Spaces for Courses
If you have a scheduling issue with your classroom space please contact 617-495-1541. For all other issues please refer to the classroom support contact list below.
Who is this for?
Faculty, administrative staff, and teaching staff
How space is assigned
Academic departments, building schedulers, and the Registrar's Office Classrooms team coordinate FAS course locations. Several factors determine course locations, including:
- Instructional requirements
- Technology needs
- Enrollment history
- Accessibility needs of instructors and students
- Room availability
The Registrar's Office Classrooms team shares a Course Meetings Location Report daily during the start of term (changes or additions may take up to 24 hours to appear on this list). We also maintain an archive of course meeting reports (Note: Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 courses were taught remotely due to COVID-19 pandemic).
FAS Classroom Scheduling Policy
To ensure consistency, minimize student time conflicts, and optimize course availability, all academic requests scheduled in Registrar controlled FAS classrooms must adhere to compliant meeting times as defined by the FAS Schedule.
Compliance with Designated Times:
- All courses, including lectures, labs, discussions, and other instructional activities, must begin at the designated start times.
- Classes may not be scheduled during official pass times.
Section Requests in FAS Spaces:
- If a section request is made for an FAS Registrar scheduled classroom, it must follow the established compliant meeting times, regardless of whether the course is mandatory or elective.
Purpose:
- Ensures proper pass time between classes.
- Helps decompress the FAS schedule.
- Reduces scheduling conflicts for students.
- Increases student access to a broader range of course options.
If you have any questions regarding this policy or need clarification on compliant meeting times, please reach out.
Space for Courses (Lecture, Seminar, etc.)
A link for Fall 2026 Classroom Assignments will be posted here when available. (Harvard Key is required for access)
- Instructors communicate their classroom needs to their department scheduler.
- Schedulers identify the right space via the online inventory of FAS classrooms
- Schedulers submit room preferences using the space scheduling software, EMS, several months before the start of each term.
- We send tentative room assignments to each department.
- Departments review tentative assignments.
- We notify faculty of their classroom assignment.
- We post course locations in my.Harvard prior to the start of the term.
Request a Classroom Change
If you have an urgent need to change classrooms, contact the Registrar's Office Classrooms team.
Reservation Time Frames
Room reservations run through the last day of classes. After that, all FAS classrooms are reserved exclusively for the Registrar's Office Exams team.
Important Reminders
Food is not permitted in FAS classrooms.
