Individual departments and academic units are responsible for:
The departments must then notify Registration and Records of their decisions so the classes can be correctly set up in Pathway for student registration each semester.
View the Schedule of Classes via Pathway(Requires log-in)
Guest Version of Schedule of Classes(Does not require log-in, only for non-Pathway users)
Missouri Senate Bill 389 requires display of an accurate course schedule on the Web site along with the instructor assigned for each class and his or her credentials and instructor ratings by students.
After the Schedule of Classes for a term is set, the classroom space may be reserved for other meetings as needed. Faculty and Staff should email registrarscheduling@umkc.edu to request a room reservation. Include the date, start time, end time, and approximate attendance expected. Students should work with the Office of Student Involvement when they need to reserve a room.
Each semester’s schedule is initially created by copying the last semester's schedule.
Classes are edited based on what each department wants to offer for the new semester.
Generated by November 1
Changes due to Registration and Records office by end of Fall semester
Published online first week of March
Generated by November 1
Changes due to Registration and Records office by end of winter break
Published online first week of March
Generated by April 1
Changes due to Registration and Records office by end of Summer semester
Published online first week of October
The following people are assigned to be the contact for academic scheduling in their department.
Department | Name | |
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Applied Language Institute | Elisa Day | daye@umkc.edu |
Architecture and Urban Design | Stella Szymanski | szymanskis@umkc.edu |
Art and Art History | Margaret Kinkeade | mkinkeade@umkc.edu |
Arts and Sciences/Military Science | Alicen Lundberg | lundberga@umkc.edu |
Biology | Lauren Petrillo | petrillol@umkc.edu |
Bloch School of Management | Nancy Wilkinson | wilkinsonn@umkc.edu |
Chemistry | Asia Williams | williamsam@umkc.edu |
Civil and Mechanical Engineering | Liz Muleski | muleskie@umkc.edu |
Classics | Jeffrey Rydberg-Cox | rydbergcoxj@umkc.edu |
Communication Studies | Jennifer Underwood | underwoodj@umkc.edu |
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering | Gina Campbell | campbellgn@umkc.edu |
Conservatory - Music and Dance | Helen Perry | perryh@umkc.edu |
Conservatory - Theatre | Kenneth Martin | kjmgyh@umkc.edu |
Criminal Justice and Criminology | Jill Folsom | folsomj@umkc.edu |
Dentistry | Danita Johnson | johnsondan@umkc.edu |
Earth and Environmental Sciences | Megan Medley | medleymj@umkc.edu |
Economics | Jill Folsom | folsomj@umkc.edu |
Education | Brad Martens | martensbm@umkc.edu |
English Language and Literature | Audrey Lester | lesterak@umkc.edu |
Foreign Languages and Literature | Tammy Shelton | sheltonta@umkc.edu |
General Education | Kim McNeley | mcneleyk@umkc.edu |
Graduate Studies | Nancy Hoover | HooverN@umkc.edu |
High School College Program | Chris White | whitechris@umkc.edu |
History | Hannah Hohenstein-Flack | hohensteinflackh@umkc.edu |
Honors | Gayle Levy | levyg@umkc.edu |
Law | Tina Melville | melvillet@umkc.edu |
Mathematics and Statistics | Tanya Henderson | hendersontg@umkc.edu |
Medicine - MD | Christy Dockweiler | dockweilerc@umkc.edu |
Medicine - Graduate | Julie Banderas | banderasj@umkc.edu |
Nursing | Casey Bauer | bauerc@umkc.edu |
Pharmacy | Shelly Janasz | janaszs@umkc.edu |
Philosophy | Margaret Kinkeade | mkinkeade@umkc.edu |
Physics | Daphne Hunter | hunterd@umkc.edu |
Political Science | Nate Milburn | milburnn@umkc.edu |
Psychology | Robin Lehman | robin.lehman@umkc.edu |
Race, Ethnic and Gender Studies | Megan Medley | medleymj@umkc.edu |
Social Work | Heidi Updike | updikeh@umkc.edu |
Sociology | Nate Milburn | milburnn@umkc.edu |
University College | Kim McNeley | mcneleyk@umkc.edu |
Requests for access are sent to Registration and Records or the LMS Team depending on the type of access required.
Faculty and staff can review classroom sizes and additional scheduling information in Ad Astra, the room scheduling software UMKC uses.
Use Ad Astra to help schedule a class
Department schedulers can review and edit upcoming semester schedules in CourseLeaf Section Scheduler (CLSS), the semester scheduling software UMKC uses.
Academic Unit Schedulers may request a PDF galley via Cognos at any time. The information in Cognos is one-day delayed from Pathway and updated at midnight each night.
Detailed Cognos and galley editing directions (PDF)
Cognos Section Enrollment Report directions (PDF)
Detailed Cognos and galley editing directions (PDF)
Contact the UMKC Data Warehouse at umkcdatawarehouse@umkc.edu for assistance with Cognos.
Complete the Pathway Access Form (PDF) to request access to the Galley Reports in Cognos. Check the box indicating the Cognos Reporting Access role along with checking the box for Scheduling Reports.
Buildings Codes: See the page of building codes.
Components: The format of the class offered, such as lecture, lab, discussion, etc. These are set-up at the time the course is initially created in the UMKC catalog, and can only be changed on course modification forms. Components must remain the same for all sections of a course.
Clinical: Supervised, practical application of previously studied theory conducted in clinics and other health-related settings. Frequently included in curriculum for nursing, health professions, and medicine.
Field Studies: Off-campus hands-on instruction led by a faculty member with one or more students. Typically part of science and social science, as well as some humanities instruction.
Independent Study: One-on-one instruction allowing for greater individualized learning and self-direction. Directed studies that are based upon an agreed upon topic between instructor and student.
Individual Lessons: Typically a musical or other performance art instruction delivered one-on-one or in small group.
Instructor of Record: See definitions for instructor of record categories (PDF).
Internship: Provides opportunity for students to gain experience in their field. Instruction is hands-on, experiential learning that may require additional research and written assignments.
Laboratory: A class or the practice portion of a course in which experimentation, class projects or other exercises. Conjunction with material presented, are performed. May also refer to a room in which these activities are completed.
Lecture: Faculty delivered instruction, one faculty at a time to multiple students in a classroom setting. A lecture is a course or part of a course that is primarily delivered face to face. While it is usually presented in a group setting led by a faculty member the course might also include group activities. A course typically taught as a lecture should always be labeled as a lecture component. The Instructional mode may vary (i.e. internet, in-person, and correspondence.)
Online Certified Course: In 2010, UMKC adopted a set of standards that exemplify excellence in online course design. These course design elements were identified through examination of peer-reviewed educational research and have been confirmed by national online education groups such as Quality Matters and the Sloan Consortium. Although both of these groups have developed their own set of online course design standards, UMKC chose to develop a unique set of standards tailored to our own specific educational needs and environment. Excellence in online course design is characterized by clear course goals and objectives, assessments that accurately measure those stated objectives, and interactivity with the course instructor and course content, to name a few. The UMKC Online Course Design rubric, which was developed cooperatively by UMKC faculty and instructional designers, is the measure that is used to determine if a course is "online certified."
Practicum: Supervised, practical application of previously studied theory. Frequently included in curriculum for education and social work.
Recitation/Seminar/Discussion: A form of instruction which brings together small groups for reoccurring meetings focusing on different topics or subjects and in which everyone is expected to participate or a small group that meets to discuss topics introduced in a related lecture to supplement the instruction and allow for discussion.
Studio:</strong Hands-on, interactive, project-oriented instruction that is delivered one-on-one or in small group. May apply to art, architectural studies, textile and apparel management, or broadcast media, film creation and communication instruction.
Instructional mode is the dominant delivery method of instruction of the class content and related to each component, such as “in person” or “internet only.” Different sections may have different instruction modes.
Instruction mode | Description | Definition |
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P | Classroom based | The class meets face-to-face on a regular schedule for the required 750 minutes per credit hour time period. The class may meet in a classroom on-campus or at an alternative physical meeting location. The class may use the Internet to accompany in-person instruction. Example: Class X meets MWF at 10am in Royall 102. |
B | Blended class instruction | Participants of a B course meet five or more times on-campus. The remainder of the course occurs online learning through activities and interactions using a variety of eLearning technologies and resources. These activities can occur in real-time (synchronously) or asynchronously. There are defined deadlines for completion of assignments and other course related activities. |
OC | Blended online-campus | Participants of an OC course meet between one and four times on-campus. The remainder of the course occurs online through activities and interactions using a variety of eLearning technologies and resources. These activities can occur in real-time (synchronously) or asynchronously. There are defined deadlines for completion of assignments and other course related activities. |
OS | Instructor led online synchronous | Teaching and learning activities occur online through the use of a variety of eLearning technologies and resources. The course has required real-time (synchronous) interactions between instructor and students, usually through the use of online conferencing tools. The course is characterized by regular and substantive online interactions between course instructor and course participants which occur both synchronously and asynchronously. There are defined deadlines for completion of assignments and other course related activities. |
OA | Instructor led online asynchronous | Teaching and learning activities occur online through the use of a variety of eLearning technologies and resources. The course has no required real-time (synchronous) interactions between instructor and students. The course is characterized by regular and substantive asynchronous online interactions between course instructor and course participants. There are defined deadlines for completion of assignments and other course related activities. |
VI | Video | The class meets via interactive video conference on a regular schedule for the required 750 minutes per credit hour time period. The class generally meets at on off sight location or students may have the option of attending the class by logging in through a LMS system. |
Prior to Summer 2010 Instruction Modes included: DR (directed research), IL (individual lesson), IN (internet), IS (independent studies), NP (internet and in-person), P (in-person), VI (video).
An attribute is characteristic of the instructional delivery or related aspects of a course. It can be used to group interdisciplinary courses together for approved programs or to track courses offered to meet degree requirements. It can be added at the Catalog level (for all sections of the course, but must be approved by the curriculum committee) or at the Class level (for individual sections of the course).
Attribute | Definition |
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ALI | Applied Language Institute |
BLACK | Black Studies |
CBE | Credit by Exam |
CC | Cluster Course* |
CE | Continuing Education |
EMBA | Executive MBA |
FAMILY | Family Studies |
GERON | Gerontology |
HEAL | Healing and Humanities |
HONORS | Honors Course |
HSCP | High School College Program |
JUD | Judaic Studies |
MOLOND | Missouri London Program |
PACE | PACE Section |
SI | Supplemental Instruction |
VSI | VSI-High School |
WGS | Women's and Gender Studies |
WI | Writing Intensive* |
* These course attributes will only be added if the course has received approval from the curriculum committee and meets the requirements.