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Course Galley Guide: University Registrar

Course Galleys are a listing of the courses offered in the corresponding term of the last academic year pending changes from the respective departments.



Galley Procedure

Department Scheduler's guide to receiving, evaluating, & submitting galleys electronically:

Retrieving Galleys

Galleys will be made available for retrieval from the "Stu-Term Master Schedule" Hyperion report in Hyperion Performance Suite.

An e-mail will be sent from the Registrar's e-mail account OPERMAIL@drexel.edu prior to galley availability and can be recognized by the subject of the e-mail .

Please read the entire e-mail before making any updates to your galley. Information included in the e-mail may be Galley due date, changes in procedure, special instructions, etc.

Once you have read through the entire e-mail text, access Hyperion by following the URL http://www.drexel.edu/reporting.
Perform the following steps:

Retrieve galleys using the "STU-Term Master Schedule" brio
- Select "Process Galleys"

- Select "Q"
- Select "2008"
- Select "Ignore"
- Select your college
- Select your department(s)
- Select "A"

Once your report has been processed, select the "Fall Galley Table" from the Sections list on the left side of the report.

From the menu bar
- Select "File"
- Select "Export"
- Select "Section"
- Then save into Excel as "Fall 2008-2009"

- Repeat for "Winter Galley Table"
- Then save into Excel as "Winter 2008-2009"

- Repeat for "Spring Galley Table"
- Then save into Excel as "Spring 2008-2009"

- Repeat for "Summer Galley Table"
- Then save into Excel as "Summer 2008-2009"

Edit each term and save.

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Galley Evaluation and Adjustment



Reading the Galley


The Hyperion galley table is structured to incorporate all pertinent section data as well as optimize the ease of reading and adjusting the document itself.Each column of the spreadsheet is appropriately labeled and may or may not contain specific data for any given course section. Example:




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Column Descriptions

Although most of the information in each column is self-explanatory, the following is a list of each column in the Galley and the information that should be provided there:

  • TERM CODE -- Refers to the term for which the courses are being offered
  • COLL CODE* -- Refers to the college offering the course. This differs from the Coll Code in that it shows if a college override has been placed on the course.
  • COLL CODE -- Refers to the college owning the course. This differs from the Coll Code* in that Coll Code* refers the college offering the course, but not necessesarily owning it.
  • CRN -- Refers to the unique 5 digit Course Reference Number that identifies a unique section or part of a section. This number is different each term with the exception of the first digit, which follows the configuration 1---- for Fall, 2---- for Winter, 3---- for Spring, and 4---- for Summer. *Note: Because this is a system-generated number, you will not be able to enter or select this number for a section that you are adding.
  • SUBJ CODE -- Refers to the course subject.
  • CRSE NUMB -- Refers to the Course Catalog Number and indicates the Course Level: 0-499 = UG (Undergraduate Level); 500-999 = GR (Graduate Level)
  • SEQ NUMB -- Refers to the Course Section number. Certain section numbers within a course subject are used to denote a specific section type. For example, honors sections, courses offered off-campus, online sections, etc.
  • CAMP CODE -- Refers to the campus on which the section will be taught. This will not always correspond to the campus on which the offering department or college is housed.
  • REQUIRED MATIX -- Refers to the whether this course is required for the particular term. This information is based on required plans of study in the catalog and compiled by the Provost's office.
  • COURSE TITLE -- Refers to the title of the course. Some course titles indicate a 'ST:' course, which denotes a Special Topics course, thus the title can be adjusted to fit the particular section's topic.
  • SCHD DESC -- Refers to the section schedule type. Valid schedule types include but are not limited to 'L' for Lecture, 'B' for Lab, 'R' for Recitation, etc.
  • CREDIT HRS -- Refers to the number of credits for which the course can be taken. This field may be blank, which would denote the course is being offered as variable credit. The student will be able to select the number of credits for which they would like to take the course, within the set range for the course.
  • PRIOR ENROLLMENT -- Refers to the prior enrollment of the section, reflecting 2 years prior for all Non-Fall terms.
  • MAX ENRL -- Refers to the maximum number of students that can enroll in a course.
  • DAY -- Refers to the days of the week that a course is offered.
  • BEGIN TIME/END TIME -- Refers to the section meeting times for the days of the week specified in the previous column. *(Times are in a military format)
  • ROOM -- Refers to the room assigned to the section.
  • SECTION COMMENTS -- This field will contain special descriptive text associated with a course section and may include cross-listed notations, special fees or permissions, and linked course specifications.
  • INSTRUCTOR - Refers to the instructor(s) assigned to the section.
  • WEB VIEW -- This field will note if a course can or cannot be viewed via BANNER web. Y = Web-Viewable, N = Non-Web Viewable

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Deleting a Section

To indicate that a particular course section on the spreadsheet should not be offered for the term, use the Bold and STRIKETHROUGH Options for the row containing the course section. To do this, click on the number to the left of the row with the appropriate course data (this will highlight the entire row). Next, select the 'Cells' Option under the Format Menu. Click on the Tab called 'Font', and click once in the box next to the Strikethrough option under the 'Effects' Menu. Click the OK button and all of the text in the selected row will have a line through it. To undo this option, follow the same directions and unclick the Strikethrough Box.

Click on the Cells Option

Select Strikethrough and Bold, then OK.

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Requesting Changes to Existing Sections

To make any change to a course, insert a blank line underneath the current section information and enter the new information under the specific field to be changed. - ALL CHANGES MUST BE BOLDED. ALSO, USE THE STRIKETHROUGH OPTION FOR THE CELL CONTAINING INFORMATION YOU WISH TO CHANGE. Changes should not be made directly to the information itself. Example:

HOWEVER, not all information can be adjusted. The following information cannot be altered via the Galley:

  • CRN
  • Subject
  • Course Number

Some information can only be changed for specific courses, those include:

  • Course Title - Can be adjusted for courses that are repeatable for credit, i.e. Special Topics Courses. Departments must adhere to the policy governing Special Topics Courses which reads:
    Two years is the typical time span for a department to offer a "Special Topics" course. For exceptions to this policy, administrative approval from the Provost Office is required.
    Courses identified as "Special Topics" can only be used as a degree requirement with approval from the Provost Office.
  • Credits - Can only be adjusted for variable credit courses and should only be given a set number with the understanding that students will no longer be able to select a number of credits during Enrollment for the course.

The following information can be changed but should only be done after a careful and thorough review of each of the sections being offered. Any existing policies or guidelines should also be followed when deciding to change section information for a term:

  • Section - Follow existing guidelines which are:

Stand alone lecture section numbers should be from 001-099

Multiple Lectures series should have an alphabetical listing for section numbers A, B, C, D, E, F...Z

Recitations should be from 001 to 059

Lab section numbers should be from 060 to 099

Online section numbers should be from 900 to 999

Non-U Evening sections should be numbered from 501 to 599

U Evening Sections should be numbered from 701-799

Honors sections will have a section notation of 01H, 02H, 03H... for each specific course section. These will be for honors sections that are straight honors, which means every student in the class is an honors student. If the course is an Honors course meaning the subject is HNRS and if the course has ALL honors students enrolled, then the title must reflect Honors. You must change the title as hyphenated honors. [Ex. Physics I - Honors]

  • Schedule Type - Can only be changed based on approved schedule types for the course.
  • Max -- If a room has been assigned, the max cannot be increased unless either the room's capacity can accomodate the additional seats or an alternate room is available.
  • Times/Days of the Week - There are specific policies governing the distribution of courses as well as adherence to the University's course meeting time blocks and should be considered when making adjustments to course information.

Course Offering Distribution Policy

Departments offering courses are required to distribute their courses as equally as possible across the days of the week Monday - Friday) and hours of the days (8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.).

Courses with 4 credits and greater should follow this pattern as much as possible and schedule the additional hours in the time blocks for a particular day. For example: a 4-credit course could meet in two 2-hour blocks on a M, W, or F; three 1-hour blocks on M-W-F and one additional hour on T or R as long as that hour begins or ends in the valid time blocks.

Course Meeting Time Blocks

Official course meeting time blocks are 1 - hour segments. Classes begin at 8:00 a.m. in the morning and end at 10:00 p.m. in the evening. It is recommended that departments schedule their course offerings to conform to one-hour blocks and/or a series of one-hour block equivalents, i.e., a course can meet M/W/F from 8:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. or T/R 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Evening Time Blocks:

Extenuating circumstances regarding this policy should be addressed to the Provost's Office.

  • Section Comments -- Any existing comments can be adjusted, added to, or deleted with approval by OUR.

A Department also has the option of placing a 'Permission Required' flag on a course requiring that any student who wishes to take the course be enrolled via Native BANNER. Once this permission has been specified, NO student can successfully register for the course via BANNER Web. A section comment is included to direct the student to proper department for approval.

The following Special Permissions can be specified on a particular course section:
*only one code can be placed on each section

  • AA - Advisor
  • DE - Dean
  • DP - Department
  • HA - Honors Program Director
  • IC - Instructor & College
  • IN - Instructor
  • PD - Program Director
  • MB - MBA Advisor Permission

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Adding a Section

Sections should only be added at the end of the original Galley and all text should be in BOLD.

Use the empty spreadsheet provided at the end of the course entries for each department to submit information for additional sections.

SAVE a copy of the edited galley for your records.

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Returning the Galleys

Once all of the changes have been made and the final version of the document has been saved, the Galley can be sent back to the Registrar as an e-mail attachment. The e-mail should be addressed to OPERMAIL@drexel.edu and include pertinent text in the Subject (ex. SECOND GALLEY WINTER Quarter 2xxx-2xxx).

Please include any special information in the body of the e-mail.

NOTE: Each e-mail application has a unique way of attaching documents; contact your office technical support if you need help attaching the file.

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University Registrar Contact

For questions regarding this procedure, contact: Bryan Becker 215.895.1475
Email:bjb44@drexel.edu

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