For them, the summer can allow time to spread the word about a beloved academic discipline to a whole new group of students.
"Most them do it because of their interest in teaching, and in teaching a slightly different mix of students than in the year. They get to broaden their horizons," said Buck.
But summer school can also provide professors an opportunity to search out the pitfalls of a new class before they offer it during the regular academic year.
Gienapp, for instance, taught both of his popular courses, Historical Study B-42: "The American Civil War" and History 1653: "Baseball and American Society," in summer school before inviting undergraduates to sign up.
Damrosch did the same thing with his course Literature and Arts A-72: "The Enlightenment Invention of the Modern Self," which was offered last year in summer school and this past fall for the first time in the College.
"It was a kind of trial run. I made quite a few changes based on how things went," Damrosch says.
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