Courses of Study 2023-2024 
    
    Dec 10, 2024  
Courses of Study 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Attendance and Class Meeting Times


 

Attendance

The right to excuse a student from class rests solely with the instructor of that class.

In accordance with Section 224-a of the New York State Education Law, any student who is absent from school because of his or her religious beliefs must be given an equivalent opportunity to enroll in classes or make up any examinations, study, or work requirements that he or she may have missed because of such absence on any particular day or days. No fees of any kind shall be charged by the university for making available such equivalent opportunities. In order to facilitate preparation of makeup exams, students intending to be absent in order to observe religious holidays are requested to notify the instructor by the end of the first full week of classes.

Class Meeting Times


In accordance with the Instructional Space Scheduling Policy, faculty must work with their department chairperson to make every effort to comply with standard class meeting times. Only when local resolution proves impossible may the faculty member request, in writing, an exception. Exception requests may be sent to cci@cornell.edu.

The standard class meeting patterns listed below are valid effective Fall 2023. Class meeting patterns are listed by duration and the number of times the class meets per week: 50 Minutes, 75 Minutes115 Minutes, 150 Minutes, and 180 minutes.

50 Minute Periods

Start End 3 Meetings 2 Meetings 1 Meeting
8:00am 8:50am MWF MW, TR M, T, W, R, F
9:05am 09:55am MWF MW, TR M, T, W, R, F
10:10am 11:00am MWF MW, TR M, T, W, R, F
11:15am 12:05pm MWF MW, TR M, T, W, R, F
12:20pm 1:10pm MWF MW, TR M, T, W, R, F
1:25pm 2:15pm MWF MW, TR M, T, W, R, F
2:30pm 3:20pm MWF MW, TR M, T, W, R, F
3:35pm 4:25pm MWF MW, TR M, T, W, R, F
7:30pm 8:20pm MW M, W
8:35pm 9:25pm MW M, W

75 Minute Periods (1 hour & 15 Minutes)

Start End 3 Meetings 2 Meetings 1 Meeting
8:40am 9:55am MW, TR M, T, W, R, F
10:10am 11:25am MW, TR M, T, W, R, F
11:40am 12:55pm MW, TR M, T, W, R, F
1:25pm 2:40pm MW, TR M, T, W, R, F
2:55pm 4:10pm MW, TR M, T, W, R, F
7:30pm 8:45pm MW M, W

115 Minute Periods (1 hour & 55 Minutes)

Start End 3 Meetings 2 Meetings 1 Meeting
8:00am 9:55am MW, TR M, T, W, R, F
10:10am 12:05pm MW, TR M, T, W, R, F
12:20pm 2:15pm MW, TR M, T, W, R, F
2:30pm 4:25pm MW, TR M, T, W, R, F
7:30pm 9:25pm MW M, W

150 Minute Periods (2 Hours & 30 Minutes)

Start End 3 Meetings 2 Meetings 1 Meeting
8:30am 11:00am M, T, W, R, F
11:15am 1:45pm M, T, W, R, F
2:00pm 4:30pm M, T, W, R, F
7:30pm 10:00pm M, W

180 Minute Periods (3 Hours)

Start End 3 Meetings 2 Meetings 1 Meeting
8:00am 11:00am M, T, W, R, F
11:15am 2:15pm M, T, W, R, F
1:25pm 4:25pm M, T, W, R, F
7:30pm 10:30pm M, W

Tuesday and Thursday evenings are reserved for evening examinations and therefore shall remain free from classes and laboratory exercises. On Monday and Wednesday evenings only regularly scheduled courses, and prelims previously approved by the Office of the Dean of Faculty are permitted. Other evening academic activities commencing at or after 7:30 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays are not allowed.

Free Time Zone

Faculty legislation defines the “free-time zone” to be Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays between 4:25pm and 7:30pm, Fridays after 4:25pm, Saturdays after 12:05pm, and all day Sunday. The idea is to create a dependable space for relaxation and outside-of-class activities.

Graduate-level courses are allowed to meet during the free-time zone but must request a non-standard meeting pattern exception. Undergraduate-level courses, or course combinations that include any undergraduate course, are generally not allowed to meet during the free-time zone. 

It is important that the intent of the free-time-zone policy be respected during the process of course scheduling. For that reason, the scope of teaching in the free-time zone will be reviewed annually by the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, the Dean of Faculty, and the University Registrar.