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# Understanding Course Search

Learn how to search for a course, how to use the advanced search, what to do if you get no results, and understand what the new delivery methods are.

How to Search

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Advanced Search

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No Results

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Course Delivery Methods

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## How To Search For A Course

1) Sign in at student.byui.edu, then click on the STUDENT tab.

2) Scroll down until you see the "Add/Drop Courses" and click on it. Make sure the "Term" is the correct semester you're wanting to add classes for.

3) After you click on "Add/Drop Courses," scroll down until you see "Course Search." It should look like this:

4) Search by Course Code.

There are multiple ways to search for courses. The most effective way to search for specific courses is by only searching by the "Course Code."

Please note the difference between **Course Title** and **Course Code** (e.g: "Career Exploration" is the course title and "GS100" is the course code)

5) Adjust Search Criteria.

- You can change the class type to either online or day.
- You can also choose to search by general subject or course title.
- To see only courses with open seats, you can click on "exclude waitlisted courses."

Please note that searching with too many criteria will show no results.

6) Click on "Search" and See the Results.

## Course Search Terms

Once you have searched for a course and have obtained results there might be some terms that you are not familiar with such as the status of a course or the seats open. You can understand these terms and others by hovering over the blue circle.

## How To Use Advanced Search

One of the tools you can also use to find courses you want to take is using "Advanced Search."

To learn what each field means and how you can use it, simply hover over the blue circle.

## What To Do If There Are No Results?

Sometimes, when searching for a course, it will show you no results (see below).

Check a couple of things before determining that the course is not available for this semester.

****1) Try searching only by "Course Code" again.****

****2) Find the correct course code**** by searching the course name in the Academic Catalog, or, if the class code has recently changed, use the new course code at the top to find the class. You can verify if you were using the wrong course code by scrolling to the bottom, where it will display the old course code.

**Search the course.**

**Find the new course code...**

**... and scroll to the bottom to verify the old course code.**

## Course Delivery Methods

A delivery method communicates where and how students will be taught. Some delivery methods are only available to specific student types. 
 
**F-1/J-1 International Students - Please note that only In-Person, Blended, and Professionally Mentored classes count as on-campus credits for maintaining your status.**

Online

Classes will be taught online (asynchronous) with digital course materials such as video lectures. 
****Location:**** Off-campus 
****Student type:**** Online and Campus students

Blended

Classes will be taught In-Person or Virtual Live (synchronous) with additional Online components. Students should be available on the days and hours listed in the class schedule. 
****Location:**** On-campus 
****Student type:**** Campus students only

Professionally Mentored

Students will be taught by mentors in a learning environment applicable to their degree. Typically used for internships, student teaching, and practicums. 
****Location:**** Employment or mentoring location 
****Student type:**** Online and Campus students

Virtual Live

Classes will be taught entirely in LIVE (synchronous), online sessions (using Zoom or similar tools) on the days and hours listed in the class schedule. 
****Location:****Off-campus 
****Student Type:**** Campus students only

In-Person

Classes will be taught on-campus on the days and hours listed in the class schedule. 
****Location:**** On-campus 
****Student type:**** Campus students only

Flexible (In-Person or Virtual Live)

Classes will be taught In-Person and virtual live. In coordination with the instructor, students choose which class location works best for them. 
****Location:**** On-campus OR Off-campus 
****Student type:****Campus students only