{"id":5196,"date":"2012-11-20T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T03:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/?p=5196"},"modified":"2012-11-23T20:09:36","modified_gmt":"2012-11-24T04:09:36","slug":"instructors-concern-opens-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/es\/5196\/campus-life\/instructors-concern-opens-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructor\u2019s concern opens eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Gerardo Revuelta\/TIMES STAFF<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 SJCC instructor Jeffery Smith uses music to illustrate the importance of good study habits to his Anthropology 63 class Nov. 15.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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San Jose City College has made progression in anthropology\u2019s favor by offering two courses for the spring 2013 semester.<\/p>\n

At a SJCC Academic Senate meeting on Oct. 2, anthropology instructor Jeffery Smith passed out a letter of concern to each member of the Senate expressing his distress for the standard of anthropology courses offered.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe previous instructor disappeared without notice; the program had obviously been neglected,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n

Smith has been with SJCC since 2007 and is the only anthropology instructor for SJCC. As an adjunct instructor, he is only allowed one class per semester, which is a 66 percent cut of classes since Smith has started at SJCC.<\/p>\n

De Anza College and West Valley College offer at least four courses a semester or quarter.SJCC has had one class per semester with no lab for the classes offered.<\/p>\n

Each semester SJCC offers one of two classes, so if a student cannot take the class for that semester, he or she must wait one year until it is offered again.<\/p>\n

This semester the class was under-enrolled;\u00a0 previous semesters the anthropology classes at SJCC have been full with\u00a0 students\u00a0enrollment plus additional
\nstudents on the waitlist, Smith said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost people are dropping out, leaving and changing their major because of the administration\u2019s choices,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n

Smith has purposed the expansion of the department every semester since his arrival, but said he\u00a0 \u201c is not too sure if there has been any kind of formal proposal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anthropology is the study of human kind, the evolution of Homo sapiens and where humans come from.<\/p>\n

Peoples and Cultures of The Middle East, Visual\u00a0Anthropology, also called the\u00a0Anthropology of Art, and\u00a0Ethnic Musicology are just some of classes suggested by Smith that he called \u201cbasic classes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mario Navarro, 21, is a psychology major taking Smith\u2019s class and said \u201c(anthropology) brings awareness of what\u2019s happening in the world\u2026 helping to bring unity and equality to society.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kelley Ann Jones, 19, a\u00a0hospitality management major, is\u00a0taking Smith\u2019s anthropology class. She said she would take more anthropology classes if they were offered and that \u201csocial movements come directly from the study of culture and man.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is up to SJCC to decide to set up the program to local standards or just leave it in its current\u00a0position.<\/p>\n

Smith has taught at schools across Europe, in New York and at UC Santa Cruz.<\/p>\n

It is up to SJCC to decide if they are able to set up the program to local standards or just leave it in its current position.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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