THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE FACULTY SENATE Senate Document Number 5996S Date of Senate Approval 4/25/96 Statement of Faculty Senate Action: APC Document 56: Alternate Schedule Effective Date: Fall 1996 Proposal: That UNCA employ the Alternate Schedule shown below (next to the Regular Schedule) on days when classes start late. On such days: MWF classes regularly meeting 50 minutes will meet 40 minutes; TR classes regularly meeting 75 minutes will meet 60 minutes; and Humanities classes regularly meeting 65 minutes will meet 50 minutes. Monday Wednesday Friday Tuesday Thursday Regular Alternate Regular Alternate 8:00-8:50 9:40-10:20 8:00-9:15 9:40-10:40 9:00-9:50 10:30-11:10 9:25-10:40 10:50-11:50 10:00-10:50 11:20-12:00 10:50-12:05 12:00-1:00 11:00-11:50 12:10-12:50 11:00-12:05 12:10-1:00 11:00-12:05 12:10-1:00 12:15-1:30 1:10-2:10 12:15-1:05 1:10-1:50 1:40-2:55 2:20-3:20 1:15-2:05 2:00-2:40 3:05-4:20 3:30-4:30 2:15-3:05 2:50-3:30 4:30-5:45 4:40-5:40 3:15-4:05 3:40-4:20 4:15-5:05 4:30-5:10 Evening classes are not affected by a late start. Impact: The Alternate Schedule would allow all classes to meet on days when classes begin late. Early classes would meet as frequently as later classes and later classes would have their class length reduced about 20 percent. Rationale: When UNCA classes start late, usually due to snow, early morning classes do not meet, resulting in a disproportionate loss of time relative to other classes. In fact, 30 percent of MWF classes meet before 10:00 a.m. and 35 percent of TR classes meet before 10:50 a.m..