I know that some summer classes taught by The Others (aka my humanities counterparts) get very, VERY pared down relative to the fall or spring semester versions. I'm not sure of the exact reasons.
Maybe because The Others believe that students can't handle a week's worth of reading a night? (seriously, there can't be that many pages of sparknotes, can there?) Perhaps they don't want to grade a paper every other night?
I wonder if my students expect to cover less material in my class just because it's in the summer?
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The best source for the expectations of YOUR students is going to by other faculty in your department, although it is good that you have a sense of what is done in other departments.
But one week per lecture? Is this a course that is normally taught one day a week? At our college, we shift format so a class that meets 3 (or 2) days per week will meet 5 (or 4) days a week in the short semester. We try to keep the daily effort as close as possible to that of a regular semester, but add days.
(As for your colleagues, my guess is that they are too exhausted to grade the equivalent amount of work due to their summer teaching load.)
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