<p>For two of my classes which I registered for, instead of stating what professor will be teaching it, it just says "staff". Does this mean they haven't decided which professor will teach the lecture yet? Was this a good or bad idea?</p>
<p>im wondering about the same. what classes did you do this for? FOr warren writing pretty much all the open calsses are "staff"</p>
<p>when it says staff, it means that they have yet to decide who will be teaching the class.</p>
<p>when it says staff, it means your future is up for grabs. staff can mean you'll get a really nice surprise and get a good professor (nonexistent at ucsd) or you'll get a veteran professor who everyone hates. staff oftentimes also means that an instructor without a PHD will provide the instruction. for example, one of my classes (huge 270-280 person class) was taught by a grad student under the mysterious "staff" description.</p>
<p>well, when i was signing up for the chem6a class, i had a choice between "staff" and "crowley" for the open classes. seeing as how crowley had such bad recommendations for CAPE, i just took a gamble with staff.</p>
<p>now i have class at 5pm on fridays. :( chem, too.</p>
<p>i hope crowley isnt that bad, cuz i ended up with him...</p>
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you'll get a really nice surprise and get a good professor (nonexistent at ucsd)
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<p>Hahaha....take an MAE class taught by Nomura - should throw that 'nonexistent at UCSD' myth right out the window.</p>
<p>;)</p>
<p>if you sample some of my responses you'll know that i'm joking half the time ^__^. i've commented on 2 professors in another thread that reveal that i myself do not believe that all professors at ucsd are bad.</p>
<p>Ah, alright. Since you haven't been around long, I haven't gotten a chance to see many of your posts =).</p>