{"id":4203,"date":"2021-05-21T14:00:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/149.4.100.129\/provost\/?page_id=4203"},"modified":"2025-04-08T14:32:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T18:32:43","slug":"guidelines-for-scheduling-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/provost\/guidelines-for-scheduling-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidelines for Scheduling Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text ol_item_indent=&#8221;20px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;Open Sans|600|||on||||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h4>Guidelines for Scheduling Courses<\/h4>\n<p>Office of the Provost, ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ<\/p>\n<p>The guidelines below describe good practices in designating rooms, schedules, and mode of instruction for courses.\u00a0 Following these guidelines will ensure a schedule that uses available classroom space efficiently and that facilitates program completion for students.<\/p>\n<p>Time slots in assigned rooms that are not scheduled by departments revert to the Registrar after schedules are submitted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rooms:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Departments and programs must schedule classes in the rooms assigned to them.<\/li>\n<li>Do not schedule TBAs.\u00a0 If for some reason it is necessary to schedule a section without an associated room, please submit a request to coursescheduling@qc.cuny.edu.\n<ul>\n<li>Please bear in mind that TBA requests need to be flexible in course times; if space can&#8217;t be found at the time requested, another time and the available space will be suggested.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>For classes that meet in internal department space, departments should indicate which space is being used.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All courses must follow the scheduling matrix.<\/li>\n<li>Departments should balance offerings, by:\n<ul>\n<li>scheduling courses both early (including offerings at 8:00 AM and 9:25 AM) and late in the day,<\/li>\n<li>scheduling three hour evening classes with equal numbers of early and late sections (for example, the number of sections starting at 7:10 should be the same as the number starting at 4:30), and<\/li>\n<li>balancing three hour sections on M T W or Th with another three hour course (for example, a Monday morning 9:00 AM -12:00 PM class should be balanced by a Wednesday morning 9:00 AM -12:00 PM class).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Departments offering courses which satisfy General Education requirements (English 110 and other Pathways courses, writing-intensive courses) should schedule these courses throughout the day and week so that students with time constraints will be able to complete their programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mode of Instruction &#8211; CUNY Definitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/provost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/01\/Modes-of-Instruction-CUNY-Definitions.pdf\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15692\">Modes of Instruction-CUNY Definitions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guidelines for Scheduling Courses Office of the Provost, ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ The guidelines below describe good practices in designating rooms, schedules, and mode of instruction for courses.\u00a0 Following these guidelines will ensure a schedule that uses available classroom space efficiently and that facilitates program completion for students. 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