tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post6795060315609839460..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: The Deanling and I DisconnectedBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-23335151593190188732011-01-01T10:49:08.926-08:002011-01-01T10:49:08.926-08:00I had a somewhat related problem when proposing ne...I had a somewhat related problem when proposing new graduate courses. We wanted some courses that could be taught by two or more faculty so proposed titles like "Themes in British History" and "Themes in Modern European History" only to get complaints from the graduate council. Their problem? We weren't concrete on the themes. Wasn't there a universal set of themes we'd all be teaching to? (Coverage!) In the end, they let our general-purpose courses through with the all-important change to "Selected Themes in *Insert Subfield*".Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093558563358431804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-10790681394729252652010-12-31T23:50:04.608-08:002010-12-31T23:50:04.608-08:00We have a parallel problem at my CC... the Global ...We have a parallel problem at my CC... the Global Studies folks put a bunch of GE courses into their certificate and now they expect the folks who are teaching these GE courses to include global (not well defined, by the way) components, when they haven't even TOLD the departments this is a requirement.<br /><br />Further, we're in a similar situation -- where one person doesn't teach the same course over and over again... so, now we're supposed to persuade ALL the folks teaching these particular GE classes to adjust their courses for the needs of the certificate... ummm... maybe not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-43931287847677877822010-12-31T20:25:39.855-08:002010-12-31T20:25:39.855-08:00It's so frustrating when folks in other depart...It's so frustrating when folks in other departments have ideas of how your courses should be run, isn't it? <br /><br />I've had a prof in Other Field be critical of my class for five years, yet he has no idea what I really do in that class. Drives me nuts. <br /><br />Hope the deanling can be made to understand.Terminal Degreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16523014953046778630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-36605024614616532932010-12-31T12:13:24.900-08:002010-12-31T12:13:24.900-08:00Especially those of us who like the really dead wr...Especially those of us who like the really dead writers and their periods BECAUSE they are strange, different, not-like-now.Dame Eleanor Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512884104691200975noreply@blogger.com