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Show ' I ; ; ; I New concept in education SUSC weekend college scheduled will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays then again from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Satur-days. Geology of Zion National Park with E. Blair Maxfield is scheduled for Nov. 19 and 20. A Dutch oven dinner is included in the workshop which will begin Friday in Cedar City and continue the next day with a geologic tour of the park. One credit is avilable. One credit is also available for a Dec. 2 - 5 study field trip to Death Valley National Monument. The trip will begin at 6 a.m. Dec. 2 and end when students return to Cedar City three days later. E. Blair Maxfield is the insturctor. family and job responsibilities. respon-sibilities. "Weekend college is a direct response to this problem." he said. "Many different individuals in-dividuals can profit from the concept, from housewives and full-time workers to high school students who, with permission from their principals, can earn college credit while still in school." In addition to the composition class, fall quarter weekend college offerings are: Mathematical Applications Ap-plications (UMAP), a three-credit course taught by Steven H. Heath, association professor of mathematics at SUSC. Taught in Science 314, sessions will be Fridays from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. until noon, October 8-9, 22-23 and Nov. 5-6, 19-20. 19-20. Classroom Reader's Theater, Education 492, begins Oct. 15 in Science 307. The three-credit course will be taught by Bill Morris, instructor of education at SUSC. Sessions will be Fridays from 7 to 9 p.m., Saturdays Satur-days from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. One credit is available for two geology study field trips one on Oct. 16 to the Milf ord-Black Rock area, the second on Nov. 6 to the Vulcan's Throne (West Rim Grand CAnyon). SUSC geologist E. Blair Maxfield will direct the day-long Saturday ventures. Photography of Zion National Park will be featured in a one-credit workshop Oct. 22 and 23. David B. Jensen, coordinator coor-dinator of the SUSC Media Center, is the instructor. Participants will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in Cedar City then spend the following day in the National Park. A Dutch oven dinner and experience in color film processing is included. A papermaking workshop will be Nov. 5-6, 12-13 with guest artist Lucy Wallingsford. The two credit course, art 492, CEDAR CITY -Registration for weekend college, a new concept in adult education, will be Oct. 2 at Southern Utah State College. Weekend college is designed for non-traditional non-traditional students, those unable to attend regular day or evening school. Sessions are on Friday evenings and on Saturdays, credit courses that apply towards the bachelor's degree. Registration for eight different classes, from composition to geology, will be from 8 to 9 a.m. in Old Aministration 204, location of SUSC's Division of Continuing Education. English 101, Introduction In-troduction to Composition, Com-position, will begin Oct. 2 under the direction of S. S. Moorty, associate professor English at SUSC. The four-credit course will be taught in Science 306 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Fridays and from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays. "The seven other courses being at different times, from mathematical applications ap-plications on Oct. 8 to a geology study field trip to Death Valley Dec. 2 to 5," Phillip C. Carter, assistant vice president for academic programs, said. "Registration for these seven can be completed at any time throught he Division of Continuing Education." Weekend college is a relatively new concept in education, one that has come about because of increased adult enrollment in the nation's colleges and universities. "A significant part, 18.2 percent of 366 of the 2,017 students enrolled at SUSC last winter were over 30 years of age," Dr. Carter said. "This is a substantial sub-stantial increase over other years." A major problem of adult learners, Carter said, is the in-compatability in-compatability of regularly scheduled courses with daytime |