Scheduling Policies
Applicable for Fall and Spring Semester Classes
(Effective Starting Fall 2004)
Scheduling policies have been established in order to meet the instructional needs of our students in the most
effective and efficient manner possible. Class scheduling responsibilities lie with the colleges in conjunction with
department chairs and program directors. Such scheduling should aim to meet student needs and demands, while
conforming to approved policies.
Scheduling policies are as follows:
1) Classes of 3-5 credit hours which are taught on the Bancroft and Scott Park Campuses, and which span the
complete semester calendar on weekdays or weeknights, will be scheduled according to the approved patterns
printed on the reverse of this page.
Exceptions to these patterns are permitted for the following circumstances:
 Courses with components such as laboratories, studios, field experiences and other off-campus meetings.
 Courses which have lecture sessions as only part of the in-class time should be scheduled based on the
lecture component alone (e.g. 4-credit hour class with 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of recitation should
have the lecture in a time slot for 3-hour courses.)
 Three-hour courses may be offered on a single night if the level of the students is appropriate (i.e. graduate
classes or advanced undergraduate) and if the department or a related department offers a course(s) on the
complementary night (Wednesday with Monday, Thursday with Tuesday). It is preferred that these courses
begin at 7:20 p.m. so that students may take a different course in the 5:45 p.m. time period.
2) Courses that meet the exceptions described above or which carry less than 3 credit hours should be scheduled
to use the minimum number of standard time periods.
3) Daytime classes of 3 credit hours must be distributed approximately 60% on MWF/MW and 40% on TR for a
department or similar scheduling unit. Evening courses should be evenly distributed between MW and TR.
4) Evening courses in the time period which begins at 7:20 or 7:30 should complement one or more courses
offered at 5:30/5:45 by the same or a related department.
5) The most popular time periods should be scheduled to maximize the resources of student and faculty time as
well as classroom utilization. Specifically, 10:00-10:50 a.m. on MWF, 9:30-10:45 a.m. on TR and 5:45-7:00
p.m. on all evenings should be used for classes which are reasonably expected to fill a significant fraction of the
room. Small enrollment classes should be placed in other time periods or be taught in seminar rooms. To
facilitate efficient planning, departments should make reasonable estimates of expected enrollments before
rooms are assigned.
6) Departments will continue to maintain the system of room priority requests that have been used since
Schedule25 was installed, but a minimum expected utilization of 30% will be required to claim these priorities.
Historical patterns of enrollment for the course/term/time will be used to realistically estimate enrollments.
Departments should enter these enrollment figures into SIS in the initial scheduling step before rooms are
assigned. These numbers can be changed before registration to assist departments in enrollment distribution.
University of Toledo
Standard Start/Stop Class Times
Effective Starting Fall 2004
3 Credit-Hour Day Classes
M - W- F
08:00 - 08:50
09:00 - 09:50
10:00 - 10:50
11:00 - 11:50
12:00 - 12:50
01:00 - 01:50
02:00 - 02:50
F only
03:00 - 03:50
08:00 – 10:30
04:00 - 04:50
11:00 – 01:30
nine 50-minute
02:00 - 4:30
periods available
three 150-minute
periods available
3 Credit-Hour Day Classes
M-W or T– R
08:00 - 09:15
09:30 - 10:45
11:00 - 12:15
12:30 - 01:45
02:00 - 03:15
03:30 - 04:45
six 75-minute periods available
5 Credit-Hour Day Classes
M-T-W-R–F
08:00 - 08:50
11:00 - 11:50
02:00 - 02:50
three 50-minute periods available
3 Credit-Hour Evening Classes
two nights per week: M - W or T – R
04:10 - 05:25 p.m.
05:45 - 07:00 p.m.
07:20 - 08:35 p.m.
08:45 - 10:00 p.m.
four 75-minute periods available
one night per week: M or T or W or R
04:15 - 6:45 p.m. or 04:30 - 07:00 p.m.
05:30 – 08:00 pm or 07:20 – 09:50 pm
four 150-minute periods available
4 Credit-Hour Day Classes
M - W or W - R or M - F or T - R
08:00 - 09:40
10:00 - 11:40
12:00 - 01:40
02:00 - 03:40
03:45 - 05:25
04:00 - 05:40
six 100-minute periods available
4 Credit-Hour Day Classes
M-T-W-F
M-T-W-R
T-W-R-F
M-W-R-F
M-T-R-F
08:00 - 08:50
09:00 - 09:50
10:00 - 10:50
11:00 - 11:50
12:00 - 12:50
01:00 - 01:50
02:00 - 02:50
03:00 - 03:50
04:00 - 04:50
nine 50-minute periods available
(room priority over 100-minute classes
meeting only twice a week)
4 Credit-Hour Evening Classes
M - W or T - R
04:05 - 5:45 p.m. or 04:15 - 05:55 p.m.
05:30 - 07:10 p.m.
07:30 - 09:10 p.m. or 07:35 - 09:20 p.m.
three 125-minute periods available
5 Credit-Hour Evening/Late Afternoon Classes
M - W or T - R
03:15 - 05:20 p.m.
05:15 - 7:20 p.m.
07:25 - 09:30 p.m. or 07:35 - 09:40 p.m.
three 125-minute periods available
Regular Time
Military Time
Regular Time
Military time
0700am
0800am
0900am
1000am
1100am
1200pm
0100pm
0200pm
0300pm
0700
0800
0900
1000
1100
1200
1300
1400
1500
0400pm
0500pm
0600pm
0700pm
0800pm
0900pm
1000pm
1100pm
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
2100
2200
2300