1. Advisement Features in CSNS (II) Department Program
Chengyu Sun
California State University, Los Angeles

2. Overview What’s Department Program? Create Department Program
Add Course

3. Department Program … A.K.A. Program Template
Used as a template to create personalized program for each student

4. CSMS (Thesis/Project Option)
… Department Program
CSMS (Thesis/Project Option)
Prerequisites
Program
CS 2011
CS 2012 …
Core Courses
Blocks
Elective Courses
Thesis or Project
Courses
WPE

5. Create Department Program
Log onto CSNS
Menu Department -> Programs
Click the Add Program button at the upper right corner
Click the Edit Blocks button at the upper right corner

6. Block Operations Add block Edit block Delete block
Re-order block by drag & drop
Add course to block
Search course by code or name
Remove course to block

7. Other Program Operations
Edit Program
Clone Program
Create a new program based on an existing one
Publish Program
Make a program available for use
Remove Program
Removed programs are still kept in the system, but they are “hidden” and cannot be used to create new personalized programs

8. Add Course
Go to and find the course to be added
Department -> Courses -> Add Course
Copy & paste the course information from the catalog

9. About Course Fields Code Unit Factor Description
E.g. CS101. Note that there’s no space between subject and number
Unit Factor
1.0 for semester course, for quarter courses
Description
This is for ABET Course Description (a.k.a. ABET Syllabus), not catalog description