Small Class Sections
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NUMBER: II-2
(formerly Policy II-A-4)
South Dakota Board of Regents policy limits the number of low enrollment
sections that may be authorized.
1.
Undergraduate Classes:
Undergraduate classes with
monitored schedule types with fewer than ten enrollments will be cancelled prior
to the fifth day of classes unless written approval has been granted by the
Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs.
2.
Graduate Classes:
Graduate classes with monitored
schedule types with fewer than seven enrollments will be cancelled prior to the
fifth day of classes unless written approval has been granted by the
Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs.
3.
Dual Listed Courses
Courses dual listed at the
400/500 level are treated as undergraduate classes if any undergraduates are
enrolled and as graduate classes if only graduate students are enrolled.
4.
Department heads wishing to continue the teaching of small sections
beyond the fourth day of classes will justify the need for teaching such
sections in writing to the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs prior to
the end of the fourth day of classes.
A.
Not later than the end of the fourth day of classes, the Provost/Vice
President for Academic Affairs will either approve or disapprove the offering of
any small sections recommended by department heads.
B.
Small section courses will not normally be offered for enrollment
consecutive semesters.
5.
Not later than the seventh day of classes, the Provost/Vice President for
Academic Affairs will prepare a summary report of small section offerings, to
include the previous two years, and provide a copy to the President. This
report will include all small sections, the frequency of offerings, the
frequency of small section actions, fourth day enrollment, and a summary of the
number of times small sections were approved.
SOURCE: Office of the Vice President, July 1991;
Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Oct. 2001; Office of the
Provost, Sept. 2004; Office of the Provost, Dec. 2009
BOR
Reference: Policy 5:17,
http://www.sdbor.edu/administration/academics/aac/guidelines.htm
Contact: SDSMT Policy
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