Jeanette Logan, an education major, says that she feels more comfortable in Hart's and Roper's classes. While in class, our minds work simultaneously, and we see different perspectives among ourselves. By working through the material together, we all see the picture more clearly. If they can understand two separate disciplines and express the relationships between them, they will master real world skills because connections in the material that we teach are not always apparent. Barbara Craig, professor of English, who also teaches a paired course, agrees that the initiative benefits both students and instructors.
Faculty can compare class notes and together address students' needs and problems.
Craig teaches SPCH 1315, Fundamentals of Public Speaking, in conjunction with another instructor's course, ENGL 1302, Freshman Reading and Composition. The students benefit because their assignments are closely related. I walk out of both classes each day knowing I have learned something. Next spring, Hart and Roper will pair HIST 1302, History of the U.S. II, and ENGL 2328, American Literature II while Craig and Marivel Gonzales-Hernandez, instructor of English, pair SPCH 1315 and ENGL 1302 again. Hart also says that in Fall 2000, the College anticipates offering six or more sets of paired courses as well as two clusters that include four linked courses in each cluster.