 1998 – These colleges (along with Coastal) went from quarters to semesters and began scheduling technical courses in semester format

 Each used a schedule matrix that was used by entire college (including general education courses)  Each thought of how the scheduling of classes would impact the student’s schedule and student’s life (verses focusing on just faculty)  Each worked to make technical courses fit within matrix as best a possible  Each worked to meet the needs of the community and service area

 Fitting classes with labs and live work into a matrix developed with lecture courses in mind  Trying to maximize student opportunity to take as many classes as the student needed in order to graduate in a timely manner or to stay in the cohort group  Making the classes long enough to cover the material and allow for the labs but not too long to lose interest or interfere with student work schedules

 No magic wand  Advising students to take general education courses prior to technical courses or after major courses (not with technical courses); this allowed for the student to focus on technical courses and schedule conflicts were minimized  Scheduling technical courses for half day or full day freeing up other days for general education courses

 “Stacking” courses and offering several technical courses required back to back or in one block of time (ex. 3 “like” courses from 8 – Noon or from 1-5 or from 8 – 4 one day a week)  Scheduling technical courses within the blocks and minimizing the number of blocks the technical courses crossed over ◦ (ex. If blocks were from 8 – 9:30, 9:45 – 11:15, and 11:30 – 1:00, a 3 hour lab would be scheduled from 8 – 11 instead of 9 – Noon, crossing over just 2 blocks verses 3 blocks)

 Offering half semester courses  Having two sequence courses back to back in two half semesters (ex. If XXXX 1234 and XXXX 1235 are sequence courses, offer 1234 the first half of the semester and 1235 the second half; this format allows students to have fewer “balls in the air” at any one time  For evening students,the half semester format worked well; students would take 3 classes (two were half semester courses and one was full semester (student was taking only 2 courses at any time during the semester—just 2 balls in the air—at one time)

 Offering online classes ◦ Hybrid or Partial Online - Meeting every other week or several times a semester allowed more flexibility for students and made getting to class easier for students because fewer trips to campus were made ◦ 100% online classes – Students liked this format but needed to understand that the focus of learning shifted heavily to the student (and the student needed to allow time for “class,” time for homework, time for studying, and time for testing.

 Summer Semester presented a different matrix since it was 10 weeks instead of 15 weeks  Courses that had more lecture and less lab (if any lab) were offered when possible because the class meets the same time in 10 weeks that is normally spread over 15 weeks (and students need to be told this)

 Think of students first  Think creatively and “out of the box” when developing a schedule  Think of what courses work well together or back to back  Think how you would like the class scheduled if you were the student  Try it once and make changes in future schedules

 One day per week  8:00-10:30  12:30-3:00  Two days per week  8:00-9:15  9:30-10:45  11:00-12:15  12:30-1:45  2:00-3:15 

 Night Classes-15 Week Semester  One day per weekTwo days per week  6:00-8:306:00-7:15  6:30-9:007:30-8:45  7:00-9:309:00-10:15

 One day per weekTwo days per week  8:00-11:458:00-9:55  1:00-4:4510:10-12:05  ………………………..12:35-2:30 

 Three days per week  8:00-9:15  9:30-10:45  11:00-12:45  12:45-2:00  2:15-3:30

 Night Classes-10 Week Minimester  One day per weekTwo days per week  6:00-9:456:00-7:55  8:15-10:10

  Fall Semester – Day   AUTT 10108:00 – 12:30 M-F3 weeks  AUTT 10208:00 – 12:30 M-F12 weeks  MATH 1011Afternoon or Eve15 weeks   Fall Semester – Afternoon/Night   AUTT 10102:00 – 5:30; 6:00 – 9:30 M15 weeks  AUTT 10202:00 – 6:30; 6:00 – 10:30 T-F15 weeks  MATH 1011Afternoon or Eve15 weeks

 Spring Semester – Day   AUTT 10308:00 – 12:30 M-F5 weeks  AUTT 10508:00 – 12:30 M-F6 weeks  AUTT 21008:00 – 12:30 M-F4 weeks  ENGL 1010Afternoon or Eve15 weeks   Spring Semester – Afternoon/Night   AUTT 10302:00 – 6:00; 6:00 – 10:00 M-T15 weeks  AUTT 10502:00 – 6:00; 6:00 – 10:00 W-R15 weeks  AUTT 21002:00 – 7:00; 5:30 – 10:30 F15 weeks  ENGL 1010Afternoon or Eve15 weeks

 Summer Semester – Day   AUTT 10408:00 – 12:45 M-F10 weeks  COMP 1000Afternoon or Eve10 weeks   Summer Semester – Afternoon/Night   AUTT 10402:00 – 6:45; 5:30 – 10:15 M-F  10 weeks  COMP 1000Afternoon or Eve10 weeks 

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