Both major seminaries advise against this. Some students forget to register for independent studies, internships, student teaching and similar experiences. They think that the special paper work that they have done is tantamount to registration. Students want to take a portion of their program as summer course work at Concordia but forget to register for the summer courses that are taught as summer course offerings. A few students forget that even though they have fulfilled all specific course requirements, they need a minimum of 128 semester hours to receive a degree.
Students simply move from one section of a course to another without changing their registration.
This may result in a grade of F for the abandoned course and no grade at all for the course completed. Students simply abandon a course which they do not want expecting that the instructor will adjust their registration for them. Some students who participate in instrumental or choral groups forget that they must register for this course if they plan to receive credit. If registration does not take place, the course is simply a non-credit activity. Once each year after pre-registration in the spring of the year ask advisee to complete an evaluation form.