Next semester, john needs to take one required course to complete his history major. the two sections of the course are offered at 8: 00 a. m. (not ideal for john, who likes to sleep until 10: 00 a. m.) and at noon with a professor usually referred to as dr. dull. as john decides on his schedule, he will most likely experience an conflict.

I believe the answer is: Avoidance-avoidance conflict

Avoidance-avoidance conflict refers to the type of conflict that happen when we're trying to choose one from two undesirable outcome in order to avoid choosing the other. 
In the example above, the undesirable outcomes are not able to sleep like he likes and having to face a boring professor.