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title: "Using Build My Schedule in the Class Search at classes.uconn.edu"
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The **Build My Schedule** option in the Class Search can be used by students to add desired courses to a Cart/Plan and generate possible class schedules that meet the student’s academic and scheduling needs.
> 📝 For guidance on choosing classes for your schedule, review your [Standard Advisement Report ](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SAS/pages/10769929317)for courses that meet your degree requirements or consult your advisor.
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## Conducting a Class Search> Macro (anchor)
Navigate to [http://classes.uconn.edu](http://classes.uconn.edu/).
Select **Login **and enter your credentials.
Once logged in, **Welcome, [your name]** will appear in place of the Login option.
Enter or select search criteria in the Search Classes panel.
Select **Search**.
> ℹ️ For more information about conducting a class search, please review [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SAS/pages/27562344449](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SAS/pages/27562344449).
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> ℹ️ For more information about the class details in the class search results, please review [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SAS/pages/27562344697](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SAS/pages/27562344697).
### Additional Features when Logged into Class Search
When logged into the Class Search, there is additional information available, including:
- Important Notes: You may see several icons that indicate important notes, including:
This section is full.
You have taken this course.
You are registered for this section.
This section will be added to your cart.
This section is in your cart.
You are on the waitlist for this section.
- Instructor(s): Instructor(s) are listed in the Search Results panel as well as the **Instructors** section of the Class Details panel when viewing the class details of a particular section. Students will also be able to conduct an **Advanced Search by Instructor**.
- Classrooms: The classroom will be indicated in the **Meeting Info** section of the Class Details panel when viewing the class details for a particular section.
Users logged into the Class Search will also have access to use the **Build My Schedule** and **My Carts** features. Instructions for these options are provided in this article.
> ✅ **Tip:**** **Using the Build My Schedule feature can result in many open panels within the Class Search tool. Use the **Collapse Panel icon ** in the title bar of each panel to close panels once they are no longer needed or to return to the prior panel.
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> ✅ When using a smaller screen (i.e., phone or tablet), panels will overlay each other. Use the **Collapse Panel icon ** to return to the prior panel.
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### Section vs. Course
The following will help you identify whether the Class Details panel you are reviewing is for a section or a course. This distinction will be important when using the Plan and Cart features of the Build My Schedule function.
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## Adding Courses to your Cart/Plan
In order to build your schedule, you will need to add courses to your **Cart **and/or your **Plan**. Either the Cart or the Plan or a combination of both can be used to generate possible schedules.
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> ℹ️ **Primary Cart Syncs with Shopping Cart in Student Admin**
> ℹ️ Please note that the Primary Cart in the Class Search automatically syncs with your Shopping Cart in the Manage Classes tile in Student Admin.
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> ℹ️ - **Cart Classes:** Any classes added either to the Primary Cart in Class Search or the Shopping Cart in Student Admin after March 21, 2025 will automatically be added to the other cart**. Alternatively, any classes removed from one cart will automatically be removed from the other cart as well.
> ℹ️ - **Enrolled Classes:** If a student enrolls in a class in Student Admin, that course will automatically populate in the Primary Cart for that term in the Class Search.
> ℹ️ Example: A student enrolls in BIOL 1108 directly in Student Admin for Spring 2025. When that student logs into the Class Search, BIOL 1108 will automatically be populated in the Primary Cart for Spring 2025 with a *You are registered for this section *icon* * .
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> ❌ When adding multi-component classes to your cart (i.e., classes with Required Linked Sections or more than one required section, such as LAB/SEM, DIS/LEC, or LAB/DIS/LEC sections), **you must add all required sections to your Primary Cart **in order for the class to sync properly with the Shopping Cart in Student Admin. Multi-component classes will have Required Linked Sections listed in the Class Details panel when a section is selected.
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> ❌ Example: If you would like to add BIOL 1107 which has both required LEC and LAB sections, you should **add both the LAB section and LEC section to your Primary Cart **to ensure the classes sync properly with your Shopping Cart in Student Admin.
Using the Class Search, identify a class you would like to add to your schedule.
On the Class Details panel, depending on whether you are viewing a section or a course, you will have the option to **Add to Cart** and/or **Add to Plan**.
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## Reviewing your Cart/Plan
Once you have added as many courses to your Primary Cart and Plan as needed, you will want to review your Primary Cart and Plan prior to generating possible schedules.
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**Possible ****Enrollment Validation Messages **> Macro (anchor)
Enrollment Validation Messages may include but are not limited to the following:
Enrollment Validation Messages Examples
| **Message** | **Action or Related Article** |
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| Hold on record. There is currently a hold that will prevent enrollment from being processed. The hold must be resolved before enrolling. | [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SAS/pages/10769927147](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SAS/pages/10769927147) |
| There is a time conflict for class number #### and class number #####. There is currently a meeting time conflict for two of your shopping cart classes or a shopping cart class and one of your enrolled classes for this term. Use the class numbers to check the meeting times. | Add a different section to your cart that does not conflict with sections already in your cart. |
| Term unit maximum would be exceeded. The system checks your selected shopping cart entries and your enrolled classes against your term unit limit. This class would exceed this limit. | To enroll in excess credits, you must receive approval by submitting the [Excess Credit Authorization](https://registrar.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1604/2017/08/Excess-Credit-Authorization.pdf) form. You can keep this class in your Cart, but you will not be able to enroll in all the classes in your cart until excess credit approval is processed. |
| Instructor Consent Required to enroll in class. You will need to obtain permission to add this class. | You will need to obtain permission to enroll in this section by reaching out to the instructor. Once the instructor provides the permission, this enrollment validation message should resolve. If you are unable to obtain permission, select a different course to add to your cart. |
| This section is Closed. | Unless you have obtained special permission from the instructor to enroll in the closed section, select a different course to add to your cart. |
| Enrollment Requisites are not met. | Unless you have obtained special permission from the instructor to enroll in this section without having met the enrollment requisites, select a different course to add to your cart. |
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## Building your Schedule
Once you have reviewed all courses in your Primary Cart and Plan, you can proceed to generating possible schedules.
### Generating Possible Schedules
To generate schedules using courses in your Primary Plan, select **Build My Schedule** in the Build My Schedule section of the Search Classes panel.
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To generate schedules using courses in a Custom Plan, choose the **Select a Plan…** dropdown in the Build my Schedule section of the Search Classes panel. Choose your desired Plan.
The **Plan Worksheet** panel will open.
Select the **Plan Tools** button in the Plan Worksheet panel.
Select **Schedule My Plan**.
The **Schedule My Plan** panel will display.
Before generating schedules, you will have the option to:
#### **Utilize Plan Section Filters**
The **Plan Section Filters **allow you to refine the classes used when generating possible schedules.
Plan Section Filter Descriptions
| **Filter** | **Description** |
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| Open Classes Dropdown | This dropdown allows you to determine which classes will be used when generating possible schedules:
- Open Classes *(default)*
- Open or Closed Classes (Waitlist Open)
- Any Classes |
| Respect Excluded Times | Select this option to ensure that the generated schedules respect the excluded times identified in the [Exclude Times Advanced Search](https://kb.uconn.edu/space/SAS/27562344449/Using+the+Class+Search#Advanced-Search-Options) option. Use the **Edit…** option to modify your Excluded Times. |
| Include [Campus] Classes Only | If needed, select one checkbox for the desired campus to ensure only sections at that campus will be considered from the courses selected in the Pick Plan Courses To Add To The Cart section.
Example: If you only want the generated possible schedules to include sections on the Main Campus (Storrs), select the *Include Main Campus (Storrs) Classes Only *checkbox to apply the filter to courses selected from your Plan. This filter will not apply to courses in your Primary Cart.
**Do not select more than one campus filter.** |
> ℹ️ The Plan Section Filters are distinct from the filter options on the Search Classes panel. Please note that the filter options on the Search Classes panel do not apply to the courses you are using to generate possible schedules.
> ⚠️ **Plan Section Filters apply ONLY to courses selected in the Pick Plan Courses To Add To The Cart section. **These filters will not apply to courses in your Primary Cart.
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> ⚠️ Example: If a course in your Primary Cart is at Waterbury but you select *Include Hartford Campus Classes* *Only *in the Plan Section Filters, the schedules generated will include the course in your Primary Cart (Waterbury) and your planned courses (Hartford).
#### **Modify courses in your Primary Cart**
To modify a class in your Primary Cart, select the class in the **Primary Cart Courses** section. The Class Details panel will display. The same options described in [Modifying your Cart](#modifycart) will be available.
> ⚠️ **Reminder:** The Generate Schedules feature will include ALL sections in your Primary Cart when generating possible schedules. Be sure each section added to your Primary Cart should be included in your schedule.
#### **Select courses from the Plan**
In the **Pick Plan Courses To Add To The Cart** section, courses assigned to the term for which you are generating possible schedules will be automatically selected. Select courses not assigned to a term or assigned to other terms manually if you would like them included when generating possible schedules. The schedule generator will consider **all available sections that meet the Plan Section Filters** when generating possible schedules.
Example: If you selected *Include Main Campus (Storrs) Classes Only *in the Plan Section Filters, and you select ANTH 1000 in the Pick Plan Courses To Add To The Cart section, the schedule generator will consider only ANTH 1000 sections on the Storrs Campus when generating possible schedules.
Once you have selected all the desired Plan Section Filters and courses from the Pick Plan Courses To Add To The Cart section, select **Generate Schedules**.
### Reviewing Possible Schedules
The **Possible Schedules** panel will display and include all possible schedules generated.
> ❌ If no schedules were generated, a message will display immediately below the Possible Schedules title bar indicating “No possible section combinations were found.”
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> ❌ - the courses chosen in the Pick Plan Courses To Add To The Cart section
The Possible Schedules panel groups the schedules by the days of the week that the scheduled courses are offered. Each group of schedules can be expanded/collapsed using the expand/collapse arrow .
Example: In the following image, the first set of schedules include:
- 2 schedules with classes on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
- 2 schedules with classes on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays
- 10 schedules with classes on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
- and more if you scroll further down on the Possible Schedules panel.
For each possible schedule, the days/times that the classes in the schedule meet are listed. Select the **Calendar View icon** for a particular schedule to view the Calendar and Term Calendar views for that particular schedule. The **Calendar** panel will open.
Return to the Possible Schedules panel to select the days/times for a particular schedule to view the sections included in this schedule option in the **New Cart** panel.
Select the **Calendar View icon ** in the title bar of the **New Cart **panel to display the Calendar View for that particular schedule.
### Selecting a Schedule
Once you have reviewed the Possible Schedules and have chosen a schedule, **select your desired schedule** in the Possible Schedules panel. The **New Cart** panel will display. Notice that sections that are already in the Primary Cart are indicated with a **This section is in your cart icon ** and the remaining sections are marked with a **This section will be added to your cart icon**.
On the New Cart panel, select **Accept New Cart**.
Select **OK **to confirm. This action will add any sections that are not already in your Primary Cart from your desired schedule to your Primary Cart.
The **Cart Contents** panel will display.
:check_mark: **Your Primary Cart should now contain all the sections included in your desired schedule. **
🔄 **Your Primary Cart should sync with your Shopping Cart in Student Admin. You may need to refresh your browser, if you are already logged into Student Admin.**
> ⚠️ **Enrollment Validation messages,** which display with a warning icon, notify you if you will be unable to enroll in a particular course due to an enrollment restriction. Be sure courses in your chosen schedule do not have any Enrollment Validation messages that would prevent you from enrolling in the class before attempting to enroll in these classes in Student Admin. (Refer to [Reviewing your Cart/Plan](#review).)
Students can enroll in classes either at classes.uconn.edu or in Student Admin.
- **Classes.uconn.edu ***(recommended)***: **Refer to [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SAS/pages/27967881281](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SAS/pages/27967881281).
- **Student Admin:** Refer to [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SAS/pages/27603337343](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SAS/pages/27603337343).
To exit the Class Search, simply close the browser tab. There is no Logout option.
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