Course Offerings, Schedules and Syllabi

To see a list of courses in any given subject area taught at UAlberta please use the following procedure:
Procedure to view a list of courses in any given subject area taught at UAlberta
  1. Go to the Course Catalogue. 
  2. On the right side of the page, you'll see a listing of UAlberta faculties. You can click on the name of any faculty to see the different subject areas it teaches.  (Please note that some subject areas may be taught in more than one faculty. For example, psychology is taught in both the Faculty of Arts and in the Faculty of Science.)
  3. When you find a subject area that interests you make note of its subject "code". For example, the subject code for psychology is "PSYCH". 
  4. Go back to the Course Catalogue. 
  5. On the left side of the page you'll see a section entitled, “Specific Subject or Course”. In the field for "Subject" enter the subject code and then click on the grey "View" button. 
  6. You will be taken to a complete list of all courses with the relevant subject code. The list will also include a brief description of each course.
To see if any courses that interest you *might* be offered when you plan on being at UAlberta on exchange, their schedules, and other information, please use the following procedure:
Procedure to view course offerings, schedules, and other information
  1. Go to www.ualberta.ca and click on the search/magnifying glass symbol near the top right corner of the screen. 
  2. Click on "Bear Tracks" in the “Quick Links” column near the left side of the screen. 
  3. Click on "Guest Sign In". 
  4. Click on the tile for "Class Search Ugrd/Grad". 
  5. Confirm that you are “not a robot” and click on the green “Click Here to Continue” button. 
  6. Click on “Undergrad & Grad Classes” on the left side of the screen.
  7. Click on the term or first term for which you've applied. Depending on when you are applying for an exchange you may not see the term or first term when you will actually be at UAlberta on exchange. Course listings and schedules for the upcoming school year are not typically updated until March or April of the previous school year at the earliest. If you don't see the term or first term when you would actually be at UAlberta on exchange then click on the closest Winter or Fall term instead. 
  8. You will then be taken to a new screen where you will need to enter the course code and number (e.g., "PSYCH 104") in the search bar near the top of the screen and then click on the grey arrow next to the search bar at the right. 
  9. If the course is/was offered then it will be shown on the resulting screen. Clicking on the course information shown will take you to a new page where you can find more information including course schedules, names of instructors, etc. 

Viewing detailed course syllabi

There is no requirement that UAlberta instructors post detailed course syllabi or descriptions online but many do. There are 3 ways that you might acquire course syllabi or descriptions: 

WAY #1
  1. Go to the Course Catalogue. 
  2. In the "Specific Subject or Course” section, enter the subject code of the relevant course (e.g., "PSYCH") in the field for "Subject" and then click on the grey "View" button. 
  3. You will be taken to a complete list of all courses with the relevant subject code. Click on the grey "View Available Classes" button for the course (e.g., "PSYCH 104") that interests you. 
  4. Near the top of the screen, you *might* see a button for "Historical Syllabi". Clicking on it will take you to a page that *might* have syllabi that you can download and then view. 
WAY #2
  1. Go to www.ualberta.ca and click on the search/magnifying glass symbol near the top right corner of the screen. 
  2. Click on "Bear Tracks" in the “Quick Links” column near the left side of the screen. 
  3. Click on "Guest Sign In". 
  4. Click on the tile for "Class Search Ugrd/Grad". 
  5. Confirm that you are “not a robot” and click on the green “Click Here to Continue” button. 
  6. Click on “Undergrad & Grad Classes” on the left side of the screen.
  7. Click on the term or first term for which you've applied. Depending on when you are applying for an exchange you may not see the term or first term when you will actually be at UAlberta on exchange. Course listings and schedules for the upcoming school year are not typically updated until March or April of the previous school year at the earliest. If you don't see the term or first term when you would actually be at UAlberta on exchange then click on the closest Winter or Fall term instead. 
  8. You will then be taken to a new screen where you will need to click on "Additional ways to search" (it is in green font under the search bar). 
  9. An "Additional ways to search" dialog box will open up on your screen. Click in the bar under "Available Subjects". 
  10. Select your desired subject from those listed. 
  11. Click on the green "Search" button. 
  12. The resulting screen will only show the first 50 courses in that subject area. The top of the list will typically start with the lowest-level courses (i.e., courses offered to first-year undergraduate students) and then continue to the highest-level courses offered (i.e., courses offered at the Masters or PhD level and usually numbered 500 or higher). You may have to use some of the filters on the left side of the screen to see more courses beyond the first 50. 
  13. Clicking on any course shown will take you to a screen with the instructor's name. There may be more than one instructor for the course you are viewing or the course might not yet have instructor(s) assigned (and in that case you would need to keep looking once or twice a week until you see that the instructor(s) have been assigned).
  14. Make note of all instructor names you see. 
  15. Next, you would go back to www.ualberta.ca
  16. Click on the search / magnifying glass symbol near the top right corner of the screen. 
  17. Click on “Find a Person” in the “Quick Links” column near the left side of the screen. 
  18. On the resulting screen you could input the name of the instructor and the instructor's contact email (and other information) will then appear. You could then send an email directly to the instructor requesting that he or she send you the relevant syllabus. 
WAY #3
  1. Go to www.ualberta.ca and click on the search/magnifying glass symbol near the top right corner of the screen. 
  2. Type the course code and number (e.g., "PSYCH 104") in the golden search bar near the top of the page and then click on the green search/magnifying glass symbol at the right end of the golden search bar. 
  3. Doing so might bring up a search result with a former or current instructor name. 
  4. Make note of all instructor names you see. 
  5. Next, you would go back to www.ualberta.ca and click on the search/magnifying glass symbol near the top right corner of the screen. 
  6. Click on “Find a Person” in the “Quick Links” column near the left side of the screen.
  7. On the resulting screen you could input the name of the instructor and the instructor's contact email (and other information) will then appear. You could then send an email directly to the instructor requesting that he or she send you the relevant syllabus.

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