PC BLOGS: What aspects of class scheduling at Piedmont work well? Which ones don't?
by Jessica Bozeman
Issue date: 2/9/09 Section: Opinion
I get up in the morning at 6 a.m., get myself and daughter ready for the day, drop her off at day care, head to work, work eight hours and then drive an hour to Athens for a four-hour class on Thursdays in the evening.
I don't mind the long day once a week; it's getting in a needed class for my degree. But those classes are hard to come by - especially now that I'm into my major classes
Time length and number or days during the week aren't too much of an issue for me. They do play a part but the main concern I have with Piedmont's scheduling is the lack of classes offered at night.
Being a single, full-time working mother makes my time very limited. Piedmont does offer core-classes at night but even they are hard to come by at times.
But what about my major classes? I'm allowed to take one day class per semester but the rest must be in the evening and the only classes typically offered at night are in Business and Education.
I'm now scraping to find classes at night that will count towards my degree.
Sadly, Piedmont is not geared towards non-traditional students like me.
Perhaps there is not sufficient interest in night classes I need or the professors can't teach in the evenings.
Piedmont should make an effort to recruit interest in evening classes or even have some classes offered on the weekend or online to help non-traditional or working students be able to obtain a degree from Piedmont in the desired program of study and within a reasonable time.
I want a degree from Piedmont. Being a junior I'd like it within the next two years. But the truth is, because of scheduling,
I don't know how many years it will take for me to find the classes to complete my degree.
I don't mind the long day once a week; it's getting in a needed class for my degree. But those classes are hard to come by - especially now that I'm into my major classes
Time length and number or days during the week aren't too much of an issue for me. They do play a part but the main concern I have with Piedmont's scheduling is the lack of classes offered at night.
Being a single, full-time working mother makes my time very limited. Piedmont does offer core-classes at night but even they are hard to come by at times.
But what about my major classes? I'm allowed to take one day class per semester but the rest must be in the evening and the only classes typically offered at night are in Business and Education.
I'm now scraping to find classes at night that will count towards my degree.
Sadly, Piedmont is not geared towards non-traditional students like me.
Perhaps there is not sufficient interest in night classes I need or the professors can't teach in the evenings.
Piedmont should make an effort to recruit interest in evening classes or even have some classes offered on the weekend or online to help non-traditional or working students be able to obtain a degree from Piedmont in the desired program of study and within a reasonable time.
I want a degree from Piedmont. Being a junior I'd like it within the next two years. But the truth is, because of scheduling,
I don't know how many years it will take for me to find the classes to complete my degree.
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