What's on this page?
- Introduction to Setting up Courses
- What are the Guidelines for?
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Features of the Course Catalog:
- Academic Orgs, Subjects and Catalog Numbers
- Course Components
- Course Grading Options and Exam Groups
- Course Attributes
- Pre-Requisites and Special Types of Courses
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Features of the Schedule of Classes:
- Terms and Meeting Times
- Instructors and Grading Access
- Limited Enrollment Courses (enrollment cap, waitlists, seat reserves, petitions)
Who is this for?
FAS Curriculum Coordinators, Faculty
Introduction to Setting up Courses
FAS Departments are responsible for organizing course data in the my.harvard administrative portal for publication in the my.harvard course search. Curriculum coordinators enter or edit data in two different administrative pages:
- The Course Catalog - a complete collection of a departments' full course offerings across many years.
- The Schedule of Classes - classes scheduled for a specific term for student enrollment.
What are the Guidelines for?
Follow these guidelines when organizing curriculum data and making revisions. Course additions and changes must be approved must be approved by the Chair of the appropriate FAS Department or committee.
Guidelines describes common fields in the Course Catalog and Schedule of Classes and provides background information on curriculum settings and values. Use the Curriculum Management workflows to ensure proper curriculum setup.
See the Data Refresh Schedule to determine when data points are refreshed.