Class Times and Locations

Kutztown University Policy ACA-002

1. Purpose
   The purpose of this policy is to explain how the times and locations of classes may be changed.

2. Scope
   This policy applies to all courses and all faculty members.

3. Key words and phrases: 
   Appropriate department chair – the appropriate department chair would be the chair of the department offering the course; for multiple prefix or interdisciplinary courses, it would be the department chair with primary responsibility for scheduling the course in question.

   Appropriate dean – for undergraduate classes, the appropriate dean would be dean who supervises the academic department in which the course or the faculty member resides; for graduate courses, the respective dean would be the dean as described above and the dean of graduate studies.  
   
   

4. Policy & Procedure(s)
   Classes are scheduled and assigned to specific classrooms at specific times based on an approved course offering schedule by the Registrar’s Office in collaboration with department chairs. Faculty members are not to change the times and/or location of a class without approval from the appropriate department chair and academic dean.  
   
   Faculty members who wish to change the times or location of a scheduled course would consult with the department chair who would then arrange for any changes through the appropriate dean. Room change requests must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office no later than two (2) weeks before classes begin.  Any such changes will not go into effect until the second week of the semester. 
   
   

5. Effective Date
   Pre-1970 
   
   

6. Approved By
   Standing policy established before 1970

7. G.Last Review
   August, 2010
   August, 2011
   August, 2012
   August, 2013
   August, 2014
   August, 2015
   August, 2016
   August, 2017
   August, 2018
   August, 2019
   August, 2020