Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:50:47 -0500 From: Jeff Hollingsworth <hollings@cs.umd.edu> To: Jim Purtilo <purtilo@cs.umd.edu> CC: "Davis, Larry" <lsd@cs.umd.edu> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Request for a new 498x number] I spoke to Larry about this. He and I feel that we should not be creating regular course numbers for classes that don't have fixed meeting times and that are not advertised to the whole department. We think this type of class is best served by using our existing suite of independent study numbers. Thanks, Jeff Jim Purtilo wrote: > Jeff, the students indicated that they checked with Brandi on this > today, yet nobody has heard anything back. Can we proceed with this > offering? - Jim > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Request for a new 498x number > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:19:53 -0500 > From: Jim Purtilo <purtilo@cs.umd.edu> > To: hollings@cs.umd.edu > References: <4B61EBA2.9020705@cs.umd.edu> > > > > A sufficient reason is that I coaxed them into continuing work with me > under a representation that instead of pulling the plug to graduate with > what they have on the record now, that they could add other good things > to their transcript. A generic 498 appears only as "special topics". I > was willing to put together a small syllabus for the technical activity > we were working on so it could list something more specific. The only > way to get that is with another letter, which seems easy since we have > lots of them unallocated. > > Jeff Hollingsworth wrote: >> >> Your request to create another new 498 course for X and Y >> was passed on to me. I am not sure why you need another number for a >> class of >> two students. Can you send me a more complete explanation of what this >> course would be and why it is needed. Would an existing independent >> study be >> sufficient? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jeff >