Students to spend
more time in class
■ Students and faculty may
need to put more change
in the meter when they
come to class this year
By Marty Toohey
for the Emerald
When Barbara Brown saw the
length of her “World of Fiction”
course in the fall schedule, she said
she “thought it was a typo.” The
class, which she teaches, was listed
as meeting twice a week for two
hours each meeting, a half hour
longer per class than last year.
Brown said the University regis
trar’s office “cracked down” this
year on four-credit classes meeting
only three hours a week. She, and
the rest of the GTFs in the compar
ative literature department had
half an hour added to their classes.
Under new scheduling protocol
implemented this year by the Uni
versity, four-credit 300 or 400 lev
el classes can meet for three hours
of class time per week — instead
of four — only if they have “suffi
ciently demonstrated lab or activi
ties outside of class to warrant the
additional credit hour beyond
(classroom) contact,” according to
the Registrar’s Web site.
Almost every University de
partment is scheduling two-hour
classes as part of the new proto
col, both to meet contact guide
lines and to offer more class meet
ing times, according to University
Registrar Herbert Chereck.
The University implemented
the new policy, he said, because
the Gilbert Hall construction —
set to start in February — will ren
I
der 22 classrooms unavailable, in
creased enrollment demands
more classes, and additional
classes and less classrooms mean
a longer teaching day is necessary.
Under the new protocol, Chereck
said, the teaching day is divided into
four “zones,” with a set percentage
of classes scheduled for each zone.
The new zones create classes earlier
and later in the day than were typi
cal, as well as other schedules, such
as two-hour classes Mondays and
Wednesdays.
Senior Amanda Horton said she
doesn’t really mind her Business
316 class lasting two hours, be
cause the professor only lectures
for about 20 minutes before break
ing into classroom activities.
She also said she doesn’t mind
the prospect of more two-hour
classes.
“I’d rather have classes all day
during the week,” she said, “and
then have Friday off.”
Andrew Ragland, a GTF teach
ing an accounting class, said he
keeps his students’ interests by
breaking up the class time be
tween lecture and problem-solv
ing activities. He acknowledged
that other courses may not be able
to accommodate this type of style.
“I think it’s really subject spe
cific,” Ragland said. “You can
make sure it’s not two hours of
lecture. But with an English class
that’s two hours of lecture and
discussion, I’m not sure you can
break it up, and two hours is a
long time.”
Marty Toohey is a freelance reporter
for the Oregon Daily Emerald.
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Senate Ad Hoc Committee on
Campus Responses to Aftermath of September 11 Events
Department of Political Science
presents a teach-in series
Wednesdays 3:30-5:00
^ 110 Fenton Hall „
The University Senate Ad Hoc Committee serves to coordinate and facilitate informed discussion, from a
variety of perspectives, on the events of September 11th and their aftermath. The Committee does not take
positions on issues of policy, politics, or ideology. To ensure its neutrality, the Committee will provide
clear identification of the specific sponsorship of campus activities by the groups that carry them out. In
all cases, the content of remarks and materials relating to these issues are the responsibility of their
sponsors, and do not reflect an official position of the Ad Hoc Committee or the University of Oregon.
November 14
The Impact on the United States
Presented by Julie Novkov, Political Science
Jerry Medler, Political Science
Fundraising Reception for the Victims of September 11
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world” -Mahatma Gandhi
DATE: November 20th, 2001
PLACE: Ballroom, EMU
TIME: 6:30 P.M.
COST: students $15 others $20
All funds will go to WTC Relief Fund and Islamic Relief Worldwide. Tickets are now available at ticketing office.
Sponsored by: ASUO, ISA, SIS
To contact the Senate Ad Hoc Committee, e-mail
septl 1 <g>darkwing,uoregon.edu or connect to the
Committee’s web page:
http://darkwing.uoregon,edu/~septli /
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