Course Registration System the online registrar version 0.1
Specifications Document by Emma Boroson

Introduction
This Course Registration System is a web-based program aimed to make easier and more convenient the class registration process, a hassle through which students go every semester. As it stands, here at Brown University, in order to officially register for classes, each student must fill out a course registration form manually, bring it to the Registrar’s Office at University Hall, stand in line (often for upwards of twenty to thirty minutes), and finally have the form officially approved and stamped. In order to change anything about one’s current schedule, such as dropping or adding a class, changing grade option, or showing official permission from a professor, the student must go through the same tedious process. Course Registration System (CRS) attempts to alleviate these hassles by providing several services to students through the internet. CRS provides a way to search for classes without having to open a course catalog, a way to “shop” around and view various possible schedules, and finally, officially register for the chosen classes. All this can be done in the privacy of the students’ own rooms and without the stress and time it takes to stand in line in University Hall.

The System
Basical sketch of the system model Network Login GUI search keys GUI DB Course Pages GUI
The various parts of the system are: ● Login/Security – Login using NetID and password – will connect to Brown’s Kerberos server (at this point I am not quite sure how Kerberos works) ● Course Search – This will be a database system fairly similar to the current version of BOCA (Brown Online Course Announcement) – with the ability to search for courses with search keys: course number, professor, meeting time, department ● Course page – for each course in the database,