PLANING YOUR SCHEDULE
Why is planning ahead and scheduling/registration so important?
- To ensure you are taking the proper prerequisites to courses and avoid being stuck without courses to take later.
- To avoid time conflicts as much as possible.
- To have a back-up plan if classes are filled or time conflicts do arise.
- So you can graduate on time and not end up having to stay for an extra semester because of one course you overlooked (this has happened!).
Following are some suggestions to keep the scheduling process as painless as possible.
- Make a file for scheduling and keep it until you graduate. Call your file “Degree Info” or “Scheduling” or whatever makes the most sense to you. In your file keep the following:
- When you have successfully completed a course cross it off your flowchart. This will give you a visual of where you stand in your curriculum.
- Each spring when schedule of classes is available on the web for the following Fall and Spring, plan your classes for the full year. This way you will avoid conflicts and ensure that between the 2 semesters you will be able to fit in the courses you need in a given year. This is especially important for athletes and other early schedulers. We try to make sure all required CE courses are scheduled early at least once a year to allow athletes flexibility with their practice schedule.
- Once you’ve come up with 2 or 3 sample schedules double-check that you have taken all of the prerequisites to all of your classes. You can find the prerequisites if you click on the course when you are in the "Schedule of Classes" on Banweb. If you do not have the exact prerequisite to a course you will get dropped – so if you’ve substituted a course for another or have permission to get a prerequisite waived this must be taken care of prior to registration.
Flowcharts are to be used as a guide, not a rule. You can (and in many cases will have to) deviate from the flowchart. As long as you have the prerequisite or proper class standing to a course you can take it – earlier or later than the flowchart recommends.
Civil Engineering Students:
Most of the required civil engineering courses (ie. 2000- and 3000-level CE courses) are offered both fall and spring semesters. If there are courses that are filled you can switch it with a course from a different semester as long as you meet the prereqs.
Environmental Engineering Students:
The environmental engineering curriculum is fairly rigid (most courses are available fall or spring semester, but not both.) Please keep this in mind and work with Julie Ross when planning a co-op, study abroad or if you deviate from the flowchart.
