What's on this page?
Who is this for?
Department staff who enter course information into my.harvard.
Faculty and Teaching Staff who need to find a course meeting time. Including Teaching Assistants and Teaching Fellows who manage sectioning.
The FAS Schedule Rules
1. Use pre-determined combinations for course meeting days
Help us keep course meetings consistent for students.
- Courses meeting 3 days a week must do so on M/W/F.
- Courses meeting 2 days a week must do so on T/TH or M/W, M/F, or W/F.
2. Use pre-determined course times (depending on the length of the course)
Important: Course start and end times depend on the course's location.
1 to 1.25 hour courses
Must start at designated times and must meet for a minimum of 60 minutes , e.g. 9-10 AM on Cambridge campus, 9:45-10:45 AM on Allston campus.
2 to 2.75 hour courses
Cambridge 1 to 1.25 hour courses | Cambridge 2 to 2.75 hour courses | Allston 1 to 1.25 hour courses | Allston 2 to 2.75 hour courses |
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9:00am - 10:15am | 9:00am - 11:45am | 9:45am - 11:00am | 9:45am - 12:30pm |
10:30am - 11:45am | *9:45am - 11:45am | 11:15am - 12:30pm | |
12:00pm - 1:15pm | 12:00pm - 2:45pm | 12:45pm - 2:00pm | 12:45pm - 3:30pm |
1:30pm - 2:45pm | *12:45pm - 2:45pm | 2:15pm - 3:30pm | |
3:00pm - 4:15pm | 3:00pm - 5:45pm | 3:45pm - 5:00pm | 3:45pm - 6:30pm |
4:30pm - 5:45pm | *3:45pm - 5:45pm | 5:15pm - 6:30pm | |
6:00pm - 7:15pm | 6:00pm - 8:45pm | 6:45pm - 8:00pm | 6:45pm - 9:30pm |
*6:45pm - 8:45pm |
*Course meets for exactly 2 hours.
Course Balance Tool
Analyze your department’s schedule with the Course Balance Tool. Apply the schedule rules to your department and see which times or days of the week are oversubscribed.