Have I killed philosophy of religion?
When I first arrived at the University of My Sojourn, we filled two 50-person sections of Philosophy of Religion every semester. Last semester we nearly filled my section, but the other section, taught by a graduate student, had to be canceled for low enrollment. For this fall we scheduled only one section, which I'm supposed to teach; only 10 people have signed up.
Have I somehow managed to kill philosophy of religion at my university in a mere two years?
Labels: The other career
posted by The Postulant @ 3:35 PM
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you have the POWER!
seriously, the case i know of where something like this happened at UCI it was an unintendend consequence of a shift in graduation requirements. intro to existentialism suddenly found itself, by two independent changes not considered together, of no use in satisfying non-majors' distribution requirements, and also not counting as credits toward a philosophy major. enrollment plummeted.
sometimes shifts in scheduling matter more that profs thing too. undergrads often choose courses based on time of day and number of meetings, and while profs often love twice-a-week 90 minute classes, undergrads often much prefer thrice-a-week 60 minutes. i saw that work against one prof who always bent strings to get a "preferred" time slot, and then wondered why he didn't get as many students.
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