Beginning in August 2023, the Romain College of Commerce will experiment with a four-day week schedule for 20% of its course offerings.
20% of the RCOB’s Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 50-minute programs will be organized as Monday and Wednesday 75-minute classes. The 75-minute lessons on Tuesdays and Thursdays will stay unchanged, allowing students to follow a four-day week schedule without classes on Fridays.
The four-day week schedule will be an experiment that students can opt to engage in during the fall 2023 scheduling process.
Timothy Schibik, assistant dean of the Romain College of Business, stated, “Note that this is not our whole program.” “We do have courses on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and there are events occurring around campus.
Schibik stated that schedules are constructed in advance, so if there is opposition or if the schedule modification does not provide students with the free time they anticipate, it can always be modified.
Schibik stated, “I would want to emphasize that this is an experimental initiative.” “If we discover that it is not delivering the desired results, we may adjust to a new timetable.”
Schibik stated that the alteration to the business students’ class schedule will not entail a radical shift.
“The class meeting hours remain the same, but the format is slightly changed,” he explained. It’s something we’ve done in the past, and it’s something departments throughout campus do as well.
Schibik stated that the choice was influenced by several considerations.
Schibik stated, “First and foremost, we strive to be sensitive to the needs of our students and staff, as well as to the overarching objective of the institution to serve these two groups.”
Schibik stated that RCOB has endeavored to be a leader and made judgments that were followed by other institutions. He stated that the choice to alter the schedule is another example of leadership.
Beginning in August 2023, the Business and Engineering Center will experiment with four-day weeks. 20% of classrooms will implement the four-day week timetable.
Anthony Rawley, Staff Author, 15 March 2023
Beginning in August 2023, the Romain College of Commerce will experiment with a four-day week schedule for 20% of its course offerings.
20% of the RCOB’s Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 50-minute programs will be organized as Monday and Wednesday 75-minute classes. The 75-minute lessons on Tuesdays and Thursdays will stay unchanged, allowing students to follow a four-day week schedule without classes on Fridays.
The four-day week schedule will be an experiment that students can opt to engage in during the fall 2023 scheduling process.
“ \sFirst and first, we attempt to be attentive to the needs of our students, and our professors, if you will, as well as our general objective of the institution to serve those two groups.”
Timothy Schibik is the assistant dean of the Romain College of Business.
Timothy Schibik, assistant dean of the Romain College of Business, stated, “Note that this is not our whole program.” “We do have courses on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and there are events occurring around campus.”
Beginning in August 2023, the Business and Engineering Center will experiment with four-day weeks. 20% of classrooms will implement the four-day week timetable. (Photograph taken by Anthony Rawley)
The Business and Engineering Center will experiment with four-day weeks beginning August 2023. 20% of classrooms will implement the four-day week timetable. (Photograph taken by Anthony Rawley)
Schibik stated that schedules are constructed in advance, so if there is opposition or if the schedule modification does not provide students with the free time they anticipate, it can always be modified.
If we discover that it is not delivering the desired results, we can adjust to a new timetable.
Timothy Schibik is the assistant dean of the Romain College of Business.
Schibik stated, “I would want to emphasize that this is an experimental initiative.” “If we discover that it is not delivering the desired results, we may adjust to a new timetable.”
Schibik stated that the alteration to the business students’ class schedule will not entail a radical shift.
“The class meeting hours remain the same, but the format is slightly changed,” he explained. It’s something we’ve done in the past, and it’s something departments throughout campus do as well.
Schibik stated that the choice was influenced by several considerations.
Schibik stated, “First and foremost, we strive to be sensitive to the needs of our students and staff, as well as to the overarching objective of the institution to serve these two groups.”
Schibik stated that RCOB has endeavored to be a leader and made judgments that were followed by other institutions. He stated that the choice to alter the schedule is another example of leadership.
Beginning in August 2023, the Business and Engineering Center will experiment with four-day weeks. 20% of classrooms will implement the four-day week timetable. (Photograph taken by Anthony Rawley)
Beginning in August 2023, the Business and Engineering Center will experiment with four-day weeks. 20% of classrooms will implement the four-day week timetable. (Photograph taken by Anthony Rawley)
Schibik stated, “We were the first college to transfer our summer timetable online.” “At that period, everyone asked, ‘What are you doing?'” “Why are you acting this way?” Today everyone does it, and I believe the same holds true for this.”
He stated that the decision was largely in response to student desires.
Schibik stated, “It’s mostly in response to what we’ve recently discovered about our students and their desires to be taught face-to-face.” “We’re still recovering from the epidemic, and there are still plenty of online activities, but we’re mostly a face-to-face class, and this provides us a good method to accommodate that.”
Schibik explained that the choice was also made to benefit the whole business college.
“Part of it is based on what we believe to be student desire, and some of it is based on what we believe to be staff preference,” he added. “But, the majority of it is aimed at achieving the many educational components that we have inside the institution.”