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ROBINSON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
LOW ENROLLMENT COURSE SECTIONS

PURPOSES OF POLICY

Make course continuation decisions by end of Phase I registration. The policies and procedures contained in this document are directed at making all of the decisions pertaining to continuation of courses by the end of Phase I registration. As a result, any students in discontinued courses will have adequate opportunity to re-register for other courses in a subsequent stage of registration, and instructors assigned to discontinued courses can be given maximum notification of reassignment. In addition, a policy of making these decisions early creates incentives for academic units to efficiently schedule their major/elective courses in a pattern which is realistic relative to demand. It also creates an incentive for academic units to streamline the degree requirements in cases where the number of students in a major or degree program results in low average class size under the current curricular structure.

Changing course enrollment minimums over time to achieve RCB plan. Consistent with achieving the goals of the College's ten-year strategic plan, which calls for fewer course sections with higher average class size, minimum course section enrollments are gradually increased (in most cases) over the plan's time horizon. Annual reports to the Executive Committee and Faculty Affairs Committee of the impact of these increasing minimums are required in order to permit periodic reassessment of the appropriateness of these minimums.

POLICY

Justification is required to continue any course section at the end of Phase I registration with less than the enrollment shown in Table 1 for the applicable year. Similarly, justification is required to continue any course section at the end of Phase II registration (on the first day of classes) with less than the enrollment shown in Table 1 for the applicable year.

Procedures for Major/Elective Courses

The procedures for justifying continuation of any course at the end of either Phase I or Phase II registration are the same. At the end of each of these two registration cycles, the Dean's Office will send to the head of the academic unit a listing of courses which do not meet the minimum enrollments contained in Table 1. If the academic unit wishes to cancel the course(s) at that time, a copy of the form "Authorization to Cancel Course Section" will be completed, signed and submitted to the Dean's Office. If the academic unit wishes to request approval of an exception to the policy on minimum course enrollments, a copy of the form "Request for Approval of Exception for Low Enrollment Course Sections" should be completed, signed and submitted to the Dean's Office. The associate dean with corresponding responsibilities will approve or disapprove this request.
For cancellations at the end of Phase I, the academic unit is responsible for notifying students in major/elective courses so they will have ample opportunity to re-register for other courses in a later phase of registration.

Procedures for Core Courses

The procedures described above pertain to major/elective courses which are scheduled by the academic units. Core courses are scheduled by the Dean's Office based on projected demand for each course with respect to number of sections and time and day of sections. If these projections appear to be too high as registration proceeds, the goal will be to cancel any sections that do not appear to be needed to meet demand at the end of Phase I registration, as opposed to Phase II registration. The Dean's Office will be responsible for notifying students who are registered for core course sections that are cancelled.

ANNUAL REPORT ON IMPACT OF
COURSE ENROLLMENT MINIMUMS

During fall quarter of each year, the Dean's Office will prepare a report showing the major/elective courses for the three quarters of the preceding academic year that did not meet the course enrollment minimum at the end of either Phase I or Phase II of registration. For each such course, the report will indicate, among other things, the enrollment at the end of each registration phase and whether or not the course was discontinued at the end of either registration phase. The report will be distributed to all members of the Executive Committee and Faculty Affairs Committee.

(Recommended by Executive Committee 3/92 & Faculty Affair Committee 2/92)

3/9/92

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TABLE 1
ROBINSON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
MINIMUM COURSE SECTION ENROLLMENTS

COURSE CATEGORY

Notes:
Single sections are defined as: (a) only section of course scheduled for quarter, (b) only section of course scheduled during day class hours, (c) only section of course scheduled during evening class hours, (d) only section of course scheduled at a given off-campus site.

Multiple sections are defined as: (a) two or more sections of same course scheduled during day class hours, (b) two or more sections of same course scheduled during evening class hours, (c) two or more sections of same course scheduled at a given off-campus site.

*Duplicate sections of core courses (scheduled on the same days at the same time) with combined enrollments which are less than the enrollment limit for one section will be combined into one section.