What are the best quarters and times to offer a seminar?
Where flexibility is possible, consider offering courses in the autumn, when student interest and applications are at their highest. We may later request rescheduling if the overall balance of courses requires fine-tuning, because enrollments may suffer when too many courses in the same field are offered in one quarter. Another factor affecting student interest is the time of day at which a course is offered. Those seminars that conflict with multiple large introductory lecture courses seem to be most negatively affected. Seminars should not be offered from 10 to 11:30 am, for instance, as that will prevent students from taking any lecture at the popular 10 and 11 am times. Sophomore seminars in the natural sciences should not conflict with the Biology or Human Biology core lectures. Engineering seminars should not be scheduled against the engineering fundamentals lecture courses. Please consult with the Registrar’s Office as technically-enhanced or seminar-sized rooms can also be in s
