What to Do When Registering for Classes

Ongoing Planning

  1. Print the following documents located at S:\Academic\Industrial_Studies\Smidt\Advising:
    1. BCM Flowcharts 07-09.pdf
    2. BCM Courses by Year 07-09.pdf
    3. BCM Course Planning by Semester.xls
  2. On the BCM Flowcharts
    1. “X” out all courses which

                                                               i.      You have passed,

                                                             ii.      Courses which you have received credit via transfer or pass-out exams

    1. Put a single bar of a “X” through currently taking
  1. On the BCM Courses by Year spreadsheet update all the yellow fields

Before Visiting Your Advisor

  1. Bring all the information up-to-date as per the “Ongoing Planning” section above.
  2. Sign-up for an appointment time with your advisor via the schedule posted on your advisor’s office door.
  3. Use the UWPClasses program to create a tentative schedule.
    1. Run the UWPClasses program

                                                               i.      The first time you run it, it may ask if it is okay to install it.  Click “Yes” and then click “Run”.

                                                             ii.      You must use a Windows PC and installing it will not cause any problems with other programs on the PC.

    1. Getting started

                                                               i.      The top half of the screen is the list of courses that you can choose from

                                                             ii.      The bottom half of the screen is where your schedule will be built. 

                                                            iii.      You can resize the top & bottom halves of the screen by dragging the top border of the Schedule header up & down.

                                                           iv.      Click on the “Remove Section” button (in bottom half) several times until all the items in the schedule are removed.

                                                             v.      In the top-right of the screen, select the term that you are registering for

(a)    Select the term

(b)   Select the year

(c)    Click the “Reload” button

                                                           vi.      Adding courses to the schedule

(a)    Select the college in which the course is offered

(b)   Select the department in which the course is offered

(c)    Click on the course you want to take

(d)   Click the “Add to Schedule”

(e)    Repeat until all courses have been selected

    1. When the schedule is built

                                                               i.      Fill in your name in the “Student” field in the bottom half

                                                             ii.      Save your schedule to your flash drive (or hard drive if it’s your own computer)

(a)    From the menu, pick File > Save As

(b)   Find the drive and folder where you want to save the file

(c)    Give the file a name; e.g., Fall 2007

(d)   Click “Save”

                                                            iii.      Click the “Print Schedule” button

 

What Printouts to Bring when Visiting Your Advisor

  1. Your updated BCM Courses by Year spreadsheet
  2. Your updated Gen Ed Flowchart
  3. Your updated BCM Flowchart
  4. The schedule from the UWPClasses program
  5. A list of alternative courses in case sections are full
  6. If you are a senior, your degree audit

 

What to Do After Visiting Your Advisor

  1. When your advisor approves your tentative schedule, s/he will issue a PIN to you
  2. Log on to PeopleSoft to formally register for the classes.