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University of Oklahoma
Department of Sociology
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2009

POWER SEARCHING - How to find classes

POWER SEARCHING

Power searching is possible from the OU online enrollment page at https://enroll.ou.edu/ On this page, If you look on the right hand of the tool bar on the top of the enrollment page, there is the phrase “Power Search.” Clicking this button / phrase will cause the power search dialogue box to open.

Power searching allows students to search all of the courses offered during one semester on one of OU campuses by various selection categories.

For instance, you may want to take another course with your favorite instructor, but don’t want to search through every course offering to find out what that professor is teaching. With power searching, you can just enter their name and all the courses they are teaching that semester at that campus will be listed for you.

Power searching is also an excellent way to determine whether or not a course meets a general ed requirement.

For instance, you may be anxious to fill your math requirement after taking your math placement test. You know that some math classes meet the math requirement, but you’ve also heard that courses offered through the department of economics, philosophy or psychology that also can meet the math requirement. Once you have chosen the correct semester and campus on the logon page go to the enrollment page and click the power search button. Power searching on the math category under the gen ed requirements will provide you with all the courses that meet the gen ed math requirement during a given semester on a selected campus.

Perhaps an advisor has told you that you need to fill your Upper Division “humanities” requirement. The humanities have been divided into three separate categories: “Western Culture,” “Non-western culture,” and “Artistic forms.” Again, you can search on any one of these three categories to find out which courses that meet the WC NWC & AF requirements are offered during a given semester.

Although you can search on the category of Science, power searching does not divide science courses into Biological and Physical (although it does divide them into with lab and without lab). Sciences in the following departments: BOT, HSS, MBIO &/or ZOO meet the Biological science requirement and sciences from ASTR, CHEM GEOG, GEOL, GPHY, METR &/or PHYS meet the physical science requirement. Unfortunately, when you power search, there is only a “Science” category and it is not broken down into the Arts & Sciences’ division of Biological / Physical.

Another way to check what requirements a course meets is on the enrollment page, once you have selected a department to search. On the right hand side of the page for each course is a “Codes” column. The letters written in green under the “codes” are indicative of a Gen Ed requirement being met (“AF” for “Artistic Forms”, “WC” for “Western Culture” and “NWC” for “Non Western Culture” “SS” means social science, “MTH” indicates Math and so on).

Sociology Internship info.

Internships are only offered in the spring and summer. Dr. Clay is the instructor.

Internship Opportunity

Internships through the Greater Grads program often turn into full-time positions after graduation.

http://www.greatergrads.com/index.php?src=directory&view=jobpostings&submenu=internships&refno=120&srctype=jobpostings_detail

What will your diploma say?

DEGREE:
For someone who is not graduating with honors the diploma will say:

Bachelor of Arts

-with NO reference to their major. It is the transcript that retains the major information.

Special Degree Designations
Students who graduate with special degree designation such as those listed below are allowed to wear a special satin hood with their cap and gown during the Commencement ceremonies. The special degree designation will appear on a student's transcript and diploma. If a student qualifies for both the Distinction and Honors degree, the Honors degree takes precedence.

• With Distinction - Students who graduate from the College of Arts and Sciences who do not qualify for an Honors degree may be graduated With Distinction if they have completed a minimum of 60 hours in OU residence. They must achieve at least a 3.60 Combined Retention GPA and a 3.60 in all OU course work.
• With Special Distinction - Students who graduate from the College of Arts and Sciences who do not qualify for an Honors degree may be graduated With Special Distinction if they have completed a minimum of 60 hours in OU residence. They must achieve at least a 3.90 Combined Retention GPA and a 3.90 in all OU course work.
• Honors (cum laude, magna cum laude, summa cum laude) - Please see the Honors College for information on how to graduate with these designations.

MATH Placement Tests

MATH:
Students take the Math placement test at the Assessment and Learning Center(Carnegie Bldg., Room 200). They have a pretty informative website:
http://www.ou.edu/univcoll/home/about_us/departments/assessment_and_learning.html

-Students may take the math assessment twice per enrollment period and the results are valid for one year.

Foreign Language Placement Tests

Foreign Language:
Another pretty informative website:
http://mllab.ou.edu/services/?services=placement

-Students do not have to take the placement test if they have had less than two years of formal language instruction or it has been more than five years since they have taken a course in the desired language. They can get permission to enroll in the beginning classes by going to the above website and READING the first paragraph.

-Students CAN move on to the next level even though they made a D.

-Once a student has taken a class at OU it counts, and they may move on to the next level. 10 years is the max. time before special procedures are required.