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Paper S-84
M
To: Senate
From: C.L. Hamilton
Director of University
Affairs.
Subject: Courses with 10 or
fewer students.
17 November, 1967
The attached table lists the courses taught this
semester with 10 or fewer students. The total is 55.
In addition, there is a list of these courses which
according to information submitted by the Departments to the
Registrar will have 10 or fewer students in 68-1.
Many of the underenrolled courses are in the upper
division where enrolments are, understandably, low. As a
greater percentage of our students move into upper division
work it seems reasonable to assume that the number of courses
with 10 or fewer students will drop.
Having admitted this, however, still there are some
questions unresolved. By 68-3, when we believe a greater
percentage of students will be taking upper division work,
should there be some minimum number of students (e.g. 10)
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enrolled in a course before it is offered by the University?
Or if offered, should the course not be given on an individual
study basis for which thefaculty member receives a.scaled-down
contact hour credit?
Another question, and one which perhaps needs
an immediate answer, concerns the relationship between low
enrolment and the number of courses offered by a department.
It seems clear that an excessive number of upper division
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courses will produce seriously underenrolled courses and a
continuation of high teaching costs. What constitutes an
excessive number is, of course, a question for Senate to decide.
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C.L. Hamilton
Director of University Affairs
CLH/md
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Courses with
with enrolments of 10 students
or less
67-3 actual as of October 12, 1967
68-1 Department forecast for schedule
purposes
Department
Courses with As ratio of
Department Courses with
As ratio of
10 or less
total offered
10 or less
total offered
Economics
335-5
6/21
Economics
0
-
409-5
410-3
414-3
486-5
490-5
Commerce
337-3
4/13
Commerce
0
-
445-5
478-3
479-3
English
493-3
2/27
English
0
-
494-3
Geography
403-5
6/21
Geography
404-2
3/20
404-2
405-4
-
405-4
491-5
414-5
415-5
491-5
History
423-5
7/34
History
0
-
448-5
461-5
464-5
468-5
492-3
493-3
French
401-3
4/15
French
401-3
3/15
402-4
402-4
403-5
405-5
409-3
German
240-3
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7/12
German
241-3
8/13
241-3
300-3
301-3
302-3
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401-5
403-5
404-5
409-3
405-5
440-5
409-3
.
441-5
I.
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67-3 actual as of October
12,1967
partment
Courses with
As ratio of
10 or less
total offered
Russian
101-3
7/8
105-1
201-3
241-3
301-3
401-3
• 404-5
Spanish
202-3
9/13
• 240-3
241-3
301-3
401-3
402-4
403-5
409-3
440-5
Hindi
100-3
2/2
101-3
.guistics
421-1
4/7
.
422-3
423-5
424-5
Philosophy
436-3
5/14
441-5
462-2
463-2
464-2
PSA
311-5
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5/28
376-5
492-5
493-5
499-5
Psychology
401-5
5/15
420-5
435-5
495-5
496-5
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Biology
448-3
2/16
498-3
S.
68-1 De
p
artment forecast for schedule
purposes
Department
Courses with
As ratio of
10 or less
total offered
Russian
105-1
4/16
202-3
402-4
403-5
Spanish
241-3
8/13
300-3
302-3
401-3
402-4
404-5
409-3
441-5
Hindi
100-3
3/3
101-3
201-3
Linguistics
429-5
1/8
Philosophy
4/14
443-5
461-2
462-2
464-2
PSA
491-5
4/23
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492-5
• 493-5
•
499-5
Psychology
0
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Biology
.304-3
3/22
I3 15 3
• 4l5-3
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67-3 actual as of October 12,1967
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Department
Courses with
As ratio of
10 or less
total offered
Chemistry
367-2
7/23
432-3
442-3
437-2
453-3
454-3
471-3
Mathematics
4243
461-3
464-4
491-2
Physics
332-3
411-4
412-4
431-4
471-4
SM
68-1 Department forecast for schedule
purposes
Department
Courses with
As ratio of
10 or less
total offered
Chemistry
462-3
1/22
4/20
Mathematics
465-4
2/20
491-2
5/13
Physics
431-4
2/13
432-4
Behavioural
0
Science Fndns.
Social &
0
Philosophical
Fndns.
Centre for
0
Communications
and the Arts
Professional
306-3
Development
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Behavioural
0
Science Fndns.
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Social&
0
Philosophical
Fndns.
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Centre for
0
Communications and
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the Arts
1/4
Professional
303-3
3/6
Development
316-4
405-3
Faculty
Arts
I
Scienëe
Education
l.4
5-8
9+k
599
520
445
580
156
200
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Number of students in u
pp
er and lower levels
Numbers
of students
Level
67_68*
68_69*
1 .
4
2473
2210
5+
704
900
l4
800
730
5+
224
362
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Enrolments are shown for full year, i.e. Summer + Fall + Spring,
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therefore Spring 1968 and all of 68-69 figures are estimates.
Students in professional development program who hold
Bachelor's degrees.
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