Search for a course:
  • If you know the three-letter course code and number, type the three letters into the box under "Department", and type the three numbers under "Course". Click Search.
  • If you only know the three-letter course code, type the three letters into the box under "Department" and Click Search.
  • If you are unsure of the three-letter course code, scroll down the list until you find it and click on the appropriate code. It will automatically appear in the "Department" box.
  • Leave the box checked next to "Display all results" if you would like to see the entire list of courses meeting the criteria displayed at once. Uncheck the box if you would like groups of six classes displayed per page.
• Look for the section and time you want to enroll in. If the section you are looking for is not displayed, you may need to click "View More Results" to go to the next page.
• Once you find the section you want to enroll in, click the ADD button to the left of the course.
• If you have not been on the system previously, each semester you will be prompted to complete a Goal Declaration form. Click on the circles next to the appropriate responses and then Submit.
• You will then be shown "My Schedule", which will list all the courses in which you are enrolled.
• To drop a course, click the DROP button to the left of the course. It will ask you "Are you sure you want to drop this course". Click Yes if you are sure and No if you are not.
• To add another class, click the Registration button and start at "Search for a course" again.
• Once you have completed your schedule, you must pay for your courses.
  • You may pay by credit card online.
  • If you want to pay by check or cash, you must see the cashier on campus.
  • If you use financial aid, you must visit the Financial Aid Office on campus, and then see the cashier for a printout of your schedule.
  • If you fail to make payment arrangements by the given deadline, your classes will be purged (automatically canceled by the computer system) for lack of payment. When this happens, students will need to create a new schedule and choose their classes all over again, and risk not being able to have the class schedule they had originally chosen.

Days of the week (days)

• M - Monday
• T - Tuesday
• W - Wednesday
• R - Thursday
• F - Friday
• S - Saturday
• B - Sunday

Building (bld) or Site Location

• BA-TBA = Balmoral Park, Crete, To Be Announced
• EQ-TBA = Equipment Services Building, 351 W. 162nd, South Holland, To Be Announced
• FC-FTLB = Physical Fitness and Athletic Center, Fitness Lab
• FC-0125 = Physical Fitness and Athletic Center, North Gym
• HO-CRST = Christ Hospital Site, Oak Lawn
• HO-INGL = Ingalls Hospital, Harvey
• HO-STFR = St. Francis Hospital, Blue Island
• HO-STJM = St. James Hospital, Chicago Heights
• HO-TBA = Hospital Site, To Be Announced
• HO-TNPK = Tinley Park Mental Health Center
• MA = Main Campus, 15800 S. State Street, South Holland
• MA-LH = Main Campus Lecture Hall A, B, C
• MA-PAC = Main Campus Performing Arts Center
• MA-TCLB = Main Campus, Telecourse Lab, 1st Floor Library, Rear
• OF-TBA = Off Campus, To Be Announced
• ON-SITE = Location To Be Announced
• ON-TBA = Main Campus, To Be Announced
• PS = Prairie State College, Chicago Heights
• SH-Pool = South Holland Recreational Center Pool
• TW-Pool = Thornwood High School Pool
• UC = University & College Center, 16333 S. Kilbourn, Oak Forest

• All students wanting to register online need to have completed the application process.
• Read through the list of BLOCKS and assure that you do not have any (see What is a BLOCK page).
• Register for any developmental courses first (Reading 080, 081 and 082, English 097, 098, 099 and Math 091, 093, 095, 096, 100.)
• If OCS 121 is required, register for it first.
• Students cannot register online for two classes offered at the same time even if they do not overlap (i.e. one first-eight weeks, one 2nd eight-weeks.)
• The Online Registration system is not operational 11:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. daily.
• If you do not live in-district, but are using a charge-back agreement, cooperative agreement, work-in-district waiver, etc., you may register online, but must come to the registration counter on campus to adjust your tuition rate.
• Make arrangements for payment by the given deadline, or your classes will be purged (automatically canceled by the computer system) for lack of payment. When this happens, students will need to create a new schedule and choose their classes all over again, and risk not being able to have the class schedule they had originally chosen.

You may do one of two things to print the information completely:

• Using the Page Layout function of your browser, change the page orientation from Portrait to Landscape.
• OR you may highlight (click and drag your mouse) the text you want to print, and in the print menu under Page Range choose Selection. It will then only print the highlighted text.