You can use the Course Catalog to locate courses.

In the Search for a course subject field, enter the first letter or letters of the subject to refine the list or enter the full name of the subject, and then select an item from the list to view the course search details.

Use either the Search for courses or Search for a course subject fields to find courses and sections. You can enter the course name (for example, math*1080) to locate a specific course in the Search for courses field. You can also enter a keyword to find courses by title. For example, you might enter management to find a Management course. When you use the Search for courses field, the courses found will be listed in order of how well they match your keywords. After the courses have been identified, you can select View Available Sections for [course name] to see sections for each specific course.

Search Tips
The following list contains tips that will help you find the course you want:

• The course search is not case sensitive.
• To search for a specific section, enter the course name and section ID strung together. For example, Math*1080*01 can be searched by entering math*1080*01.
• If multiple search words are separated by a space, either word will cause a "hit" in the search results. Use "And" in your search to ensure all given search words are found. For example, financial and management to find only the results for courses related to financial management courses and not all financial courses and all management courses.
• Using AND versus OR in your course search will change the results. If you use the word AND between two words, the search results will contain only courses that contain both words in the course title or description. If you use the word OR between two words, the search results will contain courses with either of the two words in the course title and description. For example, if you typed financial OR management you would get broader search results than if you typed financial AND management.

• Course name (subject and course number)
• Section name (subject, course number and section number)
• Course description
• Course and section title
• Department (code and description)
• Location (code and description)

The Keyword Search supports single and multiple character wildcard searches.

To perform a multiple character wildcard search, use the "*" symbol. Multiple character wildcard searches looks for 0 or more characters. For example:

• test* - will search for test, tests, tester, etc.
• te*t - will search for tenet, test, tent, etc.

To perform a single character wildcard search, use the "?" symbol. The single character wildcard search looks for items that match with the single character replaced. For example:

• te?t - will search for the word text, tent, test, etc.

Note: You cannot use a * or ? symbol as the first character of a search.

Using the course catalog’s Advanced Search form, select the term from the dropdown and press the Search button. The system displays all the courses with sections that are available during the selected term.

Either select the term or specify dates. The course catalog uses these dates to select sections that fall within the specified date range. If you want to select sections by meeting dates, both dates are required.

Using the Advanced Search form, select up to 6 subjects under “Courses and Sections.” If you have entered fewer than 6 subjects and want to enter more, press the Add More… button. This adds an empty row for your selection. After you press Search, the catalog result displays the courses that have any of the subjects you selected.

Using the Advanced Search form, search for up to 6 courses by selecting a subject from the subject dropdown and providing a corresponding course number. If you have entered fewer than 6 courses and want to enter more, press the Add More... button. This adds an empty row for your selection. After you press Search, the course catalog result displays the courses that have the course numbers you entered.

Using the Advanced Search form, specify up to 6 sections by selecting a subject from the subject dropdown and providing both a corresponding course number and section number. For example, to find section MATH*1080*01 you would enter “MATH” in subject, “1080” in course, and “01” in section. If you have entered fewer than 6 courses and want to enter more, press the Add More... button. This adds an empty row for your selection. After you press Search, the course catalog result displays sections that have the section numbers you entered. You cannot enter a section unless you have entered a course number. You cannot enter a course number unless a subject is selected.

In the Advanced Search, use the dropdown menu to limit your results by academic level so that the course catalog displays all courses or sections that match the selected academic level.

In the Advanced Search, use the dropdown menu to search by location so that the course catalog displays all courses or sections that have this location.

In the Advanced Search, use the dropdown menu to search for a specific time so that the course catalog displays all sections that have meeting times within the selected time range.

In the Advanced Search, use the Time Starts by and Time Ends by fields to search the sections by specifying a time. When you specify a Starts by time, the system displays only the sections from start time onwards and later. When you specify an Ends by time, the system displays only the sections before the end time. When you specify a Starts by and the Ends by time, the system displays only the sections within the given time range.

In the Advanced Search, use the individual check boxes to select multiple days of week. The course catalog displays all the sections that meet on those days.

Yes. Use as many criteria as you want on the Advanced Search page. The course catalog displays the results that match all the criteria you specify.

In the advanced search tab, you will see a Results View option. Click the Section Listing option to return a table view of sections instead of the full course catalog results.

Information on the Section Listing page is only updated once a day (overnight), so you will not see changes until the next day. Use the Basic Search or the Catalog Listing view in the Advanced Search to view the most up-to-date course section information.

If you use the "Subject Search" tab in the Course Catalog, courses are sorted in alphanumeric order by course code. First-year courses are located at the top of the list, followed by second-year courses, and so on, unless additional filters are applied using the filters on the left-hand side of your screen.

If you use the "Search for courses" box at the top right-hand side of your screen, courses are displayed based on relevance to your search terms. Courses are not listed according to course code or year. If you only want to view courses for a specific year, use the filters on the left-hand side of your screen.

Information in the course description about when and how a course is offered should only be used as a guide. If the “Offering(s)” section of the course description indicates “Also offered through Distance Education format,” this may not apply to all semesters, and the course may only be available through face-to-face delivery in some semesters. If you would like to know more about when the course is usually offered through DE, please contact the department that organizes the course. The department is indicated in the course description.

Use the Clear button at the bottom of the page to clear all the fields and reset your search.

For more information about Student Planning, including video tutorials and FAQs, visit your campus's Student Planning website:

• Student Planning website for the Guelph and Ridgetown campuses
• Student Planning website for the Guelph-Humber campus