Selecting Classes for Your Plan of Study
Selecting Classes for Your Plan of Study – Ideas & Guidelines
- Access ISIS – Courses. You can search by titles, keywords or instructors. Or you can scroll down and choose “by college or department,” and then search a particular department.
- Read course descriptions online.
- Check out the department’s website and any information about courses.
- Browse the required textbooks for particular courses in the bookstore.
- Ask your Academic Interest Specialist, or other professors, for suggestions.
- If you have a long term career goal in mind, consult with possible employers and/or graduate schools, and inquire about coursework that they find desirable for candidates. Resources and staff at the Career Center may also be able to assist you with identifying this information.
- Check with the department to be sure the classes will be offered during the semesters you are proposing.
- Be sure that there are no “majors only” restrictions on courses you select. If there are, you can ask the instructor or department if they might be willing to make an exception. Save any correspondence granting you permission.
- Check to see if there are any pre-requisites that you will need before you plan to take the classes.
- If the course requires consent of instructor regarding any exceptions for enrollment (i.e. waiving pre-reqs), contact the professor ahead of time and ensure that you will be allowed to enroll in the course.
- Document your contact with professors and department secretaries, so the Advisory Committee will know that you have taken these steps.