I’m shocked–SHOCKED!–that, after the first full day of registration, the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen course has 9 students, while Digital Literary Studies has zero. How could a comic-based course possibly be more popular than a theoretical introduction to humanities computing, one which fulfills *no* requirements for the major?
A free month’s subscription to this blog to readers who can guess the gender demographics of the 9 (judging by names).
(I’ll freely concede that it’s not healthy to be this interested in my enrollments. Nonetheless . . . )
UPDATE (11/12): One week later: 28 students in League, against 2 (!) in Digital Literary Studies. *Sigh* . . .
Alex | 05-Nov-07 at 9:45 pm | Permalink
and I am stuck waiting until the 13th!
Sigh.
jbj | 05-Nov-07 at 9:48 pm | Permalink
Well, it helps to know the professor.
On the plus side, plenty of good seats still available in DLS, which is, after all, closer to your major.
Alex | 06-Nov-07 at 8:39 am | Permalink
Closer to my major seems to be an understatement, but agreed wholly.
Mama Anarchia | 07-Nov-07 at 9:11 pm | Permalink
Hey now, easy on the demographic jokes. If it fit my schedule, I would be in there, too. (But then, I’m not much of a girl when it comes to books. Cyberpunk, anyone?)
Heather | 08-Nov-07 at 10:16 am | Permalink
One of those students is my fault . . .
jbj | 12-Nov-07 at 9:01 pm | Permalink
Mama A: As you well remember, there was a pretty skewed demographic in the cyberpunk class . . . It looks like this course will rival that one in distribution.
It’s just funny, because almost all English classes are majority female, and usually by a pretty wide margin.