EDP Course Scheduling serves to comply with University standard timelines, allows for advance scheduling for budget and instructional staffing purposes, and provides a consistent and predictable system to organize classes for advisers and students in EDP, COE, and outside the college.
Course Scheduling Procedure
- Semesterly: Areas meet to review the upcoming semester schedule with staff Course Scheduler. This is for areas to relay time/teaching preferences, curriculum ideas and plans (new course ideas, changes to courses, sequencing), etc.
- UT Scheduling System opens for an upcoming semester:
- Department Chair reviews schedule based on area requests, University/COE policies/priorities, and faculty preferences. Faculty are contacted about options if course/days/times differ from what was requested in the area meetings.
- Area Chair final-reviews semester schedule with Course Scheduler
- Semester schedule is entered into the UT system (emergency changes only after this point)
- Course Scheduler sends out individual Teaching Schedule Confirmations to each faculty member for the upcoming semester.
- Registrar publishes Course Schedule online, Advising/Registration begins
- Advisors & students should use only the Registrar's published online course schedule for advising.
- Daily Advising/Enrollment Reports are posted in Box for Area Chairs to review during Advising. Courses at risk of low enrollment will be evaluated by Department Chair and Area Chairs for cancellation or advising options.
EDP Standard Timelines
Standard Timelines are the unit by which the Registrar assigns rooms. The EDP Standard Timelines below are based on University Standard Timelines, with the exception of T/TH 3-hour courses, which were voted to remain consistent with the MWF 3-hour times and allow for a 1-hour lunch break for students; EDP courses must adhere to EDP Standard Timelines.
| MWF | |
|---|---|
| 1 Hour | 8-9, 9-10, 10-11, 11-12, 12-1, 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5 |
| 3 Hour | 9-12, 1-4, 4-7 |
| T/TH | |
| 1.5 Hour | 8-9:30, 9:30-11, 11-12:30, 12:30-2, 2-3:30, 3:30-5 |
| 3 Hour | 9-12, 1-4, 4-7 |
Department Foundation Course Blocks
- Department Foundation Courses (formerly "Department Core") are courses offered by HDCLS and QM that are required for EDP students in all areas.
- Colloquiums should be M or W 12-1
- No classes Friday afternoons due to department meetings.
Department Foundation Course Blocks are below. 1st and occasionally 2nd-year program courses should be scheduled in the unoccupied blocks, to allow those students to complete Dept Foundation requirements. Advanced courses may be scheduled during Foundation Course Blocks. | ||||
Mon | Wed | |||
| Morning (9-noon) | ||||
Afternoon (1-4) | Dept Foundation Courses (HDCLS-taught) | Dept Foundation Courses (HDCLS-taught) | ||
| Evening (4-7) | ||||
| Tue | Thu | |||
| Morning (9:30-12:30) | Dept Foundation Courses (QM-taught) | Dept Foundation Courses (QM-taught) | ||
| Afternoon (12:30-3:30) | Dept Foundation Courses (QM-taught) | Dept Foundation Courses (QM-taught) | ||
| Evening (3:30+) | ||||
A Note on Classroom Assignments
EDP works very hard to accommodate all faculty requests and preferences. Preferences should be communicated to the Course Scheduler during semesterly schedule review meetings. Classroom availability is limited due to a number of factors (course closing limit and room capacity, room features, location, and room use requests from competing departments). EDP controls only 4 classrooms - the overwhelming majority of classrooms in which EDP faculty teach are controlled by the Registrar's Office. EDP requests use of these from the Registrar for classes each semester, but requests are not always accommodated.