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and seminars will spice up
University offerings to
freshmen this year, ac
cording to Jim O'Hanlon,
coordinator of Freshman
. Programming.
Freshmen-level courses
in many UNL departments
were expanded for 1974
75, he said, in response to
freshmen requests and
department needs.
In a five-part survey last
year freshmen requested
smaller, more personal
classes and more choice in
courses. Some depart
ments are seeking either
to increase or decrease
enrollments in upper-level
courses, O'Hanlon said.
He said UNL's empha
sis will be to improve the
academic advising
system, also in response
to the survey.
Chancellor James
Zumberge asked advisors
for suggestions on how
they may increase time
spend with advisees and
make advising a more
continuous, natural pro
cess. O'Hanlon said the
English Dept. leads all
others with its revised
freshman program.
Already the favorite
among freshmen because
of its small classes, he
said, the Enlish Dept.'s
sole fiaw according toj
freshmen surveyed was
lack of choice.
All freshmen had to
register for one course,
either two 3-hour or one
6-hour block(s).
"Different teachers
emphasized different top
ics," "O'Hanlon said,
"'it made each class
different. Students some
times said they didn't get
the course they signed up
for." ,
Starting this fall, the
department offers 19
freshman English courses
in two semesters.
Each is a special topic,
O'Hanlon said, so the
student may know the
course content when he or
she enrolls.
Course titles include
Chicano Literature, Native
American Literature,
Black Literature, Fantasy
and Science Fiction, Intro
duction to Novel, irctrcd
duction to Non-fiction
Prose, Writing and
Drama.
The Geology Dept. add
ed six mini-courses to its
freshman program,
O'Hanlon said, mostly to
entice freshmen to cours
es by treating current
topics in them.
' ' Freshmen wei'e nOt
attracted to a course 'Phy
sical Geology'," O'Han
lon said. "It doesn't
sound very exciting."
They kept the old cours
es though, for those who
want them, he said.
The mini-course packet,
"Frontiers of Earth Sci
ence," offers freshmen
one to three credit hours a
semester for two sem
esters. O'Hanlon said fresh
men may sign up for a
series Oceanography,
Continental Draft and lea
Ages, or Energy Prob
lems, Geological Catastro
phies and Evolution. Or
they may take any ens,
two or fhreo of the courses
each semester.
The courses are aimed
at freshmen but open to
aii stud"" s?.id. Tti
department hopes to add a
field course for freshmen
geology majors by spring,
he said.
The History Dept. open
ed upper-level courses to
freshmen, O'Hanlon said. .
Freshmen have a choice
of 12 courses in two
semesters, Until this fall,
thev had four.
Freshmen indicated the
old courses were too much
like survey courses they
took in high school,
O'Hanlon said. So the
department decided to
make the specialized
courses available to f res
men who want them.
Such courses as "Intro
duction to African Culture
and Civilization" and
"Introduction to Latin
American Culture and
Civilization" were open
ed.
Such courses as "Itro
duction to African Culture
and Civilization" and "In
troduction to Latin Amer
ican Culture and Civiliza
tion" were opened.
The department also
decided to give students
options in course struct
ures, O'Hanlon said. They
mayv choose between
straight lecture classes,
lecture and discussion and
small or large sections.
Courses will be taught
by professors, he' said.
Freshmen seminars,
new last year, will double
in number by spring 1975,
O'Hanlon said. They offer
freshmen small classes
taught by full professors
in a discussion format.
Examples: "Our Cul
ture, Stresses and
Adaptions" in antrho
poigy; "Techno-ethics in
Science Fiction" in bio
logy; "The Intellectual in
Society" in university stu
dies, and an English sem
inar geared toward Nebr
aska history and litera
ture.
O'Hnln said tha new
programs have little effect
on upper-lev! courses.
"Now was the time to
do it. We're in the midst
of decreasing enroll
ments. Before, enroll-,
ment' Increases made de
partments strain just to
keep up," he said.
The History Dept. took
money from a shrinking
araduate program,
O'Hanlon said. And the
English Dept. only forma
lized their previous pro
gram, he said.
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