2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Student Planning and Advising (SPA)

SPA is a secure site with access for current students and faculty. Through SPA students can:

  • plan their courses for multiple semesters
  • request advisor approvals for current registration periods
  • search for open classes and register online, add/drop courses, view their schedules with up-to-date room and instructor information, or check restrictions on their registration for current registration periods
  • view their profile information and send corrections to the Registrar’s office
  • view their grades and monitor their progress toward their degree, and access their unofficial transcript.
  • see what the course modality is for specific sections
    • In-Person - All required class meetings are in-person and require students’ physical attendance*. The course may also include online content and activities outside of in-person meetings.
    • Online - The course is offered remotely with no required in-person meetings or physical attendance. The course may be synchronous, asynchronous or both.
    • Hybrid - The course is offered through a combination of remote and in-person meetings. Fifty percent or more of class meetings are in-person and require students’ physical attendance*.
    • Hybrid Limited - The course is offered through a combination of remote and in-person meetings. Less than 50% of class meetings are in-person and require students’ physical attendance. At least one class meeting is in-person and requires students’ physical attendance*.
    • With respect to international students, hybrid courses will count as on-ground courses; hybrid-limited courses will count as online courses.

    *Physical attendance requires student attendance for classes, examinations, or other purposes integral to completion of the class. Physical attendance limited to testing, orientation, tutoring or academic support services without the monitoring by school staff or faculty is insufficient to establish physical attendance.