Budgets are tight these days, I'm sure you are feeling the pinch with tuition, fees, books, and bills. Has your employer cut back your work hours? If so, then your budget gets tighter and you have to cut back on some things. University budgets are not immune in this situation either. The university gets about half of its money to operate from the state. When state revenues fall short of what's expected, universities are asked to reduce their expenses because the payments from the state may not come or are drastically reduced. One thing the President has asked us to do is review all course enrollments. And, if a class doesn't meet a minimum number, we have to cancel the section and put the faculty member in another class this is needed.
What does this mean to you? Availability of classes needed in your major for spring will be reduced. So, if have pre-registered for spring classes, thank you but pay attention, we are making some schedule changes. If you have not pre-registered for spring classes or are waiting to add a class please note a few changes we are currently making to the schedule. Based on current enrollments and a mandate from the University President that we monitor course enrollments carefully, we are going to make the following changes to the spring schedule. If your classe appears below, please contact your advisor to make necessary changes or modifications to your schedule in spring. If you have NOT registered yet PLEASE register now so that we don't have to cancel any further classes.
Classes now deleted due to low enrollments:
COM 350 section 301, R 6:30pm
COM 205 section 1, MWF 9:00am
Courses AT RISK of closing:
COM309- 2 PRIN PUBLIC RELATN M W F 01:00 PM 01:50 PM (currently at 9 enrolled)
COM315- 2 PUBLIC SPEAKING II T R 11:00 AM 12:15 PM (currently at 7 enrolled)
COM322-301 INTRO ARGUMENTATN T R 05:00 PM 06:15 PM (currently at 8 enrolled)
COM512-301 COMM & DIV IN WORK R 06:30 PM 09:20 PM (currently at 5 enrolled)
Please know that we don't like to close classes, just as you don't want to change your schedule, faculty don't either. So, here's what I will do; with regards to this list of courses 'at risk' above I will decide by Friday December 12 if we will retain the course or delete it. For 300 level courses, we need to have minimum of 10-11 in each section, for COM 512 we need 8. I will send out an additional blog post with more information on Friday afternoon.What that means for you is if you are in one of these classes, develop a contingency plan. If you have not registered for a class and one of these is on your list, REGISTER now to keep the course open. Get in touch with your advisor.
If we cancel a class and there is another section, we will try to accomodate you in another section.
Thank you for your patience as we try to navigate through these budgetary issues. Please know that we are committed to helping you complete your programs within the resources we have. Let me know if you have any questions.
Kelly McNeilis