Trapped...

I feel trapped. I am currently taking the "Assessing Music Learning" course online. I have to admit, I completely despise this class. Not because I do not think assessment is important, because I definitely do. I dislike this class so much because it is only offered online, and I feel as if I am not learning anything at all.

The online forum may be great for some, but not for all. Not only is it a difficult class because it is online, but it is also the easiest class to forget about. At least, for me it is. Because I do not have a physical place to go for the class, I forget about it constantly.

This past spring, several students tried to convince the administration to offer the class as a summer class. I think this would be much easier to do than many of the other classes, since students do not have to be on campus to take it. It would be so much easier to remember Assessment when I was not taking 17 other credits. Either the administration or the Music Education department decided that Assessment would not be offered over the summer, and that really upsets me. It would be a great way for students who don't necessarily live in NJ to get a required class out of the way without having to worry about housing or paying for a dorm room for part of the summer.

Why did the administration or the Music Ed department opt not to run this class over the summer? If anyone knows, I'd love to hear the reasoning. It may help me to understand why the class is formatted the way it is currently run.