This post is a shout out to the Rutgers University staff for making such an awesome website. Seriously, all my friends at other schools need to contact their academic adviser for everything. Whether they wish to add or drop a class, search for general education requirement courses, contact professors or T/A's; the list goes on and on. The Rutgers website is very developed, and here are two reasons why;
1) Degree Course Navigator - this link is heaven sent. I never knew about it until a friend had given me insight about the website my second year here. The link below will take you to a sign in page, and following that, you will be able to access your schools of enrollment (Major and/or Minor), and see how many credits you have left to suit your major or minor. Not only that, but the website tells explains general education requirements and gives you a list of courses you can take to suit the needs of every general education and elective you need to take to satisfy that major. This helps student have an idea as to where they stand academically. Why take that Music Theory course if your Fine Arts electives are already finished? Like I had said earlier, it is heaven sent.
https://cas.rutgers.edu/login?service=https://dn.rutgers.edu/Default.aspx
2) WebReg - online registration of classes. By logging into this link, you could check or print your schedule for the semester, look up courses to enroll in for the next semester, and, most importantly, add or drop classes for the semester you are previously in, as well as for the next semester. Upon enrolling in a course, the site automatically transfers the preferred textbook(s) you will need for your courses onto a "Newark Bookstore" link on the bottom of the page, which makes life a hell of a lot easier.
https://sims.rutgers.edu/webreg/refresh.htm
With every possible course you could take for the semester in front of your face, you can try your hardest to select your own schedule with the help of these 2 websites. But don't delay, because if that class you need is closed up for the semester, you're going to have to start emailing professors for Special Permission Numbers!!
I do agree wholeheartedly that Rutgers.edu is heaven! Blackboard is heaven too and Webreg. Makes our lives in Rutgers Newark so much easier. I'm happy that in your later posts, you took the students' and teacher's advice and included more topics relating specifically to Rutgers Newark. Great Job!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this piece. I'm still very much new to Rutgers so there's some things that I still don't know that the university have to offer. I agree with you with Rutger.edu, it helps alot . I also agree with you with degree navigator. I liked how you also took our critiques from when we went over your blog in class and applied it to this post. Overall, good job and this post was very informative. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThis post contains information which could be very helpful to many Rutgers students, especially those who have not yet figured out how to navigate the various Rutgers-Newark websites. Though it could have been better organized, you supported your positive opinions regarding the Rutgers website well, with various examples to illustrate your point.
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