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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]W&M also has plenty of introductory classes with 200-400 students, and classes with 100+ students at higher levels as well. This is again true particularly for STEM.[/quote]

? My kid is a junior Chem major and told me about 60 was the largest class size so far and that was pretty unusual.[/quote]

Different majors have different popularity. Even then:

[quote]10039	CHEM 103 01	NQR	General Chemistry I	Pike, Robert	3	MWF:1100-1150	110	76	4	OPEN
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[quote]12171	CHEM 207 01	 	Organic Chem II for Life Sci	Kumas, Cemile	3	MWF:0800-0850 W:1830-1950	135	93	42	OPEN[/quote]

https://courselist.wm.edu/courselist/courseinfo/searchresults?term_code=202310&term_subj=CHEM&attr=0&attr2=0&levl=0&status=0&ptrm=0&search=Search

Note that this is for a single semester. A different semester will have a different intro/middle level class that has 100+ students.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]W[b]&M also has plenty of introductory classes with 200-400 students, and classes with 100+ students at higher levels as well. This is again true particularly for STEM.[/quote][/b]

No, it doesn't. citations please[/quote]

You claim it doesn't and then ask for citations?

[quote]13015	BIOL 203 01	C200, NQR	Intro Molecules, Cells & Devp	Habersham, Patricia	3	MWF:1100-1150	250	72	178	OPEN
13014	BIOL 203 02	C200, NQR	Intro Molecules, Cells & Devp	Habersham, Patricia	3	MWF:1200-1250	250	54	196	OPEN[/quote]

[quote]20163	PSYC 201 01	C200, NQR	Intro Psy as a Natural Science	Rabinovitz, Brian	3	TR:1230-1350	290	0	290	OPEN
20164	PSYC 202 01	C200, CSI	Intro Psy as a Social Science	Bravo, Adrian	3	TR:1400-1520	290	0	290	OPEN
20165	PSYC 202 02	C200, CSI	Intro Psy as a Social Science	Moloney, Jaclyn	3	MW:1530-1650	290	0	290	OPEN
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Higher level courses:
[quote]11217	BIOL 302 01	 	Integrative Biology: Animals	Heideman, Paul	4	MWF:0900-0950	154	147	7	OPEN[/quote]

[quote]14479	BIOL 442 01	 	Molecular Genetics	Allison, Lizabeth	3	MWF:1100-1150	110	101	9	OPEN
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https://courselist.wm.edu/courselist/courseinfo/searchresults?term_code=202310&term_subj=BIOL&attr=0&attr2=0&levl=0&status=0&ptrm=0&search=Search

https://courselist.wm.edu/courselist/courseinfo/searchresults?term_code=202320&term_subj=PSYC&attr=0&attr2=0&levl=0&status=0&ptrm=0&search=Search
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I'm the PP whose kid was a chem major--thanks for sharing this info.
In your list, the Psyc classes that have 290 spots have zero enrolled so that's obviously some kind of glitch. And the classes listed as 250 have 57-72 students in them.  That's what my kid has experienced.

The only ones that I see over 100 are the Bio Animals and molecular genetics.  Quite a few students will drop those (a ton of kids at W&M over-register and then drop before the add/drop deadline once they decide which courses they prefer).  But bio is also one of the most popular majors and there's a bit of a glut in the upper level lab classes where upper class students slowed down their lab sequences due to the pandemic (not wanting to take on-line versions of critical lab courses), so they may have some classes over 100.  In my kid's experience, they just added another class when the numbers got to 50-60.  W&M is also a bit over-enrolled this year compared to prior years so who knows.  But my kid personally has never had any classes of these size at W&M.

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It's not a glitch, it's a class for the Spring 2023 semester which hasn't started enrollment yet.

Here's the equivalent intro class for Fall 2022 (W&M does a round-robin of classes so not all introductory classes are provided every semester).

[quote]10162	PSYC 201 01	C200, NQR	Intro Psy as a Natural Science	Vishton, Peter	3	TR:1400-1520	290	182	108	OPEN
11947	PSYC 201 02	C200, NQR	Intro Psy as a Natural Science	Porter, Mary	3	MWF:1000-1050	290	108	182	OPEN
10163	PSYC 202 01	C200, CSI	Intro Psy as a Social Science	Moloney, Jaclyn	3	MW:1700-1820	290	288	2	OPEN
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https://courselist.wm.edu/courselist/courseinfo/searchresults?term_code=202310&term_subj=PSYC&attr=0&attr2=0&levl=0&status=0&ptrm=0&search=Search

The last section has 290 seats total, 288 filled and 2 seats open. Remember that school has just started so the rest of the sections will fill up too. They wouldn't provide 3 sections of 290 seats if that wasn't the case.[/quote]

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