By Caleb Clendenning
After a full semester of the new four-credit system, William Peace University has made updates to the spring schedule with the hope of giving more time for students to eat lunch between classes, while continuing to push the interactive learning environment.
Student opinions remain mixed, despite adding a gap between classes so that students have time to eat.
“It’s been a struggle to adjust to the longer classroom hours…it’s something that I’m not used to,” said Lasean Boyd a senior majoring in criminal justice. “I love the older schedules with three credits just because the shortest classes were 50 minutes and you covered a lot of topics.”
Longer class times have been students’ main concern, as they find it hard to remain focused throughout the class period.
“I only seem to struggle near the last 40 to 30 minutes, because the classes usually last around two hours instead of about an hour, like it was before,” said Boyd.
While the upperclassmen are still adjusting to the schedule, underclassmen at Peace seem to have fewer problems.
“It’s the only thing I know and it’s pretty cool so far,” said Brenna Downie, a first-year student at Peace.
Although the longer class times are a complaint among many students, one thing remains positive among all of the students.
“Pros you take less classes,” said Noah Goetsch, a junior majoring in environmental science. “You have more free time to do fun stuff or study.”
The faculty at Peace continue to see great changes with the four-credit system.
“I was really happy when I found out that I was gonna have more time in class because it always felt like classes were too short, especially the 50 minute classes,” said Ana Galizes, a communication professor at Peace.
As the Peace community continues to adjust to the change, the university is working to provide students and faculty with the best classroom experience possible.