Scheduling

Registration Phases

Phase 1

Continuing students begin course registration in the semester prior. This occurs around March when registering for fall semester classes, and around October/November when registering for spring semester classes. Students are assigned a "time ticket" based on completed hours that allows them to register.

FASET

New students and transfer students begin course registration during their orientation.

Phase "AP"

If your FASET session happens to take place before your AP scores reach GT, students are typically able to work with their advisors to get into classes based on how they think they did on the exam. Your time ticket will open up again after the AP scores are posted (if applicable), allowing you to select those classes whose pre-requisites are satisfied by the AP credit.

Phase 2

A "last chance" registration phase that runs from about one week before classes until the Friday of the first week (this registration window overlaps with the first week of classes). The first week of classes is known as syllabus week and it's where you can see if you want to stay in the class depending on the syllabus, professor style, etc. As a result, Waitlists tend to move a lot in this phase. This is also the final chance to drop a class without it appearing on your transcript.

Resources

DegreeWorks can be accessed by students and is the same software used by academic advisors. DegreeWorks should be used to evaluate prerequisites and classes required for your major.

GT Scheduler, a product of Jinseo Park and Bits of Good, should be used to find optimal combinations of the courses a student intends to take.

Course Critique provides historical data about a professor's GPA in a specific course. In general, a professor with a higher GPA than the course's historical average will be easier.

CIOS Survey Data provides course survey information for professors by year. The prevalence and incentives surrounding CIOS survey completion could make CIOS a more reliable resource than RateMyProfessor.

RateMyProfessor is a popular professor rating website. Its findings often track with CIOS data but both should be consulted in creating a schedule.

Oscar Registration Extension allows users to quickly fill in CRNs on the day of registration.

Trust (but verify) any information provided by an academic advisor. Academic advisors are not often familiar with which professors are more difficult and may not prescribe plans that follow prerequisites.

GT Scheduler Guide

In order to use GT Scheduler, navigate to the GT Scheduler website: https://www.gt-scheduler.org/

Select your desired term in the top left, it should default to the next Spring or Fall term.

Next, enter your course numbers ("XX 0000") in the top left dialogue box. Blocks of time will be filled in the calendar to the right. In between your input course list and calendar, permutations of all input courses will be displayed. This list can be sorted for compactness or by ending time.

The letters next to or for a course number indicate the section (A, B, or C). These indicate the professor/instructor, time of lecture, and duration of lecture. Section A and B might have one professor while section C has another. The qualities might be the same for each section or they might be different, as it depends on the course and the semester. GR stands for grad.

If a class has another part where it has the section letter followed by a number (i.e. A01, B03), then that is a recitation or lab period. For some MATH classes, it is called studio. These are called "sub-sections' for your section. The sub-sections typically differ from each other in TAs and timeframe. If a class has recitations, they are probably required to sign up for, but not to attend. These time blocks can be when you do labs, take tests/quizzes, or ask questions with TAs.

There is also an R section for some classes (i.e. CS 1332 and CS 1332R). This is an additional and typically optional recitation section for the course.

And lastly, always always double check your course selections on OSCAR for additional information. There can be additional restrictions by campus, major, concentration, LLC, etc.