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Academic Policies

2.a.1.
Course Scheduling / Room Utilization

2.b.1.
Incomplete Grades

2.C.1.
Final Exams / Early Exams

2.d.1.
Maintaining Course Syllabi

4.a.1.
Overload assignments

8.a.1.
Department Chairs: Reassigned Time and Compensation

18.a.1.
Admissions Policies for New Students

University of Wisconsin - River Falls Academic Policy Paper
Number: 2.a.1. Date: 7/23/96
General Topic: Courses
Sub-topic: Course Scheduling / Room Utilization.

Class Schedule Policy: Date December 29, 1995, from Robert L. Milam, Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

1. All 3-credit lecture courses scheduled between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday must meet for three, fifty minute periods in the standard time blocks beginning on the hour.
2. All Tuesday-Thursday, 3 credits lecture courses scheduled to begin between 8:00 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. must be offered in the standard time blocks.
3. Overall, courses should be scheduled in such a manner as to pose minimum disruption in the standard scheduling time blocks, e.g., a 2 credit course cannot be scheduled on Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
4. Each department should schedule a minimum of 10% of its offerings at 8:00am and 10% at 3:00 p.m. or later.
5. All classes should be scheduled in the classroom after considering the size of the class and the capacity of the classroom, e.g. small classes in small classrooms, etc.

 

 

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