Undergraduate Student Guide to The School of Arts, Histories & Cultures
Course Unit Selection 2011 - 12
If you are an Undergraduate student entering your 2nd or 3rd year of study and wish to take a course unit within the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures (SAHC) in academic year 2011/12, then you will need to register your selection of courses following the SAHC Course Unit Selection process. SAHC Course Unit Selection is separate to the University Course Unit Selection process. This document is a step by step guide through the process. SAHC Course Unit Selection opens for reviewing courses on offer from the 26th April to the 2nd May 2011 and selecting courses from the 4th May to the 9th May 2011.
SUBJECT AREAS COVERED IN SAHC COURSE UNIT SELECTION
| Subject Code | Subject Area |
| AHVS | Art History & Visual Studies |
| AMER | American Studies |
| ARGY | Archaeology |
| CLAH | Classics |
| DRAM | Drama |
| ENGL | English |
| HIST | History |
| MUSC | Music |
| RELT | Religion & Theology |
| SAHC | School Wide |
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
| 1. What system will I use to complete SAHC Course Unit Selection? | SAHC Course Unit Selection will use the My Planner tool, accessible via Self Service in the Student System. A Step-by-Step Guide is included on page 4 of this guide. |
| 2. What process do I need to follow when making my selections? | Using your programme regulations and this guide you will make your selections following two rules: 1. When selecting a course unit you wish to take you will also specify a numerical preferred ranking against it. 2. For each individual ranked course unit selection you make you will provide one un-ranked course unit selection to be used as a reserve. More information on ranking your course units is included on page 3 of this guide. |
| 3. When do I need to have completed by selections by? | You must make your selections between 4th May and 9th May. You must make your selections using this guide and your programme regulations between these dates for your selections to be counted. Any data inputted prior or after these dates will be disregarded. You can complete and change your selections at any time during these dates. Course units will NOT be allocated on a first come first served basis; this means there are no benefits for you to complete your selections on the 4th of May and no penalty for completing on the closing day, 9th May. |
| 4. Do I need to select any courses that are listed as compulsory in my programme regulations? | No, you will automatically be enrolled for any compulsory course units stated in your programme regulations. For SAHC Course Unit Selection you only need to select courses listed as optional or free choice in your programme regulations. |
| 5. What are programme regulations and where can I see a copy of mine? | You can find your programme regulations on your School’s webpage. SAHC programme regulations can be found from mid April: www.currentstudents.arts.manchester.ac.uk/ug/index.htm |
| 6. Once I have completed SAHC Course Unit Selection, how will I know what SAHC courses I have been allocated? | You can view the SAHC courses you have been allocated and the course timetable details for next year from Tuesday, 19th July using Self Service via the Student System by selecting My Class Schedule. Further instructions will be sent to your via email nearer the time. |
| 7.What is the University Course Unit Selection process, do I have to complete it as well as SAHC Course Unit Selection? | From Tuesday, 19th July all returning students within the University will be able to select their course units for next academic year using the Student System > Student Center > Enrol (a guide for all students will be distributed nearer the time). SAHC course units selected using the SAHC Course Unit Selection process will not need to be re-selected using the University Course Unit Selection system. Any Non-SAHC course units selected using the SAHC Course Unit Selection process will need to be re-selected using the University Course Unit Selection system. |
CHOOSING A FREE CHOICE COURSE
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You are a SAHC student:
If you are registered on a programme owned by the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures and your programme regulations permit you to take a free choice and your course choice is:
Within SAHC you can select this course alongside your other SAHC course choices using My Planner.
Outside of SAHC you can select a Non-SAHC course unit using My Planner however this selection will only be used as an indication to the School that you are planning on taking a free choice outside of SAHC. You will need to undertake University Course Unit Selection in July to enrol onto your Non-SAHC free choice course option.
You are a Non-SAHC student:
If you are registered on a programme not owned by the School of Arts, Histories and Culture and your programme regulations permit you to take a free choice from within SAHC you will need to undertake SAHC Course Unit Selection using this guide.
SELECTING COURSES FROM OUTSIDE OF SAHC
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If your programme regulations permit you to select Non-SAHC course units alongside SAHC course units – for example you are joint honours or combined studies student, it is important that you understand that completing SAHC Course Unit Selection will only provide you with allocation onto any SAHC course units that you choose.
You can still select Non-SAHC course units using My Planner however these selections will only be used as an indication to the School of what other course units you are intending to take. We are unable to allocate you places on Non-SAHC course units, you will need to undertake University Course Unit Selection from the 19th July to enrol onto your Non-SAHC course options.
For information about choosing a course unit outside of SAHC as a free choice see above
RANKING YOUR COURSE UNIT SELECTIONS
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Although we strive to keep our course units open, in some circumstances we do have to cancel courses due to low recruitment and also cap (limit) the amount of students we can accept due to practical or academic reasons. Due to this, we ask you to rank your course choices and provide one reserve for each course choice you select.
Providing a ranking against your course selections provides us with an understanding of which courses are most important to you out of all of your selections.
It is important that you follow these two rules in order for your course selections to be properly processed and understood.
1. When selecting a course unit you wish to take you will also specify a numerical preferred ranking against it
2. For each one ranked course selection you make you will provide one un-ranked course selection to be used as a reserve.
Failure to comply with the ranking and reserve system will deem your selections invalid.
Example choices of Student A
| Ranked Course Selection | Ranking Given | Un-Ranked Reserve Selection | Ranking Given |
| AMER20011 | 1 | AMER20911 | - |
| ARGY20071 | 3 | ARGY20331 | - |
| ARGY20052 | 2 | ARGY20262 | - |
From this example, we can see that Student A’s number 1 choice is AMER20011 followed by ARGY20052 and ARGY20071.
In the event we could not offer this student one of their ranked course selections, for example ARGY20071, we would look to assign a course from their reserve selection – this would be dependent on the student’s timetable, programme regulations and the semester the course is taught in. In these circumstances we would liaise with you on an individual basis by email or by phone*
*Please ensure your University email account is checked regularly in-case one of our Programme Administrators tries to contact you regarding your course choices from mid May – July. In some cases, if we have no response from you we may automatically allocate you a reserve course.
STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO COMPLETING SAHC COURSE UNIT SELECTION
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Guide to VIEWING courses available – open between 26th April and 2nd May: You can view all courses available from the subject areas below between Tuesday, 26th April and Monday, 2nd May using the Faculty Course Unit Database. This includes courses offered by:
- Arts, Histories and Cultures
- Education
- Environment and Development
- Social Sciences
- Law
- Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
- The Manchester Business School
- The Careers Service
- The Centre for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
- The Manchester Leadership programme
Course information will also include timetable information which you will need to consider before making your selections to ensure that you have no timetable clashes. When reviewing available course units, it is important that you use your programme regulations to check which courses are available to you as optional choices.
Faculty Course Unit Database:
1. Obtain a copy of your Programme Regulations so that you know which courses are available to you to select from
2. Navigate to http://courses.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/
3. Using the hyperlink you can select the owning School of a course to show you all the subject areas and levels within the School you have selected.
4. Using the hyperlink Select the subject and year of the course you wish to read about or select full list.
If you experience any difficulties completing SAHC Course Unit Selection, please attend one of our drop in sessions in the Samuel Alexander building computer cluster, room W2.19 at one of the following dates and times. Members of our admin team will be there to help you: Please ensure you bring your programme regulations with you!
| Wednesday | 4th May | 2.30 – 4.30 pm |
| Thursday | 5th May | 10 am – 12 noon & 2.30 – 4.30 pm |
| Friday | 6th May | 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm |
| Monday | 9th May | 10 am – 12 noon & 2.30 – 4.30 pm |
You can also contact your Programme Administrator:
| Subject Code | Subject Area | Programme Administrator | Tel |
| AHVS | Art History & Visual Studies | 0161 275 53311 | |
| AMER | American Studies | 0161 275 3055 | |
| ARGY | Archaeology | 0161 275 3106 | |
| CLAH | Classics | 0161 275 3148 | |
| DRAM | Drama | 0161 275 4982 | |
| ENGL | English | 0161 275 3055 | |
| HIST | History | 0161 275 4375 | |
| MUSC | Music | 0161 275 8964 | |
| RELT | Religion & Theology | 0161 275 3151 | |
| SAHC | School Wide | (Leading subject as above) | |
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