Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Academic Affairs

Guide to Reading the Course Schedule

Course Schedule

The course search function on the My Academics page of the Student Portal allows students to search for courses and see the relevant details for each course. Performing a course search in the registration application of the Student Portal will produce results similar to the following:

Course Schedule Elements

1. Course Code. This field contains information about the course type and modality and is composed of several components:

  1. Course type, indicated by the prefix:
    • ABR: study abroad courses
    • CLI: clinics
    • CMP: competitions
    • EXT: externships
    • IND: independent work
    • LAW: standard law courses
    • PUB: publications/journals
    • SEM: seminars
  2. Course code, e.g., 2010, 3000.
  3. Course section and modality, indicated by the suffix (see here for information on modality and credit types):
    • A number without a latter (e.g., “1”, “2”): in person
    • “B” (e.g., “B1”): Blended
    • “O” (e.g., “O2”): online asynchronous
    • “RS” (e.g., :RS1″): remote synchronous
    • “HC” (e.g., “HC1”): Hyflex on campus
    • “HR” (e.g., “HR1”): Hyflex remote

2. Title: course name

3. Faculty: the assigned professor(s)

4. Seats Open: the number of seats available/the maximum number of seats available for the class

5. Status: indicates if the course is open, full, or waitlisted

6. Schedule: lists any required synchronous on-campus or remote meeting times

7. Credits: credit value of the course.

Course Schedule Details

Clicking on the Course Code hyperlink on the schedule will provide more details about the course, including a description that lists any prerequisites or any other special instructions related to registration. Students should always read the course description in case there is important registration information.

1. Course information: code – title (credit hours)

2. Meeting Type: the modality of the course

3. Schedule: provides the meeting times and location if applicable. There can be multiple rows in a given schedule, and all rows are relevant. A course that is Blended, for example, will have rows for asynchronous times and a row for its capstone.

4. Instructor(s)

5. Description: will sometimes contain important registration information and any prerequisites.