To make any appointment:

  

Provide two or three time slots of the desired duration at least four business days in the future if possible, and after checking my calendar to see when I am available.

(The object is to address all the details completely in your opening correspondence so that we can get a meeting set up with only one email from you to me, and one reply from me to you.)

Subject: Request 60 min appointment with you
 
 
Linda (or Dr. Swihart, not "professor")

I have looked at your calendar and it appears that you are available
   Tuesday 1/14/2010 3:00 - 4:00
   and/or
   Thursday 1/16/2010 2:30 - 3:30

Can you meet me at (wherever you want to meet) one or the other of those times, please?  I would like to discuss __________.