<p>There are 2 classes I want to take. The same teacher teaches both, and he is the only one who teaches them. They are "rotating" (are not available every year). How odd would it be to sign up for both at once? I'm afraid I may not have another chance. Is it safe to wait on one? Has anyone else had 2 classes with the same teacher in one semester? Seems crazy - would I be perceived as crazy if I did it? Thanks!</p>
<p>Go and talk to the teacher! See if you get along well with him, and ask him what he thinks. I teach in a relatively obscure area and frequently have students who take two of my classes in a semester. They will tell you that the downside is that I’m a really hard grader, and also that I have particularly “hobby horses” – or themes that I tend to hit again and again in all my courses, books that I think everyone should read even though they’re not on the syllabus, etc. All of my examples tend to be drawn from one or two particular types of experiments or field work projects that I have been involved with. IN other words, you might come out sounding a bit like me, and perhaps a bit less well-rounded than you would. On the other hand, I"m fabulously well-organized and everyone who takes my courses comes out writing much better.</p>
<p>Ask the prof what he thinks would be the upside AND the downside of taking two of his courses – and if in the first month of so, you decide you don’t really like him as a teacher and can’t really handle two classes with him, then have a backup plan.</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. In fact, I think it’s a good opportunity to bond with a professor and perhaps get a future recommendation out of the deal, especially since these are classes for your major. </p>
<p>My 2 majors are rather small at my university, and there are only a handful of tenured professors that teach the major classes. Next semester I have two classes with the same writing professor, and I also had him this semester and will have him again for a different course. I’ll basically have the same 2 French professors for the next 2 years of my life since they kind of teach on a rotating schedule (the one does the intro lit courses one year then the actual lit courses the following so that we’re consistent with a prof, and the other one does the non-lit courses), and I think it’s great. </p>
<p>But yes, you can meet them first and see if you like them. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Absolutely nothing weird or wrong about doing this. The only remotely negative thing is if you don’t like this prof’s style it could affect you in 2 classes rather than just 1</p>
<p>…you wouldn’t seem crazy. </p>
<p>I have professors who class I’m taking again next semester and they seem more delighted than anything to have a familiar face in their classroom. Just view this an an opportunity to become familiar with a professor.</p>
<p>I routinely have a couple of students who take more than one course with me at the same time. </p>
<p>Plusses: I get to know them better (think recommendations!), sometimes the content of the courses overlaps so they get a bigger picture, in my case it means that their weekly schedule is more convenient since I teach only on certain days (e.g. T-Th or MWF), if I’m out of town, they get double time off.</p>
<p>Minuses: They have to sit through me twice in a day. If they don’t like my teaching style, that could be a problem. If they get caught plagiarizing in one class, I’m likely to be keeping a closer eye on them in the other as well. Sometimes I repeat things in both classes - extra credit opportunities (and you can only count them for one class), current events, etc, which could be boring.</p>
<p>I did this in the spring semester. I feel like I have someone who can write recommendations for me now as they’ve seen me twice. I thought it would be really boring but it wasn’t. A few things did overlap, though, so that was annoying. But, I mean, I did OK in both the classes and didn’t have a problem with it.</p>
<p>Yeah I had this because my major department lacks staff so we have the same people teaching classes. Anyway I really liked it because the teacher knew you really well. Given you were a good student, you know that teacher will have grounds to write you a letter of rec! I got really close to my teacher since I had to talk to her more since I had concerns for x class and y class haha.</p>
<p>I’ve had four classes with one professor in one semester! I loved her and it was a wonderful experience. Go for it!</p>