If the course on your Carmen landing page has a different section number or class number than the one you registered for, your course may have been combined with other course sections. You will access the course from the Carmen landing page using the link the instructor has designated as the main course section. There are several reasons why a course may have combined sections. The most common are:
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Recitation or Lab section combined with Lecture: You may have registered for a lab or recitation course, but often the associated lecture course is the one that will appear on the Carmen landing page as the main course for the combined sections. This is often the case for Biology and Chemistry courses.
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Merged courses: Your course may have been merged with other course sections at your instructor's request for instructional purposes. This is often the case for very large courses such as Business or Psychology. You will still see a course listing on the Carmen landing page for the section you enrolled in, but it will not be active. You can use the landing page filter options to hide unpublished course sections.
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Cross-listed courses: If the course on your Carmen landing page has a different department than the one you registered for, it might be a cross-listed course. This is a course that is offered under more than one departmental heading. Cross-courses are generally indicated in Buckeyelink when you register. For example, you may have registered for a History course, but it appears on the landing page as a History of Law course if it was a cross-listed course.