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...next year. Andrade, who will work at West Virginia University in the fall, says that his time as a fellow this past year made him “a more marketable candidate from the perspective of search committees,” as he was able to design his own syllabi and teach his own courses—two experiences many graduate students never have before applying for jobs...
Looking over old syllabi, I find readings I wish I had done, classes I wish I had gone to, professors I wish I had gotten to know. A part of me thinks, “Well, if these things really were important to me, I would have done them! Priorities are revealed in actions.” But I would be hard pressed to argue that watching the same episode of Family Guy three times was more important or a better use of my time than going to a molecular and cellular biology lecture. The next time around...
...waste of teachers’ time and ours—except unlike shopping week, at least it doesn’t actually harm us in the process. Shopping period may once have been useful, it’s true—back in the days before syllabi could be posted online or that questioner could e-mail the professor instead. But today, much more information beyond a one-paragraph course description can and must be made available several months before a semester begins. We should take advantage of that—and abolish the shopping period that it has made...
...order for pre-registration to succeed, students must take it seriously. Therefore, we encourage undergraduates to talk to friends, look at online syllabi, and think seriously about their schedules before they pre-register. This will benefit the College, and will also make shopping less stressful...
...this end, we encourage professors to post syllabi and other relevant class information early, in order to help students make truly educated decisions during the pre-registration process. Presently, many classes do not have an updated syllabus posted on their course website until shopping period begins. Harris has said that pre-registration will tentatively occur in November, which is a full two months before students usually begin researching courses. Since many decide on a class because of the workload, number of major assignments, or the dates on which they fall, there is no way students can pre-register properly without...