I was just lazing around today, enjoying the last week before school starts, when I decided to check my email. And wouldn't you know it, there's one waiting for me.
"You are currently enrolled in ASTR 1109 – section 002 – Astronomy Lab for the Spring semester of 2009. We regret to inform you that ASTR 1109 will not be taught this Spring due to changes in department scheduling. This course will be offered next year. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. "
Oh, fucking fantastic. Before I let myself think over how miserable it would be to have to stay another year for some 1 hour class, I wrote back explaining that I needed this to graduate in August and ask if they would offer another lab as a substitute. I got a nearly immediate reply explaining that there was another section still open (section 3). Of course I immediately go to PAWS and try to schedule that section, only to find out that section 3 isn't being taught either. But section 1 is, and I got into that. This person needs to proofread their emails a little better, because they sure made it sound like no sections would be offered (if there were other sections, why the hell didn't you mention that in the first place?), and then gave me a wrong section.
And even though it won't prevent me from graduating in August, I'm still pretty furious about this. I scheduled months ago and picked this section for a reason - because the other one didn't fit with what I wanted to take. So now I have to alter my schedule and take some shit instead of an awesome class with a great teacher. Thanks for letting us know about it 5 days before classes start, too.
"Inconvenience" is a gross understatement.
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I once made it all the way to class and sat there for 10 minutes before I and 4 other students were informed it had been canceled. Cause: due to low enrollment
Wow, that's pretty bad.
That really sucks. I was enrolled in a would-be awesome seminar this semester that was also canceled for low enrollment. So I then registered for another (crappy, boring, and offered every spring, whereas the seminar is not) class, the only other one that fit my schedule, and we only have SIX people. How can one be canceled for low enrollment, yet they allow a different one to go on with only six people? I hate university scheduling issues.
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