Navigator Suite User's Guide

Search Courses and Degrees

Search Courses

• Choosing Keywords

There are two ways to search for courses:

• By course Code, Title or Description keyword
• By Degree

When you search by course Code, Title or Description keyword, Navigator Suite matches your search keyword(s) with words (or word fragments) that appear in either the course Code or course Title.

To search courses by course Code, Title or Description keyword:

1. Navigate to DN Audit>Search Courses.
2. Enter a Code into the text box.
3. Enter a Title into the text box.
4. If you know subject keywords, but are unsure if these keywords appear in the Title, you have the option of expanding your search to include the text in course Descriptions.
5. To limit your search to a particular term, select a Term from the drop-down menu.
6. By default, Degree Navigator displays ten Results Per Page. To display more or less records, use the drop-down menu.
7. Click Search.

NOTE: Keyword searches can be done with either complete words or word fragments. For instance, to search for science courses, you can type either science or the word fragment sci into the Title keyword search box.

TIP: To display all of the courses offered at your institution, leave the Search fields blank and click Search.

To view a course, click on the View icon. This takes you to the Course Details page. Click on the Back button to return to the Course Search page.

To add a course to your course plan, click on the Add to Course Plan icon and select a Term from the drop-down menu.

Choosing Keywords

The course Code, Title or Description keyword search matches your search keyword(s) with words (or word fragments) that appear in either the course Code or Title. If more than one keyword is entered, all of them must appear in either the Code, Title or Description.

Example

You are interested in the philosophy of science. Not all courses about the philosophy of science have both philosophy and science in the Title. However, you know the institution's Code for philosophy to be PHL and it is highly likely that the course would fall under that code. Enter the keyword PHL into the Code field and the word science into the Description field and click Search. Some of the possible results for your institution could be:

• PHL380 – Nature of Science
  
• PHL463 – Intro to Cognitive Science
  
• PHL480 – Philosophy of Science
  
• PHL485 – Philosophy of Social Science

NOTE: Only the last two courses would have been returned using the two keywords philosophy and science.