function FrontPage_Form1_Validator(theForm)
{

  if (theForm.course.selectedIndex < 0)
  {
    alert("Please select one of the \"course\" options.");
    theForm.course.focus();
    return (false);
  }

  if (theForm.course.selectedIndex == 0)
  {
    alert("The first \"course\" option is not a valid selection.  Please choose one of the other options.");
    theForm.course.focus();
    return (false);
  }
  return (true);
}