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Linking Directly to CMU Bulletin Interior Pages

For on-campus Department Webmasters: By default, links to the new CMU bulletin are directed to the Bulletin home page. If you want links from your department's site to link directly to an interior page of the 2006-2007 Bulletin, follow the instructions given here to create specific Bulletin page URL strings.

Note that in the following code explanations, a ¬ symbol means the code line wraps and continues. Your link string should be one continuous line. Don't forget to include the ampersands!

Update: (7/24/2006) The new bulletin for 2006-2007 has been published. In order to link to pages from the more recent bulletin, please replace the year 2004 in the following examples with 2006.

Link to a Course Descriptions page:
Example: Physics (PHY) Course Descriptions

Explanation of URL string in above link:
https://bulletins.cmich.edu/¬
crdesc.asp?¬
yr=2004&level=UG&loc=onc&¬
sid=400801&sub=Physics

https://bulletins.cmich.edu/ - site
crdesc.asp? - page
yr=2004 - bulletin year designator
level=UG - level designator (UG=undergraduate; GR=graduate; DR=doctoral; <blank>=any level)
loc=onc - location designator (onc=on campus)
sid=400801&sub=Physics - course designator and course title keyword. If your subject name has a space as part of its name then replace the space with + (plus sign). To get the specific course designator and course title for your department, go to Bulletins Course Descriptions page and find the string in the URL of that page. For example, Business string is: sid=520101&sub=Business.

Link to a Specific On-Campus GRADUATE Degree Program:
Example: Master of Arts in Communication Disorders

Explanation of URL string in above link:
https://bulletins.cmich.edu/¬
display-degree.asp?¬
yr=2004&level=GR&loc=onc&¬
pid=21001080

https://bulletins.cmich.edu/ - site
display-degree.asp? - page (you will not see this page name in the Bulletins site, but you must use it here)
yr=2004 - bulletin year designator
level=GR - level designator (GR=gradaute; DR=doctoral)
loc=onc - location designator (onc=on campus)
pid=21001080&
- program designator (to get the specific program designator for your program, go to a specific Bulletins 2004-2005 Year, Level=Graduate program page for your department and find the string in the URL of that page. For example, Master of Science in Biology string is: pid=21001157)

Link to On-Campus UNDERGRADUATE Programs by Department page:

Example 1:
Art Department undergraduate programs

Explanation of URL string in above link:
https://bulletins.cmich.edu/¬
department_programs.asp?¬
yr=2004&level=UG&loc=onc&¬
dpid=50000113&dep=Art

https://bulletins.cmich.edu/ - site
department-programs.asp? - page
yr=2004 - bulletin year designator
level=UG - level designator (UG=undergraduate)
loc=onc - location designator (onc=on campus)
dpid=50000113&dep=Art - program designator and program title. If your department name has a space as part of its name then replace the space with + (plus sign). If your department name has an & (ampersand) as part of its name then replace the & with and. To get the specific program designator and program title for your program, go to Bulletins 2004-2005 Year, Level=Undergraduate Programs page for your department and find the string in the URL of that page. For example, Business string is: sid=520101&sub=Business.

Example 2:
For departments having special character & (ampersand) as part of department name:
Counseling & Special Education undergraduate programs

Explanation of URL string in above link:
https://bulletins.cmich.edu/¬
department_programs.asp?¬
yr=2004&level=UG&loc=onc&¬
dpid=50000205&¬
dep=Counseling+and+Special+Education

https://bulletins.cmich.edu/ - site
department-programs.asp? - page
yr=2004 - bulletin year designator
level=UG - level designator (UG=undergraduate)
loc=onc - location designator (onc=on campus)
dpid=50000205&dep=Counseling+And+Special+Education - program designator and program title. If your department name has a space as part of its name then replace the space with + (plus sign). If your department name has an & (ampersand) as part of its name then replace the & with and. To get the specific program designator and program title for your program, go to Bulletins 2004-2005 Year, Level=Undergraduate Programs page for your department and find the string in the URL of that page. For example, Business string is: sid=520101&sub=Business.

Link to page showing ALL On-Campus Programs offered by a Department:
Example: All Art Department programs

Explanation of URL string in above link:
https://bulletins.cmich.edu/¬
department_programs.asp?¬
yr=2004&level=&¬ (note no value has been assigned to it so that it can display all levels)
loc=onc&dpid=50000121&dep=Art

https://bulletins.cmich.edu/ - site
department_programs.asp? - page
yr=2004 - bulletin year designator
level= - level designator (don't assign any value to this)
loc=onc - location designator (onc=on campus)
dpid=50000113&dep=Art - program designator and program title (to get the specific program designator and program title for your program, go to Bulletins 2004-2005 Year, Level=Any Program page for your department and find the string in the URL of that page. For example, Chemistry string is: dpid=50000114&dep=Chemistry)

Link to page showing On-Campus Undergraduate Programs by Subject
Example: Sports Studies

Explanation of URL string in above link:
https://bulletins.cmich.edu/¬
subject_programs.asp?¬
yr=2004&level=UG&¬
loc=onc&sid=310501A&sub=Sports+Studies

https://bulletins.cmich.edu/ - site
subject_programs.asp? - page
yr=2004 - bulletin year designator
level=UG - level designator (UG=undergraduate; for all levels do not assign a value)
loc=onc - location designator (onc=on campus)
sid=310501A&sub=Sports+Studies - subject designator and subject title (to get the specific subject designator and title for your program, go to Bulletins 2004-2005 Year, Level=Undergraduate page for the subject and find the string in the URL of that page. For example, Philosophy string is: sid=380101&sub=Philosophy)

Link to non-SAP-derived (not database driven) Bulletin pages:

Example 1:
Undergraduate Bulletin Academic Policies and Procedures

Explanation of URL string in above link:
https://bulletins.cmich.edu/¬
2004/ug/gen-acad/acad-policies.asp?¬
yr=2004&level=UG&loc=onc

https://bulletins.cmich.edu/ - site
2004/ug/gen-acad/acad-policies.asp? - page path
yr=2004 - bulletin year designator
level=UG - level designator (UG=undergraduate)
loc=onc - location designator (onc=on campus)

Example 2:
Graduate Bulletin Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certification

Explanation of URL string in above link:
https://bulletins.cmich.edu/¬
2004/gr/administrative/academic/post-bacc.asp?¬
yr=2004&level=GR&loc=onc

https://bulletins.cmich.edu/ - site
2004/gr/administrative/academic/post-bacc.asp? - page path
yr=2004 - bulletin year designator
level=GR - level designator (GR=graduate)
loc=onc - location designator (onc=on campus)

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