I don't teach chemistry... And I certainly don't have a bag sitter (I hope) towards students... But I still sympathize with the professor... You get 16 weeks o

I don't teach chemistry... And I certainly don't have a bag sitter (I hope) towards students... But I still sympathize with the professor... You get 16 weeks or so to teach students a topic... Some topics are MUCH harder than others (learn Microsoft office suite, vs get the Linux+ certification). I think schools need to do a better job splitting difficult courses, but I think there's a fundamental dislike of course series, since that raises costs to get an education, and in more specialized areas, it would be hard to get enough students to take the second course if people only need or take part 1.