Intersession courses will be available during winter. Approximately 21 sections will be offered wrote Vice President, Hector Cordova, in an e-mail on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can confirm that SJCC plans to offer a cosolidated intersession,\u201d Cordova wrote.<\/p>\n
The courses will give students an additional option to satisfy their General Education requirements, Cordova wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese sections are scheduled only in the mornings and early afternoons,\u201d wrote Virginia Scales, Dean of the Language Arts in an e-mail.<\/p>\n
Most of the sections will be held in two buildings to conserve energy costs, Scales said Associated Students President, Raymond Porras, A.S.<\/p>\n
Vice President Jeff Berta, along with the rest of the Associated Student Council voted in favor of having a winter intersession at the Sept. 28 board meeting.<\/p>\n
At the meeting, the College Planning Council recommended the matter to Vice President Hector Cardova and President Doug Treadway, who then made the decision to offer the courses.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an example of what happens when students voice (their opinions),\u201d Porras said.<\/p>\n
There were no plans to have a 2011 intersession, until the CPC recommended it to the Board of Trustees said David Yancey SJCC History Professor.<\/p>\n
Prior to the confirmation, Cordova said in an interview that developing an intersession would take classes away from the spring semester.<\/p>\n
Cardova said besides money issues, there is a concern that three weeks of class for the intersession period may not be enough.<\/p>\n
Some teachers on campus agree that intersession is beneficial to students.<\/p>\n
\u201cExperience is proven to be opposite of their expectations,\u201d Yancey said. \u201cStudents learn more and retain it better.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2010 winter term was the first intersession to be cut due to low funds. It affected many students. Empty classrooms were left behind after
\nthe fall semester.<\/p>\n
While many students enjoyed a few weeks off of school. There were others who looked forward to the intersession.<\/p>\n
Yancey said the sudden departure of the intersession last year caused a delay for student progression.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt gives students that one extra semester they need,\u201d Porras said. \u201cThose who are few credits away from a diploma depend on the winter classes.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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