Using the Student Link to Plan for Classes The All-Star Guide to Using the Student Link to Plan for Classes

GOALS!!! Learn how to navigate StudentLink for class registration Determine what classes you should take in the fall Plan for those classes in your schedule

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Travel On Over to the StudentLink Go to bu.edu/studentlink Click on Academics Tab

Click on the “Registration” Link

Enter your Kerberos name (email) and password

Click On “Reg Options” Under Fall 2012 Yours will be blank

Click “Plan”

Select the college the course is offered (CAS, SED) Enter the department of the course (WR, ED, HI, PS etc) Enter the course number Enter the Section code (if you know it – applicable for WR100)

Check Box and Click Add to Planner

Click “Graph”

Use the “Graph” feature

Tips: Using your head! BU allows for 10 Minutes in between classes for travel time Avoid Conflicts (they will be written in red on your planner will be multicolored on your graph) Call me over with questions! If you wish to change your classes over the summer, contact Jackie Boyle (boylej@bu.edu)

Hit a home run on your APs, IBs, or external credits?? Call me over! Generally, BU accepts credit for 4 or 5 on APs / 5,6,7,8 on IB higher level courses Scores sent through http://www.collegeboard.org/ BU’s code = 3087 External credits are at discretion of individual departments Usually C or better, similar content

Courses you will take… CAS Writing (WR) 100 MANY interesting options – see handout Plan for this last, based on available times Check your graph, then search for classes by time

ED 100 and 101 – A Slam Dunk! Lecture with Professor Tate Smaller Discussion Groups Wednesday Field Placement Urban / Suburban 101 Technology Lab Make a website LETS GIVE IT A TRY

Congratulations! You are officially a registration All-Star!

Suggested First Semester Classes Modern Foreign Language Education CAS WR 100 SED ED 100 and 101 CAS Laboratory Science CAS (Modern Foreign Language) *See me! Science Education CAS WR 100 *See me or Dr. Garik! History Education CAS WR 100 SED ED 100 and 101 CAS Laboratory Science *See me! English Education CAS WR 100 SED ED 100 and 101 CAS Laboratory Science CAS EN 121 – we already registered you for this class! Mathematics Education CAS WR 100 SED ED 100 and 101 CAS MA 123 CAS Laboratory Science / social Science / Humanities Extra time? -Take the SED entrance survey on our Class of 2016 Facebook Page!