COMPTON COLLEGE • WINTER 2024 5 REGISTRATION INFORMATION 5
have completed equivalent courses at
another college or in high school must
have copies of necessary transcripts.
Do not delay. Order transcripts and
clear prerequisites prior to registration.
Clearance for an equivalent course may
be obtained electronically. Additional
information is available online at
www.compton.edu/admissions-aid/
counseling/Prerequisite-Clearance.
Open Enrollment
Unless specically exempted by statute,
every course, course section, or class,
wherever oered and maintained by the
District, shall be fully open to enrollment
and participation by any person who
has been admitted to Compton College
and who meets such prerequisites as
may be established pursuant to Article
2.5 (commencing with Section 55200)
of Subchapter 1 of Chapter 6 of Division
6 of Title 5 of the California Code of
Regulations.
Student Records
Congress has provided in the “Family
Education Rights and Privacy Act”
(FERPA) that students have certain rights
of access to their education records.
A copy of the Act is located in the
Library. Please contact the Admissions
and Records Oce for any information
regarding your rights under the Act.
Unit Limitations
The student’s program of studies will
vary according to individual needs and
objectives. The maximum full-time
student program for a semester is 20
units. The maximum program of study
for a summer session is nine units. For
the winter term, the maximum program
of study is seven units. A student wishing
to take more than the maximum units
may le an Overload Petition through
the Admissions & Records Oce. Dual
enrollment students have further
limitations identied in Administrative
Regulation 5900.
Students must have completed at least
12 units in one semester at Compton
College or another accredited institution
of higher education with an overall
grade-point average of 2.5 or higher to
be eligible for an overload.
Cross Enrollment at CSU
Dominguez Hills
Compton College students may enroll
at California State University, Dominguez
Hills without a formal admission oer.
Enrollment is on a space-available basis;
students can enroll in a maximum of one
course per semester at CSUDH for $10
per course. All students must meet cross
enrollment eligibility requirements.
Additional information on requirements
and procedures may be obtained at the
Admissions & Records Oce webpage:
www.compton.edu/admissions-aid/
admissions-records/forms.
High School Students
By law, Compton College may restrict
K-12 enrollment based on any of
the following: age, grade, academic
preparation, seat availability or
registration priority. Compton College
will grant college credit for completed
coursework. Students should consult
their school counselor and/or school
district policy on enrolling in college
classes to earn high school credits or
dual credit.
Students - When you enroll in classes
at Compton College, you are considered
a college student and are expected
to act accordingly. Please familiarize
yourself with Compton College policies,
procedures, the college calendar, and
your rights as a student by reading the
class schedule and purchasing a college
catalog from the Bookstore.
Parents - when your child enrolls in
classes at Compton College, you lose
some rights aorded you by the K-12
system. As per FERPA (Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act), any business
you conduct on behalf of your college
student must be with the student’s
written consent. You, the parent, will
need a note from your child to access
private educational records or to act on
his or her behalf.
Register Online
Your Compton College student email
is your login to the MyCompton portal.
You will need to use the following
temporary password to get access:
AaYYMMDD! (YY=last two digits of birth
year, MM=two-digit month, DD=two-
digit day) followed by an exclamation
(!) mark. You will be prompted to create
a new password and to authenticate
your account.
Waitlist
Students on a waitlist for a class must
check their @compton.edu email daily to
nd out if a space becomes available in
the class. If a space becomes available,
an email is sent to the student with a
specied time to register for the class.
Students will not be automatically added
to the class. The waitlist time periods are
listed below:
• 48 hours to add the class for Winter
and Summer terms; and
• 72 hours for Summer and Fall
semesters
Log in to the MyCompton portal and
select “Register” to add the class to your
schedule. If you do not register for the
class within the allotted time you will
be removed from the waitlist. Waitlisted
students admitted to the class must pay
those class fees by the posted deadline.
Add or Drop Classes
TO ADD A CLASS
Students can add classes online without
an add code until the day before the
rst class meeting. After the rst class
meeting, an Add Authorization Code is
needed to register for the class. Classes
are added through the MyCompton
student portal:
1. Go to www.compton.edu, click on
MyCompton (top right corner)
2. Log in with username and password
3. Click on the STUDENT SERVICES
button
4. Select the REGISTRATION AND
PLANNING link on the left-hand side
5. Click REGISTER FOR CLASSES link
6. Search for classes by a variety of
options (Subject, CRN, Day, Time, etc.)
7. Select a class to add to your schedule
by clicking the ADD button
8. Click the SUBMIT button on the
bottom right to add the class to your
schedule
9. When adding the class with an Add
Authorization Code, you will be
prompted to enter the Add Code.
Before adding, drop the classes you
are no longer taking. If you have a
time conict (e.g., a class you are
enrolled in overlaps by one minute or
more with a course you are trying to
add), you will not be able to add the
new class. An Add Code only works
for one student
10. Students have until 11:59 p.m. on
the date(s) listed in the Winter 2023
Calendar, available on page 3 of this
schedule, to add or drop classes.
TO DROP A CLASS
1. Go to www.compton.edu and click on
MyCompton
2. Login with username and password
3. Click on the STUDENT SERVICES
button
1. Click DROP CLASS or REMOVE SECTION
FROM WAITLIST
2. Check the box of the class you wish to
drop
3. Click DROP from the drop-down menu