r/unt • u/Pink_foxxi7424 • 5d ago
Limited Sections
Hi everyone! I'm a sophomore and I'm trying to register for two accounting classes (ACCT 3120 and ACCT 3405). The issue is there's only three class options for each of these classes, which seems so foreign to me because usually there's more class options to pick from. I'm not sure if classes will be added soon or not. I called the accounting department to see if we will get more class sections later but it seemed like the person over the phone couldn't understand me. I just want to know if we will get more classes because just three class sections for cost accounting is ridiculous.
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u/Worth_Engineering500 5d ago
I guess its just 3 sections. The 3 4xxx level course that i need to take this sem to graduate has only 2 sections each. Take Neil Wilner.
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u/Pink_foxxi7424 5d ago
Okay thank you so much. I had no idea that sections were limited as the classes got advanced.
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u/Worth_Engineering500 5d ago
Idk how other universities do but i guess we do not have a lot of professors for higher level classes. In my community college, we had a whole bunch of sections to select from. Schedule will be a mess here
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u/Visual_Scientist_298 5d ago
Of course at CC there are a lot of sections since they are 1000 and 2000 level. Same here at UNT and all 4-yr schools. The upper level there are not as many students needing those courses each semester or as many professors that teach them since the demand is less.
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u/Worth_Engineering500 5d ago
You are right but the lower level classes availability here in UNT is still smaller than the cc i went.
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u/Visual_Scientist_298 5d ago
As they should. UNT had more of an actual idea of how many students need any course at any given time. CC don’t since their application process is much easier and the fluidity of students is always changing. They also don’t have classrooms that can/will seat 50+ like a 4-yr school does.
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u/Dudepic4 Psychology 5d ago
Only the core classes get that many options, it drops a lot when you get into more specified classes. Especially 4000’s where sometimes there is a single section offered only in one semester
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u/DrgonBloop 5d ago
Welcome to upper level classes, the professors who teach them don’t teach many of them and most only have one professor per class
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u/Visual_Scientist_298 5d ago
You’re not gonna see more sections added. You need to pick one of these three if that’s what you want to take next semester.
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u/No-Acanthaceae-3108 5d ago
That would be a lot of sections for some colleges. Stuff in CLASS is often one section per course, usually limited to around 30 students or less. Pretty much no advanced courses there even remotely touch 100+ cap.
In general though, like others have said advanced course options tend to be smaller due to being more niche
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u/deadspace9_ 4d ago
My Philosophy ass was thinking "three whole sections?" Most of my major's classes get one section a year if you're lucky.
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u/Educational_Thing_15 5d ago
Nope, once you start getting into the 3-4000 level courses, especially accounting, you'll realize that they only have 1-2 profs for each class, most of mine next semester (all 4000) only had 2 choices, an online or an in-person class with the same prof. Just how it is, sadly