Minimum Class Size Policy
To set out minimum class sizes for each mode of delivery.
This policy applies to the Dean of Faculty and those College staff involved in deciding the mode of delivery for a particular study unit.
Where accreditation requirements include a minimum face-to-face time the requirements of this policy may be waived.
Where occasional or sessional lecturers are employed to teach College units the following numbers are the enrolment minimums at which a shift in the mode of delivery must occur. If enrolments are less than these minimums the lecturer must utilise a mode of delivery that employs less face to face hours of contact to ensure the college does not waste resources by offering the unit in a mode appropriate to a higher volume of enrolments.
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More face to face contact
| No face to face contact hours |
Mode of Delivery | Minimum Class Sizes |
| Weekly Semester Unit | 9 | |
| Three 'Saturday Plus' mode | 8 | |
| Biweekly Mixed Mode | 6 | |
| Online mode, directed study or semi-regular seminar program | <6 |
These threshold figures also serve as guidelines for the Dean of Faculty and the Unit Co-ordinators in the deliberation with permanent faculty of the College in the process of planning the mode of delivery of any particular unit.