Biology More Accessible Fully Online

By making my class online, I am addressing the enrollment bottleneck of this General Education class. Any given quarter most classes are full to capacity, with many students still trying to add the course. With sufficient rooms available, there may be 1200 students enrolled each quarter. With an increasing student population space is always a concern. We frequently teach in rooms that are part of other colleges, so the reliability of those rooms being available is another concern. By making a course online, more students will be able to take the course without taking up classroom space. This is also beneficial for the students, many of which have work or family commitments, and for whom meeting regularly at a particular time may be inconvenient or impossible.