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Devac  ·  278 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: February 28, 2024

Meetup reminder: March the 7th, 06:00 PM ETS, so about week from now.

After getting positive poll responses, I'm drafting an elective course. One of those 'proof writing for not just math majors' you have in the US. So much for doing less paperwork, but this one at least doesn't feel purposeless.





am_Unition  ·  278 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Good friend of mine served as an adjunct prof, and suffered with low enrollment for a couple years. Then he offered a new course, an elective, on top of his standard PHYS 201 and PHYS 302 stuff: The Physics of Superheros. After that, he didn't have enrollment issues. I think people went through the course catalog and decided to have him as their prof for the standard stuff because he was teaching the superheros course, which filled up pretty dang fast. Marketing genius.

Devac  ·  278 days ago  ·  link  ·  

For sure, the word of mouth is as crucial as earning a good reputation. That said, the course is gonna have only 15 seats by design. I'd rather be having 4-6 people who want to come rather than deal with a hundred who just want a pass.