How to plan a course which takes place in multiple periods?

You can use the Osiris PlanApp to plan your individual study programme and to request approval for your electives. Planning your courses can be done in several ways in the PlanApp. Via Plan Later (A), via Curriculum (B) and via the Course Catalogue (C).

NOTE: Some courses take place in multiple periods or years. It is important to note that you cannot plan these courses over several years. So, you have to plan such a course in the periods of the year in which the largest part of the course takes place. For example, a course which you want to take in period 5 and 6 of year 2 and period 1 of year 3. In this case, you plan the course in period 5 and 6 of year 2 only.

This is also the case when you plan a thesis, research practice or internship, which is described in the manual How to plan a thesis, research practice or internship?.

BE AWARE to always save your plan in between changes and before you close the PlanApp. Additionally, to make your plan definite, you need to request approval for your electives. For information on how to request approval for your electives, see the manual How to request approval for electives?

This manual describes how to plan a course which takes place in multiple periods

A. How to plan a course which takes place in multiple periods via Plan Later

1. In the Plan menu, click PLAN LATER at the upper right of your screen to unfold the PLAN LATER menu
You can use the PLAN LATER menu to plan courses of your curriculum you still need or want to plan.

2. Look up the course you want to plan and click PLAN NOW

NOTE: When a course is already planned, it will become grey.

3. When PLAN NOW is chosen, choose in which year you plan to follow the course
How to add an extra year to your plan is described in the manual How to add a year to/delete a year from my planning?

Again, be aware that you cannot plan a course over several years. So, you have to plan such a course in the periods of the year in which the largest part of the course takes place.

4. Select the periods in which you plan on taking the course

5. Scroll to the right side and click on OK when you are satisfied with your selection

6. Now you can see the course in the Plan menu for the selected year and periods

B. How to plan a course which takes place in multiple periods via Curriculum

1. Click on Curriculum at the top of your screen
In the Curriculum menu an overview of the different components of your study programme are shown.

2. Scroll down to the course course from your curriculum which takes places in multiple periods
3. To plan the course of your choice, click on PLAN NOW

TIP: You can click on the course name to get more information on the course.
TIP: Beneath the different components of your curriculum it is shown what the minimum number of points is you need to achieve for this component (for electives this is always 0), what number of points you already achieved and what number of points you already planned. When you achieved the minimum number of credits for a component, a check mark will appear behind that specific component.

4. When PLAN NOW is chosen, choose in which year you plan to follow the course
How to add an extra year to your plan is described in the manual How to add a year to/delete a year from my planning?

Again, be aware that you cannot plan a course over several years. So, you have to plan such a course in the periods of the year in which the largest part of the course takes place.

5. Select the periods in which you plan on taking the course

6. Scroll to the right side and click on OK when you are satisfied with your selection

7. Now you can see the course in the Plan menu for the selected year and period

C. How to plan a course which takes place in multiple periods via Course Catalogue

1. Click on Course Catalogue at the top of your screen
You can use the Course Catalogue to search for courses you want to follow. Here, all courses offered at Wageningen University & Research are shown.

2. Click COURSES at the upper left of the screen

3. You now see an overview of all the courses offered at Wageningen University & Research. You can now search for the course you want to plan through the search bar or by using the filters

4. To plan the course of you choice you can either choose PLAN NOW or PLAN LATER
When you click PLAN LATER, the course will appear in the PLAN LATER menu next to your programme overview in the Plan menu. How to plan courses which takes place in multiple periods or years via Plan later is described in A. How to plan a course which takes place in multiple periods via Plan later.

TIP: You can click on the course name to get more information on the course.

5. When PLAN NOW is chosen, choose in which year you plan to follow the course
How to add an extra year to your plan is described in the manual How to add a year to/delete a year from my planning?

Again, be aware that you cannot plan a course over several years. So, you have to plan such a course in the periods of the year in which the largest part of the course takes place.

6. Select the periods in which you plan on taking the course

7. Scroll to the right side and click on OK when you are satisfied with your selection

8. Now you can see the course in the Plan menu for the selected year and period