Helpful Tips when adding a course restriction to the Master Schedule offerings

This restricts access to those who have a declared major, minor, or concentration in a specific department. Department is a higher level of coding than Field of Study so there could be a department that has several majors or degrees in it that they want to open up to all of their students.

This is a highly-used restriction for departments to target courses at students who have declared EITHER a designated major, OR a designated minor, OR a designated concentration. This restriction allows departments to include or exclude ALL Field of Study options together. That would allow students who carry either a major, minor or concentration all under the same code to register into the course.

This is used for student classifications: freshmen, sophomore, junior, senior. This classification follows a credit-based structure approved by each college and is dependent on the total number of credits required for the degree. This is NOT connected to the number of years a student has been attending the university.

For example, a first-year student could be considered a sophomore based on the number of AP credits they earned. A fourth-year student may be considered a junior if they have completed only 12 credits each semester. Most degrees require 122 credits or more, so students are expected to take at least 15 credits/semester to complete the degree in eight semesters. 

If you are seeking a restriction for a specific "class" (in the sense of "Class of 2029"), then a cohort restriction would be a better fit.

Every course within the Villanova University catalog has a level restriction. This includes Undergraduate or Graduate by College : Graduate Business, Graduate Engineering, Graduate Arts, Graduate Science, Graduate Nursing. The only time a department needs to add a level restriction is if the course can be taken by multiple graduate schools.

This is slightly more particular than Department Restriction. This should be used for courses that are required by a degree or program to ensure students in those populations who need to take the course have access to it. Conversely, the restriction could be used to exclude students in a specific degree or program if there is a similar (but not equivalent) course that they must take.

This is primarily used for identifying courses that are taught at SCI-Phoenix.

This is more broad than Department Restriction. This should be used for courses that are a core requirement for degrees within a college to ensure students in those populations who need to take the course have access to it. Conversely, the restriction could be used to exclude students in a specific college if it would be inappropriate for them to enroll in it.

This restriction only applies to scenarios where the appropriate students have student attributes on their student record. For example, Honors students carry an Honors attribute (HON) on their record to indicate their course of study. A course with an Honors student attribute would only be accessible to these students. 

This is used for courses that are specific to students in a phase of their time at Villanova, not necessarily related to the number of credits they have completed. Different from classification restriction, this includes or excludes a specific group of students based on their entry term, or "cohort" with whom they identify.

Transfer students are only identifiable as such in their first semester at VU. After that, they no longer have a cohort. 

This is primarily used for first-year courses, such as introductory-level core courses or Augustine and Culture Seminars. 

 

If you are seeking a restriction for a group of students who have completed a certain number of credits, then a class restriction would be a better fit.