Approved by the: Twin Cities Campus Assembly - May 14, 1998
Administration - May 27, 1998
Board of Regents - no action required
Amended by the: Twin Cities Campus Assembly - February 26, 2004
Administration - May 20, 2004
Board of Regents - no action required

SCHEDULE FOR THE TWIN CITIES CAMPUS

PREAMBLE

The Assembly Committee on Educational Policy (ACEP) and the Provost for Arts, Sciences, and Engineering appointed a subcommittee last year (Winter 1997) to consider complaints that arose from students taking courses on both the Minneapolis campus and the St. Paul Campus. The complaints related to the students' inability to move between the two campuses and take courses in a timely manner; a number of faculty reported that it was disruptive to have students enter classes late or leave early in order to get to or from a class on the other campus. Prior to fall 1996, the class schedules on the two campuses were staggered; that staggering ended at the request of a number of faculty, staff and administrators on the St. Paul campus, primarily because the St. Paul campus was losing a class hour during the day. The request was granted by ACEP.

The "staggered class" subcommittee considered numerous options regarding the scheduling of classes as well as transportation issues and issues related to semesters, and actually walked the campuses and rode the buses in order to judge the amount of time it takes to get different places.

50-MINUTE CLASS SCHEDULE

Period
0 (optional)
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX		 East Bank/West Bank
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8:00-8:50
9:05-9:55
10:10-11:00
11:15-12:05
12:20-13:10
13:25-14:15
14:30-15:20
15:35-16:25
16:40-17:30		 Saint Paul
7:25-8:15
8:30-9:20
9:35-10:25
10:40-11:30
11:45-12:35
12:50-13:40
13:55-14:45
15:00-15:50
16:05-16:55
17:10-18:00


75-MINUTE CLASS SCHEDULE

Period
East Bank/West Bank
St. Paul Campus
I
8:15-9:30
8:45-10:00
II
9:45-11:00
10:15-11:30
III
11:15-12:30
11:45-13:00
IV
12:45-14:00
13:15-14:30
V
14:30-15:45
15:00-16:15
VI
16:00-17:15
16:30-17:45

COMMENT

  1. The schedule allows 15 minutes passing time within each campus.

  2. Cross-passing time is 45 minutes from Minneapolis to St. Paul, and 50 minutes from St. Paul to Minneapolis. To manipulate the schedules so the time between classes is less leads to the situation that the period is acceptable for students going one way, but becomes unacceptable the other.

  3. The East Bank/West Bank start time is earlier as that is a transit hub for students coming commuting to the University. Many students leave from the East Bank for St. Paul.

  4. This allows both campuses the full allotment of class periods during the day, although the St. Paul classes would run until 6:00 p.m. The option of a zero-hour is also provided for St. Paul.

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