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College classes question?

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Mayfriday0529

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What do you do when you only have 5 more classes to graduate, but 4 of the classes you need are not being given? Not during this current semester and not in the spring semester? Anyone had this situation before?
 
You either wait until the next time they are offered or take alternative classes. Depends how eager you are to graduate.
 
ask your major advisor if there are any substitute classes, though i dont know what your major and what not is but i'd just ask someone in the know
 
Wow. Never heard about that situation even possibly happening. I would say your school sucks and you should go talk to your dean about letting you take those classes elsewhere.

BTW what classes are they and why aren't they being offered? Give more details.
 
Originally posted by: JSFLY
Wow. Never heard about that situation even possibly happening. I would say your school sucks and you should go talk to your dean about letting you take those classes elsewhere.

BTW what classes are they and why aren't they being offered? Give more details.
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Adelphi University: Criminal Justice Major

Classes I need
American System of Criminal Justice
Crime and Punishment
Law and Social Inequality
Sociology of Law

I was suppose to take Crime and Punishment right now, but they didnt have enough people and had to cancel it.
 
Well, you avoid the situation all together by taking the classes rarely offered when they are available. Most schools tell you what classes are offered in each semesters in at least a year in advance.

Also, advisors can often substitute a class, especially if there is a time conflict, or if its not that important.

The school wants you to graduate just as much as you do, especially if its a public school.
 
This sort of happen to my sister a year or two ago. She wasn't about to graduate, but she needed to take some classes, so she could take even more advanced classes next semester, and so on. She could only get into 1 out of 4 classes she needed to take. My parents called the college, bitched about how they were paying all this money for her to only take 1 class, and eventually they transfered my sister into the classes.
 
I have a similar problem in that all the classes I want to take seem to be given in the same time slots. This was especially annyoing since there are 2 classes which are prerequistes for everything else and they were given at the exact same time! So basically I took a bunch of CS classes since I find those pretty easy and they look good on a resume (since i'm an EE major). The probelm though is that I came in being way ahead becasue of AP credits, but now I've lost all that since I cant take the classes I want and will end up having to take several hard classes senior year where I had wanted to just sorta take senior year nice an easy.
 
talk to the chairman of the respective departments and your own advisor and see what you can do.

I had a similar situation my senior year, though granted, it was only one class... I needed a shakespeare course to graduate with my english major, but none were being offered during my final semester. I talked with the chair of my department and he arranged for me to do an independant study... basically a 1-1 class with a professor to fill my requirement.

it ended up being pretty fun. I picked 6 plays to read, the professor and I met for lunch once/week to discuss what I was reading, and I wrote 3 papers.
 
Originally posted by: bobdelt
Well, you avoid the situation all together by taking the classes rarely offered when they are available. Most schools tell you what classes are offered in each semesters in at least a year in advance.

Also, advisors can often substitute a class, especially if there is a time conflict, or if its not that important.

The school wants you to graduate just as much as you do, especially if its a public school.
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I wish it was a year in advance lol... not my school. My advisor sucks also.. I'm going to talk to the head of the CJ department, I have a class with her tonight.

I not freaking out, I want to graduate but its possible that I won't be able to attend the spring semester due to possibly a new job.
 
All schools have a lot of classes that are not offered every semester. You're supposed to plan around it. You should have done a better job planning. Tough luck.

 
i don't see how that is at all possible. one or 2 classes, maybe, but to not offer 4 classes for an entire year that are required for students to meet their major requirements doesn't make any sense.
 
Originally posted by: hdeck
i don't see how that is at all possible. one or 2 classes, maybe, but to not offer 4 classes for an entire year that are required for students to meet their major requirements doesn't make any sense.
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All but Crime and Punishment were not offered this semester. I'm looking at the spring semester planning online and none of those classes are showing up, unless they are still updating the system.

Someone mention that I should have done better planning... unfortunately I'm not a traditional student. I'm in what they call the ABLE program for adults. They mix the classes with both traditional and ABLE students. It works well but I just jumped into this back in september 2005. Did whole year and took 10 classes and now just need 5 more.
 
Originally posted by: Don Rodriguez
Adelphi isn't there a 7:1 Girl:Guy ratio there? Why would you want to graduate?
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Yes 70% female

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
possible to take it at a neighboring school?
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I heard they don't allow that much. Also there is a rule that no credits can be transfer on your senior year? rules rules rules...

 
this happened to a few people at my school and almost happened to me. The dean of our school just allowed us to take another class instead.
 
I just looked at some of the other departments and two of the classes that I need are being offered but to traditional students. Meaning that they are during the day twice a week. i.e. 2-3pm.

The way my current classes are is 6:45pm to 9:15 for 3 credits or 10:05pm for 4 credits once a week.
 
When we do not have enough students to hold a class, but the class is required for a degree we will allow those who need the class to graduate the oppertunity to take the class as independant study. This means there is no regular class time, you work with the instructor to setup meetings, and use email as a prime method of communicaiton. But you still take the tests and final. You just are responsible to learn it mostly on your own.

Works good here.
 
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