HONOLULU -- Budget cuts at the University of Hawaii at Manoa has doubled the size of nearly a dozen accounting classes this fall and one professor said that's adversely affecting the quality of the students' education.

Last spring, this Introduction to Financial Accounting class had 60 students in it. This fall the UH College of Business has doubled the size of the class to 120 students and others are still trying to get in.

"I talked to the professor and it's full. They have a 120 limit and won't let 121," said student Alex Gourley.

It's one of 11 accounting classes that have doubled in size because of budget cuts this year.

Professor Hamid Pourjalali said he doesn't mind the extra work, but he worries that students aren't getting one-on-one attention.

"When you increase the class size, it has a direct effect on the quality of the delivery of the course and I can sense it, and you can sense it in students that their interest level has dropped significantly," said Pourjalali.

The dean of the business college said he had no choice but to double the size of accounting classes because of budget cuts, resulting in a 30 percent reduction in the number of classes being taught by part-time lecturers.

"We have to educate the students that we have. We can't turn students away," said Dean Vance Roley.

He said the college spent the last year consulting with business faculty about how to keep up with student demand and decided to increase these classes to 120 students, because that's the upper-end of the national norm for introductory accounting classes.

"When budget cuts come, it will affect the quality of education and it will affect how we deliver our courses," Pourjalali said.

The professor's union is filing grievances and may complain to the state labor board that UH administrators are unfairly increasing faculty workload.