<p>What kind of course turnover takes place every year? By that I mean, how many courses change from year to year? Are a lot of new courses taught every year/a lot of courses only offered one year? What are the odds that any of the courses in the Amherst course catalog right now will be taught next year as well?</p>
<p>Just wondering, because I was looking through the online catalog and saw a lot of great courses I would love to take, but there were also some subjects I would like to study that were not necessarily covered.</p>
<p>I actually had the same question. And i looked at Amherst's course catalog (the actual book) and it actually stated which years the courses were taught. I'm not sure if this answers your question.</p>
<p>I think certain courses are offered every year, and some are offered every other year. Professors probably decide this, and can probably change or create new courses when they want to.</p>
<p>I'm referring more to classes that are not present in the catalog than to those that are. I find a lot of classes I would enjoy taking and that I find interesting, but there are a couple of classes that I might want to take that they don't seem to offer, mainly a broad history class concerning either world history or european history. I really neglected history classes in high school, only took two of them and did minimum work, and as of now have little real knowledge of history. I figured I would take a class or two so that I had that type of knowledge for no other reason than a curiosity about other parts of the world. I also wouldn't mind a Greek/Mediterannean/Peloponnesian history class.</p>
<p>well, you have your 5 college exchange so, u can take any course around. i'm sure umass has any couse u could think of. one of the reasons i'm considering amherst is because i want to continue learning hebrew and the other top small schools i got into dont exactly have it, but umass does, so i could take those courses there</p>