Expansion
During the mid-'00s, the McMaster administration began putting pressure on the programme to increase its size from 60 to 100 students per year. This campaign is part of a University-wide expansion of all smaller programs such as Medicine and Health Sciences. The idea was met with opposition from most students and professors in the program. Arguments against programme expansion include concerns that the sense of tight-knit community would be lost; that larger classes would reduce the quality of education; and that it would place added pressure on professors. The last increase in class size was in 1996, with an increase in intake from 50 students to 60. This increase was met with similar resistance, and many students and faculty regarded this as the beginning of the end of the intimate learning environment that had gained the Arts and Science Programme its strong reputation. Although the issue has not been resolved with finality, measures have been taken to address the issue for the coming few years with the ultimate aim of bringing enrolment back to a maximum of 60 students per year.
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