It's that time of year again. As the University moves past the halfway point in the semester, students begin to look forward, not to the end of this semester, but to the beginning of the next. The Registrar's office finally has given the gift of predestination to many students who have anxiously awaited the arrival of the Fall 2003 Course Offering Directory.
Now that the COD is available online, students can begin that time-consuming search for the perfect schedule.
"It's a lot more exciting to be thinking about what you're going to do instead of what you're doing now," second-year Engineering student Christina Robinette said. "I'll spend hours planning different schedules until it's time to register."
Although many are reveling in the joys of putting off current assignments to dream of future classes like Running for Fitness or Finger-painting, some do not share in this sentiment.
"Why are they excited?" wondered third-year College student Katherine Tucker. "I plan, but it's not like you have to plan immediately. I know some people await the day the COD comes out and plan within 30 minutes of its release, but I personally don't do it until the deadline."
There is a considerable amount of time between the date the COD becomes available and the advising times when most students would want to have their tentative schedules finished. Robinette, however, felt that this time could be important.
"They probably do it to give [students] more time, and for the professors so they know what they're doing," she said. "Its more time to change your mind too."
This decision time is particularly important for College students because of the vast selection of classes available to them. In other schools, including Architecture, Engineering and Commerce, many classes are pre-chosen and required for each semester, limiting the number of choices for students.
"I think that people come to the College needing to have more say in their schedule because they're trying to figure out what they want to do," said Tucker. "In the E-school they have the path laid out for them."
Third-year Engineering student Supawat Supakwong agreed. "I'm in the E-school and the good thing is you don't have to think about it, they just create a curriculum for you," he said.
The Course Offering Directory currently is available 24 hours a day for those students who feel inclined to begin preparation for next semester. For those that don't, don't worry, there's still plenty of time to decide.
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