<p>Another thing I found while going through the multitude of UA stuff in the college pile is a Bama Bound Freshman Course Guide 2009-2010 CD. Can I assume that once D registers for a Bama Bound session that she’ll get the 2010-2011 version?
Thanks!</p>
<p>gee, I have no idea…</p>
<p>What’s on that “course guide”?</p>
<p>I don’t know…I haven’t popped it in yet; figured it would be outdated. Guess I’ll have to see now :)</p>
<p>Let us know what’s on it.</p>
<p>As of the upcoming catalog revision, UA is doing away with the very useful paper catalog and going all electronic like the graduate school has already done. This allows for catalogs to be modified annually rather than every two years as is currently done. A student does not change catalogs unless they petition to be moved to a later catalog, so the latter change does not affect many people. If the CD you have is a mini CD, it’s probably just the catalog. Your D will be subject to the most current catalog when she enters UA, which would be the '10-'11 catalog. </p>
<p>For some reason I was on the '06 catalog because I started taking college classes in '06. I later switched to the '08 one due to more favorable degree requirements.</p>
<p>oooohhhhh</p>
<p>no more paper ones!!! I love my paper ones!!!</p>
<p>But, I understand that printing them must be pricey.</p>
<p>FYI, I just popped in the DVD & it contains a 62 page pdf. </p>
<p>From the intro: “The Freshman Course Guide is intended to help you with academic planning. Reading and thinking about courses before registering for them is a key to success. You are much more likely to succeed in a course for which you have planned than for one that you register for without much
forethought.” </p>
<p>It then goes onto say “The Guide does not list all the courses that are available to you. For example, the Honors College publishes a list of special Honors courses that should be reviewed alongside the Course Guide. The University offers some very interesting Freshman Seminars, each of which is numbered 155, and these are described on the UA website. There are also some courses that are very specifically intended for one particular major or college. Those courses are not included here.”</p>
<p>So this will not be helpful to D, as it contains the schedules from last fall. Wonder if they do this every year?</p>
<p>Glad that we picked up the paper catalog when we did! SEA_tide, are they planning on discontinuing the printing of the course schedules too?</p>
<p>Rob…</p>
<p>Does it actually have “course time schedules” or does it have course listings? For instance, does it have sections for each major and then just a description of each class?</p>
<p>If you want to see Fall 2010’s course schedule, go onto MyBama and click on “Look Up Classes” and then proceed.</p>
<p>*are they planning on discontinuing the printing of the course schedules too? *</p>
<p>I don’t think Bama has printed course schedules for several years. We’ve never had one. We’ve always used MyBama.</p>
<p>I don’t think UA has printed course (time) schedules in awhile now. Our degree checksheets are also supposed to be moving to the electronic DegreeWorks from the paper files UA currently uses, but that hasn’t happened yet.</p>
<p>I see the intent in providing the DVD, but question its usefulness, especially if it contains class times for the current school year. I realize that when the DVD was made, 2010-2011 course schedules weren’t available, but it still seems odd. As I have experienced it, freshman registration involves handing the students a degree checksheet, having them choose classes that fit the requirements, and then finding specific times and registering on myBama. What is particularly useful are the lists of courses that meet the core requirements found at [The</a> Office of The University Registrar - The University of Alabama](<a href=“http://www.registrar.ua.edu/curriculum/]The”>http://www.registrar.ua.edu/curriculum/) .</p>
<p>We have a printed course schedule book for Spring 2010 in our house, given to D by the history professor whom she talked to about advising & the history department when we were at one of the Honors days. </p>
<p>I’m at work now, so I can’t check the actual content. D & I have both spent some time on the electronic course time tables, but sometimes it’s just easier to have it in print in front of you. </p>
<p>I have no idea when we even got that DVD; it was in “the pile” so it arrived in our house anywhere from Jan 09 through CSD (but I think it was back in the fall.)</p>
<p>Rob…</p>
<p>When you get a chance to look at the printed schedule book, let us know the content. I’ve only seen the Undergrad catalogs. I wonder if it includes ALL Bama class sections & times or just History classes. I can’t imagine how thick such a thing would be. Just for English Comp alone Bama offers about 100 sections.</p>
<p>D & I have both spent some time on the electronic course time tables, but sometimes it’s just easier to have it in print in front of you.</p>
<p>I know what you mean. When using the online version, it can help to hold down the control key to select multiple majors, so then many various classes will come up. Also, if you push Cntl key and the minus key (-), you can shrink the font to see more at one time. The reverse happens if you push cntl and +</p>
<p>Sorry it took me so long to check into this but I finally have my hands on the “Spring 2010 Schedule of Classes.” It is a magazine sized publication that runs 120 pages. </p>
<p>It starts off with a listing of general studies/core curriculum course listings then at page 28 goes into a very small print version by department of every class offered including listing every section. </p>
<p>So for example English comp:EN 102 English Composition is the heading followed by sections; this one class ends up running almost 2 full pages and includes call no. section, type, days, time, bldg/rm, credits & instructor. </p>
<p>It is remarkable unchanged from the course schedules I used to pick up back in the stone ages when I used to register for undergrad (and had to wait on line and go from table to table :)</p>
<p>The CD has a description of many classes that Freshmen would be expected to take or would be interested in. However, that CD doesn’t have specific class times/schedules or instructors listed. It’s just the class descriptions from the catalog pulled out with some wording added that is directed at freshmen.</p>
<p>Ahhh…</p>
<p>That is so interesting about that paper course schedule. I have never seen one since my old college days.</p>
<p>I wonder if those are for faculty use and planning?</p>
<p>I don’t know, but boy I’d love to have one for Fall 2010 
I know, I know, it’s all online, but there’s something so satisfying about dogearring pages…</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>I wonder if it’s possible to get them. Sounds rather pricey to print them. The fact that they aren’t easily obtained makes me wonder if they’re for faculty.</p>
<p>Also, since Bama doesn’t name many profs until a few weeks before classes start, I wonder if there are a lot of TBDs for profs names. </p>
<p>We’ve been known to use the cntl button to get a bunch of various classes in various majors to be listed, and then print out the whole list. At least that way, you don’t have to deal with pages that don’t matter to the student for that semester.</p>
<p>Ooh, good tip for printing. Thanks M2CK!</p>
<p>And yes, a lot of the listings for instructor just said “staff.”</p>