HSB Request for Registrar
HSB Request for Registrar
• Faculty with back-to-back classes should be kept in the same classroom whenever possible
• Unless a PC lab is specifically specified, then a classroom with technology means a classroom with wireless access and electrical outlets for all student assigned to the class.
• Have a traveling distance (from our office to classroom) be a part of the optimization model that they are using, and we want this minimized
Classroom Layout/Format
• Clarify room definitions
– Request a type which indicates movable tables and chairs. (206 was the only room so equipped in MV
– no room has taken its place)
• All MBA classes should be scheduled in MV with the following exceptions
– MGT should be preferentially slotted into Cynwyd
Hall or into an appropriate-sized room on the City side of City Ave
Classroom Layout/Format
• Install electrical outlets in the floor in classrooms such as MV 203, 207, 209 so that
– Students would have power for laptops
– Have the tables unbolted from the floor so that they can be used more flexibly
– This was requested last year of Joe/Peggy but we don't know where it went
Determining Classroom Capacity
• The Registrar's Office (accompanied by at least one faculty member) should make a room-by-room inventory of every classroom to
– Establish how usable the space is, which is different than how seats can physically fit in a room
– Inventory of space should be the basis of room capacity calculations
Managing Classroom Capacity
• Number of seats in the classroom should be greater than or equal to the number of student cap for that class
– The number that should be used as the cap should be the "final" cap, not the "initial" or public cap
• We often start class sections with a lower cap to balance enrollment across sections, raising the caps gradually until all section are roughly equal in size
• When the Registrar is assigning classes into spaces, the higher cap figure should be the one determining classroom assignment
Managing Classroom Capacity
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Classroom assignments are made public well before the start of the semester
• The process and timing we should adopt is the one that provides us the greatest amount of agility
– Open to suggestions…
