Classroom Utilization and Scheduling

By direction of the Provost's Office, an analysis of the class scheduling practices currently utilized at the University was conducted by the Office of the Registrar. The project was undertaken to obtain a better understanding of the distribution of classes at Notre Dame.

As part of the Classroom Utilization and Scheduling Analysis, the following General Purpose Classroom Scheduling Guidelines were established and implemented for the Spring 2005 semester.

General Purpose Classroom Scheduling Guidelines

  • Classes that conform to the standard class time periods will be given priority
  • M/W and T/TH classes longer than 75 minutes will be scheduled after 3:00 p.m.
  • MWF classes longer than 50 minutes will be scheduled before 10:00 a.m. and after 1:30 p.m.
  • Classes offered for an upcoming semester should have a maximum class size less than 10% above the actual enrollment maximum when averaged over the last three semesters
  • Classes which meet one day a week will be scheduled outside of prime time hours. The prime time hours are from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
  • Colleges must not exceed a calculated percentage of classrooms during prime time hours (see following table).
College Number of Classes Fall 2004 Maximum Percentage of General Purpose Classrooms (at a given class time period) Maximum Number of General Purpose Classrooms (at a given class time period)
Arts& Letters 1112 62 % 95
Business 178 10 % 15
Engineering 136 8 % 12
Science 331 18 % 28
University 45 2 % 3
Total 1802   153*


*There are actually a total of 155 Registrar-controlled classrooms, but there are some important details associated with this statistic: