Online Timetable - Help
This page provides help information for the online timetable system
- Understanding paper codes
- How do I tell when a paper is taught?
- What is a lecture, stream, tutorial, laboratory and workshop?
Note: You should try to ensure that you organise your programme of study so that you can attend the lectures and the associated practical sessions for all of your papers.
Understanding paper codes
Each paper is identified by an alpha-numeric code.
For example:
HISTY107-24A (HAM) New Zealand Histories: Fresh Perspectives
| HISTY | This is the subject code. In this case, History |
| 107 | This is the level of the paper, followed by a unique identifier: 100 = 100 level 200 = 200 level 300 = 300 level |
| 24A | This is the year and trimester in which the paper is taught |
| (HAM) | This is the location where the paper is taught |
How do I tell when a paper is taught?
Classes are scheduled to last 50 minutes and begin on the hour until (and including) 12 noon, and at 10 minutes past the hour from 1:10 p.m. This allows a lunch break of 20 minutes from 12:50 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. for students with continuous teaching activity commitments. Normal teaching hours are between 8.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m.
Papers are taught over a variety of teaching periods within the year. The main teaching periods include examination periods and are:
2025
| Teaching Period | Dates | |
|---|---|---|
| Trimester A | Is indicated by 25A at the end of a paper code. | 24 February to 30 May 2025 |
| Trimester B | Is indicated by 25B at the end of a paper code. | 7 July to 10 October 2025 |
| Trimester C | Is indicated by 25C at the end of a paper code. Trimester C 2024 starts in 2024 and ends in 2025. | 10 November 2025 to 6 February 2026 |
| Full year D | Is indicated by 25D at the end of a paper code. Trimester D papers are taught over Trimester A and Trimester B. | 24 February to 10 October 2025 |
| Trimester H | Is indicated by 25H at the end of a paper code. | 6 January to 6 February 2025 |
| Trimester G | Is indicated by 25G at the end of a paper code. | 10 November to 19 December 2025 |
2024
| Teaching Period | Dates | |
|---|---|---|
| Trimester A | Is indicated by 24A at the end of a paper code. | 26 February to 23 June 2024 |
| Trimester B | Is indicated by 24B at the end of a paper code. | 8 July to 03 November 2024 |
| Trimester C | Is indicated by 24C at the end of a paper code. Trimester C 2024 starts in 2024 and ends in 2025. | 11 November 2024 to 16 February 2025 |
| Full year D | Is indicated by 24D at the end of a paper code. Trimester D papers are taught over Trimester A and Trimester B. | 26 February to 03 November 2024 |
| Trimester H | Is indicated by 24H at the end of a paper code. | 3 January to 18 February 2024 |
| Trimester G | Is indicated by 24G at the end of a paper code. | 11 November to 20 December 2024 |
Sometimes papers are taught over periods other than those outlined above. These papers have X, I, J, K etc at the end of the code.
For a full list of the teaching weeks of the University see the following:
What is a lecture, stream, tutorial, laboratory and workshop?
Any of these activities can be offered online. Activities with 'See Moodle' are being taught online, not on campus. More detail about each activity is available on each paper's Paper Outline or in Moodle.
Lecture |
A lecture is a presentation by an academic staff member, often in a lecture theatre but not always. Some lectures are online. Some are interactive with participation required from students. Most papers have one or two lectures per week. Students are generally expected to attend each lecture scheduled. |
Tutorial |
These are meetings of smaller groups of students with a staff member. Tutorials provide an opportunity to discuss the material covered in lectures and are interactive. Most papers offer a number of tutorials each week, and you choose which one to attend (select which best suits your timetable). Most tutorials start in the second week of the trimester but you can check this on the 'Weekly Schedule of Activities' for each paper on timetable.waikato.ac.nz |
Workshop, Laboratory, Studio |
You might conduct practical experiments or be on a computer in a computer lab. Workshops, labs and studios are like tutorials in that there are generally different options offered each week, and you pick one to go to. Sometimes our staff select a particular lab for you (based on your timetable) and they will notify you on Moodle which lab you are in. |
Stream |
Sometimes lectures or other activities are divided into more than one class to cater for large numbers of students. When this happens, the same material is covered in both streams each week. If an activity is streamed, you will see an * in the name of it. For example, PAPER202-24A (HAM) LEC01 *A or PAPER202-24A (HAM) LEC01 *B shows that the Lecture 01 has been split into two streams A and B. You pick one - either *A or *B, not both. |