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Although many students say they agree on the value of the creative writing classes, they are divided over the courses??€™ selectivity...
According to the past two year’s enrollment statistics posted on the Registrar’s website, the number of undergraduates in large courses??€”those enrolling 75 or more students—is fairly stable...
There were 54 large courses offered in both the fall semesters of 2001 and 2002. Of those, two courses experienced absolutely no change in the number of undergraduates, and only 15 courses??€™ enrollments fluctuated by more than 30 undergraduates. And though several of the courses did experience extremely large enrollment changes—on the order of several hundred students—these extremely large fluctuations could frequently be explained by changes in teaching staff or some current event drawing undergraduates’ attention to the topic. For example, Afro-American Studies 10, “Introduction...
...add/drop forms may limit students’ interest in enrolling in many classes. Since the signatures of professors, advisers, or both, will still be required on these forms, preregistration will add a level of bureaucracy to the first week of classes. Students wishing to change all four of their courses??€”as presently happens quite often—would need to file eight forms, secure four professors’ signatures and visit their concentration advisers. Simultaneously, students may feel unspoken obligations to attend classes for which they register—a few months thinking about a particular class schedule...
Also at yesterday’s meeting, CUE member Alex B. Patterson ’02-’03 formally proposed an extension of the deadline for dropping courses??€”now the fifth Monday of the term. CUE members discussed making the drop period two weeks longer...