2008 Woodie Awards
Departments double classes offered in Dallas
Journalism department leads in courses
Arlinda Arriaga
Issue date: 11/20/08 Section: NEWS
NT is nearly doubling the number of classes at the Universities Center of Dallas next semester, meaning more students will travel to downtown Dallas to take courses.
In the spring semester, NT will offer 24 classes at the Universities Center of Dallas. This semester, NT offered 13 classes from five NT colleges, including the College of Public Affairs and Community Service, the College of Business Administration, the College of Visual Arts and Design, the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education.
UCD spokeswoman Brenda Fanara said classes held at the center are upper-division and graduate-level classes.
"Because of the popularity of the location, different colleges are getting the word out to a lot of the professors," Fanara said.
Twenty-three of the 24 classes offered next semester are classes that were not offered at the UCD this semester.
"The classes are rarely the same each semester because we interchange the classes to progress with the degree plans," Fanara said.
Departments offering classes at the Universities Center of Dallas are accounting, art, criminal justice, journalism and social work. Of the departments, the journalism department will hold the most classes.
The department will hold 13 classes at the center, two of which are required classes for undergraduate journalism majors. The department offered four Dallas classes this semester.
Mitch Land, chairman of the journalism department, said he sees the UCD classes as a good opportunity for journalism students.
"You're down there in the fifth-largest media market in the nation," he said.
Land said this could help students get acquainted with people who have worked in the industry for years.
The NT criminal justice department in the College of Public Affairs and Community Service will offer its corporate security and loss prevention course at the center.
"We offer a full program in Dallas, and we're offering this course to support the Dallas Campus and to further collaborate with UCD," said Peggy Tobolowsky, chairwoman of the criminal justice department.
In the spring semester, NT will offer 24 classes at the Universities Center of Dallas. This semester, NT offered 13 classes from five NT colleges, including the College of Public Affairs and Community Service, the College of Business Administration, the College of Visual Arts and Design, the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education.
UCD spokeswoman Brenda Fanara said classes held at the center are upper-division and graduate-level classes.
"Because of the popularity of the location, different colleges are getting the word out to a lot of the professors," Fanara said.
Twenty-three of the 24 classes offered next semester are classes that were not offered at the UCD this semester.
"The classes are rarely the same each semester because we interchange the classes to progress with the degree plans," Fanara said.
Departments offering classes at the Universities Center of Dallas are accounting, art, criminal justice, journalism and social work. Of the departments, the journalism department will hold the most classes.
The department will hold 13 classes at the center, two of which are required classes for undergraduate journalism majors. The department offered four Dallas classes this semester.
Mitch Land, chairman of the journalism department, said he sees the UCD classes as a good opportunity for journalism students.
"You're down there in the fifth-largest media market in the nation," he said.
Land said this could help students get acquainted with people who have worked in the industry for years.
The NT criminal justice department in the College of Public Affairs and Community Service will offer its corporate security and loss prevention course at the center.
"We offer a full program in Dallas, and we're offering this course to support the Dallas Campus and to further collaborate with UCD," said Peggy Tobolowsky, chairwoman of the criminal justice department.
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Anonymous
posted 11/20/08 @ 6:11 PM CST
This all stems from the fact that Dr. Bataille treats the university like a business, where money takes precedence over education. If departments didn't get money for holding classes at UCD, they would never do that. (Continued…)
Down with Batland
posted 11/29/08 @ 1:52 PM CST
Hmm, rather than making me go all the way to Dallas, I'd say we should replace Gretchen Bataille and Mitch Land with people who had our best interest in mind rather than the clowns we have now who only care about making a few bucks
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