The University Registrar placed the Fall 2006 Course Offering Directory online Friday.
Class locales and times are determined through a detailed algorithm created by the registrar which is then used by individual departments, according to University Registrar Carol Stanley.
"Departments determine what courses are going to be offered and at what times and what days during the week," Stanley said.
Some classes, however, require certain areas of use on Grounds.
"Obviously a biology lab needs to be in a biology space," Stanley said. "Scheduling is usually driven by what's already listed about the course in the [Undergraduate] Record."
While some departments, such as English, have not deviated from their past curricula, others boast new professors and new courses.
The Economics Department, for instance, has gained five new faculty members and five new classes.
"New faculty automatically means new areas of specialization," said Bruce Reynolds, economics professor and director of Undergraduate Studies.
"One course that I particularly love to tout is the new course ECON 372 [Intro to Regression Analysis]," Reynolds said. "This is a course we imagine all our majors taking at some point in the future."
Courses may also be added to allow for the return of professors formerly on sabbatical.
According to Reynolds, the Economics Department will regain six members of its previous faculty this fall.
"That's going to make a difference in our resources," he said.
Some students said absences such as these can have an effect on available course options.
"I would have liked to have had a better selection of classes and professors," third-year College student Chris Burger, an economics major, said about last semester. "That would have made the selection process easier."
In an effort to assist the course selection process, the Third-Year Council hosted a COD reception last semester.
"Basically what we did is that we used the Jefferson Society room across from the Special Collections library," third-year Engineering Council President Emily Ewell said. "We put posters up around the room with different mnemonics and then students would walk around and go to any class they'd have a comment about. ... It was a nice way to get all the people together to talk about what they like."
According to Ewell, the release of the COD is often a major event for students.
"As soon as the COD comes out, people begin immediately outlining, planning their schedule, and get anxious about signing up for classes," Ewell said.
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