<p>Are the freshman English Comp courses that have the “FLC” label only open to Freshman Learning Communities or are spots just reserved for the specific FLC with the balance open to everyone else?</p>
<p>For example, most English Comp classes have 24 students. FLC’s by nature are limited to around 15 students. So would the other 9 seats in this class be open to other students or are these classes just limited to the assigned FLC?</p>
<p>Just about all the freshman comp classes we had picked out (because of the professor ratings) are labeled FLC. Will I need to find a few more alternates, or will son have a chance to get a seat in one of those classes?</p>
<p>Is there a way to find out which specific class offerings are linked to a specific FLC? If so, son might be interested in joining one to get the English prof he desires.</p>
<p>For example, most English Comp classes have 24 students. FLC’s by nature are limited to around 15 students. So would the other 9 seats in this class be open to other students or are these classes just limited to the assigned FLC?</p>
<p>I didn’t know that FLC classes are limited to 15 students. But, if this is so, then there wouldn’t be 9 spots for others because then the class wouldn’t be limited to 15 students. </p>
<p>However, I just looked up Fall 09 Freshman English classes and only one had 16 students. So, that would suggest to me that FLC classes might not be limited to 15 students - at least for freshman English. However, the entire class is probably FLC because of whatever the agenda is for that particular FLC.</p>
<p>So, if your son isn’t in a FLC, I wouldn’t count on getting into one of those classes. </p>
<p>Is there a way to find out which specific class offerings are linked to a specific FLC? If so, son might be interested in joining one to get the English prof he desires.</p>
<p>Hmmmm…You could always email a preferred prof and ask which FLC that particular class is. If you click on the blue CRN number, that will take you to a new page. On that page, next to the prof’s name is an email icon. You can get the prof’s email address either by clicking on the icon, or by right clicking and selecting “copy email address”.</p>
<p>I meant that the specific FLC’s are limited in size, not necessarily the courses that those FLC students take. Here’s an excerpt from an email about the FLC’s.</p>
<p>“Freshman Learning Communities (FLCs) enable you to combine the rich opportunities of a large research institution with the personal and academic benefits of a small college. FLCs are small groups of students (10-15) and faculty who share interest in a topic. These communities provide an excellent way to explore areas of interest during the freshman year without any obligation to a particular major. The students in each community agree to take together several fall semester courses that relate to the selected topic. Students and faculty meet weekly in the one credit hour FLC 101 course to explore the topic and to relate it to the world in which we live.”</p>
<p>So since most of the English comp classes have a size of 24, and any one specific FLC has a size of between 10 - 15, what happens to the remaining seats in the English comp class? Are those seats open to anyone, or do they tie more than one FLC to each English comp class?</p>
<p>At last year’s Bama Bound, students were told that if they selected a particular FLC, they would take classes with the same students in that group during that semester, with those classes capped at around 15. I would recommend sending an e-mail to the FLC office ([Freshman</a> Learning Communities - The University of Alabama](<a href=“http://flc.ua.edu/]Freshman”>http://flc.ua.edu/)) to check if that has changed.</p>
<p>*FLCs are small groups of students (10-15) and faculty who share interest in a topic. These communities provide an excellent way to explore areas of interest during the freshman year without any obligation to a particular major. The students in each community agree to take together several fall semester courses that relate to the selected topic. Students and faculty meet weekly in the one credit hour FLC 101 course to explore the topic and to relate it to the world in which we live."</p>
<p>So since most of the English comp classes have a size of 24, and any one specific FLC has a size of between 10 - 15, what happens to the remaining seats in the English comp class? Are those seats open to anyone, or do they tie more than one FLC to each English comp class? *</p>
<p>OK…now I understand.</p>
<p>I would email certain desired profs and ask.</p>