The Faculty Center includes all your teaching assignments at UMass Amherst, organized by term.

• Your Faculty Center will default to the current term, unless your Search Preferences indicate otherwise. Learn more about Search Preferences
• To view courses from past semesters, click change term. On the Select Term page, select a new term, then click Continue. Your Faculty Center will refresh with your teaching assignments for the semester you selected (look under My Teaching Schedule).

You have two options for displaying your Teaching Schedule.
Select:

• Show all classes to view all your teaching assignments, regardless of how many students enrolled in each class.
• Only classes with enrollment to exclude those classes for which no students signed up.

Click the Class Roster icon () to view the most recent class roster for a class. Learn more about Class Rosters

Click the Grade Roster icon () to access the grade roster for a class. Grade rosters only appear on your Faculty Center in the latter part of the term (about a month before grades are due.)

If you are using SPARK for your courses, the Learning Management System (LMS) icon () will appear next to the roster columns. Click the LMS icon () to access the SPARK Login pages. Note: To access SPARK, you will be prompted for your NetID (OIT Account user name) and password.

Use the Class column to check the basic identifiers for your class, as they appear in the Schedule of Classes:

• Subject Area (e.g., COMM for Communication, etc.). Subject Area Codes & Definitions (pdf, 23K)
• Catalog & Section Number (e.g., COMM 396T -07).
• Class Component: Your class can have one or multiple components (e.g., a lecture or a lecture and a discussion section). Components fall into one of the following categories: LEC (Lecture), DIS (Discussion), LAB (Lab), SEM (Seminar), STS (Studio/Skills), IND (Individualized Study), PRA (Practicum), DST (Thesis/Dissertation).
• Class Number: The 5-digit unique identifier for a class that students use to register. Class Numbers change from one semester to the next, even for the same class.

For each class listed on your Teaching Schedule, the Class column also provides a link to its corresponding Class Detail page in the Schedule of Classes. Click this link to see more information about your class, including its status (Open/Closed), enrollment restrictions and notes (e.g., reserved seating, requisites, etc.), class capacity and current enrollment, waitlist information (if the class uses a SPIRE waitlist), and GenEd information (e.g., whether your class fulfills any General Education requirements).

On the Class Detail page, click Close to return to the Faculty Center.

The Class Name column provides the full name of your class (e.g., S - Conflict/Mediation (Seminar), etc.)

The Enrolled column shows the number of students currently enrolled in your class. During the open enrollment period, this number changes based on how many students add and drop your class.

The Days and Time column lists the meeting times for your class (e.g., MWF 9:05 - 9:50).

TBA indicates one of the following:

• The meeting time for your class has not been posted in SPIRE yet. Check with the academic support staff in your department for more information.
• The class is offered online.
• The meeting time is flexible (e.g., for independent studies).

The Room column lists the building and room number where your class meets.

TBA indicates one of the following:

• The location for your class has not been posted in SPIRE yet. Check with the academic support staff in your department for more information.
• The class is offered online.

The Class Dates column lists the start and end dates for your classes (usually corresponding to the start and end dates of the semester). If you are teaching a course with non-standard dates (e.g., a six-week course in the Fall/Spring semester), use this column to confirm that its start and end dates are listed correctly.