Popular Courses: What Students Are Looking to Transfer
This article provides an overview of how to use the Popular Courses report within the Transferology® Lab. This report provides Transfer Specialists with a list of all the courses that students have entered into Transferology®, and can be used to:
- Proactively evaluate courses.
- Attract prospective transfer students to the institution.
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To access the Popular Courses report:
- Go to the Rule Management menu.
- Select Popular Courses.
The generated list of courses displays in order of decreasing count (the number of students who added the course to Transferology). By default, the Popular Courses report displays all courses entered by students:
- Over the last 30 days.
- From all institutions and locations.
- From any school type (public or private).
- From both 4-year and 2-year institutions.
Only the first 300 courses will automatically appear on the screen to increase loading time.
Each row of the Popular Courses report will detail the following information:
| Field | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Course Code | The institution course identifier (often structured as a subject + number). |
| School | The college, university, or organization name. |
| State | The state within which each institution resides. |
| Distance | The distance from the user's institution zip code, in miles. |
| Count | The number of students who entered the course in Transferology. The count only indicates how many students have entered the course; it does not mean that students have expressed an interest or viewed Match results at the subscribing institution's school. Hover over this number to see the years the students reported taking the course. |
| Active Rule | Indicates whether the institution has a rule that would award transfer credit during the current term. No The institution may have an inactive rule and award credit if taken in a past or future term, or no rules for this course may exist. Yes The institution has a rule that awards transfer credit if taken during the current term. To view the rule, hover over Yes.
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Search Popular Courses
Because the list may contain thousands of courses, Transferology® provides a way to manage the results display, including pagination and filters.
Pagination
To navigate through the content page by page, use the First, Previous, and Next buttons above/below the list of courses on each page.
Sort
Select the appropriate column heading to sort by Course, School, State, Distance, Count, or Active Rule.
Filters
By default, the Popular Courses list returns 300 courses and includes the last month's timeframe. Users can apply various filters to the data to customize the display using either the keyword search or the Filter box. For example, filters can allow focus on a particular state, school, military course/occupation, and much more.
Use the Apply and Clear filters buttons to apply/clear keywords and filters.
Key a specific school name or course into the search field to filter results. For example, with "Math..." applied as a filter in the keyword search field, all popular courses that match the keyword "Math..." are generated (in order of descending count).
Filter Box
To the right of the list of popular courses is a Filter box:
Users can filter popular courses by:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Date Range | Select a date range or use Custom to open the calendar. Drop-down options for date ranges include:
Use the arrow keys to navigate and enter to select dates if within the custom calendar.
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| Location | Select from an alphabetical listing of US states, Canadian provinces, US territories, Military Occupation, or All Locations (the default). |
| Distance | Select an incremental distance from the designated zip code. Drop-down menu options include:
The default setting for the distance filter is any distance from the user's institution's zip code. To use a different zip code in the filter:
Alternatively, select the Use My Current Location button to the right of the zipcode to allow Transferology to know and use the location. |
| Courses | Choose to include all courses in the filter, or restrict to courses with or without rules via the drop-down menu. Options include:
If Courses with rules is selected, all courses with active rules will display. |
| School Type | To search by School Type, select from:
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| Year | Users have the option to filter by 4-year or 2-year institution. Select one of the following:
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| Courses returned | Select one of the following to specify the number of courses to return on the page:
If All is selected, results may take a while to load. |
| Include my school? | By default, courses from the user's institution will appear in the list of Popular Courses. To remove them, unselect the checkbox and select Apply. |
After making appropriate filter selections, be sure to select the Apply button. To return filters (except Courses returned) to their default settings, select Clear filters.
Create Evaluation Tasks
Users with both the Transfer Specialist and TES Evaluation roles can create evaluation tasks in TES from the Popular Courses area of the Transferology® Lab. Those with the needed permissions will see the TES Mode tab appear to the right of the Filter.
For further information, see TES Mode: Create Evaluation Tasks from the Transferology Lab under Related Articles.