THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR
FALL/SPRING SCHEDULING, PATTERNING, AND CLASS
DISTRIBUTION POLICY
GUIDELINES FOR SCHEDULING:
Starting times: Day classes: 5:50 a.m. – 4:25 p.m.; Evening classes: 5:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
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Beginning Digit
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Help Students design a satisfactory schedule.
Build schedules which make the best use of faculty expertise.
Make the most effective utilization of classroom and laboratory space.
Distribute courses throughout the entire day and evening.
ASSIGNMENT OF SECTION NUMBERS
Explanation
Fall/Spring Day Courses. . . . . . . .
International Courses. . . . . . . . .
Off-Campus Courses . . . . . . . . . .
Wayne College Courses. . . . . . . . .
Fall/Spring Evening/Saturday Courses .
Workshop Courses . . . . . . . . . . .
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Example
3230:150-001
3500:101-501
5560:454-601
7600:106-701
7600:106-801
5610:590-901
FORMULA TO DETERMINE PATTERN: CREDIT HOURS X 750 = MINUTES PER SESSION
# OF MEETING DAYS
2 WEEK INTERSESSION
1 CREDIT
MTWTHF
8:00-9:15
9:30-10:45
11:00-12:15
12:30-1:45
2:00-3:15
3:30-4:45
DAY
3 CREDITS
MTWTHF
8:00-11:45
12:00-3:45
2 CREDITS
MTWTHF
8:00-10:30
11:00-1:30
2:00-4:30
4 CREDITS
MTWTHF
8:00-1:00
2:00-7:00
1 CREDIT
MTWTHF
5:00-6:15
6:30-7:45
8:00-9:15
EVENING
2 CREDITS
3 CREDITS
MTWTHF
MTWTHF
5:00-7:30
5:00-8:45
8:00-10:30
4 CREDITS
MTWTHF
5:00-10:00
15 WEEKS - DAY
1 CREDIT
T or TH
6:40-7:30
7:45-8:35
8:50-9:40
9:55-10:45
11:00-11:50
12:05-12:55
1:10-2:00
2:15-3:05
3:20-4:10
4:25-5:15
2 CREDITS
T & TH
6:40-7:30
7:45-8:35
8:50-9:40
9:55-10:45
11:00-11:50
12:05-12:55
1:10-2:00
2:15-3:05
3:20-4:10
4:25-5:15
-or-
3 CREDITS
T or TH
5:50-7:30
7:45-9:25
9:55-11:35
12:15-1:55
2:15-3:55
MWF
6:40-7:30
7:45-8:35
8:50-9:40
9:55-10:45
11:00-11:50
12:05-12:55
1:10-2:00
2:15-3:05
3:20-4:10
4:25-5:15
-or-
T & TH
6:15-7:30
7:45-9:00
9:15-10:30
10:45-12:00
12:15-1:30
1:45-3:00
3:15-4:30
60% of 3-credit
courses should meet
MWF; 40% should meet
TTh
4 CREDITS
MTWF or MWTHF -or- T & TH
6:40-7:30
5:50-7:30
7:45-8:35
7:45-9:25
8:50-9:40
9:55-11:35
9:55-10:45
12:15-1:55
11:00-11:50
2:15-3:55
12:05-12:55
1:10-2:00
2:15-3:05
Meeting
3:20-4:10
configuration:
4:25-5:15
40% MTWF
40% MWTHF
20% TTh
15 WEEKS – EVENING*
1 CREDIT
M/T/W/TH/F
5:00-5:50
6:05-6:55
7:10-8:00
8:15-9:05
9:30-10:20
2 CREDITS
3 CREDITS
4 CREDITS
M/T/W/TH/F
6:05-7:45
8:10-9:50
MW or TTH –or-GRAD ONLY M/T/W/TH
5:10-6:25
5:20-7:50
6:40-7:55
8:10-10:40
8:10-9:25
MW or TTH–or-GRAD ONLY M/T/W/TH
6:05-7:45
6:05-9:25
8:10-9:50
If two 1-night-only courses
are offered, one should
meet Monday and the other
Wednesday or one Tuesday
and the other Thursday.
Selected 3-credit undergraduate courses
may be offered 1 night a week,
but must begin and end according to
the 3-credit graduate pattern. 3-credit
courses offered 2 nights a week should be
evenly balanced between the M/W or T/TH
pattern.
*PLEASE NOTE: All evening classes meet M/W or T/TH except 2-credit classes, selected 3-credit classes and selected 3- and 4-credit graduate
classes. For every 2 evening courses offered before 8 p.m., one course should be offered after 8 p.m.
SATURDAY/SUNDAY CLASSES
1 CREDIT
8:00-8:50
9:05-9:55
10:10-11:00
11:15-12:05
12:20-1:10
1:25-2:15
2:30-3:20
3:35-4:25
2 CREDITS
8:00-9:40
10:10-11:50
12:20-2:00
2:30-4:10
3 CREDITS
8:00-10:30
10:45-1:15
1:30-4:00
4 CREDITS
8:00-11:20
11:40-3:00