Disney Class Registration

I'M BACK! Only two months until I'm back home <3

So DORMS registration for classes opened up today, and I registered for the Marketing and Sales seminar. If you weren't aware, DORMS is the site that you accept your offer through, sign up for classes, and do housing preferences. Class registration opened up today, November 16, 2016 at 12pm EST. I happened to wake up at like 9:55am MT (11:55am EST), so I got on the site as soon as it hit noon EST. I tried my phone and laptop at the same time because the site kept crashing, but didn't have much luck with either haha. Luckily, everyone was having the same problem so you weren't missing out on much! It took me about 30 minutes to get through the whole thing just because it kept crashing and I would have to refresh and start over. So every couple refreshes you would get one step closer, it was great. Hahaha not really, but I got what I wanted!!

So after you log in, you click on the education portal button. You have to decide if you want to take a seminar (runs 4 weeks with no homework, 2 hours per week), a professional development class (entertainment or engineering majors only, runs 8 weeks), a distance learning (if you're taking an online class from home or something, runs 12 weeks), or a collegiate offering (4 hours per week, 12 weeks with homework). The first part will prompt you if you want to take a collegiate offering, and if you do, whether or not you're getting credit for the class.

The next page is for the exploration series, which runs 4 weeks for 2 hours per week. These are FREE! The seminars included are Disney Heritage (4 different times and days offered), Cast Engagement and HR (2 days and times available), Hospitality & Guest Services (2 days offered), Marketing & Sales (2 days offered), Leadership 101 (2 days offered), Environmentality & Sustainability: Inspiring Action (I don't think there were any days/times offered for Term A but probably Term B?), and Environmentality & Sustainability: Creating a Green Culture (2 days offered). It is currently 2 hours after classes opened, and all Heritage days are full, all Leadership 101, all Environementality & Sustainability, all Hospitality & Guest Service, and 1 Marketing & Sales. So if you're interested in any of those, definitely camp out on the site when it opens!!!

I'm taking Marketing & Sales on Wednesdays at Chatham Square from 9am-11am, February 8-March 1.

The next page is professional development programs, and these are only open to engineering (civil, industrial, mechanical, and general are listed) and entertainment majors (performing arts, theater, and show production are listed). It looks like these run February 6-March 27, and are free.

Next is collegiate courses. These cost from $15-$36 depending on the course. Courses included are Advanced Studies in Hospitality Management, Corporate Analysis, Corporate Communication, Human Resource Management, Creativity & Innovation, and Organizational Leadership. These classes run early February to early May, and are 4 hours per week, 1 day per week, but with homework.

Distance Learning comes next, and includes a time set aside each week for homework and exams for your online class, if you're taking one. You have to have documentation proving enrollment to be able to sign up for these time blocks. It's 4 hours set aside on one day per week (such as 8:30-12:30 on Mondays) for 12 weeks that you can't be scheduled for work on. These are also free.

EDIT: Later that day we got a message saying that all seminars/professional development series were full but the exact some ones would be available on the second half of our program (except Environmentality & Sustainability which switches to the other one).

That's it! Confirmation comes next. I highly recommend signing up for at least a seminar, they are a blast and you learn SO much about the company! I think all my roommates signed up for seminars too - marketing & sales, environmentality & sustainability, and cast engagement & HR.

That's all I got for you!! Next post I'm sure will probably be about housing preferences :) CAN'T WAIT!!!