We’ve heard your collective groans over the time change of 484 to the uncivilized hour of 830 AM, GASP!
We knew this would not be popular, and it isn’t something we chose to do lightly. It isn’t that we don’t like you, or that we only want the most dedicated students who are committed to their education to take it….
We had to move it because the original time conflicted with another course the instructor needs to attend. And why, you ask, could we not just move the other course? The other course has attendees from across campus, those are much harder to move, and we really need to keep that one stable. Security has been at 830 in the past, so 830 is actually ‘stable’ for that course.
If you start looking at the schedule it’s a huge puzzle. As soon as we move one course, there is a serious domino effect that means we have to move other course. Pretty soon we’re re-arranging the whole schedule. Then as soon as we do that, we’ve created conflicts in a whole bunch of other ways.
So, when it came down to it, we had to move the course, and 830 ended up being the least disruptive when we considered the big picture.
We have confidence that you folks will survive. Tell you what, to make up for it, we’re buying you all pizza at some point in the next two weeks.
Thank you for your understanding. We know it isn’t ideal, but we do honestly try hard to arrange things as best we can. The UW would like for us to have MORE courses at 830 and after 330, we try hard not to do that, but sometimes it’s unavoidable. On the upside, you’ll have an awesome instructor who will keep you engaged, so you have that going for you.
~Your trusty advisors