You can use the Search for courses field to find a course.

When you search for a course, you are automatically taken to the Course Catalog where you can see a list of courses that match your search criteria. You can then use the filters to refine your search and view the details for a 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, use "financial" and "management" to find only the results for courses related to financial management 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.

The following areas are what your search term will be checked against:

• 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)

You can use the Course Catalog to locate courses.

Return to the Course Catalog and in the Search for a course subject field, enter the first letter or letters of the subject to refine the list. After you select a subject, you can then select an item from the list to view the course search details.

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.

You can filter search results to view course and section information by using the filters in the Filter Results.

• Refine your search results by applying filters from the categories on the left side of the page. For example, you could filter your search results by availability, subject, location and course level.
• You can add and remove any or all filters on your search results.

Select a course from the search results to expand and review the course details. You can also expand and review the available sections, if applicable.

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.

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. You can add a section directly to your schedule from the Section Listing view.

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.

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.

You must log in if you want to add a course or section to your plan.

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