---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I've put forth a proposal to teach a class on "piano parts & their functions," at both the undergraduate and graduate level at UA. Much to my dismay, and several of the students who really wanted it, the graduate curriculum committee has already rejected the proposal. The undergraduate curriculum committee has tentatively approved it, but when it came up for discussion at the full faculty meeting the other day, one of the concerns was the number of students who would take this class, and how often it should be offered. The Provost, in an effort to save money, is cracking down on classes with fewer than 10 students. Although that would virtually eliminate a bunch of classes in the music school, it will be difficult to approve a new class, unless it can be shown that at least 10 student will take it. So I am asking for help, especially from those of you who teach a piano class, as described, at major state universities. We have about 350 undergraduate students, and 150 graduate level. There are only 4 undergraduate piano majors and 7 graduate piano majors, but the three piano profs together teach about 40 students all together. These are either majors, minors, or students with some degree of proficiency. (There is a piano lab for "non players"). So that I can argue my case that this class will be well attended, to get an idea of how we compare, could you please answer the following questions. How often is the class offered? How many students attend the class? How many undergraduate music students in the department? How many graduate music students in the department? How many undergraduate piano majors? How many graduate piano majors? How many piano faculty? How many students do they teach? I would like to hear any other comments on this matter that will help my argument to teach this class. Thanks for your input. Wim Blees RPT University of Alabama ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/2f/52/29/73/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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