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URS Checklist

CRP Students

 

New URS Student Checklist

  • Review the fall 2013 URS student schedule and course enrollment procedures below

  • Enroll in courses during the enrollment period of July 10–19

 

FALL 2013 URS Student Schedule

All first-year URS students will enroll in the following courses, totaling 16–18 academic credits, in the fall semester:

  • CRP 1100 The American City (3 credits)
  • CRP 1106 First-Year Seminar (1 credit)
  • ECON 1110 Introductory Microeconomics (3 credits)
  • First-Year Writing Seminar (3 credits)
  • Distribution Requirement (3–4 credits)
  • Elective (3–4 credits)
  • Physical Education (PE) (1 non-academic credit)

Course Enrollment Procedures

Required Courses - CRP 1100, CRP 1106, ECON 1110: The AAP registrar will enroll all URS students in CRP 1100, CRP 1106, and ECON 1110 by July 5. After July 5, students can confirm their enrollment in Student Center.

 

Distribution Requirement: URS students should enroll in at least one course that can be applied toward the distribution requirement through Student Center from Wednesday, July 10 through Friday, July 19. The URS distribution requirement consists of nine courses outside of the Department of City and Regional Planning. Four courses must be completed in the areas of physical and biological sciences (PBS) and mathematics and quantitative reasoning (MQR). The remaining five courses must be taken in the areas of cultural analysis (CA); historical analysis (HA); knowledge, cognition, and moral reasoning (KCM); literature and the arts (LA); and social and behavioral analysis (SBA). A comprehensive list of MQR and PBS courses is available in Courses of Study. If a course has been categorized as CA, HA, KCM, LA, or SBA, the classification will be included in its course description in Courses of Study. Please refer to the Fall Course and Time Roster for current class offerings.  Be sure to enroll in a course that does not conflict with required courses.

 

First-Year Writing Seminar: B.F.A. students are required to complete two First-Year Writing Seminars (FWS) in the first year of study. Students enroll in their FWS through a ballot process.  Ballots can be submitted from Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 21, using the FWS ballot page. Additional information is available at the Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines. Be sure to ballot for a seminar that does not conflict with required courses.

 

Physical Education (PE): All Cornell students are required to complete two PE courses in the first year of study.  Students will enroll in PE using Student Center from Wednesday, July 10 through Friday, July 19. A complete listing of PE classes is available in the Fall Course and Time Roster. Be sure to enroll in a PE class that does not conflict with required courses or FWS.

 

How to Enroll in Classes

Step-by-steps enrollment instructions, including tutorials, are available online.  Please review this information before the enrollment period begins.

Questions?

Contact  aap_registrar@cornell.edu.