Class scheduling adjustment requirements during Tate Lab of Physics renovation

On November 18, 2014, Robert McMaster, vice provost and dean of undergraduate education, sent a memo to all undergraduate associate deans on the Twin Cities campus addressing urgent classroom scheduling challenges for fall 2015.

Tate Laboratory of Physics on the East Bank will go offline for two years following spring 2015 final exam week. Tate currently has nine classrooms, including five lecture halls that each seat more than 100 students. The Office of Classroom Management is partnering with the Academic Health Center and other departments to accommodate some of the classes that would have met in Tate, with the majority of Physics and Astronomy department classes moving to the West Bank during construction.
As per Vice Provost McMaster’s memo, make adjustments to the class schedule by:

• distributing your classes across both the day and the week
• making realistic enrollment projections
• utilizing departmental space whenever possible
• using standard class times
• meeting scheduling production calendar deadlines

We know that space will be tight from fall 2015 to summer 2017. We need to coordinate our efforts and be flexible to ensure that all classes will have spaces to meet.