More than 70 courses to be offered in second Wintersession
Jessica LiWintersession will offer about 70 informal classes this year, an over 30 percent increase in the number of courses from the program’s inaugural run last year, U-Councilor and Undergraduate Student Government event coordinator Katherine Clifton ’15 said. The program, which offers students the opportunity to take classes during the Intersession break, started last year with 53 classes and over a thousand students. A diverse array of courses from “Introduction to Taekwondo” to “Knitting” will be offered this year. The classesoriginated from student and faculty proposals submitted to the Undergraduate Student Government earlier this year, Clifton explained, adding that USG accepted every feasible proposal. Class size often varies due to the high degree of individual attention required in the more technical courses as USG works to accommodate all instructor needs, she said. USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 explained that Wintersession courses are funded by the USG Projects Board, a subcommittee in the USG senate which allocates subsidies to student organizations.
