CU Student Course Planning Site

The Student Planning site equips students to manage their academic schedules, view their academic progress, create their own course plans, and register for classes directly from that plan. 

Can you use Student Planning?

All students now have access to Student Planning. Students with a catalog year older than 2013 can use Student Planning to build a plan and register but they cannot see progress toward degree completion. These students can also continue to register through the myCU portal.

Before You Plan and Register

Before registering, students must sign the "Financial Responsibility Agreement" in the myCU portal each semester. They do not need a registration code to register for classes, but will still need their adviser to approve them for registration through the myCU portal. Advisers can approve their advisees by accessing "Advising - Registration" in the myCU portal.

As mentioned above, the new Student Planning site enables students to set up their own course plan for their remaining time at Cedarville. However, students and their advisers should still communicate regularly. Advisers have equal access to their students' accounts on the Planning Site and are able to view and edit their students' course plans. By communicating regularly, students and advisers can work together to create students' schedules.   

Accessing the Student Planning Site

1. Open up a web browser and go to cedarville.edu/studentplanning.
2. Enter your CedarNet login credentials (username must be in all lowercase) > Click [Sign In]. You are now logged in to Self Service.
3. From the Home screen, click on the "Student Planning" option. 
4. If you are a student, click the Student Planning button. If you are an adviser, click the Advising button.

The screen you arrive on should show your current schedule. You will also see the options near the top of the screen to [View Your Progress] or [Plan Your Degree & Register for Classes]. We will discuss those options in the following sections.

Viewing Your Progress

The Student Planning site gives students the ability to view their progress in their general education courses, their minor(s), and their major(s). To view your progress:

1. Click the [View Your Progress] button located on the [Home] page, or click the [My Progress] tab near the top of the screen.
2. Once on this screen, you can view the bars at the top to see how many credits you have taken, how many you are currently taking, and how many you have planned.

Note: A planned course is one that you have added to your course plan through the Student Planning site. If you are new to the Student Planning site, you will not have any planned courses. To learn how to add courses to your academic plan, see the next section of this help page.

3. As you scroll down on the Progress page, you can see the specific courses you have completed, the courses you have planned, and the courses you have not started (meaning, you have not completed them or planned them).

Note: For some course requirements, you will see multiple courses that will fulfill that requirement. For example, a number of courses will meet the required Literature elective. So, if all these courses on the Progress Page say "Not Started," that does not mean that you are required to take each course - just one of the courses to fulfill that requirement.

You can also view courses you have completed and courses you have planned on the Plan & Schedule page:

1. Click on the [Plan & Schedule] tab. On the page that appears, you will see your current schedule.
2. To view your schedule from previous semesters, click on the back arrow next to the semester title.
3. To see courses you have planned, click on the forward arrow next to the semester title. (If you have not yet used the Student Planning site to add courses to your plan, future semesters will be blank. To learn how to add courses to your plan, see the next section.)
4. If you would like to add a term to your plan (e.g., another semester or a summer term), click the plus sign > Select the term you would like to add > Click [Add Term].

Adding Courses to Your Course Plan

There are a couple different ways students can add courses to their plan. The first way is through the Progress page:

1. Either click on the [View Your Progress] button from the [Home] page or click on the [My Progress] tab.
2. Next to a course that is labeled "Not Started" click on the course code (e.g., HUM-1400). 
3. On the page that appears, click the "View Available Sections..." dropdown menu to view which sections are available.
4. If you would like to add a section to your course plan for the upcoming semester, click on the gray [Add Section to Schedule] button next to the desired section.
5. In the pop-up that appears, view the course details and click [Add Section to Schedule] if you would still like to add the section.
6. If you would like to add the course to your plan but want to wait to choose a specific section, you can click on [Add Course to Plan] near the top of the page.
7. In the pop-up that appears, select the term from the dropdown menu that you would like to add the course to > Click [Add Course to Plan]. (With this option, you will be able to later select, on the "Plan & Schedule" page, which specific section you would like to add to your plan.)

Students can also add courses to their plan directly from the course catalog. Students may choose this option if they have courses they want to take outside of their major(s), minor(s), and general education requirements. To add a course from the catalog, 

1. Click on [Course Catalog] from the top menu bar.
2. On the page that appears, you can scroll through the different subject options, or you can search for a subject in the "Search for a course subject:" search box. You can also search for a specific course in the top right search box.
3. Once you have used one of the above methods to navigate to a specific course, you can add that course by clicking [Add Course to Plan], or if you want to view available sections and add a specific section to your course plan, you can click "View Available Sections..."

Registering for Classes

When your registration date and time arrives, you can register your planned courses by completing the following steps:

1. Click the [Plan & Schedule] tab.
2. Click the forward arrow next to the semester title in order to navigate to the upcoming semester. (If you have planned courses for the semester which you have navigated to, you will see these courses listed in the left sidebar. If you have not planned any courses for the semester, see the "Adding Courses to Your Course Plan" section above.)
3. Within the actual schedule that appears on the page, if you have previously chosen which section you would like to register for, that section will show up in the appropriate time slots.
4. If you have not chosen the section of each course that you would like to add to your plan, you can do so by clicking the "View other section" dropdown under the course in the left sidebar > From the dropdown, click the section you would like to add to your schedule.
5. In the pop-up that appears, view the section details and confirm that you want to add it to your schedule by clicking on [Add Section to Schedule].
6. Once you are ready to register for courses, you can do so by clicking [Register] within each individual course on the left sidebar, or you can register all the courses in your planned schedule at one time by clicking [Register Now] in the top right corner.

Warning! 

Just because you have added a course to your course plan does not mean that you are registered for that course. Even if you have chosen a specific section, you still have to register that section when your registration date and time arrives. In some cases, a section in your course plan may fill up completely before you have the chance to register, in which case you may have to choose a different section or remain on a wait list.

Questions?

If you have any questions or discover any errors in your student information while working in the Student Planning site, please contact the Registrar's Office at 937-766-7710 or send them an email.