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Registration and Enrollment in Classes


Following is information on Tele-BEARS and Bear Facts:

Tele-BEARS

Tele-BEARS is an interactive computer system that allows you to enroll in classes online. With Tele-BEARS, you always receive the most immediate, up-to-the-moment information regarding your registration and class enrollment.

How Tele-BEARS Works

To ensure the fairest possible distribution of courses to the student body, enrollment in classes is spread over two phases and an adjustment period. Phase I, starting toward the end of the previous semester, allows you to enroll in a maximum of 10 units plus one physical education activity course. In Phase II, starting immediately after Phase I, you may complete your enrollment by enrolling in courses up to your college or school maximum. You may then add and drop courses during the adjustment period, which starts one week before instruction.

Access to Tele-BEARS is regulated by pre-assigned appointments that are spread throughout each phase period. To enroll and register through Tele-BEARS, follow these steps:

Obtain Your Tele-BEARS Appointment—Your Tele-BEARS appointments for Phases I and II are made available online via Bear Facts. The Office of the Registrar will send you a notification by e-mail when the appointments are available.* If you require academic advising, you will also be required to obtain an Adviser Code (AC) from your major adviser or college/school dean's office.** The AC must be entered when you first access Tele-BEARS each semester.

Enroll in Classes—With the online Schedule of Classes and the General Catalog, you can determine a class schedule. If you will be a new student, you are encouraged to attend the Cal Student Orientation (CalSO) program to obtain your AC and to help you choose classes and formulate a schedule tailored to your particular academic interests. Contact the CalSO office, (510) 642-4970, for information. Once you have selected your classes, you are ready to use Tele-BEARS to enroll.

Pay Registration Fees—A monthly billing statement indicating all University fees due will be generated for you and posted online by the Billing and Payment Services office. You may pay your fees in full or in five installments on the Deferred Payment Plan. Fee payment (either in full or the first installment) is due on August 15 for the fall semester and January 15 for the spring semester. For more information, please see the Billing and Payment Service web site at billing.berkeley.edu.

The Deferred Payment Plan—You may pay your registration fees in five installments if you wish. A nonrefundable processing fee will be charged to your first installment. Your billing statement will indicate the amount due for the first payment; subsequent statements for the remaining payments will be generated for you automatically. For full information about the Deferred Payment Plan, see the Billing and Payment Services web site at billing.berkeley.edu.

Bear Facts

Bear Facts provides information regarding your registration, grades, financial aid, billing, class schedule, and more. You can access Bear Facts at bearfacts.berkeley.edu.

*Appointments for continuing and readmitted students are usually made available in mid-March for the fall semester and mid-October for the spring semester. Appointments for new students are usually made available in mid-May for the fall semester and late October for the spring semester.

**New students in the College of Engineering and the College of Letters and Science must obtain their ACs from the Cal Student Orientation (CalSO) program..

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