Thus, at any given moment a typical student's load might look something like this: two workshops (meant to be complementary--for example, in fiction one might require readings and exercises, with the other asking for a finished story every three or four weeks), a class in, let us say, the novel, and one more, perhaps taught by Elie Wiesel in the University Professors Program, for a total of no more than four courses per semester.  I'm happy to point out that such distinguished faculty as Christopher Ricks, and his courses are regularly attended by our students.  Our playwriting structure is a bit different, since Derek Walcott brings in professional actors to perform works in progress.  His workshop lasts, in essence, for the year (Derek teaches it himself in the fall) and meets in the Boston University Playwrights' Theatre, where a number of student plays are produced in the spring.