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to class search
We've revised the
course search page and hope that you will find it quicker and easier to
use. Here are some tips to help you make the most of the search
features.
Search parameters
The more parameters you use in your
search the fewer
results you'll have to browse through. For example, if
you only specify the 'All Sessions' term and 'Show only open sections',
you'll
see every class for every subject for every campus for every meeting
day and time for the specified term. In the
Fall or Spring full session, that would be around 2,000
classes.
Term
Limits the search to classes scheduled for the selected term. Academic
terms are comprised of several sessions. To search all of the
sessions for a term, choose the entry with the phrase "... All
Sessions"; to search just the full term session, choose the entry
marked "... Full Session"; and , to search a specific
sessions within a term, choose it. Generally, there
will be sessions for two academic terms to choose from.
Show
only open sections
Checking the 'Show only open sections' limits the search to just those sections that
had open seats as of the last time the data was updated. On most week
days, this will be as of the last half or whole clock hour. On heavy
registration days, the data is refreshed every 10 minutes. Clicking the
'Check for available seats' link will give you the up-to-the-second
seat availability.
Subjects
You can specify
up to five subject / course number / section combinations, enough to
find courses for a full schedule. Each subject row must have a subject
selected in order
for the other parameters to be considered.
Location
Selecting a campus location will limit the search to classes
meeting on that campus.
Classes meeting after / classes meeting before
You can select
values for both, or one and not the other. If you select both after and
before time, the results will be for classes that meet between those
times.
Meeting
days
Meeting days
selected use 'AND' logic, meaning that if you check both Monday and
Tuesday, classes have to have meetings on both days to be a
match.
Course
title keywords
If more than one
word is entered, the search is done as a single phrase, not
individual words. For example, if you enter "dental" and "hygiene", the
search would return only those classes with 'dental hygiene' in the
title. The field is NOT case sensitive.
Instructor's last name
Enter just the instructor's last name. The field is NOT case sensitive.
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