Program Course List

Use this page to create new courses for the program or associate existing courses with the program.  The course list will be used for assigning outcomes (creating program maps) and laying out a program configuration (how the program courses should be taken across terms).  

WIDS allows for two types of courses:

• Child courses:  Courses “owned” by the program. The parent program can edit course information and assign all outcomes to child courses.  
• Associated courses:   Courses not “owned” by the program.  They may be owned by another program or function as free standing courses. For example, general education courses (which are used by multiple programs) are often used as associated courses.

Link to an Existing Course

Tip: To avoid creating duplicate courses in your WIDS application, select Link to an existing course and search for the course before creating a new course.

• Click Edit to place the page into edit mode.
• Click Add Course.  
• Select Link to an Existing Course.  
• WIDS opens a search box. Search for the course using the search features.   From the search results, click the checkbox next to each course you want to include in the program. Select the Child/Associated Relationship to the program from the dropdown list.

Tip:  Only courses in the same subunit as the program can be designated as child courses. If the course is in a different subunit, the relationship will default to associated.  

Create a New Course

• Click Edit to place the page into edit mode.
• Click Add Course.  WIDS opens a dialogue box.
• Select the Create a New Course radio button.
• WIDS presents a set of fields to complete for the new course.

Tip:  WIDS creates an instance of the course in your WIDS site.  You will be identified as the Developer for the course and it will show up on the My Curriculum Projects list on your home page.  Note that you can modify course information for this course from this screen or by opening the course project and editing it there.