Congratulations and welcome to the College! It’s important to complete the New Student Planning Guide before you come to campus for Orientation. It will help you make the most of your first advising appointment and build a fall schedule based on your goals and interests.
Download the New Student Planning Guide, fill it out, and bring it to your first advising appointment.
You will be using the iGPS Course Search to complete the planning guide. This is the primary online tool that students use to find courses and build their schedules at Indiana University Bloomington. We will refer you to other helpful websites along the way.
As you work through the planning guide, be sure to write out the complete course numbers and titles of the courses you select. For example:
These are frequently used abbreviations you will see throughout the course-planning process:
In addition to completing the New Student Planning Guide, remember to take the online placement exams for Math and Foreign Language before coming to campus for New Student Orientation.
You don’t have to have it all figured out now, but completing the planning guide before you arrive for orientation is an important step on your path to success in the IU College of Arts and Sciences.
Download the New Student Planning Guide, fill it out, and bring it to your first advising appointment.
