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Telecourses offer credits for watching TV By Diana Elliot Of the Emerald With midterms just around the corner, many people have reluctantly given up the ritual of television for the ritual of studying. But now, thanks to a new course offered through the biology department, students can have the best of both worlds. A telecourse, based on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s 12-part series, “The Living around the world making films, Cook says. “It almost seems a scandal not to take advantage of it," he says. This isn’t the first time students have been offered credit for watching television at the University. Two years ago, the history department offered a telecourse in conjunction with the airing of “The Winds of War,” a network mini-series based on World War II, says Paul Katz, program coodinator 1After all, the whole thrust of education is to talk about ideas, so why not present those ideas by film instead of by lecture?' — Gordon Murphy Planet: A Portrait of the Earth,” which begins Sunday, will earn students two credits for wat ching the program, attending meetings, and completing reading assignments and a take home examination. Biology Prof. Stanton Cook, who will teach the course, believes colleges aren’t using public television like they should. Producers have the huge budgets necessary to travel of the Continuation Center. Community colleges and even high schools have been us ing television as a teaching tool for years, says Gordon Murphy, academic administrative assis tant in the biology department. But the University hasn’t got in to the act yet. Murphy believes one reason universities have been reluctant to use television is because many college professors believe television is just a trend. “We’re victims of inertia,” Murphy says. “We feel comfor table where we are, and we’re reluctant to join a fad.” But eventually universities will be moving in that direc tion, Murphy says. “After all, the whole thrust of education is to talk about ideas, so why not present those ideas by film in stead of by lecture?” he says. Next fall, the biology depart ment will offer a course first aired on public television two years ago. The University pur chased 13 programs out of the 27-part series, “The Life on Earth.” The class is designed for first year biology majors and will be taught in a classroom setting. Students will watch the film and have access to an instruc tor, Murphy says. Aside from presenting material in a more stimulating way, the new class has another purpose. In the past, biology majors haven’t taken biology classes until their junior year. Now they’ll have contact with a biology professor during their first year without taking the more difficult upper-division courses. Telecourses needn’t be limited to biology and history departments, Cook says. “There are a lot of subjects that could be dealt with in this way,” he says. This first telecourse may be just a beginning for the biology department. Murphy predicts if the class is successful, similar courses will be added in the r near future. Registration and orientation for Sunday’s telecourse will be tomorrow at 7 p.m. in Room 138 Gilbert Hall. The course, which ends April 25, costs $98. Con tact the Continuation Center at 686-4231 for more information. Perm Special 2 for the price of 1 You and a friend can come in and get 683 PC2000Computer Perms UGH TECH PBW COMPUTER SYSTEM for the price of one perm! 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