Section D - Class Scheduling Policies

Introduction

This section provides detailed information on the policies of class scheduling on PantherNet at Palm Beach State College. This is not a “how-to” manual of class scheduling. A manual on how to schedule classes is located in Section C of the Academic Management Manual.

Class scheduling involves many key decisions that the user must make to effectively schedule classes. These decisions determine how the class will use facilities, appear to students in the printed schedule and on the Web, and determine instructor assignments. This manual is divided into major sections that discuss in detail policies regarding class scheduling.

Special Designators

Special Designators are qualifiers that are attached to classes to help identify them in a special category. These special designators are identified and defined below. Please see Section C of this manual for a current list of Special Designators.

General guidelines on usage – Special Designators are extremely important for State reporting purposes and for the College to help identify and track certain types of courses. For example, if an administrator wants to know how many students are enrolled in e-learning classes, this question can be easily answered by searching for all classes that have the DL special designator. There is an on-line function that accomplishes this – direct command: CU CC BC SD