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With over 1500 spring courses across the University to pick from, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. With registration week underway, it’s not a bad idea to browse the CU Directory of Classes and make a list of courses you want to take. Barnard and Columbia academic department websites are also good places to look for classes for majors, minors, or concentrations you’re interested in.

If you’re a Barnard first-year still trying to figure out which First-Year Writing or Seminar class would best fit your needs and desires, fear not! Here is a short but sweet collection of highly recommended classes you should consider taking this coming spring–not just for the sake of fulfilling the Barnard degree requirements, but to hopefully gain drops of wisdom along the way.

The registration period for classes begins next week. For those of you keen on finishing up the Core, you might be interested in taking a Global Core class or two next semester. Here’s our list of five interesting Global Core classes you should consider taking in the spring!

Missing classes, inaccurate class status for Core Curriculum courses, and slow updates regarding course times plagued student registration for the fall 2019 semester.

You know it’s the start of the spring semester when (a) Facebook notifications in your class group from students asking to switch Core sections begin to appear with increasing desperation, and (b) the sun starts to set before your last class ends. And hey, speaking of classes, have you finalized your spring schedule yet? If your answer is a resounding “no,” know that it’s 100 percent okay to not be completely sure of your schedule yet. Take this semester to shop through new electives, explore courses outside your track, or catch up on fulfilling those major and Core requirements! To help you find the perfect course, Spectrum’s compiled a master list of classes that still have open spots.

Registration season is always a stressful time, whether that involves scrambling through Vergil to find classes, comparing professors on CULPA, or anxiously checking the classes on SSOL for enrollments and waitlists. In short, registration sucks. In April, we asked what would help make course selection smoother and easier. Well, we heard you and we made it! After a month of hard coding, the SpecTech team and Spectrum finally present Vergil+, a Google Chrome extension that makes enhances your registration experience.