TouchTone Tips

415.405.4321 is the number to call for fast and easy CEL TouchTone registration.

Before you register:

• Set up your CEL TouchTone record if you have not taken classes at SF State or CEL since 1986 by calling 415.405.7700.
  
  
• Make sure you have met course prerequisites.
  
  
• Make sure your course does not need an instructor's signature.
  
  
• Make sure your course has not yet begun.
  
  
• Note that you cannot drop courses through CEL TouchTone.
  
  
• Fill out the CEL TouchTone Registration Worksheet in advance.
  
  
• Have alternate course selections ready in case your first choices are filled.
  
  
• For courses that have not begun and are not available through TouchTone, call 415.405.7700 for enrollment details.

When you register:

• Have your worksheet in hand.
  
  
• Please keep redialing. Phone lines can be very busy the first few hours of registration. You can get through with persistence.
  
  
• Follow automated CEL TouchTone instructions carefully.
  
  
• Be sure you hear your amount due and press [1] before you hang up the phone.
  
  
• You cannot use CEL TouchTone to drop; call 415.405.7700.

After you register:

• Pay your fees as soon as possible. Fees are due by your earliest due date.
  
  
• See section on how to use SF State's TouchTone and Web payment systems. Students are automatically dropped for non-payment at the end of the fifth business day following registration or the end of the business day before a course begins if registration takes place within five business days of the beginning of a course.