<p>Stacy, I agree, the 1:9 ratio is decent and the warning sign would be if that started drifting upwards. I am concerned that some departments, like History from what I’ve heard, have some perplexing “holes” in the offerings. I don’t have the course catalog at hand, but I also remember thinking that some departments in the social sciences seemed a little light in the “bread and butter” courses and having more “peripheral” courses…but I don’t have a catalog at hand to cite examples. </p>
<p>Hmm…maybe I should ask D to pick a current one up and bring it home.</p>