Use “directed” in directed research/study course titles in ECAS

Your department likely already does this, but please be sure to use the word “directed” in the course titles of your directed research or study courses in ECAS. The new Directed Activities Contract (currently in development) searches for the keyword “directed” in course titles and displays only those courses to students when they are filling out the contract. If a course is supposed to be for directed research or study, but does not have “directed” in the title, the student will not be able to select that course for their contract.

A summary of the Directed Activities Contract project appeared in a past issue of this newsletter. The contract will be available for all students in any college to use. We plan to launch the form this fall for spring 2020 registration. Please share this information with others in your department who create proposals in ECAS. If you have questions, contact oue@umn.edu.