Instructions

Use this form to indicate which Special Session certificate courses you would like to take for the upcoming term. It is your responsibility to 1) check your specific Post-Master’s Certificate Pathway or your Advanced Certificate Pathway and 2) cross-check the Special Session Schedule of Classes to verify the approved classes and topics you are requesting are on the schedule and satisfy your certificate program. Check the MLIS Special Session Course Rotations tool to see which topics are on offer, across fall, spring and summer of the seminars which offer multiple rotating topics.

There is no mixing and matching, or substitutions of classes from other certificate pathways.

All Special Session classes have class section numbers -10 and above — be sure that the class you are requesting is a course and topic available from the upcoming Special Session schedule of classes (Certificate students do not take classes from the Regular Session schedule).

Based on availability, you will be contacted with the permission number(s) which will allow you to register online through the MySJSU system once online registration opens for Special Session students. Registration steps and links to registration tutorials are available from our Registration and Enrollment page.

Priority Class Requests

Spring 2027: Submit spring elective requests during the Priority Requests window, beginning on October 19, 2026 – January 4, 2027. Spring semester starts on January 27, 2027. Check the iSchool class schedule for special run dates (1-2 units courses and INFO 203). 

*New Post-Master’s students for Spring 2027 will automatically receive a permission number for INFO 203 and do not need to request it via this webform.