Course Offerings Increase Plans to Increase Frosh Enrollments
Volume 6, Number 1 College At Lincoln Center, Fordham University, New York January 23-February 5, 1985 Course Offerings Increase By Robert Dunne Course offerings for the spring are up from the fall in nearly all disciplines, despite criticism from many students that the spring schedule seemed The smaller. There is also little relative change in this year's schedules to last year's, even though the total school enrollment dropped 7 percent. Spring course offerings are up from the fall in all areas except Puerto Rican studies, which is of- Pub fering two fewer classes, and courses for Middle East studies and Excel, both having no change. These figures include individual course offerings and not classes having several sections. "There is no policy to cut back the number of Rocks courses," said Assistant Dean of Special Sessions and Assistant Professor of Philosophy Robert O'Brien. "We take the number of courses suc- cessfully run through and make it a target for next year's schedule." ROBERT O'BRIEN Reflecting any drops in enrollment that might enrollments must be offered because the Univer- sity is committed to teaching those courses. occur, O'Brien said there would be cuts made in Pub Jukebox the overall program, but chiefly from trimming the Course offerings for the 1984-85 academic year number of sections an individual course might have remained stable from last year's schedules. By Doris Suen what songs people want and they change it," have. This year's fell arts and social science courses were Engelhardt said. She also said that the student "When you do cut back, you have to watch out up, -while black studies, business, Puerto Rican The Pub has installed a jukebox to alleviate the government or the Food Committee will decide that you're offering an adequate program," O'Brien studies, math/science and urban studies offerings problem of radio versus radio.
[Show full text]