Honors Digest (Yet Another) Special Edition: The New Registration System

Hello Honors Students!

A lot of you have been e-mailing me with questions about registration, so I thought I would try to provide a few pointers about the new Schedule of Classes online, especially when it comes to classes that have multiple parts - lecture, discussion, quiz, lab, etc.

For demonstration purposes only, let's take a look at BIO 1510: Basic Life Sciences. Looking up the class is still the same: go to www.classschedule.wayne.edu < Courses and Subjects < Biological Sciences < BIO 1510 (or, you can use the Search to look up BIO1510).

Now, the Prerequiste and Notes areas are still the same, as is the link to the Undergraduate Bulletin, in case there is more to the course description. If there isn't a lab, discussion, or quiz section attached to the lecture, the only CRN you will need is for the lecture. In the case of BIO 1510, the 3 credit, lecture-only version is only open to Engineering majors.

If you look at the entire page, you will see that there are two main lectures for 4 credits - CRN 25199 and CRN 25232. Look at the grey header at the top of the list - Course Ref. No. (CRN), Sect., Link, Schd, Days, Times, and so on. The new one is LINK, right? When you have a lecture that also requires you to select an additional lab, discussion or quiz section, you have to pick a section with the SAME TWO LETTER LINK CODE.

So, if you select CRN 25199, section 002, Link ZO, you must select one of the sections with an OZ link code, which would be sections 003 through 501. If you try to combine the 21599 lecture with one of the PZ labs (sections 021 through 026), you will get an error. You will also get an error if you try to register for the lecture without a lab. A PZ lab must be paired with the ZP lecture.

And while we're at it - CRN 25230 section 501 is an Honors section. How do I know? Because the three-digit section number starts with a 5. You will also see that light gray bar with the word "Honors" and it repeats the CRN for the Honors section, which is 25230. To register for the Honors section of BIO 1510, you will need to enter both 25199 (the lecture) and 25230 (the lab).

Let's try another example - ECO 2010: Microeconomics. You will see that there are 13 lectures, including an Honors section (CRN 23896). Take a look at CRN 25355, section 001, has a Link code of AR. If you select CRN 25355, you must select one of the RA discussions, which are sections 002, 003, 005 and 007). If you choose CRN 25370, which has a link code of AS, you have to also choose one of the discussion sections that has a SA Link code (sections, 009, 010, 011, 012, 013 and 014).

I hope that helps - I will still be replying to each individual message as quickly as possible. I know that some of you have not been able to register during Honors pre-registration. Please be patient and keep trying. Again, in a worst case scenario, if you would like to register for an Honors section and weren't able to register by midnight on November 2, send me the CRN(s) and I will make every effort to make sure that the block is lifted by the beginning of Priority registration on Monday, November 5, starting at 9:00 am.

Hope that helps,
Liza



Liza Lagman Sperl
Academic Advisor
Wayne State University Honors
2100 Adamany Undergraduate Library
(313) 577-3030 main office
(313) 577-9075 voice mail
ab8898@wayne.edu
honors.wayne.edu