Search for Courses in the ACS Student App (Using Filters/Perusing Approved Courses)

Courses that your school has approved for you to request enrollment in will appear on the student app landing page. Although courses have been approved by your school to request enrollment, all student enrollment requests will be reviewed and denied or approved based on your schedule, program of study, credits needed, etc. You will only be officially enrolled in a course once your school and the teaching institution have both approved your request.

There are many ways in which you can search for a course. Click each search type to learn more.

• Filter Results: Filter to view courses based on selected criteria
• Your School Courses: Search for courses by your school’s course code and name
• All Course Substitutes: Search for courses by the teaching institutions’ course codes and names.

Filter Results

Using the filter options in the left navigation pane, search for courses using one or more sets of criteria.

• No Prerequisites – filters for courses that do not require successful completion of a prerequisite course
• Show Past Sections - filters for courses that have been offered in past terms
• On Demand - filters for courses that are able to be completed on your own timeframe
• Categories – select courses in a specific category or categories, such as Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Accounting, etc.
• Start & End Dates - search for courses that start and/or end within specified dates
• Term – filter courses that are offered within a specific term
• Session – further filter for courses that are offered within selected session/s
  (Note: there may be multiple sessions in a term)
• Course Level – filter to view courses only at the undergrad or graduate level
• Credit Hours – filter courses by credits offered
  (Note: credits per course through the Acadeum network may differ from your school’s credits per course. If a course has been approved and recommended to you directly, credits earned may reflect the credits per course that your school has established.)
• Institution – filter courses by one or more Teaching Institutions
• State – filter courses by one or more state
• Course Division – filter courses by one or more course number division levels

Your School Courses

Search for courses that you need using the course code and/or course name that you are seeking to replace, i.e. the course code that your school uses.

1. From the app home page, click on the Your School Courses tab.
2. In the Search for Courses field, enter the course code and/or name of the course as it appears in your school’s course catalog.
3. To view the approved course substitutes for that course, click the See Courses button in the course card.

All Course Substitutes

Many schools choose to approve multiple course equivalencies, offered at several different teaching institutions, to substitute for the course you need. Under the All Course Substitutes tab, courses will be listed under the course code/name of the teaching institution.  Course details will reflect the course code/name that your school uses for which that course is an equivalent.

Examples:

For example, your school may offer MATH125 College Algebra, but course equivalencies may be approved and mapped to this course from several different schools. The equivalent course at School 1 may be MATH110 Algebra Fundamentals, and another from School 2 might be title MATH100 Basics of Algebra. You may request enrollment at either course from School 1 or School 2 as both are equivalent to your school’s course, MATH125.

Search for or peruse available course substitutes under the course code and/or course name of the teaching institution, i.e. the course code that the school offering the course substitute uses.

1. From the student app home page, click on the All Course Substitutes tab.
2. In the Search for Courses field, enter a course name or key course words to search approved courses.
3. Courses will appear in two ways:
   1. Some course cards will have a See Details link on a course card to review information about that course including the course to which it is mapped at your school, the syllabus, course details, availability of sections, etc.
4. Course details are available by clicking the See Details link or Select Section button on a course card.
5. To view the approved course substitutes for that course, click the See Courses button in the course card.