When we get to reading week, I start to check to see if the schedule of classes for the following term has been released yet. Even in the week or two before reading week, I check, although I know that the schedule isn't likely to be released. Yesterday, I checked to see if the Fall schedule was there, even though it was Sunday. There it was.
I must have missed the late afternoon posting of the schedule, because when I checked late Friday morning, it wasn't there. I can't actually register for classes until March 25, so I haven't lost out. More exciting, there are plenty of classes that will work for me.
In the past year, I haven't had as many classes that I could take. That's partly a function of having been in the MDiv program for awhile: a lot of the courses offered are ones I've already taken. But I've also felt a bit fretful as I've seen fewer classes that are offered for students who have to take classes from a distance.
This fall, I'll be taking a variety of classes: one is completely online, one meets by way of Zoom Mondays from 6:30 to 9:30, and two meet in person on campus for one week, October 14-18, with the rest of the work online.
If I take one more class, I could be done with the MDiv by December. But do I want to do that? Hmm. One of my favorite professors is teaching a class on the Gospel of Mark, so it's tempting. That class meets by way of Zoom once a month, and the rest is online. It could be doable.
You may be saying, "Wait, aren't you about to start a full-time job in the Fall?" Yes. Could I handle a heavy teaching load and a heavy seminary class load at the same time? Yes.
I will take the four classes regardless, unless something changes radically. It gets my requirements done, and the classes that I need for the certificate in Theology and the Arts done. I want to take the classes while they are offered and in a format that works for me. I can't be sure that it will happen term after term. Let me seize this opportunity while it's here!
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