Liveblogging from the Career Development Seminar with Chris Coyne and Art Carden
1. Academic life at a liberal arts college.
Characteristics:
- Tend to be 5,000 students or fewer
- Main focus is undergrad
- Most students there are traditional, full-time, live on campus
- Even students in the hard sciences take part in the liberal arts curriculum.
- Teaching emphasis is often higher - 3-3 or 4-3 load is common
- Office hour requirements are higher
- Smaller classes with opportunities for interdisciplinary and co-taught courses with other faculty
