Course list with progress
Core, Math, Electives and GE tabs show what's left, with picks for your goal. The GE tab lists real SFSU GE courses by area.
New For SF State Computer Science · 2026–27 Bulletin
Your whole degree,
Your whole degree,
planned and checked.
PlanEd turns the SF State Bulletin into a semester-by-semester plan. Chat for a minute, let Auto Plan fill your semesters, and a rules engine checks every prerequisite and unit limit before you send it to SFSU.
Free and open source. Your answers stay in your browser.
Built on the public SF State Bulletin 2026–27
4,995courses
117bachelor's programs listed
113policy rules, each quoted
0student logins or records needed
Why PlanEd
Two tools that don't talk to each other.
Today, SF State students plan in the Student Center, which runs on the CSU's Oracle PeopleSoft system.1 It splits the job in two: a Degree Progress Report that audits what's done, and a Degree Planner that lists courses by term. Neither shows how courses connect.
Today Student Center
- The audit and the planner are separate screens.
- No prerequisite information anywhere in the progress report.
- The planner lists a course per term without saying why it's there.
- Unit math only ("15 of 16"), with no load warnings from policy.
- Nothing connects courses to a career goal.
New PlanEd
- Requirements, semesters and prerequisites in one view.
- Every card shows its prerequisites. A broken one turns the card red and says where to move it.
- Auto Plan gives a reason for every course it picks.
- Semester credits colored by SFSU's unit-load rules: red below full time, amber when heavy.
- Plans built around your career goal, with the direction your electives point to.
To be fair: the Student Center already suggests courses per term, supports locks and What-If reports, and knows your transfer and AP credit. PlanEd doesn't replace your official record. It makes the plan readable, and your advisor still signs off.
Product
From hello to a full plan in a minute.
A short chat, color-coded semester cards, and a graph of how every course connects.
No forms. Just a quick chat.
PlanEd asks one question at a time: your name, major, semesters done, the courses you've taken, when you want to graduate, and your dream job. Then it plans for you, or lets you plan it yourself.
- Course codes in any spacing, checked against the catalog
- No AI needed for the chat, and the screen says so
- Your answers stay in this browser
One card per course, colored by the rules.
Core CS is lavender, math and physics are mint, electives are yellow. A card that breaks a rule turns red and tells you where to go, with a one-click move.
- "Prereqs met" chips on every card
- Credits per semester colored by SFSU's load rules
- Drag cards between semesters, or press + in the course list; placed courses leave the list
- Year tabs, or the whole degree at once
Watch it plan, one course at a time.
Ask the gator to Auto plan your next semester. Cards pop in one by one, and each comes with a reason: "MATH 226: unlocks 5 later courses". Or plan the whole degree around your goal in one go.
- Gemini when live, the built-in planner offline, and the label says which
- The semester stays red until it reaches full time
Your degree, as a game.
Switch to Graph and each semester becomes a level, each course a bubble with its code inside. An XP bar fills as you plan toward 120 units. Click a course to light up its prerequisite arrows.
- The next semester is highlighted, finished ones are "cleared"
- Broken rules glow red; "one of" prerequisites are dashed
- A slider sets how many semesters to show
Auto Plan, with a referee
One click. Every rule checked.
Auto Plan fills your next semester one course at a time, with a reason for each pick, or plans the whole degree around your goal. Gemini proposes. The rules engine checks every rule and sends mistakes back for repair.
Gemini + rules engine
Evaluate
Your plan from start to end: the longest prerequisite chain, semester by semester. Then where it's heading (your career direction), paths to consider, and the rule check in the Bulletin's own words.
Your guide
Ask the gator
Click the gator for Auto plan, Evaluate, or Export for SFSU. It tells you what to add next, evaluates your plan on its own once the next semester has enough credits, and then keeps the tips coming.
Everything in the box
Small details, checked against the Bulletin.
Unit limits from policy
Semesters turn red below full time and amber when heavy, using SFSU's own unit-load rules.
Broken courses say where to go
A card that breaks a rule suggests a semester where it fits, with a one-click move.
Export for SFSU
When next semester is ready, export it to take to registration.
A gator that keeps you on track
It reacts to your next semester (empty, too light, or ready), nags until the credits are met, then evaluates the plan for you.
Every rule sourced
Every rule is traced to a Bulletin quote, and every AI step is saved so it can be replayed.
How it works
Three steps to a plan you can send.
Chat for a minute
Tell PlanEd your major, what you've taken, when you want to graduate, and your dream job.
Auto Plan, or drag
Ask the gator to Auto plan the next semester or the whole degree, or drag courses in yourself.
Check and export
Fix anything red, ask the gator to Evaluate where your plan is heading, then export next semester for SFSU.
Trust
AI proposes. The rules engine decides.
Gemini never decides whether a plan is valid. Invented course IDs are dropped and reported back, never auto-corrected. A plan that still breaks a rule after two repairs is replaced by a labeled deterministic plan.
9 / 9planted mistakes caught, with no false alarms
2 / 2official SF State CS roadmaps pass with 0 prerequisite errors
≤ 2repair attempts before the deterministic fallback
15engine unit tests
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Is this an official SF State tool?
No. PlanEd is an unofficial student project built at the SF Hacks × GDG AI Hackathon. It doesn't change your record or register you for anything. Always confirm your plan with an SFSU advisor.
Where does the data come from?
Only the public SF State Bulletin 2026–27: courses, prerequisites, requirements, unit-load policies and sample roadmaps. Every record keeps its Bulletin page. The data is machine-checked, not yet advisor-verified, and the app says so.
Which majors does it cover?
All 117 SFSU bachelor's programs are listed in onboarding. B.S. Computer Science is fully mapped today, and the pipeline is built to add more.
Do I need an account? Where is my plan saved?
No account and no SFSU login. Your answers and plans live in your browser's local storage. Only your plan and goal text are sent to Gemini when you use the AI.
What if the AI is down or I have no API key?
PlanEd still works. Offline mode is labeled "PlanEd" instead of "Gemini", and the deterministic planner fills the plan. The rules engine checks it the same way.
What doesn't it do yet?
GE areas, SF State Studies and the 30 upper-division-unit rule aren't tracked course by course. GPA and instructor-permission conditions are shown, not enforced. The Bulletin has no data on which terms a course is offered.
See your degree the way it actually works.
Clone it, run it, and plan your next semester in a minute.