Plan Ahead

Give yourself a head start by building a plan for the upcoming term. When you are ready to register, you can access these plans. This can be a major benefit to minimizing the energy spent on registration. 

Blue arrow points to the Plan Ahead option.
A summary view of the Plan Ahead feature

Plan Ahead - A Step-By-Step Guide

Students are able to create up to three plans for the term in question. The first step on the path to creating a plan is to select the Create a New Plan option.

Create a new plan

Students are able to research courses they'd like to add to their plan by using the search fields on the Find Classes page.

Search for courses to add to your plan.

 

Search results will provide course titles and course number, as well as provide options to view sections and add the course to the plan.

Search results in the Plan Ahead feature

When viewing sections, students are able to see all possible courses that can be added to their plan. Students can also select individual courses by title to review details before adding.

A list of classes in the specified search.

After adding a course to the plan, it will display as pending. Once all courses for the plan are in place, students can submit the plan.

Save a course to add it to your plan

Once a plan has been created, the next step is to provide a name, so this can be referenced with ease later.

A pop-up window with the option to name your plan.

Students can register for classes from the Plan tab by selecting the course and then the proper class they are seeking.

The Plan tab within Register for Classes

Plan Ahead Advising Video