How to Add/Drop Courses

Overview

The Compass Student System is Cape Breton University’s new student portal. It provides students access to self-service functionality related to admissions, registration, timetables and exam schedules, tracking financials, personal messages from CBU and more.

To add a course, visit the Course Catalog tab, then search the subject you are looking for. Once you find your choice, select a section and click on ‘Add Section to Plan’. From there, click the Home icon in the left-menu. Now click on the Student Planning tab. You will see the course and section you’ve added to your plan with a status of Planned. You are not yet registered for this course- to complete this task, click the ‘Register’ button for that individual course; or add a few to your plan and register for them all at once, by clicking ‘Register Now’ button above the schedule you’re planning.

To drop a course, visit the Student Planning tab. On the left of your screen, next to your schedule, you will see a list of the courses you are registered in. They will have a green check mark and a status of Registered. Below the class information for this course, you will see a large ‘Drop’ button. Once you click that button, you will be asked to confirm your decision. You can then visit the Student Planning tab again to see that this course was removed from your schedule.

No. Unless you click Register, then your course choices remain on your academic plan, as a guide for your degree. An academic plan helps you visualize your degree for the next few years, but unless the course in your plan becomes available during registration [View Available Sections button bar appears] then the course is not available in the current term. You can leave it on your academic plan in case it does become available for registration in a future term.

If you are having difficulty, please reach us at it_services@cbu.ca or call 902-563-1123

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