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Year-Round Schedule

The purpose of a college wide year-round schedule is to build a schedule of classes that are based on student need for an efficient and successful program completion.

Scheduling Guidelines:

  1. The College-wide schedule will be a full three terms: summer, fall, and spring
  2. Summer terms are based on student need to complete program in a timely fashion to support the completion agenda.
  3. All programs, including the A.A. program, will be on a wheel that will allow students to continue in their program in the summer term.
    1. A.S. wheels should be developed on a five-semester model; six semesters if an evening program
    2. An evening student must be able to complete their program in the evening
    3. If program also has CCCs, there must be a wheel for college credit certificates
    4. Wheels should assure that general education pre- and/or co-requirements do not conflict with programmatic offerings
  4. Building space MUST be fully utilized by spreading course offerings Monday through Friday in the fall and spring terms.
  5. Utilize 7 a.m. on all campuses
  6. Utilize afternoons on all campuses
  7. Schedule back-to-back courses to enable students to take more than one course
  8. Increase 12 week fall and spring offerings
  9. Develop five different schedules for all prep students and for first year students
  10. Collaborate with all departments when developing the schedule

Enacted July 2013