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Academic Affairs Calendar and Final Exam Schedule

The Academic Affairs Calendar is issued each July and lists the important due dates for Academic Affairs activities for the academic year. This calendar is available online at the following link: Section H - Academic Affairs Calendar

Final Exam Schedule – Common Questions:

  1. When are final exams for 6 and/or 7.5-week courses?
  2. When are final exams for 12-week courses?
  3. When are final exams for online courses?
  4. Why don’t we have any final exams in my course?
  5. Why does my friend have their final exams one or two weeks before final exam week?

The College contract with faculty is for 168 days; 160 of those days are for the purpose of instruction, and 8 days are non-teaching days. When the academic calendar is planned, it must comply with the 168 days per United Faculty Agreement and assure that the required number of hours per class are met. For the 7.5, 12 and 15- week sessions, the week of finals is considered as part of the required 80 days of instruction. If final exams are not conducted during the 15th week, the required number of contact hours has not been met, students are shortchanged in the amount of instructional time they pay for in fees, and faculty have not complied with the terms of the Faculty Collective Bargaining Agreement.

The following table should help clarify each semester’s last class and final exam dates:

Last Class Date and Final Exam Schedule, 2020-2021 Academic Year

2020-2021 Academic Year

Enacted in Section G July 2004 from existing policy; revised July 2009; reviewed June 2010; revised July 2013, July 2014; July 2015; July 2017; July 2018, July 2019; July 2020

Block Scheduling Templates

Fall/Spring

Class Scheduling Template

16 Weeks/12 Weeks/8 Weeks

Table

Summer

Class Scheduling Template

6 Weeks/8 Weeks/12 Weeks

Table

Enacted in Section G July 2004 from existing policy; reviewed June 2010; revised May 2019, July 2020

Class Size Guidelines/Suggested Week Guidelines

Guidelines for Scheduling Credit/Prep Course Offerings 2020-2021

Class size is set by the college administration with exceptions approved by Academic Deans’ Council and VPAA. The college administration may change the class size.

Scheduling Goals:

  1. Develop a schedule that is based on student need.
  2. Maintain an average class size of 25.
  3. Reflect on schedule the approved program and discipline wheels.
  4. Achieve a fulltime to part-time faculty ratio of 55/45%.
  5. Schedule classes in appropriately sized room based on assigned class size.

Recommended Class Size and Length of Time Guidelines by Course 1 or Prefix

Prefix
 Prefix Description SCNS/Course Title
 Class Size
 Recommended Length of Time
Lecture Lab Computer Weeks Fall/Spring Weeks Summer
BAS All BAS Supervision & Management and Information Management Courses (except for the Capstones and courses listed below) 30 NA NA 8/16 8/12
BS All BS Cardiopulmonary Sciences, and Human Services Courses 30 NA NA 16 NA
BSN Nursing (except for the Capstones and courses listed below) 30 NA NA 16 12
NUR4636C Community Health Nursing
25 NA 16 12
NUR4827C Leadership and Management in Professional Nursing
25 NA 16 12
GEB4940C Bachelors Internship 15 NA NA 16 12
GEB3213 Business Writing 28 NA NA 8/16 8/12
ENT4900 Capstone Experience: Entrepreneurship 20 NA NA 16
GEB4935 Capstone Experience: General Management 20 NA NA 16 12
HSA4938 Capstone Experience: Health Management 20 NA NA 16 12
NUR4945 Capstone Experience: Nursing 20 NA NA 16 12
ISM4881 Capstone Experience: Project Management 20 NA NA 16 NA
ISM4330 Capstone Experience: Database Administration 20 NA NA 16 NA
ISM4331 Capstone Experience: Security & Network Assurance 20 NA NA 16 12
ACG Accounting: General 36 NA 36 12/16 12
AMH American History 36 NA NA 8/14/16 6/12
AML American Literature 36 NA NA 8 6
ANT Anthropology 36 NA NA 8/14/16 6/12
APA Applied Accounting 36 NA NA 8 6
ARC Architecture 18 18 NA 16 12
ARH Art History 36 NA NA 8 6
ART Art 16 NA NA 8 6
ART Art (studio classes) 16 NA NA 16 12
AST Astronomy 36 24 NA 8 6
BAN Banking (Teachout) 24 NA 24 12/16 12
BCN Building Construction 36 NA NA 8 6
BCT Building Construction Trades 36 NA NA 8 6
BOT Botany 36 24 NA 8 6
BSC Biological Sciences 36 24 NA 8 6
BUL Business Law 36 NA NA 8 6
CAP Computer 24 NA 24 12/16 12
CCJ Criminology and Criminal Justice 36 NA NA 8 6
CET Computer Engineering Technology NA NA 24 8 6
CGS Computer General Studies 24 NA 36 8/12/16 6/12
CHD Home Economics: Child Development 36 NA NA 16 12
CHM Chemistry 36 24 NA 8 6
CIS Computer Science and Info Systems 24 NA 36 8/12/16 6/12
CJB College Level Application – Criminal Justice 36 20 NA 8 6
CJK Corrections/Law Enforcement 24 NA NA 8 6
CJE Police Administration 36 NA NA 8 6
CJJ Juvenile Delinquency 36 NA NA 14/15
CJL Law & Process 36 NA NA 8 6
CLP Clinical Psychology 36 NA NA 8 6
CNT Computer Science NA NA 24 8 6
COP Computer Programming NA NA 24 8 6
CPO Comparative Politics 36 NA NA 8/12/16 6/12
CRW Creative Writing 28 NA NA 8/12/16 6/12
CTS Computer 24 NA 36 8/12/16 6/12
DEH Dental Hygiene 24 24 NA 16/8 NA
DEP Developmental Psychology 36 NA NA 8/14/16 6/12
DES1020 Dental Anatomy 24 NA NA 8 NA
DES1100 Dental Materials 24 NA NA 8 NA
DES1600 Office Emergencies 24 NA NA 8 NA
DES1800 Introduction to Clinical Procedures 24 NA NA 8 NA
DES1840 Preventive Dentistry 24 NA NA 16 NA
DES2502 Office Management 24 NA NA 8 NA
DES1100L Dental Materials NA 12 NA 8 NA
DES1200 Dental Radiology 24 NA NA 8 NA
DES1200L Dental Radiology Lab NA 10 NA 8 NA
DES 1800L Introduction to Clinical Procedures 24 NA NA 8 NA
DES1800L Introduction to Clinical Procedures Lab NA 24 NA 8 NA
DES1830 Expanded Functions Lecture 24 NA NA 8 NA
DES1830L Expanded Functions Lab NA 12 NA 8 NA
DIG Animation 12 NA 12 8/12/16 NA
DSC Security 24 NA NA

EAP English For Academic Purposes 27 NA NA 8/12/16 6/12
ECO Economics 36 NA NA 8/14/16 6/12
EDF Educational Foundations and Policy 36 NA NA 8/14/16 6/12
EDG1314 Education Practicum I 7 NA NA 8/16 N/A
EDG1315 Education Practicum II 7 NA NA 8/16 N/A
EDP Educational Psychology 36 NA NA 8/14/16 6/12
EEC Education: Early Childhood 36 NA NA 16/12 12
EET Electronic Engineering Technology 36 20 NA 8 6
EEX Special Education 36 NA NA 8/14/16 6/12
EGN Engineering: General NA NA 24 8 6
EME Education: Technology & Media NA NA 24 8/14/16 6/12
EMS1158C Emergency Medical Services (Lecture) 24 NA NA 16 14
EMS2620C Paramedic 1 24 NA NA 16
EMS2658 Paramedic Clinical III 24 NA NA 8
EMS2664 Paramedic Hospital Field Combination Intern I 24 NA NA 16 14
EMS2621C Paramedic II 24 NA NA 16
EMS2622C Paramedic III 24 NA NA 8
EMS2665 Paramedic Clinical II 24 NA NA 16 14
EMS2659 Paramedic Field Internship 24 NA NA 16 14
ENC English Composition 23 NA NA 8/12/16 6/12
ENC Developmental English Courses and English Reading Combo 27 NA NA 16 12
ENL English Literature 36 NA NA 8/16 6/12
ENT Entrepreneurship 30 NA 36 12/16 6/12
EPI Educator Preparation Institute 36 NA NA 8 6
EPT Energy 24 NA NA 16 12
ESC Earth Science 36 NA NA 8 6
ETD Engineering Technology: Drafting NA NA 24 8 6
ETG Engineering Technology: General 18 NA NA 8 6
ETM Mechanical Measurements 24



ETS Electrical Power Technology 36 NA NA 8 6
ETI Engineering Technology: Industrial NA NA 20 8 6
EVR Environmental Studies 36 NA NA 8 6
EVS Environmental Science 36 NA NA 8 6
FFP Fire Fighting 24 NA NA NA NA
FIL Film (Motion Picture) 36 16 NA 8 6
FOS Food Science 24 NA NA 8 6
FRE French Language 28 NA NA 16 12
FSS Food Service Systems 24 24 NA 8 6
GCO Golf Course Operations 36 NA NA 8 6
GEA Geography 36 NA NA 8/14/16 6/12
GEB General Business (except for Capstones & courses listed below) 30 NA 36 8/12/16 6/12
GEB2941 Business Capstone 24 NA 24 12/16 NA
GEB2942C Business & Computer Science 15 NA NA 12 12
GER German Language 28 NA NA 16 12
GEY Gerontology 36 NA NA 8/14/16 6/12
GLY Geology 36 NA NA 8 6
GRA Graphic Arts NA NA 15 8 6
HFT Hospitality Management 24 24 NA 8 6
HIM Health Information Technology 20 20 20 16 12
HSC Health Sciences (Lecture) 36 NA NA 16 6/12
HSC2100 Health Concepts and Strategies 36 NA NA 16 6/12
HOS Horticulture 24 NA NA

HSA Health 36 NA NA

HUN Human Nutrition 36 NA NA 16 6/12
HUS Human Services 36 20 NA 8/14/16 6/12
IDH Interdisciplinary: Honors 15 NA NA 8/16 6/12
IND Interior Design 20 NA NA 8 6
INR International Relations 36 NA NA 8 6
ISS Social Science Internship 15 NA NA

JST Jewish/Judaic Studies 36 NA NA 14/16 12
LDE Landscape 36 NA NA 8 6
LIN Linguistics 28 NA NA 16
LIS Library and Information Systems NA NA 24 8 6
LIT Literature 36 NA NA 8/12/16 6/10/12
MAC Mathematics-Calculus and Pre-calculus 36 NA NA 12/16 12
MAD Discrete Math 36 NA NA 16 12
MAN Management 30 NA 36 8/12/16 6/12
MAP Mathematics Applied 36 NA NA 16 12
MAR Marketing 30 NA 36 8/12/16 6/12
MAS Mathematics - Algebraic Structures 36 NA NA 8 6
MAT1033C Mathematics – incl. MAT1100 & MAT1035 30 NA NA 8/12/16 12
MAT Developmental Math Courses 27 NA NA 8/12/16 6/8/12
MCB Microbiology 36 24 NA 8 6
MGF Mathematics - General and Finite 36 NA NA 8/12/16 6/12
MKA Marketing Applications 30 NA 36 8/12/16 6/12
MMC Mass Media Communication 36 NA NA 8 6
MMC1949 Mass Media Internship 15 NA NA 16
MNA Management: Applied 36 NA NA 8 6
MTB Mathematics - Technical and Business 36 NA NA 8 6
MTG Mathematics - Topology and Geometry 36 NA NA 8 6
MUH Music: History/Musicology 36 NA NA 8 6
MUC Music: Composition 14 NA NA 8 6
MUL Music Literature 36 NA NA 8 6
MUN Music Ensembles 6-30 NA NA 8 6
MUS Acoustics and Psychoacoustics 12 12
12/16 12
MUT Music: Theory 14-36 NA NA 8 6
MVB Applied Music: Brasses 1-8 NA NA 8 6
MVJ Applied Music: Jazz 1-8 NA NA 8 6
MVK Applied Music: Keyboard 16 NA NA 8 6
MVP Applied Music: Percussion 1-6 NA NA 8 6
MVS Applied Music: Strings 10 NA NA 8 6
MVV Applied Music: Voice 20 NA NA 8 6
MVW Applied Music: Woodwinds 1-6 NA NA 8 6
NUR1022L Nursing I Skills Lab NA 10 NA 16 6
NUR1023 Nursing I 30 NA NA 16 6
NUR1023L Nursing I Clinical NA 8 NA 16 6
NUR1024 Critical Thinking in Nursing 15 NA NA 16 6
NUR1141 Introduction to Pharmacotherapeutics 36 NA NA 16 6
NUR1213 Nursing II 30 NA NA 16 6
NUR1213L Nursing 2 Clinical NA 8 NA 16 6
NUR1214L Nursing II Skills Lab NA 10 NA 16 6
NUR2140 Pharmacology for Nursing 36 NA NA 16 6
NUR2261 Nursing Practice III 30 NA NA 16 6
NUR2261L Nursing III Clinical NA 8 NA 16 6
NUR2712C Nursing IV 30 NA NA 16 6
NUR2943L Clinical Preceptorship NA 100 NA 16 6
NUR (ATC) Nursing, Generic Undergraduate 12 NA NA 16 6
OCE General Oceanography 36 24 NA 8 6
OPT Ophthalmic Medical Technology 15 15 NA 8 6
ORH Ornamental Horticulture 36 NA NA 8 6
PCB Process Biology (Cell/Molecular/




Ecology/Genetics/Physiology) 36 NA NA 8 6
PEP Fitness 36



PEO/PET Physical Education Activities (Professional)-Object Centered, Land 36 NA NA 16 6
PGY Photography 16 NA NA 8 6
PGY2801C Digital Photography I 16 NA NA 8 6
PGY2802C Digital Photography II 16 NA NA 8 6
PHI Philosophy 36 NA NA 8/12/16 6/12
PHY Physics 36 24 NA 8 6
PLA Paralegal/ /Legal Administration 36 NA NA 16 12
PLA2209 Court Systems: Procedure and Pleadings I 20 NA NA 8 6
PLA2229 Court Systems: Procedure and Pleadings II 20 NA NA 8 6
PLS Plant Science 36 NA NA 8 6
PMA Pest Management 36 NA NA 8 6
POR Portuguese 28 NA NA

POS Political Science 36 NA NA 8/14/16 6/12
PSC Physical Sciences 36 NA NA 8 6
PSY Psychology 36 NA NA 8/14/16 6/12
REA Developmental Reading Course 27 NA NA 8/12/16 6/12
REL Religion 36 NA NA 8/14/16 6/12
RET Respiratory Care 25 25 NA 8 6
RMI Risk Management & Insurance 20 NA 20 8/12 8/12
RTE Radiologic Technology 40 20 NA 8 6
RTE (ATC) Radiologic Technology 15 NA NA 8 6
RTV Radio-Television 36 NA NA 8 6
SLS Student Life Skills (Learning) 28 NA NA 8 6
SLS1501 Introduction to College Experience 28 NA NA 8/12/16 6/8/12
SLS2261 Leadership Development 25 NA NA 8 6
SON Sonography 15 15 NA 8 6
SOP Social Psychology 36 NA NA 8/14/16 6/12
SOW Social Work 36 NA NA 8 6
SPC Speech Communication 28 NA NA 8/12/16 6/10/12
SPC2608 Public Speaking 24 NA NA 8/12/16 6/12
SPN Spanish Language 28 NA NA 16 12
STA Statistics 36 NA NA 12/16 12
STS Surgical Technology 15 NA NA 16 12
SYG Sociology, General 36 NA NA 8/14/16 6/12
TAX Taxation 36 NA NA 8/12/16 6/12
THE Theatre Studies and General Resources 36 NA NA 8 6
TPA Theatre Production and Administration 15 NA NA 8 6
TPP Theatre Performance and Performance Training 15 NA NA 8 6
TRA Supply Chain Management 25 NA 25 8/12 6/12
VEC Landscape & Horticulture 36 NA NA 8 6
WOH World History 36 NA NA 8/14/16 6/12
Computer Based Instruction
Set by number of stations/software licenses available in room. Size based on one student per station. Please note all computer science classes held online must be set at 36 students.
Lab Based Instruction (All Disciplines)
For courses with co-requisite labs, number of seats offered in lecture must match number of seats offered in labs.
Online Courses
Same as the guidelines stated for each course. Please note all computer science classes held online must be set at 36 students.
Honors College
Minimum - 6 enrolled - Maximum - 15 seats

08182020

Enacted in Section G July 2004 from existing policy; reviewed July 2005, July 2006, July 2007, July 2008, July 2009, July 2010; July 2011; July 2013; July 2014; July 2018; July 2020

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