Welcome to the first day of class. Did you have a good break? Are you excited about the upcoming semester? Are you ready for this semester?

Here are some resources that you may want to check out during this first week of class:

Textbook Buying Guide

2010 Spring Course Catalog

How to Find Your Classroom

UIUC General Calendar

And what better way to start the semester than with an Illini Men’s Basketball game! Tonight at 8PM at Assembly Hall. The Illini will take on Purdue, and the game will be broadcast on ESPN.

Illinois vs. Purdue // Jan. 19 // 8pm

• Live Audio | GameTracker | TV: ESPN
• BUY TICKETS TO THIS GAME | Fan Guide

Go Illini!

Ever wonder if your credit will transfer from a different university to UIUC? The website that can answer that is Transfer.org. As we posted last year, it used to be called “CAS,” but now it’s called u.Transfer. It’s the same thing, though:

1. Go to Transfer.org.
2. Click “Guest Login” on the left.
3. Click “Equivalencies by Course” on the left.
4. Choose your state, then school to which your courses will transfer.
5. Select a school(s) from which your courses will come.
6. Finally after your school is checked, click “Create Guide.”

You will now have drop-down lists of courses that you can choose, and details about transfer credit will show up.

Of course, you really shouldn’t count on any transfer credit until it is added to your transcript on UI-Integrate, but this should give you some general guidelines and criteria.

If you’re a student at Illinois, you’ve most likely used either Scheedule or Illinexus to plan your class schedule in the past.

Illinexus used to be a great way to have a bit more control over your schedule than Scheedule provided. Illinexus, which used to be located at http://schedule.illinexus.org has apparently dropped off the map!

Illinexus, please come back!