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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.

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HSB Request for Registrar

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Managing Classroom Capacity • 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…

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