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Visiting Student

Please read through all 10 steps carefully.  

I do not plan to earn a degree at Riverland. I am currently enrolled at another college/university and wish to take up to 16 credits at Riverland to transfer back to my home institution. Or I wish to take a course at Riverland without receiving financial aid. 

  1. Determine which course(s) you wish to take at Riverland by searching our Course Schedule. 

    • Click on the title of any course to get all of the important details for that section.

    • It is the student’s responsibility to verify with the receiving college/institution that the course the student is registering for at Riverland will satisfy the intended course requirement at the receiving college/institution.

    • Course title does not determine equivalency – course content does.

    • To determine course equivalency, either contact the receiving college/institution or log into Transferology to see if the receiving college/institution is listed.

    • *Students must meet Riverland's course prerequisite(s), if any, to register for Riverland's course(s)

  2. Create a StarId, if you do not already have one.  (visiting students do not submit an Admission application) 

  3. Attempt to register for the course(s) you wish to take.

    Possible Registration Error Messages:

    • If you get a restricts registration/cohort error message, log into e-services and click on the title of the course for the section you want and read the Notes to see why you are getting this error. You may need to choose a different section.

    • *If you get a PREREQUISITE ERROR message – COMPLETE STEP 4.   

  4. Please complete the Prerequisite Evaluation form to inquire about an override and attach documentation proving you have met Riverland's prerequisite requirement(s). Prerequisite requirements are found by clicking on the title of the course you are trying to register for.

    • Examples of documentation include an unofficial transcript or Degree Audit Report (DARS) from the institution where the prerequisite was completed. Use the Student Notes section on the form to include any additional details/comments. 

    • Please ALLOW TIME FOR PROCESSING. It is not instantaneous. We need time to evaluate your documentation to ensure you meet Riverland's prerequisite requirement(s) to enroll in our course(s). Although we process the forms as quickly as possible, please allow up to 48 business hours for processing. Please do not call to see if we received the form or to ask when it will be processed - refer to the processing time mentioned above and check your email. 

    • You will receive 2 emails - sent to the email address you provided on the form:

      • The first email is a confirmation that we received your Prerequisites Evaluation Form.

      • The second email will be the results of our evaluation letting you know if the prerequisite override request was approved or declined. Please read the results email thoroughly. 

  5. Register for the course(s)

    • Click Courses & Registration

    • Click on Search for a Course

    • Select Riverland Community College under College/University

    • Select the appropriate semester

  6. Pay your tuition or you could be dropped from the course(s):

    • Tuition is due by the tuition due date/deadline or within 24 hours after you register. You may make tuition payments online through e-services, set up a payment plan through e-Cashier or pay in person at the Bookstore in Austin East. 

    • Visiting students may use financial aid from their home institution by completing a Consortium Agreement form with their home institution (financial aid is not available through Riverland for visiting students). Work with your home institution on this. 

    • When financial aid disburses at the home institution, it is the student’s responsibility to take the funds and pay the tuition due at Riverland. You can log into Riverland’s e-services and make the payment using the Bills and Payments tab.

  7. Buy your books at the Riverland Bookstore    

  8. Riverland Accounts must be set up:  In addition to your e-services account, you are responsible for activating and utilizing your Riverland campus email & D2L/Brightspace account for submitting assignments. Instructors will use your Riverland email to communicate with you. 

  9. You must communicate with the instructor(s) if you have any questions about assignments, late on assignments, missing assignments, late to class, missing class, etc. Failure to notify instructors of a lapse in attendance or submission of assignments may result in a grade of FN or FW. Communication with the instructor may prevent those grades. 

  10. Once registered, you are required to meet the deadline date to drop and/or withdraw should you need to do so. Students drop and/or withdraw themselves in e-services using the View/Modify tab under Courses & Registration. The drop/withdraw deadline dates are found by clicking on the title of the course of the specific section.


Have questions not answered above? 

Contact the Admissions Office