The best place to find info about courses is on the Time Schedule.
Make sure you scroll down to Graduate Time Schedule.
If you want to know which courses are offered this academic year, click on 2017-18 Autumn-Spring which will lead you to this page:
This page lists the different Graduate programs. If you are looking for an EDU courseThis site is much more useful than Banner search!
Watch this helpful Time Schedule tutorial! It was created for teacher education students but is applicable to all students.
How to get to the Time Schedule from the main SPU page
- Go to www.spu.edu.
- Select the "mySPU" dropdown menu in the upper right corner of the page.
Select the Catalog|Time Schedule menu
Expand title MySPU view Select the Graduate Time Schedule
Expand title Time Schedule/Catalog Landing Page
Reading the time Schedule
Time Schedule is arranged by subject area. For education, there are 7 different subject areas: Education (EDU), Education: Administration (EDAD), Education: Mathematics (EDMA), Education: Reading (EDRD), Education: Science (EDSC), Education: Special Education (EDSP), and Education: Technology (EDTC).
Courses on your checksheet will list the subject and course number. Be sure to select the area that matches the checksheet subject.
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For example, if you are looking for EDU 6085, click on Education (EDU) and that will take you to the 2017-2018 Education (EDU) Course Offerings page:
current offerings page. This page includes all EDU courses with information such as course title, course reference number (CRN), instructor, day(s) and time the course occurs, start & end dates of the course, and number of open seats.
If you click Course Details next to the title of a course, you will see an expanded explanation of the course as well as any course restrictions:
information regarding information on the courses including when and where they are offered, how many seats are open and the status of the waitlist, instructors, link to add the course to your calendar, and a link to order textbooks for a specific section (each CRN is a different section). For EDU 6085, you can see when it is offered summer, autumn, winter, and spring quarter.
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Once you select course details, you will be able to see information for the course including the course descriptions. This view will also allow you to see what dates/times of class, location of class, restrictions, pre-requisites/co-requisites, and fees.
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For example: this course is offered as a blended course. There is an online section that goes throughout the whole quarter (1/4-3/10, online). This particular class meets 5 Wednesdays in the quarter (1/11, 1/25, 2/08, 2/22, 3/08) and all those sessions meet in Demaray Hall 259. |
Course Restrictions will tell you if that course is restricted to specific programs. For example, EDU 6030 6085 above lists Restrictions: Master of Arts in Teaching majors only. Doctoral, Graduate only. So that That means this course may only be taken by a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Graduate. Some doctoral or graduate students. No other restrictions are attached. Sometimes you will see program or major restrictions attached to a course. If you are not in that program or major, that section will not be open to you. Some courses may have multiple offerings, multiple restrictions, and different restrictions depending on the quarter, so be . Be sure to always check the restrictions if you are unsure of which course CRN you need to register for.
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Restricted to Doctoral and Graduate Students only. Prerequisite course that can be taken concurrently and needs a grade of B or better. Program restrictions. Restricted to Graduate Teacher Education only. CRN 20638 (blue) is restricted to online students. CRN 20639 (green) is restricted to on campus students only. |