Freshman Interest Group (FIG) &
Living and Learning Community (LLC) Guidelines

Blocked Courses Definition: Two or more sections of different courses where seats are set aside for a group of students who take the classes together.  Creating a "blocked course" does not create an additional section of the course.  It either a) reserves seats within a larger existing "parent" section, or b) reserves all seats of an existing small enrollment section.  Blocked sections will have a different call number than the "parent" section and blocked courses  will share a common section number. Typically used to form a Freshman Interest Group (FIG) of 25 students, or a Living & learning Community (LLC) of 18 students. 

The Freshman Interest Group/Living & Learning Community Coordinator will be referred to as the Block Scheduling Coordinator.

Block Scheduling Coordinator Responsibilities:

• Each Block Scheduling Coordinator will be considered an independent academic area and participate in the Schedule build process as such.

• A primary scheduling contact will be provided for each of the areas coordinating Block Scheduling** .

• Block Scheduling Coordinators will join the Scheduling Office list serve, as well as participate in our annual workshop, so that they will remain up-to-date on Scheduling related matters.

• A DCL return appointment will be required to submit/review your completed Block Scheduling forms.

• Block Scheduling Coordinators will participate in both proofing sessions to ensure the accuracy of the course information.

Conditions of Block Scheduling:

• Each form will represent one block of courses.

• Blocked courses will share the same 600-level section number for easy identification.

• Any blocked courses that are also offered as (AOA) another course will require signatures from each of the offering departments on the Block Scheduling form.

• Creating a “blocked course” does not create a new section of a course; it either 1) reserves 25 (for a FIG) or 18 (for an LLC) seats within a larger existing (“parent”) section, or 2) reserves all of an existing small-enrollment section.

• Each blocked course will have a comment annotating the program with which it as affiliated, i.e., FIG or LLC.

• All blocked sections that are a part of a larger parent section will be noted as TW (taught with) the parent section in the Schedule of Classes.

• With the completion of a Block Scheduling form, the anticipated course offering will then be considered independent of the department, and managed by the Block Scheduling Coordinators.

• Academic departments will not add, revise, or delete any Block Scheduling information on their Department Course Listings (DCL) or Schedule of Classes Listing (SCL).

• Block Scheduling Coordinators will monitor enrolments in blocked courses and consult with academic departments regarding transfer of seats from FIG/LLC sections to parent sections.

• Block Scheduling Coordinators will have the ability to transfer seats from the FIG/LLC subsections to the department parent sections and will notify academic departments of those transfers.

** Note: The demographic information given will be added to the Departmental Contact list.  In turn, this will be provided to each of our Department Scheduling Coordinators, as well as, included in the the Scheduling Office Informational Packet.

FIG/LLC Block Scheduling Form