Show 4 4 o p 21 Ii t zY t r F F 7 x f r a tab 9 5 r a C rn J JS J'S e S S S 0 oJ V S S 5 S p S vA Z y e 11 I a. a 4 y 4 Photo by Cameron Francis Winter has definitely come to Utah Our photographer caught this barn near Park City with snow covering it Flexible curriculum creates options and problems Connie Stowe Burrup Staff Writer THE flexibility offered at Salt Lake Community College may be one of the schools school's biggest problems However that same flexibility is what makes the college so attractive College College College Col Col- lege officials continue to readjust the curriculum and teaching The dramatic growth we are experiencing ex ex- experiencing is causing us to scramble to serve our students stated Academic Vice President Ann Erickson Our sense this quarter is that we weare weare weare are in better shape than in the fall she added Our student population is really capricious we do the best we can to predict she said Individual department chairs do dothe dothe dothe the scheduling explained Erickson Those administrators are responsible for scheduling a certain number of sections The class and how many sections are specified per quarter is based on the experience of the division chairs and input from the faculty Statistics from past years student load projection and recommendations from student services all combine combine combine com com- bine to determine course work offered offered offered of of- for each quarter Registration also provides information up to the third week of quarter The division chair then reviews suitable faculty for forr I If I r fJ tea ti t t. t 2 L i a particular section from a pool of names kept on file in the department Winter quarter estimates from registration have student population load up 20 6 over last year According to Loren P P. Evans registrar registration was fairly normal normal normal nor nor- mal this quarter Problems arose this winter because many students didn't take advantage of early registration Wait lists were consistent but a lot lotof lotof lotof of students got into classes from the wait list said Evans Evans also indicated that the classes classes classes clas clas- ses which fill up the fastest are those basic course requirements in each department It is not unusual to have wait lists up to 30 students At this time there is no limit on how many can be placed on a wait list Each department continually checks the class load to determine if more sections sections sections sec sec- should be added he said Student needs change every quarter Erickson said In general there must be at least 15 IS registered students for a class to continue However there are exceptions If the class is Js necessary for the specific major a second year course a new program or a new concept the 15 rule is not not- applied as strictly explained explained explained ex ex- Erickson In an n effort to use space more efficiently efficiently effi effi- dently classes are scheduled in the afternoons evenings and weekends We are trying to push the notion of an afternoon and we weekend kend college college college col col- col- col lege to adjust to the needs of our diverse said Erickson the majority of classes classes classes clas clas- ses are taught by contract faculty according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to Erickson However there are some departments where this is not the case If you go by bodies there are more adjunct teachers but the majority of the course curriculum is being taught by contract faculty stated Erickson The American Association of Community and Junior Colleges has established guidelines for the ratio of contract and adjunct faculty allowed The majority of credit hours must be delivered by contract or full time faculty We are in compliance with that she said Whenever that ratio is in jeopardy we review and adjust that department department department depart depart- ment she added We are the fastest growing institution institution institution in in- in the state Our surveys indicate indicate indicate in in- that this fall our head count is up by 2000 over fall 1990 Erickson said Waiting lists are not unusual commented Erickson She said that we are in the process of adding two new portables that arent aren't quite completed completed completed com com- yet meanwhile those classes are meeting in the college center for a afew afew few weeks All satellite campuses are having the same pro problems lems They are all crowded she said We continue to try and accommodate student demand and student needs said Erickson |