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Approved Weekly Schedule

Space and Scheduling Guidelines

Guiding Principle: colleges will take responsibility for assuring that space is used appropriately and that student access to courses is a priority.

  • Classes not following an approved pattern will be considered an exception.
  • In order for a course to follow the pattern it must meet in the same space for each occurrence.
  • Classes following an approved pattern will be scheduled before courses that are exceptions.
  • A department (or group of departments) may use a combination of classes to fulfill a pattern and not be considered an exception, with the understanding that this could cause exam scheduling difficulties.
  • Term classes meeting for half of a semester should be paired with a course appropriately using the same space for the other half of the semester in order to not be considered an exception.
  • Classes crossing time blocks (e.g. combining two 55 minute sections on a single day) will be considered an exception.
  • Classes crossing terms (e.g. Spring Semester and May Session) will be considered an exception.
  • Class enrollment limits are required to fill 70% of the seats in the room assigned.
  • Departments are required to spread their courses throughout the day so that no more than 11% of their class meetings occur at any one time of the day.
  • Departments are required to spread their courses throughout the week by balancing the number of classes meeting three times a week with the number of classes meeting twice per week.
  • Priority for specific general assignment classrooms or building preferences does not supersede following an approved pattern.
  • All pre-assigned classes (those manually placed by the department) must follow an approved pattern.

Semester primary and alternative meeting pattern philosophy

Classes following primary meeting patterns will be accommodated with classroom space first.  Alternate meeting patterns will be accommodated with classroom space second, and will be subject to availability.  Meeting patterns not listed below will be accommodated with classroom space, if possible, after all requests for primary and alternate meeting patterns have been fulfilled.

M = Monday; T= Tuesday; W = Wednesday; R = Thursday; F = Friday

 

Primary meeting pattern formats, by course credit hour value:

  • 2 semester hours: 110 minutes per day, 1 day per week (M)
  • 3 semester hours: 55 minutes per day, 3 days per week (M/W/F)
  • 3 semester hours: 80 minutes per day, 2 days per week (T/R)
  • 4 semester hours: 55 minutes per day, 4 days per week (T-F)
  • 5 semester hours: 55 minutes per day, 5 days per week (M-F)

 

Alternate meeting pattern formats, by course credit hour value:

  • 3 semester hours: 80 minutes per day, 2 days per week (W/F)
  • 3 semester hours: 165 minutes per day, 1 day per week (M)
  • 4 semester hours: 55 minutes per day, 4 days per week (M-R)

 

The table below shows the from 55 minute periods to 165 minute periods
Approved Weekly Schedule
55-minute periods - M/T/W/R/F 80- minute periods - T/W/R/F 110 minute periods - M 165 minute period - M
8:00 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. 8:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. 8:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. 2:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
9:10 a.m. - 10:05 a.m. 9:35 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. 10:05 a.m. - 11:55 a.m.  
10:20 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. 11:10 a.m. - 12:30pm 12:10 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.  
11:30 a.m.- 12:25 p.m. 12:45 p.m. - 2:05 p.m. 5:15 p.m. - 7:05 p.m.  
12:40 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. 2:20 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. 7:20 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.  
1:50 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. 3:55 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.    
3:00 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. 5:30 p.m. - 6:50 p.m.    
4:10 p.m. - 5:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. - 8:25 p.m.    
5:20 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. 8:40 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.    
6:30 p.m. - 7:25 p.m.      
7:40 p.m. - 8:35 p.m.      
8:50 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.      

 

View an alternative version of the weekly class schedule (pdf)

Summer term standard meeting patterns philosophy

Classes following the standard meeting patterns listed below will be accommodated with classroom space first. Other meeting patterns will be accommodated with classroom space, if possible, after all requests for standard meeting patterns have been placed.  

M = Monday; T= Tuesday; W = Wednesday; R = Thursday; F = Friday

Standard meeting patterns, by session length and credit hour value:

12 weeks

  • 1 credit hour: 65 minutes per day, 1 day per week (T or R)
  • 2 credit hours: 125 minutes per day, 1 day per week (T or R)
  • 3 credit hours: 65 minutes per day, 3 days per week (M/W/F)
  • 3 credit hours: 95 minutes per day, 2 days per week (M/W or T/R)
  • 3 credit hours: 190 minutes per day, 1 day per week (M or W or F)
  • 4 credit hours: 65 minutes per day, 4 days per week (M-R or T-F)
  • 4 credit hours: 125 minutes per day, 2 days per week (T/R)
  • 5 credit hours: 65 minutes per day, 5 days per week (M-F)

8 weeks

  • 1 credit hour: 95 minutes per day, 1 day per week (T or R)
  • 2 credit hours: 190 minutes per day, 1 day per week (M)
  • 3 credit hours: 95 minutes per day, 3 days per week (M/W/F)
  • 4 credit hours: 95 minutes per day, 4 days per week (M-R)
  • 4 credit hours: 125 minutes per day, 3 days per week (M/W/F)
  • 4 credit hours: 190 minutes per day, 2 days per week (T/R)
  • 5 credit hours: 95 minutes per day, 5 days per week (M-F)

6 weeks

  • 1 credit hour: 125 minutes per day, 1 day per week (T or R)
  • 2 credit hours: 65 minutes per day, 4 days per week (M-R or T-F)
  • 2 credit hours: 125 minutes per day, 2 days per week (T/R)
  • 3 credit hours: 95 minutes per day, 4 days per week (M-R or T-F)
  • 3 credit hours: 125 minutes per day, 3 days per week (M/W/F)
  • 3 credit hours: 190 minutes per day, 2 days per week (T/R)
  • 4 credit hours: 125 minutes per day, 4 days per week (T-F)
  • 5 credit hours: 125 minutes per day, 5 days per week (M-F)

4 weeks

  • 1 credit hour: 190 minutes per day, 1 day per week (W or F)
  • 2 credit hours: 95 minutes per day, 4 days per week (T-F)
  • 2 credit hours: 125 minutes per day, 3 days per week (M/W/F)
  • 2 credit hours: 190 minutes per day, 2 days per week (T/R)
  • 3 credit hours: 190 minutes per day, 3 days per week (M/W/F)
  • 4 credit hours: 190 minutes per day, 4 days per week (M-R)
  • 5 credit hours: 190 minutes per day, 5 days per week (M-F)

 

The table below shows the from 55 minute periods to 165 minute periods Summer Approved Weekly Schedule
65-minute period 95-minute period 125-minute period 190-minute period
8:00am - 9:05am 8:00am - 9:35am 8:00am - 10:05am 8:00am - 11:10am
9:20am - 10:25am 9:50am - 11:25am 10:20am - 12:25pm 11:25am - 2:35pm
10:40am - 11:45am 11:40am - 1:15pm 12:40pm - 2:45pm 2:50pm - 6:00pm
12:00pm - 1:05pm 1:30pm - 3:05pm 3:00pm - 5:05pm 6:15pm - 9:25pm
1:20pm - 2:25pm 3:20pm - 4:55pm 5:20pm - 7:25pm  
2:40pm - 3:45pm 5:10pm - 6:45pm 7:40pm - 9:45pm  
4:00pm - 5:05pm 7:00pm - 8:35pm    
5:20pm - 6:25pm      
6:40pm - 7:45pm      
8:00pm - 9:05pm      

 

View an alternative version of the summer weekly approved schedule (pdf).