Course Scheduling Guidelines

The basic assumption is that there will be a ten-minute break inserted into any course that runs for long than an hour. 

Five-credit courses:

• Overall guideline: five-credit courses meet for at least 250 minutes a week according to the following:
  • Daily for 50 minutes each day. 
  • MWF for 90 minute sessions with courses running from
    • 8:20 – 9:50,
    • 1:00 – 2:30,
    • 3:00 – 4:30 or at any time after 5:00 p.m.
    • We recommend that five-credit courses meeting three times a week not be scheduled for 10:00 – 11:20 or 11:30 since these times would overlap and conflict with 4-credit courses scheduled two or four times per week.
  • Twice a week for 2:30 minutes session as long as the course begins after 5:00 p.m.

Four-credit courses:

• Overall policy: four-credit course meet for at least 200 minutes per week according to the following:
  • Four-credit courses meeting for 50 minute sessions will be scheduled MTRF.
  • Four-credit courses taught in two, 100 minute sessions would begin at 8:00, 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 6:00 or 7:00 p.m. [The starting time in the evening ought to remain as flexible as possible.]
  • We recommend that four-credit courses taught twice a week will be scheduled TR as room availability allows.

Three-credit courses

• Three-credit courses taught three times a week will be scheduled MWF.
• Three-credit courses taught twice a week will be scheduled on TR for 90 minutes. 8:20 – 9:50,
  • 1:00 – 2:30,
  • 3:00 – 4:30 or
  • at any time after 5:00 p.m.

Two-credit courses

• Two-credit courses taught twice a week will be scheduled TR in 50 minute sessions.
• Two-credit courses taught in one, 100 minute block will be scheduled on either T or R, or after 3:00 p.m.

Approved spring 2014 as operating guidelines by Steve Adkison