Choosing your courses is a good place to start.

But before moving on to select your courses, there are some general things about the entire course selection process that you should know, like:

• how many credits a course is worth;
• the U of M's Written English (W) and Math (M) requirements for graduation in all degree programs;
• what "electives" are and how to choose them;
• what "course equivalencies" are and why they matter;
• how to read Faculty entries in the Undergraduate Calendar;
• how to decipher course numbers; and
• where to find the School of Agriculture diploma and university degree course listings.

Let's look at each of these in more detail.