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International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications 2012, Vol. 3(3) 158-175

Student Advising & Planning Software

Mohammad Shakeel LAGHARI, Gulzar Ali KHUWAJA

pp. 158 - 175

Publish Date: July 31, 2012  |   Single/Total View: 0/0   |   Single/Total Download: 0/0


Abstract

Student course registration is an important as well as a trivial process that may encounter unnecessary graduation delays. United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) is one such institution where students have faced problems depending on number of factors which may include, a lack of a proper advising system, understanding and experience of Advisers, students’ ability to seek good advice, etc. Students not advised fittingly may suffer with losing time in selecting unnecessary and wrong courses. Students usually suffer with problems which may include: course selection with time conflicts, missing out on specific courses for appropriate semesters, selecting department electives bypassing track restrictions, selecting too many or less courses, etc. A Student Advising & Planning Software (SAPS) is devised to guide students in selecting appropriate courses suitable to register online with the University Registration System. SAPS is developed using JAVA computer programming language. The outcome of the course selection is stored (semester-wise) to show a complete typical plan. The system is under test and has been used successively on many student cases. Three typical case studies included with their course plans and analysis is reported in the paper.

Keywords: Advising, course planning, software package, JAVA


How to Cite this Article?

APA 7th edition
LAGHARI, M.S., & KHUWAJA, G.A. (2012). Student Advising & Planning Software. International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications, 3(3), 158-175.

Harvard
LAGHARI, M. and KHUWAJA, G. (2012). Student Advising & Planning Software. International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications, 3(3), pp. 158-175.

Chicago 16th edition
LAGHARI, Mohammad Shakeel and Gulzar Ali KHUWAJA (2012). "Student Advising & Planning Software". International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications 3 (3):158-175.