Course Schedule and Registration Information

Use the online course schedule to look up classes as you plan for your upcoming registration. This online "Real Time" access will enable you to select from a variety of searchable features when looking for courses. After selecting the semester or term you are planning to register for, you may search by course prefix, course number, course attribute, course status, and course title. Refer to the topics below for additional course related information.

• Section Number Information
• Course Number Information
• Course Title Prefix Abbreviations
• General Registration Information
• WEB Registration and Drop/ Add -- Keys to Success

Section Number Information:

010, 020, 030, 040 middle number generally designates quarter courses
500's courses require SPECIAL PERMISSION (see the department chair or program coordinator)
600's courses for designated majors only
700's courses for non-majors only
800's courses for First Year Programs, Learning Communities and other Special Populations
070's courses offered at off-campus locations
090's courses taught at SUNY Institute of Tech.

Course Number Information:

100-199 courses generally designed for freshmen but may be appropriate for sophomores, usually an introductory or first course taught in a sequence within a specific discipline.

200-299 courses generally designed for sophomores but may be appropriate for freshmen, usually advancing in a progression as a second course which may require previous knowledge or training.

300-399 courses generally designed for juniors and seniors, but may also be appropriate for sophomores. Prerequisites are often required for this course level.

400-499 courses generally designed for juniors and seniors advancing well into upper division work with prerequisite knowledge base required.

500-599 courses are considered graduate courses, but are designed for both the graduate and highly motivated undergraduate student. This level of course work is open to juniors and seniors in good academic standing (cumulative grade point average of 2.0). Certain 500-level courses are for graduate students only.

Seniors Taking 500-Level Courses for Graduate Credit may do so in their final semester of undergraduate study, and must request permission to register for 500-level courses for graduate credit. Approval must be obtained from the school associate dean for the student's major before the start of the semester in which the course is being taken. Students are cautioned that graduate credits thus earned may not be transferred toward meeting the requirements for the master's degree at another institution.

600-699 courses designed exclusively at the graduate level for graduate students only.

Course Title Prefix Abbreviations:

ASYN "Online" computer course (Asynchronous)
HYBR "Blended" online & traditional in-class course delivery (Hybrid)
SLN SUNY Learning Network (also Asynchronous)
TP Special Topics course (29's not in Catalog)

Identification Codes:
c/h credit hour of course
CRN Course Reference Number
CG # Cortland General Education Category #
LASR Liberal Arts Requirements
PRES Presentation Skills
QTR number identifies quarter
SI Supplemental Instruction Available
SLRN Service Learning
WRIT Writing Intensive Section

General Registration Information:

Dates and Deadlines: Fall 2009    Spring 2010

Web registration access for Winter is now closed.

Students who have not yet registered for winter are still invited to do so, starting Monday, November 23, in the Registrar's Office (undergraduate students) or the Graduate Studies Office (graduate students). Payment must be made at the time of registration. A completed Non-Web Registration Form for Winter 2010 is required for registration. Winter session classes begin January 4, 2010 and continue through Friday, January 15, 2010.

Web registration for the Spring 2010 semester will close, Thursday, December 17, 2009.

WEB Registration and Drop/ Add --
Keys to Success:

The following links will give you directions on WEB Registration and Drop/Add. Registration and Drop/Add on the WEB uses the same process. Click on the links below for more information on each topic.

• Key Elements to WEB Registration and Drop/Add
• How to Register and Drop/Add on the WEB
• WEB Registration and Drop/Add Error Messages
• WEB Registration and Drop/Add Help Hotline Information