Choose Your Courses

Work out a preliminary schedule before seeing your advisor. Be sure to include any lab, discussion, and/or tutorial required in addition to a lecture section as those could conflict with another class and hinder registration. It is also a good idea to make note of second or third-choice courses in case your first choice is closed. Note any course you plan to take on a “Pass/No Pass” (P/N) basis.

Plan Ahead

The “Plan Ahead” option in DuckWeb allows you to build up to three potential schedules.

  1. Click on “Student Menu.”
  2. Click on “Registration Menu.”
  3. Click on “Registration Dashboard.”
  4. Under the “Registration” header, in the “What would you like to do?” area, click on “Plan Ahead.”
  5. You will have to sign in via DUO/Shibboleth with your username and password.
    1. If prompted, select the “Student” role.
  6. Under the “Select a Term” header, in “Terms Open for Planning,” use the drop-down to select the term and click “Continue.”
  7. Under the “Select a Plan” header, click on the “+Create a New Plan.”

Searching for Courses and Building a Plan

  1. Search for a course.
    • Basic search criteria include:
      • Subject and Course Number
        • Examples: BA 101Z, WR 121Z, or BI 150
      • Subject
        • Examples: Writing or Business Administration
      • Course Number
        • Examples: 101, 102, or 103
      • Level
        • Examples: Undergraduate, Graduate, or Law
      • Core Education, Low/No Cost Materials
    • Advanced Search allows you to search by additional criteria
      • Title: Search for the name of the class
        • Example: Differential Calculus
        • If you are unsure of the entire title, use the percent sign (%) to search for a title that includes the word you know
          • Example: %calculus%
      • Course Number Range
        • Example: “100–199” to search for any 100-level course
      • Credit Hour Range
        • Example: “3–3.99” to look for a course that is worth 3 credits
  2. Use the “View Sections” button to receive a list of sections with meeting time information.
  3. To add a course to your plan, use the “Add” button.
  4. Use the “Catalog Search Results” button to return to the catalog results page.
  5. Use the “Search Again” button to return to the search criteria page.
  6. Use the “Clear” button to clear the search criteria before beginning a new search.

When searching using “Plan Ahead,” the results are based on courses listed in the catalog. The results are not term-specific until you choose “View Sections.”

Search Panels

After adding your first course, there are three panels for you to toggle between using the “Panels” button.

  1. Course Search Panel: Area that includes information on the course(s) you search.
  2. Schedule panel includes two tabs.
    1. Schedule tab: Most similar to the previous “matrix” format and notes the days and times that a course is scheduled, similar to a daily planner.
    2. Schedule Details tab: Most similar to the previous “text” format and includes the known details of the course including the title of the course, the meeting days and times, instructor (if already assigned), credit hours, and CRN.
  3. Plan panel: Will be titled “(Term) Untitled Plan” until you use the “Save Plan” button and change the title. It lists the courses that you have added from the search(es).
    1. Courses will be “Pending” until you select “Save Plan.”
    2. After saving and naming the plan, the courses will be “Planned.”

Click on the breadcrumb or back button near the “Plan Ahead” title to return to the “Select a Plan” page where you can:

  • View your plan(s)
  • Create another plan (up to three total)
  • Edit your plan
    • Example: change sections or drop/add courses from your plan
  • Delete your plan (If you delete a plan, you are still allowed to create up to three plans.)
  • Change your “preferred” plan