Schedule & Profile Guide

Reading Your Schedule

If you are a new student, your schedule is prepared and reviewed by the Advisement Center and your School Office. The following list contains information that you will need to know about reading and understanding your Penn College schedule.

A schedule is considered preliminary until the tuition bill for a given semester has been paid. After your tuition bill has been paid, you will be considered a registered student and your schedule will be official.
When you are assigned an adviser, his/her name and contact information will appear at the top of your schedule.
An alphanumeric designator, section number, and title identify classes.
Example: ENL111-01 English Composition I
- ENL identifies the course as an English course
- 111 is the course number
- English Composition I is the title of the course
- 01 identifies the section - the time, days, and location of the class
Classes meet for fifty minutes of each assigned hour. A class listed as meeting from 9 - 10 a.m. on Mon-Wed-Fri will actually end at 9:50, allowing students 10 minutes to go to the next class. A class that meets from 9:30 - 11 a.m. on Tue-Thr will end at 10:45.
The text at the bottom of the schedule provides important date information.

Reading Your Profile

The profile lists all of the courses required in your major, organized by semester, in a recommended order.
Placement test results appear at the top of your profile, left hand side.
The left column lists all of the courses that you must complete to graduate with a degree in your program. The right column lists all courses that have been scheduled, completed, or transferred.
You might be scheduled for courses appearing in later semesters; this is not unusual. Your School's Dean has reviewed your profile to make sure you will not have a problem taking these courses out of the recommended order.
“FC” listed to the right of a newly scheduled courses means future course.
“+” to the left of the courses indicate a course scheduled or completed.
“>” to the left of the course indicates a course that has not been scheduled or completed.
Mid term grades will be issued every semester and will appear in the grades column.
Once you have completed a course, your final grade will also appear in the grades column.