Scheduling Tips
Here are some important considerations for planning your next semester:
- Choose your classes.
- Use the IU East Bulletin plus the academic advising sheet for your degree program to find the classes you need for particular degree programs. The bulletin also has class descriptions and information about prerequisite courses. Prerequisite courses are not always listed in the Schedule of Classes. You must check the bulletin. If you are a new student, be sure to plan for the classes you placed into first (from the Compass test results).
- Select the best day and time for each class.
- Use the printed Schedule of Classes the online version you can find via OneStart to find class meeting times and locations. Be sure to choose alternate selections, too, in case your first choices are closed. Remember that a building code of "CD," "VC," or "FP" means that the class meets in Connersville, and "NW," "NX," or "DA"are building locations in New Castle.
- Schedule your advising appointment (973-8235)
- Bring your list of classes and alternates to your advising appointment, along with any questions you might have. Your advisor will help you resolve any concerns you have and make sure you're on track for your program during your appointment.
- You are not officially registered in your classes until your fees are paid.
- If your fees are not paid on the due date for each semester, your registration will be cancelled. If you are receiving financial aid, it is your responsibility to make sure that everything is in order. If in doubt, contact the Financial Aid Office to see if they have granted a financial aid deferment for you. Contact our Bursar's Office (or Student Accounts) for questions about your bill at 973-8345.
First Year Seminar
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Facts about the First Year Seminar course:
- The overall goal of the course is to increase the likelihood that you will succeed in college.
- The First Year Seminar is a 3 credit hour, elective course.
- First Year Seminar sections have no more than 20 students.
- Two-thirds of all U.S. colleges and universities have First Year Seminar classes.
The First Year Seminar course will help you:
- Transition smoothly from high school, work, or home to the university
- Become knowledgeable about IU East as an institution and as a community for learning
- Learn what college instructors expect
- Make new friends as soon as classes start and develop a mentoring relationship with your instructor and peer mentor
- Sharpen college success skills and grow in self-knowledge
- Learn to use e-mail and Internet resources
In the First Year Seminar course you will:
- Become familiar with the people, services, resources and opportunities for assistance at IU East, including campus resources for computers and information technology
- Discover your learning strengths and weaknesses and develop ways to study which match your learning style
- Learn test taking skills
- Learn listening and note taking skills
- Improve your reading, homework and study techniques
- Develop critical thinking skills through problem solving activities
- Improve important life skills such as decision making, goal setting, time management, interpersonal communication skills and appropriate behavior in varied situations
- Explore career options and various academic disciplines
First Year Seminar is listed as "COAS S102" in your Schedule of Classes. There is a variety of class days and times.
College Textbook Reading Course (EDUC-X 151):
This course is designed to help you become more effective and efficient at reading your textbooks. It also helps you to understand the techniques needed to read different types of textbooks, for example science texts vs. humanities texts. It will help you retain more information each time you read your assignments and help you to establish new and better reading habits. It even counts toward a general distribution elective in most degrees on campus.