Steps to take before your scheduling window opens:

• Consult your Arts and Sciences academic advisor and your major advisor.
• Check your Ohio State e-mail account for your scheduling window time.
• Understand what prerequisites and GEC requirements are necessary for your degree.
• Know your major requirements and whether courses in the pre-major or major area need to be taken in a particular sequence.
• Make sure you have an up-to-date GEC list.
• Consult the Course Offerings Bulletin, which describes courses, indicates prerequisites, as well as other stipulations.
  • If a course requires instructor permission you must obtain a Course Enrollment Permission Form from the front desk of Denney Hall or from your department and have it signed by the instructor. After getting the appropriate signature, you must have the form processed in 100 Denney Hall (West Lobby).
• Consult the Master Schedule (Quarterly Offerings)
  • Which courses are offered in the upcoming quarter?
  • When are courses offered?
  • What are the call numbers of the courses you would like to take?
• Plan a tentative schedule. Make sure you have backup choices in case your first-choice courses are no longer available when your scheduling window opens. If you plan on taking three courses, select three primary choices and three backup choices.
• In order to plan for future quarters, contact your major department for a listing of prospective future offerings. Individual departments usually keep tentative lists regarding future offerings of courses within the department.