Step 3: Expand Filters, set filter options, and add additional courses

In order to search for courses, select Expand Filters in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.

Unavailable Time Filter

Unavailable Time may be set and used as a Filter when searching for classes. This Filter may be turned off if results are too limited.

Class Status

When searching for courses, Schedule Builder will automatically include only open courses (courses with open seats available).

To view all class offerings, including classes that are closed, full, or have formed a wait list, uncheck both Class Status filter options (uncheck both "Open" and "Wait List").

Section Filters

Section Filters may be used to search for courses in specific categories. Students may elect to search by GE (General Education) Area, US Cultural Pluralism (USCP) courses, Graduation Writing Requirement (GWR) courses, or Fully Online courses.

Students have the ability to select multiple Section Filters, but Section Filters do not overlap. If a student selects the GWR filter and the USCP filter, Schedule Builder will include all GWR courses and all USCP courses in the search results.

*Note: If a quick view of all courses that fulfill a specific GE Area is required, Class Search is an easy tool to use to quickly generate this information.

When searching for General Education (GE) courses, students must know their Cal Poly catalog.

*To find your catalog, visit the My Academics tab of your student portal.

Subject and Catalog Number Filters

Students may also search directly for a course by entering the Subject and Catalog Number in the drop down fields. When searching for a course, these two fields are required (note the red asterisk).

Add Course

Use the Add Course button to select the courses Schedule Builder will use to create Class Schedule options. By selecting the course in the subnavigation, a student may elect to further limit which sections are used to build schedules. If the student does not select specific sections of the course, Schedule Builder will create Class Schedule options with all available sections.

View Seat Availability

Once the course has been added, the student can either click on the course or the "Select Sections" button to view additional class details and seat availability.

Unreserved and reserved seat counts are listed for each section of the class. If the student has selected the "Open" Class Status filter, only open sections will appear.

If the student selected the "Open" Class Status filter and the "Wait List" Class Status filter, all sections will appear. A yellow exclamation point in the "Wait List Open" column indicates that the section has opened the wait list. The wait list counts down to zero from the total positions available (for example 89/99 means that 10 wait list positions have been taken).