Inside Two of Cornell’s Biggest Classes: Wines and Oceanography
Motion of the Ocean Prof. Bruce Monger thinks that he has “the best job in the world.” Monger teaches BIOEE 1540: Introductory Oceanography, one of the largest classes at Cornell with over 1,000 students and 40 teaching assistants. The class “started small.” said Monger, but then enrollment began to climb. “One hundred and thirty, then it was 230 then 330,” Monger said. “I went from a couple-hundred-seat room in Olin Hall to Call Auditorium in Kennedy Hall then that one filled up. Now I moved it to Bailey Hall and [I teach] a little over a thousand students.” “Even though it’s a giant room you... Read more