SIS/Building Your Schedule of Classes - Reviewing and Updating Independent Study Section

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Review tips for independent study sections

• Instructors will term roll with their sections.
• Each Independent Study instructor is assigned to a specific Class Section  with a separate Class Number.
• If course Component type is IND and the Catalog Nbr is <+699, Add Consent must be set at Department or Instructor Consent Required (and a requisite requiring consent is attached to your course).
• General course information for Independent Studies courses will appear in the PDF Schedule of Classes; however, individual independent sections will not display. Individual class numbers are available in the Course Search & Enroll app.

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How to update an independent study section

Step 1

• From Home, select: Curric & Enroll Rep WorkCenter, Maintain Schedule of Classes

Or

• Schedule New Course

Tip: Menu navigation: > Curriculum Management > Schedule of Classes > Maintain Schedule of Classes - or - > Schedule New Course.

Step 2

Use the Find page to locate the desired course. Search by : Term, Subject Area, Catalog Number.

Step 3 

• If you need to change an existing section, then enter Session (A1 for Fall & Sp).
• If you need to add a section and the Class Section  field is blank, then enter Session (A1 for Fall & Sp).
• If you need to add a section and the Class Section field already has a number displaying, then select [+] button to add a new section and then enter Session (A1 for Fall &Sp).

Step 4 

Enter Class Section  number.

Note: Your department may have assigned a unique number to each instructor called a “conference number.” You may wish to use this number as the Class Section number. This number must be 3 digits.

Step 5

Select Component type of ‘IND’ for Independent Study.

Step 6

Verify Class Type is ‘Enrollment Section.’

Step 7

Indicate the Associated Class number that coordinates with the Section number. You can select from unused associated class numbers from 1 to 9998.

Associated Class displays with the same number as the Class Section without the leading zero(s).

Step 8 

Change Instruction Mode to ‘P.’

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Notes

• Do not enter a facility ID or meeting pattern.
• Make sure permission is set to ‘Instructor Consent.’