Which ECS courses have a PAL?

The following table gives the relationships between lecture courses and ECS PAL courses.

How to Enroll

To find PAL courses, students can search the MySacState Student Center or the public schedule. To enroll in PAL courses, students can enroll in the MySacState Student Center (instructions below) or show up to the first day of class with student ID. If you get an error when registering, email your student ID and the course number to ecs-pal@csus.edu.

Photo Instructions: https://imgur.com/a/cQocE19

General Video Instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A02Y-hU7ZzE

Written Instructions:

1. Login to your Sac State Single Sign-On - Link: https://my.csus.edu/
2. Access the “Student Center” Section
3. Navigate to the “Enrollment Shopping Cart” under the overview of your semester schedule
4. Click on the “Search for Classes” drop-down and select the “Class Search” option, then press the green “Search” button
5. Your webpage should be redirected to a page with a variety of new drop-down menus
6. Click the first drop-down, labeled “Subject” and find and select the relevant subject for your PAL - i.e. ENGR (engineering) or CSC (computer science)
7. On the drop-down directly below titled “Course Number” leave the “is exactly” option unchanged
8. To the right of the “is exactly” drop-down option enter the number of the course you want to enroll in a PAL for followed by “P” for example PAL for ENGR 30 you would input “30P”, for CSC 15 you would input “15P”
9. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the green button labeled “Search” to the right of the green button labeled “Clear”
10. You should now be viewing all available PAL sessions and times for your intended course. Press the green “Select” button on the PAL session that works best for your schedule! NOTE: If the icon under the far right “Status” category is yellow or red you may not be able to get into that PAL session so please select a different time if possible.
11. After clicking the “Select” button you should be redirected to a new page that relists the time and other session information, locate the green “Next” button at the bottom right of the page and click it.
12. You should be brought back to the page where you first selected the “Search for Classes” option on step 4 but now with a new element in the “Shopping Cart” section of the page.
13. Click the check next to the PAL course, and then click the green “Enroll” button underneath.
14. You will be redirected to a new page once again showing the course information for the PAL section you have selected, press the green “Finish Enrolling” button at the bottom right.
15. Congratulations! You have enrolled in your ECS PAL course!