Arts First scheduling for Winter 2026

We are collecting information to help plan the Winter 2026 schedule for ARTS 160. 

This form must be completed by  Friday, August 1st for instructor preferences and constraints. 

Please review the following in the Instructor Handbook before completing this form:

  • General Assignment Recommendations
  • Best Practices for Instructors
Personal information
If you do not have a home department, enter "N/A."
Course information

Please confirm your course and topic details. 

Note: If you plan to teach a similar topic to one previously used for an ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 course, both the topic title and description must be revised.

Maximum 30 characters, including spaces.
Just a few sentences, please - this will be posted on our website for students.
Teaching preferences
Although it is our intention to accommodate all selections in this section, it may not be possible to do so.
Preferred teaching window

If you are teaching for your home department, your preferred window must match what you submitted there.
Preferred meet pattern(s)
If multiple meet patterns are selected, please specify your first preference.
Back-to-back courses

Teaching "back-to-back" means you have 10 minutes between classes. The default assumption is that you can teach back-to-back courses. This includes any courses you are teaching for other departments.
Do you prefer to teach multiple courses on the same day (including courses for other departments) or spread out over the week?

For example, if teaching two courses, do you prefer to teach both on the same day or one on Monday/Wednesday and the other on Tuesday/Thursday (spread out)?
Are you teaching other UWaterloo courses in addition to your Arts First course? If yes, please list all courses.
We will use this information to prevent conflicts with your other courses.
Additional teaching constraints

If you have any constraints that limit your availability to teach within the provided windows, please indicate below.

If you have a Level 1 Constraint (medical/human rights) please contact the Arts First Directors.

Child care, partner care or elder care constraints will be honoured if possible. It is better to communicate these constraints now rather than adjust schedules after they have been set. Please list these constraints (days and times you cannot teach):
If you have constraints based on regularly scheduled university/faculty meetings, list the days and times here:
Preferential requests will also be honoured if possible (e.g. commuter-related requests, personal time management reasons, personal preferences). It is better to foresee and communicate these constraints than to have to change schedules after they have been set. Please list these constraints (days and times you cannot teach) here:
Instructor requirements
I confirm that I have read the General Assignment Recommendations.
The General Assignment Recommendations are linked at the top of this form.
I confirm that I have read the Best Practices for Instructors.
The Best Practices for Instructors are linked at the top of this form.
I plan to attend the Arts First instructor check-in during the teaching term.