Themis
Schedule with foresight
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LTEC PhD Course Planning & Scheduling
Themis helps the graduate coordinator answer three questions before each term: which courses should we offer? Who will teach them? And will enrollment be sufficient to run?

With ~13–14 doctoral students entering per cohort year, the enrollment math is tight. One bad decision — like offering two Year 3 electives in the same term — splits enrollment below the 10-student minimum and cancels both courses. This tool makes those risks visible before you commit to a schedule.
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Decisions first, students second
You decide what runs and who teaches it. Student degree plans are built from confirmed offerings — not guesses.
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Minimum of 10 students to run
Every LTEC doctoral course needs at least 10 enrolled students. Demand estimates throughout this tool flag courses that won't clear that bar.
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One Year 3 elective per term
Courses 6514, 6515, and 6516 all draw from the same pool of ~13 Year 3 students. Offer only one per term or neither will run.
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Action required before scheduling: Verify LTEC 6280 catalog number Academic Writing in Professional and Academic Settings (LTEC 6280) has a provisional number. Confirm this is finalized with the Registrar before the course appears on any student's official degree plan.
How to use Themis — start here each term
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Course Offerings Start here each term
For every course in the LTEC PhD sequence, set an offer decision: Run, Run with caution, or Do not schedule. Review the demand estimate alongside each choice. Assign faculty in the same step. This is the decision that everything else depends on.
offer decisions
elective split risk
3 pending decisions
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Faculty & Load After offer decisions
Review teaching assignments and balance faculty load. For LTEC 6800 (Cognitive Apprenticeship), each faculty member must submit a three-part course plan — title, study procedure, and anticipated outcomes — before their section can be confirmed on the schedule. Track those submissions here.
6800 plans required
load balancing
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Term Schedule Lock when complete
Review the full offering list with all faculty assignments and demand estimates. When everything is correct, click Lock Schedule — this is the official signal to students that they can finalize degree plan entries for the term.
review & lock
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Student Degree Plans After schedule is locked
View and manage the ~41 students in active coursework across Year 1, 2, and 3. Student plans are the primary demand signal for future terms — the more complete and current they are, the more reliable your scheduling forecasts become.
~41 active students
3 cohort years
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Demand Analysis Ongoing — check before finalizing offers
Projected enrollment by course based on cohort size. Use this to check whether a course will realistically reach 10 students before committing to running it. Includes a scenario analysis of the Year 3 elective split problem.
10-student minimum
split risk analysis
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LTEC Course Catalog Reference
The complete LTEC PhD sequence — all 17 courses across core, research methods, cognitive apprenticeship, electives, and dissertation. Includes year placement, standard term, and rotation patterns. Use this when advising students on sequencing.
17 courses
60–69 credit hours
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or click any section above to jump directly to it
Themis › Course Offerings
Planning: Fall 2026
Course Offerings — Fall 2026
Step 1 of 3. Work through the table below. For each course, click the decision toggle to set it as Run, Caution, or Do not run, then select a faculty member. When all decisions are made, use the button at the bottom to proceed to faculty assignments.
Fall 2026 — Planning Progress
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Offer decisions
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Assign faculty
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Lock schedule
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Students plan
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Monitor demand
Courses this term
12
Under review
Set to run
7
Faculty needed: 5
Needs a decision
3
Borderline demand
Will not run
2
Below minimum
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Year 3 elective split risk — offer only ONE of 6514 / 6515 / 6516 this term
All three courses draw from the same pool of ~13 Year 3 students. If two are offered in the same term, each section gets ~6–7 students — below the 10-student minimum. Both will be cancelled. Pick one; mark the others "Do not run."
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LTEC 6280 — verify catalog number with Registrar before scheduling
Academic Writing in Professional and Academic Settings has a provisional number. Do not finalize student plan entries for this course until the number is confirmed.
Offering Decisions Table — Fall 2026
Set each toggle · assign faculty · demand estimate shown for reference. Minimum to run: 10.
Core Courses
Research Methods
Cognitive Apprenticeship — LTEC 6800  Faculty course plan required before confirming section
Year 3 Advanced Research Electives  ⚠ Offer max 1 per term
Dissertation
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Next step: Faculty & Load
When all offer decisions are set, go to Faculty & Load to review assignments and collect LTEC 6800 course plans. You cannot lock the schedule until every confirmed course has an assigned instructor and all 6800 plans are submitted.
Faculty & Teaching Load — Fall 2026
Step 2 of 3. Review assignments below. Each confirmed course must have a faculty member. For LTEC 6800 sections, click "Enter course plan" next to any faculty member with a pending submission — all three fields are required before that section is confirmed.
Faculty available
6
Active this term
Sections assigned
7
of 9 needed
Unassigned sections
2
Must resolve before locking
Teaching Assignments
Fall 2026 confirmed offerings
Faculty MemberTitleMax LoadAssignedStatus
LTEC 6800 Course Plans
Required from each faculty member before section is confirmed
3 needed
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Per program policy, each faculty member teaching a Research Team section must provide: (1) a course title, (2) the study procedure, and (3) the anticipated product or outcome.
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Next step: Term Schedule
Once all faculty are assigned and LTEC 6800 plans are submitted, review the full schedule and lock it.
Term Schedule — Fall 2026
Step 3 of 3. This is the complete view of all confirmed offerings for the term. Review for accuracy — check that every course has a decision, a faculty member, and sufficient projected demand. When you are satisfied, click Lock Schedule. Once locked, students can finalize degree plan entries for this term.
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Schedule is not yet locked — 2 courses are missing faculty assignment
Go back to Faculty & Load to resolve unassigned courses. Students should not finalize plans for this term until the schedule is locked.
CourseTitleCategoryHrsDecisionFacultyEst. DemandMinimumViable?
Student Degree Plans
Available after schedule is locked. Student plans are the primary demand signal for future term planning. Keep them current. Click any student row to view or edit their plan. Plans should reflect the confirmed offerings for the current term.
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Fall 2026 schedule is not yet locked
Advise students not to finalize elective selections for Fall 2026 until the schedule is locked. Offer decisions are still in progress.
Students by Cohort Year
~13–14 per year · ~41 total in coursework · ~21 in dissertation stage (not shown)
Year 1 — 2025 Cohort
Year 2 — 2024 Cohort
Year 3 — 2023 Cohort
LTEC PhD Course Sequence — Advising Reference
reference only
Year 1 — Concepts & Methods (18 hrs)
TermCourseTitle
FallLTEC 6000Overview of LT and Theories
FallLTEC 6501Research I
SpringLTEC 6010Behavioral, Cognitive & Social Theory in LT
SpringLTEC 6505Research II
SummerLTEC 6280Academic Writing in Professional & Academic Settings confirm #
SummerLTEC 6800-ICognitive Apprenticeship I
Year 2 — Research Methods (18 hrs)
TermCourseTitle
FallLTEC 6511Quantitative Research Methods
FallLTEC 6020Advanced Instructional Design Models
SpringLTEC 6512Qualitative Research Methods
SpringLTEC 6030Emerging Technologies
SummerLTEC 6800-IICognitive Apprenticeship II
Year 3 — Dissertation Prep (12 hrs)
TermCourseTitle
Fall651xAdvanced Research Elective max 1/term
FallLTEC 6121Adult Learning & Leadership Concepts & Theories
SpringLTEC 6040Distance Education
SpringLTEC 6480Dissertation Preparation
Year 4+ — Dissertation (12 hrs min)
TermCourseTitle
All termsLTEC 6950Dissertation Research (repeating)
SummersLTEC 6800-IIICognitive Apprenticeship III (merged w/ 6950)
Demand Analysis — Fall 2026
Projected enrollment per course based on cohort size (~13–14 students/year, ~41 total in coursework). Check this before finalizing offer decisions. Any course that cannot reach 10 enrolled students should not be scheduled. The Year 3 elective group is the critical risk zone — see the scenario analysis below.
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How demand estimates work
Required courses use the full cohort count (~13–14 per year). Electives are estimated from student degree plan entries and elective pool size. As student plans are updated each term, these estimates sharpen.
Course-by-Course Demand Estimates
Fall 2026 · Minimum to run: 10 students
CourseWho EnrollsEst. Demandvs. MinimumRisk LevelNotes
Year 3 Elective Split Scenario
highest risk
Year 3 has ~13–14 students. The elective group (6514, 6515, 6516) all draw from this same pool. Minimum to run is 10.
If 2 electives offered
~6–7
students per section
Both sections fall below 10. Neither course runs. Students lose the elective for the term.
If 1 elective offered
~13
students enrolled
Course runs reliably. Rotate the other two electives to future terms.
LTEC 6800 Section Viability
faculty-gated
Each LTEC 6800 section is organized by major professor and enrolls only that faculty member's advisees. Individual sections may not reach 10 students on their own.
FacultyYear GroupAdviseesViable?
Dr. RoscoeYear 14
Borderline
Dr. MartinYear 15
Borderline
Dr. WarrenYear 14
Borderline
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Consider a merged Year 1 section. Multiple faculty co-meeting with combined advisee groups may reach the 10-student threshold while maintaining the apprenticeship structure.
LTEC PhD Course Catalog
Complete course list for the LTEC PhD Cognitive Apprenticeship program. Use this as a reference when advising students on sequencing or verifying rotation patterns. Rotation indicates the standard offering term.
NumberTitleHrsCategoryYearTermRotationNotes