Schedule of Classes for Staff

Production Process

Abbreviations and Definitions
Academic Scheduling Policies
Final Exam Schedule

The final exam schedule is published in accesSPoint by the Office of the Registrar around early-August for fall term and early-December for spring term. Most final exam times are based on the meeting days and start times of a class, with the intent of closely aligning the final exam with the class meeting time.

See Finals Policy

The charts below are the general guides used to create the final exam schedule for finals week. The Office of the Registrar may need to make exceptions due to room availability or other extenuating circumstances. When exceptions occur, the exam schedules of enrolled students will be considered assigning an alternate exam time. Exam times published in accesSPoint are official dates and times. If a published exam time in accesSPoint differs from the chart below, students and instructors should follow the exam time in accesSPoint.

Monday

Exam TimeClass Meeting DaysClass Start Time Occurs Between
8-10 a.m.MWF8-8:59 a.m.
10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.MWF10-10:59 a.m.
12:30-2:30 p.m.MWF12-12:59 p.m.
2:45-4:45 p.m.MWF2-2:59 p.m.
5-7 p.m.​Reserved – Math Combined Exams ​​Reserved – Math Combined Exams ​
7:15-9:15 p.m.M or M&W6 p.m. or later
Monday Exam Times

Tuesday

Exam TimeClass Meeting DaysClass Start Time Occurs Between
8-10 a.m.TR8-8:59 a.m.
10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.TR10-10:59 a.m.
12:30-2:30 p.m.TR12-12:59 p.m.
2:45-4:45 p.m.TR2-2:59 p.m.
5-7 p.m.MW5-5:59 p.m.
7:15-9:15 p.m.T or T&R5 p.m. or later
Tuesday Exam Times

Wednesday

Exam TimeClass Meeting DaysClass Start Time Occurs Between
8-10 a.m.MWF9-9:59 a.m.
10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.MWF11-11:59 a.m.
12:30-2:30 p.m.MWF1-1:59 p.m.
2:45-4:45 p.m.MWF3-3:59 p.m.
5-7 p.m.MW4-4:59 p.m.
7:15-9:15 p.m.R only6 p.m. or later
Wednesday Exam Times

Thursday

Exam TimeClass Meeting DaysClass Start Time Occurs Between
8-10 a.m.TR9-9:59 a.m.
10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.TR11-11:59 a.m.
12:30-2:30 p.m.TR1-1:59 p.m.
2:45-4:45 p.m.TR3-3:59 p.m.
5-7 p.m.TR4-4:59 p.m.
7:15-9:15 p.m.W only6 p.m. or later
Thursday Exam Times

Friday

Official Emergency Date: If the University must declare an official emergency during the final examination period, the exams that are postponed will be rescheduled in the same rooms at the same times on the designated date for the term. If more than one day of exams are cancelled, the Office of the Academic Affairs will announce plans for rescheduling.
Friday Exam Times

Additional Information

  • All instructors meet with their classes during the final examination period at the time and place scheduled.
  • There is no final exam period scheduled on campus for courses taught 100% distance learning, courses for which no campus visit is required at any time.
  • Instructors of partial distance learning courses, courses of which 75% or more delivered via distance learning and have at least one required campus visit, may at their own discretion determine if a final examination meeting on campus is warranted. 

Rescheduling Exams

  • A department chair or academic department associate may request a change to the final exam schedule by contacting the Office of the Registrar.
  • If, due to illness or an emergency, an instructor is unable to give a scheduled examination, the instructor notifies the department chair and the dean and provides a make-up examination.
  • If a student has three or more examinations on the same day, or other problems with the examination schedule, instructors may, at their discretion, offer an alternative exam time on an individual basis.
  • In case of an emergency that requires that a day of exams be postponed, the Friday of exam week will be used.
General Purpose Rooms

There are 45 hours available in each room between 8:00 a.m. on Monday and 16:50 p.m. on Friday. Try to schedule at least 35 hours per week between 8:00 and 16:50 in each of the classrooms assigned to your Department on a priority basis before asking for additional space.

Communication Arts (Building #3)

RoomSeats
11326 at tables (Comm)
20130 (Comm)
20230 (Comm)
20430 (Comm)
23630 (Comm)
23730 (Comm)
23930 (Comm)
30060 (Comm)
31520 Seminar
33396* (Comm)
* denotes a Tiered Lecture Room

HEC (Building #5)

RoomSeats
10124 at tables (HESA)
11624 (HESA)
11930 at tables (HESA)
14650 at tables (HESA)

Science (Building #6)

RoomSeats
A10625 (Physics)
A10756* (Physics)
A10956* (Phys/Papr/Chem)
A11025 (Chemistry)
A11125 (Chemistry)
A11225 (Chemistry)
A121106* (Geog Dept)
A20162 (Geog and Math)
A20244 (Math)
A20736 (Math)
A20856 (Biology)
A21049 (Math)
A22539 (Math)
B34828 (Math)
D101150* (Geog Dept)
D102150* (Geog Dept)
D21420 (Psych)
D21629 (Psych)
D21736 (Psych)
D22329 (Psych)
D22440 (Psych)
D22829 (Math)
D23037 (Psych)
* denotes a Tiered Lecture Room

Collins Classroom Center (Building #7)

RoomSeats
101288* (L&S Dean)
10435 (Business)
10626 (English)
11135 (Math)
11435 (Political Science)
12626 at tables (Philosophy)
12848 (Philosophy)
20435 (Sociology)
20537 (Sociology)
20625 (English)
20733 (English)
21225 (Math)
213132* (L&S Dean)
21435 at tables (Business)
22435 (History)
22626 (English)
227114* (L&S Dean)
23133 (History)
23226 (English)
23337 (Philosophy)
23435 (Political Science)
23827 (English)
24027 (English)
30396* (L&S Dean)
30826 (Sociology)
31026 (For Lang)
32026 (Sociology)
32199* (L&S Dean)
32226 (Sociology)
32425 (Political Science)
32825 (For Lang)
33035 (Sociology)
33427 (For Lang)
33627 (For Lang)
* denotes a Tiered Lecture Room

Noel Fine Arts Center (Building #9)

RoomSeats
221172 (FA Dean)
28544* (Art and Design)
* denotes a Tiered Lecture Room

College of Professional Studies (Building #11)

RoomSeats
116126* (CPS Dean)
12827 movable tablet chairs (HPHD)
20965 at tables (Business)
21056 at tables (HPHD)
22840 at tables (HPHD)
22956 at tables (HPHD)
23048 at tables (Education)
23366 at tables (CPS Dean)
31052 at tables (Business)
31771* (IA)
32248 at tables (Business)
32640 at tables (Education)
* denotes a Tiered Lecture Room

College of Natural Resources (Building #12)

RoomSeats
120106* (Natural Resources Dean)
12250 (Natural Resources Dean)
170244* (Natural Resources Dean)
* denotes a Tiered Lecture Room

Large Classrooms must be reserved with the persons who have oversight of such rooms. All other facilities are under the oversight of Departmental or Dean’s Offices.

Building and RoomContact
Collins 101, 213, 227, 303, 321L&S Dean
Science A121, D101, D102Geog Chair
CNR 120, 122, 170CNR Dean
CPS 116, 233CPS Dean
Large Room Reservations Contact

Target Room Capacity

The following table is the target room capacity percentage for a room to be considered fully utilized according to the number of seats occupied.

35 Hours Per WeekTarget Percent of Seats Occupied
Up to 50 seats66%
51 to 75 seats75%
76 to 90 seats80%
Over 90 seats87%

Master Events Calendar

The Master Events Calendar is a great way to let the public know about your event. The Calendar receives event information from the Campus Reservation system, highlighting events that are open to the campus and public. You are not required to log on to view the Campus Calendar. Use the calendar to search for event and click on the event to view a brief description along with the date, time and location or that event. Not all reservations will be posted on the Campus Calendar. If you would like your event on the Campus Calendar, please see your department’s space manager.

View Master Events Calendar
Room Reservations

The campus Room Reservations website is where you book your event’s room and request any additional services that may be needed. This is also where you may see what space is being used for all activities on campus. Please note that some campus locations are not available through this online system; however, the contact information for these spaces are available.

Book a Room Reservation
Rollout Schedule

The projected Schedule of Classes submission schedule is noted below.  A memo with exact due dates will be sent from the Registrar’s Office approximately 30 days prior to the submission due date. 

Fall Schedule

MilestoneTimeline
​Request for schedule submission sent to departments​Sent to Chairs in early November
Submission due to Registrar’s Office​First week in December
​Available in accesSPoint​First Friday in March
​Shopping Carts and Registration times available​Monday of Week 8 (mid-March)
Registration​Mid-April
Fall Schedule of Classes Rollout Schedule

Winterim Schedule

MilestoneTimeline
Request for schedule submission sent to departments​​Sent to Chairs in early March
​Submission due to Registrar’s Office​Second week in April
Available in accesSPoint​First Friday in May
​Shopping Carts and Registration times available​Monday of Week 6 (early October)
Registration​​Monday of Week 9 (late October)
Winterim Schedule of Classes Rollout Schedule

Spring Schedule

MilestoneTimeline
Request for schedule submission sent to departments​Sent to Chairs in early April
​Submission due to Registrar’s Office​Third week in May
Available in accesSPoint​First Friday in October
​Shopping Carts and Registration times available​Monday of Week 6 (early October)
Registration​​Monday of Week 12 (mid-November)
Spring Schedule of Classes Rollout Schedule

Summer Schedule

MilestoneTimeline
Request for schedule submission sent to departments​Sent to Chairs in early October
​Submission due to Registrar’s Office​Fourth week in October
Available in accesSPoint​Second Friday in December
​Shopping Carts and Registration times available​Monday of Week 6 (late February)
Registration​Monday of Week 9 (late March)
Summer Schedule of Classes Rollout Schedule

Submission Memos

Spring 2027

The due date for submitting your class schedule for the Spring 2026 Schedule of Classes is May 15th, 2025.

Please be sure to use a current copy of the SoC Submission spreadsheet for your Spring 2027 Schedule of Classes submission.

Please pay special attention to the following areas: 

  • ​​​​Sessions. There are specific time periods during which classes can be offered during the term. Please observe the following table when setting up your schedule of classes:

All classes must fit within a session, which means they must begin during the first week of the session, and end during the last week of the session. In other words, if a class is held during the 8W2 session, it needs to start during the week of February 22nd and end during the week of April 23rd.

  • Meeting Patterns will be strictly enforced. All components (lecture/lab/discussion/etc.) will need to fit one of the patterns of the Standard Meeting Pattern Grid (included in Excel template). If a class section is made up of more than one component type, more than one pattern may need to be used. In order to avoid course bottlenecks and conflicts for students, classes should be spread out over the course of the week from Monday through Friday and throughout the day from 8am to 5pm, using a balance of 2- and 3-day meeting patterns.
    • Additional Meeting Patterns: During the Sentry Hall Project, the additional meeting patterns of MW 8-9:15am, MW 9:30-10:45am, WF 8-9:15am and WF 9:30-10:45am have been added. These additional meeting patterns are considered on-grid and special approval is not needed for classes using these meeting times.
  •  Prerequisites are enforced automatically.
  • Northcentral Technical College Inservice will take place on Friday, February 26th, 2027. No classes will be held on the NTC campus that day. Please make note of this if you are scheduling in-person branch classes that may be affected by the closure and inform instructors so that they may plan not to hold class that day.
  • Graduate Quest no longer exists, so we will no longer be advertising graduate classes online with this service. Please make note if you’ve used this in the past and remember not to include it on submissions going forward.
  • Department and Instructor Consent. This requires human intervention to allow students to register. If you want to add an additional consent requirement to the existing prerequisite, please specify which consent (if any) you want to appear on each section.
  • Slash Courses. For departments that do not have an active graduate program, we will no longer be scheduling the grad portion of undergrad/grad “slash” (300/500, 400/600) for every offering. These will be added as-needed for graduate student enrollment. Any combined classes must be equivalent or cross-listed in the catalog. Graduate 500- and 600- level classes no longer need to be combined with their undergraduate 300- and 400-level equivalents and may be scheduled as standalone graduate sections.
  • Graduate-Level Instructors must be members of the graduate faculty or authorized by the Graduate Council to teach graduate-level classes.
  • Special Course Fees must be approved by the Controller. There is an eform to collect the course fee requests. Please mark the Special Course Fee Requested column on the submission spreadsheet if you have requested a fee for this course or class section via this eform, so I can coordinate with Student Financials Services. Special course fees are no longer listed in class notes.
  • Online/Hybrid Classes replace all or some of their required classroom credit-hour time with online work. If the section is delivered completely online, with no campus visit required, then the course should be reported as 100% online. If only a portion of classroom credit-hour time is replaced with online work, report the percent of time that has been replaced with online work.​
  • Point-to-Point (Synchronous Distance Education): We have added Instruction Modes for these types of classes to help clarify for students, as well as aid in the planning of Distance Education room schedules. Point-to-Point refers to classes that take place in more than one facility where instruction is digitally transferred from one campus to one or more remote sites in real time. This could take place between Stevens Point, Wausau, and/or Marshfield campuses, or another academic institution with a Distance Education classroom. Hybrid Point-to-Point refers to the same, but some of the in-class meeting time has been replaced with Online work.
    • NOTE: When requesting these modes, please include “This class is hosted at (campus) and delivered via Distance Education to (campus/campuses)” in the Class Notes field so it can be added to the timetable.
​Online InstructionReport asInstruction Mode as viewed in Class Search by studentsCode
100% Online100%OnlineO
100% Online100%Synchronous OnlineS
75-99%75%HybridH
50-74%50%HybridH
30-49%30%HybridH
<30%<30%In PersonP
n/aIn PersonIn PersonP
FLD/INDIn PersonIndividualizedI
n/aIn PersonPoint-to-PointPP
30-99%30%, 50% or 75%Hybrid Point-to-PointHP
Note: Point-to-Point and Hybrid Point-to-Point refer to classes that take place in more than one facility where instruction is digitally transferred from one campus to another or others. This could take place between Stevens Point, Wausau, and/or Marshfield campuses, or any of these and another academic institution.

Note on Out-of-State Learning Placements

In years past, Todd Huspeni has reached out once a year to collect which (if any) courses have resulted in any out-of-state placements during the previous year for internships, student teaching, clinical rotations, and the like. To try to make this data collection a little easier, we’d like to try to collect which possible courses this will occur in as you schedule them so we’ve added a new column (“Could this result in an OOSLP?”) to the spreadsheet. If you think there is a chance that a course you are scheduling will result in an out of state placement, please indicate OOSLP in column L and we will follow up for details later. If you have any questions on definitions or criteria for this category, let me know. 

If you have any questions regarding class scheduling, please contact Andrew Ludwig in the Registrar’s Office.​

Winterim 2027

The Winterim 2027 submission is due Friday, April 17th 2026.

  • Note: Please indicate in Column L, “Reporting Indicators,” if a class section:
    1. Could result in an Out of State Learning Placement
      • In years past, Todd Huspeni has reached out once a year to collect which (if any) courses have resulted in any out-of-state placements during the previous year for internships, student teaching, clinical rotations, and the like. To try to make this data collection a little easier, we’d like to try to collect which possible courses this will occur in as you schedule them. If you think there is a chance that a course you are scheduling will result in an out of state placement, please indicate OOSLP in column L.
  • Session: Winterim is a 3-week session, January 4th-22nd, so the maximum number of credits a course offering can be 3 credits. Departments cannot offer 4 or 5 credit courses.
  • Prerequisites are enforced automatically.
  • Department and Instructor Consent: This requires human intervention to allow students to register. Please specify which consent (if any) you want to appear on each section. Only Department Consent or Instructor Consent may be added.
  • Slash Courses: For departments that do not have an active graduate program, we will no longer be scheduling the grad portion of undergrad/grad “slash” (300/500, 400/600) for every offering. These will be added as-needed for graduate student enrollment.
  • Special Course Fees must be approved by the Controller. There is an online form to collect the course fee requests. Special course fees cannot be listed in class notes.
  • Online/Hybrid Classes replace all or some of their required classroom credit-hour time with online work. If the section is delivered completely online, with no campus visit required, then the course should be reported as 100% online. If only a portion of classroom credit-hour time is replaced with online work, report the percent of time that has been replaced with online work.
    1. NOTE: Class sections using the IND or FLD component should always be listed as Individualized for timetable purposes.
    2. Point-to-Point (Distance Education): We have added Instruction Modes for these types of classes to help clarify for students, as well as aid in the planning of Distance Education room schedules. These differ from Online in that students are required to attend class on their respective campus in a scheduled Distance Education room.
​Online InstructionReport asInstruction Mode as viewed in Class Search by studentsCode
100% Online100%OnlineO
100% Online100%Synchronous OnlineS
75-99%75%HybridH
50-74%50%HybridH
30-49%30%HybridH
<30%<30%In PersonP
n/aIn PersonIn PersonP
FLD/INDIn PersonIndividualizedI
n/aIn PersonPoint-to-PointPP
30-99%30%, 50% or 75%Hybrid Point-to-PointHP
Note: Point-to-Point and Hybrid Point-to-Point refer to classes that take place in more than one facility where instruction is digitally transferred from one campus to another or others. This could take place between Stevens Point, Wausau, and/or Marshfield campuses, or any of these and another academic institution.

If you have any questions regarding the schedule of classes, please contact Andrew Ludwig in the Registrar’s Office.

Fall 2026

The due date for submitting your class schedule for the Fall 2026 Schedule of Classes is December 5th, 2025.

​Campus update regarding Collins Classroom Center impacting Schedule of Classes: CCC Update Memo

Please be sure to use a current copy of the SoC Submission spreadsheet for your Fall 2026 Schedule of Classes submission.

Please pay special attention to the following areas: 

  • ​​​​​​Sessions. There are specific time periods during which classes can be offered during the term. Please observe the following table when setting up your schedule of classes:

      visual representation of all sessions during Fall                   ​

 
All classes must fit within a session, which means they must begin during the first week of the session, and end during the last week of the session. In other words, if a class is held during the 8W2 session, it needs to start during the week of September 28 and end during the week of November 20.

  • Meeting Patterns will be strictly enforced. All components (lecture/lab/discussion/etc.) will need to fit one of the patterns of the Standard Meeting Pattern Grid (included in Excel template). If a class section is made up of more than one component type, more than one pattern may need to be used. In order to avoid course bottlenecks and conflicts for students, classes should be spread out over the course of the week from Monday through Friday and throughout the day from 8am to 5pm, using a balance of 2- and 3-day meeting patterns. 
  • ​​Prerequisites are enforced automatically. Please do not include catalog prerequisites in your SoC Submission spreadsheet.
  • ​Department and Instructor Consent. This requires human intervention to allow students to register. If you want to add an additional consent requirement to the existing prerequisite, please specify which consent (Department Consent, Instructor Consent, or none/blank) you want to appear on each section. 
  • ​Slash Courses. For departments that do not have an active graduate program, we will no longer be scheduling the grad portion of undergrad/grad “slash” (300/500, 400/600) for every offering. These will be added as-needed for graduate student enrollment. Any combined classes must be equivalent or cross-listed in the catalog. ​​Graduate 500- and 600- level classes no longer need to be combined with their undergraduate 300- and 400-level equivalents and may be scheduled as standalone graduate sections.​
  • ​​​​​Graduate-Level Instructors must be members of the graduate faculty or authorized by the Graduate Council to teach graduate-level classes. 
  • Special Course Fees must be approved by the Controller. There is an eform to collect the course fee requests. Please mark the Special Course Fee Requested column on the submission spreadsheet if you have requested a fee for this course or class section via this eform, so I can coordinate with Student Financials Services. Special course fees are no longer listed in class notes.
  • Online/Hybrid Classes replace all or some of their required classroom credit-hour time with online work. If the section is delivered completely online, with no campus visit required, then the course should be reported as 100% online. If only a portion of classroom credit-hour time is replaced with online work, report the percent of time that has been replaced with online work.
  • ​​Point-to-Point (Synchronous Distance Education): We have added Instruction Modes for these types of classes to help clarify for students, as well as aid in the planning of Distance Education room schedules. Point-to-Point refers to classes that take place in more than one facility where instruction is digitally transferred from one campus to one or more remote sites in real time. This could take place between Stevens Point, Wausau, and/or Marshfield campuses, or another academic institution with a Distance Education classroom. Hybrid Point-to-Point refers to the same, but some of the in-class meeting time has been replaced with Online work.
    • NOTE: When requesting these modes, please include “This class is hosted at (campus) and delivered via Distance Education to (campus/campuses)” in the Class Notes field so it can be added to the timetable.
​Online InstructionReport asInstruction Mode as viewed in Class Search by studentsCode
100% Online100%OnlineO
100% Online100%Synchronous OnlineS
75-99%75%HybridH
50-74%50%HybridH
30-49%30%HybridH
<30%<30%In PersonP
n/aIn PersonIn PersonP
FLD/INDIn PersonIndividualizedI
n/aIn PersonPoint-to-PointPP
30-99%30%, 50% or 75%Hybrid Point-to-PointHP
Note: Point-to-Point and Hybrid Point-to-Point refer to classes that take place in more than one facility where instruction is digitally transferred from one campus to another or others. This could take place between Stevens Point, Wausau, and/or Marshfield campuses, or any of these and another academic institution.

Note on Out-of-State Learning Placements

In years past, Todd Huspeni has reached out once a year to collect which (if any) courses have resulted in any out-of-state placements during the previous year for internships, student teaching, clinical rotations, and the like. To try to make this data collection a little easier, we’d like to try to collect which possible courses this will occur in as you schedule them so we’ve added a new column (“Could this result in an OOSLP?”) to the spreadsheet. If you think there is a chance that a course you are scheduling will result in an out of state placement, please indicate OOSLP in column L and we will follow up for details later. If you have any questions on definitions or criteria for this category, let me know.

If you have any questions regarding class scheduling, please contact Andrew Ludwig in the Registrar’s Office.​

Summer 2026

The due date for submitting your class schedule for the Summer 2026 Schedule of Classes is October 31st, 2025.

Please pay special attention to the following areas: 

  • ​Sessions. There are specific time periods during which classes can be offered during the Summer Term. Please observe the following table when setting up your Summer Schedule of Classes:
visual representation of available summer sessions and when they occur throughout summer

All classes must fit within a session, which means they must begin during the first week of the session, and end during the last week of the session. In other words, if a class is held during the 8W2 session, it needs to start during the week of June 22 and end during the week of August 14. Also note that sessions in yellow may create an overload for the instructor.
 

  •  Prerequisites are enforced automatically.
  •  Department and Instructor Consent. This requires human intervention to allow students to register. If you want to add an additional consent requirement to the existing prerequisite, please specify which consent (if any) you want to appear on each section.
  •  Slash Courses. For departments that do not have an active graduate program, we will no longer be scheduling the grad portion of undergrad/grad “slash” (300/500, 400/600) for every offering. We will be glad to create the grad component as needed. Just let us know.
  • Graduate-Level Instructors must be members of the graduate faculty or authorized by the Graduate Council to teach graduate-level classes. 
  • Special Course Fees must be approved by the Controller. There is an online form to collect the course fee requests. We do not publish course fees in class notes.
  • ​ Online Courses in which there is reduced classroom seat time. If the section is delivered completely online, with no campus visit required, then the course should be reported as 100% online. If the course is partially online, report the percent of time that the instructor and students are physically separated. 
​Online InstructionReport asInstruction Mode as viewed in Class Search by studentsCode
100% Online100%OnlineO
100% Online100%Synchronous OnlineS
75-99%75%HybridH
50-74%50%HybridH
30-49%30%HybridH
<30%<30%In PersonP
n/aIn PersonIn PersonP
FLD/INDIn PersonIndividualizedI
n/aIn PersonPoint-to-PointPP
30-99%30%, 50% or 75%Hybrid Point-to-PointHP
Note: Point-to-Point and Hybrid Point-to-Point refer to classes that take place in more than one facility where instruction is digitally transferred from one campus to another or others. This could take place between Stevens Point, Wausau, and/or Marshfield campuses, or any of these and another academic institution.

If you have any questions regarding your class or academic room scheduling, please contact Andrew Ludwig in the Registrar’s Office.​

Standard Meeting Patterns- Effective Fall 2022