Teaching Space at the University of Houston

Introduction

	Data reported in this analysis were obtained from Mr. Cecil Ward from the UH Space Inventory Report - March 9, 1999.

	The Coordinating Board for Higher Education in Texas recognizes two broad categories of teaching space:

a)	classrooms (room type 110)
b)	class laboratories (room type 210)

At the University of Houston classrooms are further subdivided into three 
categories which relate to seating capacity and function:

a)	Type 110 - teaching space with less than 100 seats
b)	Type 111 - teaching auditoria - more than 100 seats
c)	Type 112 - seminar classrooms

Each of these three categories are further subdivided into:

a)	General Purpose - these classrooms do not appear on the space
inventory of a college, department or other academic unit.  On 
the UH Space Inventory these rooms have a Department Number
value if 900000.  Procedures for determining which courses are taught in which of these General Purpose classrooms exist and will be summarized in another report.  

b)	Specific Purpose - these classrooms appear on the space inventory
of a particular college, department or other academic unit.  On the	
UH Space Inventory these rooms have a Department Number value that identify the academic unit that determines the courses that will be taught in that room.   

	All class laboratories are assigned to a specific college, department or other academic unit.  On the UH Space Inventory these rooms have a Department Number value that identifies the academic unit that determines the activities that will take place in that room.

	The distribution of teaching space across the campus is given in Table 1.  The number of seats (capacity) is given in parentheses.

Table 1

Distribution of Teaching Space at UH

Classroom Type	Total		General Purpose		Specific Purpose

110			219 (  9,917)	  143 (  6,351)			    76 (  3,566)
111			  26 (  5,644)	    21 (  5,032)			      5 (     612)
112			  50 (  1,304)	    18 (     390)			    32 (     914)

Subtotal		295 (16,865)	  182 (11,773)			  113 (  5,092)

210			194 (  5,369)	      0				  194 (  5,369)	

Total			489 (22,234)	  182 (11,773)			  307 (10,461)

	Approximately half of the total UH available capacity (seats) is located in General Purpose classrooms.  	

	Tables locating general purpose and specific purpose classrooms 

General Purpose Classrooms by Building

No.	Building Name				Room Type	Seats

24	AGNES ARNOLD HALL			110		1185
  3	COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE		110		  129
  9	ROY GUSTAV CULLEN			110		  402
  3	ISABEL C. CAMERON			110		  165
13	CULLEN COLL OF ENGR, NORTH 	110		  535
  2	LAMAR FLEMING, JR.			110		  148
  6	FINE ARTS					110		  244
13	STEPHEN POWER FARISH HALL	110		  541
15	CHARLES F. MCELHINNEY HALL	110		  665
19	MELCHER HALL				110		  958
18	PHILIP GUTHRIE HOFFMAN HALL	110		  728
12	SCIENCE AND RESEARCH		110		  596
  5	SOCIAL WORK				110		  190
  1	TECHNOLOGY ANNEX			110		    45
							
No.	Building Name				Room Type	Seats

  5	AGNES ARNOLD HALL			111		1387
  1	COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE		111		  226
  1	ROY GUSTAV CULLEN			111		  186
  1	COMMUNICATIONS			111		  100
  1	ENGINEERING LECTURE HALL	111		  217
  1	CULLEN COLL OF ENGR, NORTH	111		  124
  1	LAMAR FLEMING, JR.			111		  304
  4	MELCHER HALL				111		1121
  2	PHILIP GUTHRIE HOFFMAN HALL	111		  278
  2	SCIENCE AND RESEARCH		111		  521
  2	SOCIAL WORK				111		  568

No.	Building Name				Room Type	Seats

  3	COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE		112		    38
  2	ROY GUSTAV CULLEN			112		    38
  4	STEPHEN POWER FARISH HALL	112		  123
  3	CHARLES F. MCELHINNEY HALL	112		    74
  2	PHILIP GUTHRIE HOFFMAN HALL	112		    56
  4	SCIENCE AND RESEARCH 2		112		    61

Specified Classrooms by Building

No.	Building Name				Room Type	Seats

  2	AGNES ARNOLD HALL			110		  65
  5	BATES LAW					110		294
  4	C. HILTON COLL HOTEL			110		321
  1	CLINICAL RESEARCH SERVICES	110		  50
  1	FINE ARTS					110		  50
  3	SUSANNA GARRISON GYMNASIUM	110		110
  2	HOFHEINZ PAVILION			110		  50
  3	J. DAVIS ARMISTEAD			110		  89
  3	M. D. ANDERSON LIBRARY		110		176
  2	LAW RESIDENCE HALL			110		  50
  3	MELCHER HALL				110		135
  2	NORTH HOUSTON INSTITUTE		110	 	  24
  1	PHILIP GUTHRIE HOFFMAN HALL	110		  30
  4	COLL OF PHAR, TEXAS MED CENT	110		232
  1	SCIENCE					110		  25
  3	SCIENCE AND RESEARCH 2		110		110
  6	TECHNOLOGY ANNEX			110		200
  8	COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY		110		325
  3	TEACHING UNIT 2			110		250
19	WEST HOUSTON INST.			110		800
  1	BATES LAW					111		  90

No.	Building Name				Room Type	Seats

  1	C. HILTON COLL HOTEL			111		142
  1	STEPHEN POWER FARISH HALL	111		163
  1	J. DAVIS ARMISTEAD			111		111
  1	TEACHING UNIT 2			111		106

No.	Building Name				Room Type	Seats

  4	AGNES ARNOLD HALL			112		110
  1	ART AND ENGINEERING ANNEX	112		  25
  5	COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE		112		  65
  2	BATES LAW	112	55
  7	C. HILTON COLL HOTEL			112		427
  2	CLINICAL RESEARCH SERVICES	112		  15
  1	STEPHEN POWER FARISH HALL	112		  20
  1	J. DAVIS ARMISTEAD			112		    7
  1	MELCHER HALL				112		  20
  1	PHILIP GUTHRIE HOFFMAN HALL	112		  26
  2	COLL OF PHAR, TEXAS MED CENT	112		  64
  1	SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK		112		  15
  3	TEACHING UNIT 2			112		  40
  1	UNIVERSITY CENTER SATELLITE	112		  25

No.	Building Name				Room Type	Seats

  1	AGNES ARNOLD HALL			210		  90
11	ART AND ENGINEERING ANNEX	210		225
  6	COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE		210		554
  1	BAND ANNEX				210		250
  1	BATES LAW					210		  24
  6	ISABEL C. CAMERON			210		181
  6	C. HILTON COLL HOTEL			210		146
  8	COMMUNICATIONS			210		213
12	CULLEN COLLEGE OF ENGR		210		283
  5	CULLEN COLL OF ENGR, NORTH 	210		  92
  2	EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE CENTER	210		  20
  9	LAMAR FLEMING, JR.			210		215
15	FINE ARTS					210		508
  7	STEPHEN POWER FARISH HALL	210		177
  1	HOFHEINZ PAVILION			210		  30
27	J. DAVIS ARMISTEAD			210		263
13	JOHN & REB. MOORES MUSIC		210		696
  3	PHILIP GUTHRIE HOFFMAN HALL	210		  82
  2	COLL OF PHAR, TEXAS MED CENT	210		  27
16	SCIENCE					210		358
  1	SOUTH PARK ANNEX			210		  30
14	SCIENCE AND RESEARCH		210		322
  8	TECHNOLOGY ANNEX			210		191
11	COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY		210		232
6	WEST HOUSTON INST. CINCO		210		120
2	WORTHAM THEATER COMPLEX	210		  40

Specified Classrooms by Academic Unit 

Count	 Unit			Room Type		Seats

  1	Art			110	FA		  50
  1	Art			112	AR		  25
21	Art			210	AR		450
23

  1	BCHS			210	SR		    8
13	Biology		210	S		280
14

  1	Center Exec Dev	110	MH		  47
  1	Center Exec Dev	112	MH		  20
  2

  1	Center for Youth	112	GSSW		  15

  5	Chemical Engr	210	ENGR		119

  9	Chemistry		210	F		215

  1	Civil Tech		110	T		  32
11	Civil Tech		210	T		238
12				

  2	Clinical Sciences	110	Hpav		  50
  2	Clinical Sciences	210	Hpav		  42
  4

  6	HFAC			210	BA, FA	438

  5	College of Arch	112	AR		  65
  6	College of Arch	210	AR		554
11

  1	College of Educ	111	Farish		163
  1	College of Educ	112	Farish		  20
  2

  4	College of Hotel	110	Hilton		321
  1	College of Hotel	111	Hilton		142
  7	College of Hotel	112	Hilton		427
  6	College of Hotel	210	Hilton		146
18

  1	NSM			110	Science	  25
  1	NSM			210	Science	  30
  2

  3	Optometry		110	Opt	  	  89
  1	Optometry		111	Opt		111
  1	Optometry		112	Opt		    7
27	Optometry		210	Opt		263

  6	Pharmacy		110	Med Center	317
  2	Pharmacy		112	Med Center	  64
  8

13	Technology		110	T2,T		493
  2	Technology		210	T2,T		  41
15

  1	Comm Disord	110	CR		  50

  3	Computer Sciences	210	PGH	  	  82

 1	Engineering		210	Engr		  50

 4	Curri and Instr	210	Farish		117

  3	Educ Microc Ctr.	210	Farish		  60

  5	Electrical - Tech.	210	T		120

11	Electrical Engr	210	Engr		206

  2	Executive Prog	110	Melcher	  88

  6	Geosciences		210	SR I		152

  3	HHP			110	Garrison	110

  2	History		112	AH		  59

  6	Human Deve		210	Cameron	181

  1	Industrial Tech	210	T2		  24

  5	Journalism		210	Comm	133

  8	Law Center		110	Bates,TU2	544
  2	Law Center		111	Bates	"	196
  5	Law Center		112	Bates	"	  95
  1	Law Center		210	Bates   "	  24
16

  1	Learning Support 	112	UC Satel.  	  25

  1	Mathematics		112	PGH		  26

  1	MDA Library	110	Library	  40

  3  	Modern C La		110	AH		  95
  1	Modern C La		112	AH		  15
  4

  2	N Houston Inst	110	North H.	  24

  1	Pharmacological	110	Med Ctr, S	  25
  3	Pharmacological	210	Med Ctr, S	  63
  4

  7	Physics		210	SR I		162

  2	Psychology		112	CR		  15

  3	Radio TV		210	Comm	  80

  2	Scholar's Comm	110	Law Hall	  50

  1	School of Comm	112	AH		  36

14	School of Music	210	Moores	821

  1	Speech Comm	210	AH		  90

  2	Theater		210	Wortham	  40

  2	Univ Med Serv	110	MD Ander	136

19	West Houston Inst	110	West Hou	800
  8	West Houston Inst	210	West Hou	140
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