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Download AN ANALYTIC STUDY OF BOTTLENECK COURSES Office of Institutional Research California State University, Sacramento Jing Wang, Ph.D. Director of Institutional

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To solve this problem, it is necessary to understand student needs for courses (demand) and course offering by departments (supply) each semester. Since it is nearly impossible to precisely match course supply to actual course demand, this study will focus primarily on bottleneck courses, which are the result of severe mismatch between supply and demand. Research Goals: -Analyze the causes of bottleneck courses Samples: Selected 5 Biology courses that were identified by faculty as bottleneck courses. RESEARCH GOALS AND SAMPLES