Changes in the Moorpark College class schedule for Fall 2006 will allow students to take more classes with fewer days on campus according to school officials.

Classes will be grouped into Monday-Wednesday, Tuesday- Thursday, and possibly Friday-Saturday, or just Friday or Saturday instead of the traditional Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule, which will be kept for some classes. The changes should accommodate students who want to work a full day, or those who want to commute fewer days, according to Moorpark College Executive Vice President Dr. Pam Eddinger.

“Whats set in stone is that the whole school needs to change,” said Eddinger about changes to the class schedule.

The changes in the schedule are designed to give students more choices and make it easier for them to pick classes that fit into their schedule, said Eddinger. The changes in the schedule won’t change availability of courses.

“Overall sections won’t be cut,” said Eddinger.

Class was moved to Monday-Wednesday-Friday to help with scheduling. The ?-Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule left more classrooms open.

There will still be some Monday-Wednesday-Friday for Fall 2006, but overall the schedule changed to help the students, said Eddinger,

In addition to changing many classes to two-day schedules, Moorpark College is also adding more late-start classes and four–week classes are being considered. Also Moorpark will be adding PACE for accelerated learning., which is open to all students, but targeted for working students who want get through school quickly.

The two day a week class schedule will make some classes longer, like five- unit math classes . Which normally meet four days a week for an hour and a half. With longer classes, faculty will have to be more creative with time, said part-time math professor Shelia Rumenapp. Rumenapp said that when she teaches longer classes, she tries to break up the time with group work and give her students breaks.

The new schedule is getting mixed reviews from students, “It’s great, I think classes should only be two times a week,” said Katha Henry, 19, Political Science major.

Eddinger said it will be difficult for department chairs to set the new schedules, but says the schedule is made for the students and it needed to change. “We built our schedule for the students,” said Eddinger.