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I don't know if our system will help anyone else but here it is for what it's worth: We are a two year college and we run, concurrently, a semester schedule, an eight week "half term" schedule, a four week "modular" schedule, and various one, five and ten week courses for other reasons at seemingly random times. We solved the "I don't want to take it because it's not credit" problem by offering eight weeks of ENG093 (Developmental Reading) backed by eight weeks of either PSY121 or PSY121 (Intro Psych or Intro Soci). The reading teachers are happy because they have twice as much classroom time per week with the students and can gear their instruction towards a specific text (psych or soci depending on the section). The psych and soci instructors are happy because their students come in with some prior knowledge of the course content and intact writing skills. The students are happy because they get three hours of "real credit" from the second eight week segment while only using up one slot of "real time" from their degree programs. Long explaination but I hope it helps someone! - Amy K. Berlin Edison Community College [log in to unmask]