<p>Hey everyone</p>
<p>So I was just going through the course catalog for the Spring Semester and idk, but when I looked at the number of courses for some departments like... Biology, I didn't see too much of a variety in courses :/ But I mean as compared to other top 20 schools. So I want to know, when you login into OPUS or BlackBoard or the course choosing thing, are there more courses that aren't seen on the course atlas?</p>
<p>Hmm… this is an interesting question. Without having another school to compare it to, it’s hard to say exactly. Give us an example maybe. But generally, there are a lot of things that go into course availability. Off the top of my head:</p>
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<li>Emory is a small school. Only 6000 undergrads or so. If you compare it to a school twice the size, of course you’re going to have less courses. What you’ll have to do is compare it to a school of similar size.</li>
<li>Remember, you can take graduate courses, especially as a senior.</li>
<li>Course availability changes every semester based on a. which professors are teaching that semester v those on sabbatical or doing a fellowship b. whether they’re teaching graduate classes or undergrad classes </li>
<li>Ability to actually get into classes. A school like Georgia probably has 100s of sections in some subjects. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re going to be able to get into most of those classes. The great thing about Emory is that it’s pretty easy (from my experience) to get into classes you really want and even easier to get into classes you MUST have for graduation. That’s absolutely not true everywhere.</li>
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<p>I’m sure there’s more, and I’ll post them if/when they occur to me.</p>
<p>HOpe this is helpful.</p>
<p>One semester in Opus represents about 50-100% of “core classes” and 25-50% of “electives”</p>
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<p>look through the archived semesters and you will find more options. </p>
<p>I’d also like to echo the comments above. Just because a course atlas is huge does not mean you will have a chance to take the classes you want before senior year (or at all), especially if you have a late enrollment time. At Emory, this is rarely a problem.</p>
<p>Emory is a small school and does not have a great variety of courses. Most people don’t seem to have a problem with that.</p>
<p>You have to define “great” though. I personally think it’s sufficient. There’s always a class I really want to take each semester. We have quite a bit, and they are of good quality for the most part. That’s all I could ask for. However, I think I get what you’re trying to say. If you want a huge course variety, you go to say a state school, or much older institutions such as HPY, as these are bound to have more courses due to their size and/or age.</p>
<p>Emory offers 2,733 courses. Is that not enough for you?</p>
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<p>You’re right. There is a wide enough course variety to meet the needs of 99% of the students.</p>