Every day equals a week in normal schedules. Brooks Landon, professor and head of the English Department, says the three-week intensive courses work well with some subjects but not well at all for others. But they can read seven to eight short stories a night, so in a three-week period, starting at a blistering pace and keeping it up for 14 days, you can cover 100 short stories. I tell the students that they simply cannot miss a class in a three-week course. Evaluations of his three-week courses have convinced Landon that they're worthwhile.
Students say they do better in three-week courses because they're able to focus only on one course.
Patricia Van Rollins, a senior English major with a classics minor, took the popular Quest for Human Destiny course in a three-week session. I chose Quest because Professor Jay Holstein was teaching. I have had other classes taught by him and find him to be an excellent teacher. This class was a treat to myself after a rough semester. I would not take a class I didn't like in the summer semester, unless it was a necessity.