Components to Use

This section on the Registration Configuration window is used to define the course components that will be displayed when working with the catalog, sections, textbooks, and majors. Each numbered checkbox represents the course component and, when selected, will display that component on the corresponding item.

Although the course number has up to six components, there are functions in Registration that may or may not use all of the components. Different functions use different levels of detail.

· The Section Master, which describes each individual course section, uses the first four components. By using all four components, the Section Master contains a row to describe each section of ART-100 (sections 01, 02, and 03).

· The Catalog Master, on the other hand, deals only with course level information. By using only Component 1 (Department) and Component 2 (Number), the Catalog Master will contain only one row for ART-100.

You may use a component only if all lower number components are also being used.

Components

The Catalog Master table should contain one row for every course that you traditionally would have included in your paper catalog.

If you have cleared the Use Edit Mask for Transfer Courses checkbox in the Course Component Definition group box on the Registration Configuration window, the Catalog Master rows for organizations other than your own are not bound by the number of components you select for the Catalog.

The Section Master table should contain one row for every course section your school offers in any Year/Term. The Section Master table typically uses all of the components your school has chosen to use.

If you base Prerequisite checking on Course Code, Jenzabar recommends that you set the Prerequisite components to match the Catalog Master components. This would mean that your section and any additional components will not be considered when course prerequisites are checked.

Corequisites often use all of the course components with labs being the most common type of corequisite. For example, a student who signs up for certain science courses must also sign up for a lab.

If you have different faculty members who teach different sections of the same course, Jenzabar recommends that you set the number of Textbooks components to match the number of Sections components. If the same textbooks are used for all sections of your Catalog courses, then set the number of Textbooks components to match the number of Catalog components.

If the Textbook and Sections checkboxes do not match, the following message is displayed when you open the Courses and Textbooks window: "Note: You have X components used for Textbooks but X components for Sections. There is not a one-to-one match." This message is informational only and is not intended to imply that an error has occurred.

The Major table lists all of the courses associated with a major and uses the same components as the Catalog Master table. If you are using the Advising module, you do not need to define the component for Majors that are used in the Major/Minor and Courses window.