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Banweb Course Listing URLs

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Many academic departments will link to a listing of departmental courses in Banner. The URL looks like:

https://www.banweb.mtu.edu/pls/owa/studev.stu_ctg_utils.p_display_class_facbio?ps_department=EE&PS_STYLE_DEPT=ece&ps_level=UG&ps_faculty=all

The URL includes several parameters that can be customized for each department.

  • https://www.banweb.mtu.edu/pls/owa/studev.stu_ctg_utils.p_display_class_facbio
    • Base URL that is the same for all
  • ? and &
    • The question mark is required at the end of the base URL to designate the first parameter.
    • The ampersand is required between parameters when using multiple.
  • ps_department=
    • This parameter filters which courses will be displayed.
    • After the equal sign, include the department identifier from the desired course numbers. For example, MA, BUS, MKT, EE, etc.
    • Multiple course departments can be included by separating them with a comma.
  • PS_STYLE_DEPT=
    • This parameter designates the Modern Campus CMS directory to pull the navigation from.
    • If your Modern Campus CMS URL is https://www.mtu.edu/chemistry, put chemistry after the equal sign.
    • Only one directory can be listed.
  • ps_level=
    • This will filter which course levels will be displayed.
    • The level options are:
      • UG for undergraduate
      • GR for graduate
      • 5000 or another number for courses within that number. For example, 4000 will display all courses in the 4000 level.
    • Only one level can be listed.
  • ps_faculty=
    • This parameter filters the courses to select faculty.
    • The faculty options are:
      • all to include courses from all faculty.
      • The faculty’s user ID to display an individual faculty member’s courses.
    • Only one faculty can be listed.

The URL and all parameters are case-sensitive.

Here are some examples:

  • https://www.banweb.mtu.edu/pls/owa/studev.stu_ctg_utils.p_display_class_facbio?ps_department=EE&PS_STYLE_DEPT=ece&ps_level=GR&ps_faculty=bamork
    • This URL will display all courses starting with EE in the 5000 and 6000 levels (graduate) taught by Bruce Mork. The page will have the navigation from https://www.mtu.edu/ece/.
  • https://www.banweb.mtu.edu/pls/owa/studev.stu_ctg_utils.p_display_class_facbio?ps_department=MA,BUS,MIS&PS_STYLE_DEPT=business-analytics&ps_level=UG&ps_faculty=all
    • This URL will display all 4000 level and lower courses (undergraduate) starting with BUS, MA, and MIS from all faculty. The page will have the navigation from https://www.mtu.edu/business-analytics/.
  • https://www.banweb.mtu.edu/pls/owa/studev.stu_ctg_utils.p_display_class_facbio?ps_department=CH&PS_STYLE_DEPT=chemistry&ps_level=1000&ps_faculty=all
    • This URL will display all 1000 level courses starting with CH from all faculty. The page will have the navigation from https://www.mtu.edu/chemistry/.

Potential Errors on the Banweb Page

Certain parts of the department’s website are fed into the Banweb course listing page including the header, footer, and navigation. The Banweb course listing page may not load and have an internal server error instead if there are any symbols or certain characters within those areas of the PS_STYLE_DEPT website. Symbols and characters may include “&” or registered trademarks. These symbols or characters would need to be removed from the live website or the Banweb course listing page cannot be used.

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