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Academics here are what you make of them. There are many different major and minor degrees offered here. The quality of the programs range anywhere from decent, to outstanding. This is a very big University, so you have to deal with all the academic pains associated with it. Scheduling is a pain, your advisors are spread to thin, you have to take initiative for your academic success yourself. Ohio is a terrible place for people not willing to do thier work. My undergraduate advisors were completely worthless, they did not have time for the individual as they themselves were overworked.

I feel like most of my classes are twenty five people or less which i really enjoy because you and the professor are able to communicate on a personal level. The larger lecture classes are not bad, but there is not personal communication which can make getting help a little bit more difficult. I find SI sessions very helpful though. Most teachers make an effort to help students outside of class and utualize the office hours given. i think that the requirements needed are appropriate and most of them are helpful for majors.

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The Tier II classes at Ohio can be cumbersome, but I like how it makes us explore fields of study that we may not know. This can open the door for other majors and careers that we had no idea was out there. I was an undecided freshman fall quarter. I declared a major at the end of fall quarter, so I had to change my adviser. I was sad that I had to but I still keep in contact with her and we get coffee every once in a while to catch up. Some professors you get close to and others you don't. It just depends on their personality and your willingness to approach them and ask for help.

The Professors are very nice and very friendly!

Something that shocked me when i came here was the amount of studying i see people doing, and how necessary it is. A lot of the classes i take are French classes since it's my major, and those classes are all small enough that you have a lot of discussion and participation, and you form close bonds with some of the professors. In the larger lecture classes, a professor hardly ever knows you personally, but its good to take the time to go to their office hours and meet them on a personal level. They really are helpful and most of them want to meet you and have a conversation with you. I think the requirements for all majors here give a well-rounded education.

Having spent some time at other institutions, I'd say the students here tend to be more cooperative than competitive. Like any large institution, there are going to be those 101 classes with 200+ people in them where the prof. likely won't know your name, but with some of the more manageable class sizes profs. are friendly and more than willing to get to know students who take the initiative.

I've been in a lot of bigger classes in which the professors do not know my name. Some of the classes for my major, however, are a lot smaller. There, the professors know my same more frequently. Scripps School of Journalism is a very good program here. It is always ranked nationally in the top ten of journalism schools in the nation. It's very hands-on.

I can only speak about engineering stuff, it's what I do, it's all I care about (I'm mechanical by the way). I've heard repeated from several people scattered around at several schools that the 4 best engineering colleges in Ohio are: OSU, Wright State, Ohio University, and Ohio Northern. I've seen all 4, all but Ohio Northern I've spent more than just the geriatric walk and point at. I'm going to pick on OSU here because I've sat through many classes with a friend up there. They're not joking when they say giant lecture halls, a normal lecture there is in a class larger than all but 2 or so rooms on campus here at OU (we also don't do what lecture and recitation thing, there is just class, 4 days a week). The biggest classes I've ever had here were general phys and chem at about 120 each. Yes you do have to take and ungodly about of math and sciences, but thats just what has to happen. Once that is over you're engineering classes are very small. Most rooms in the engineering building only hold 35ish. Only professors teach, non of that TA crap, that goes for all the classes I've taken (6 quarters now)

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i know most of my professors names. My favorite class has been history injustice in the United States. it was very inspiring, challenging, and taught me about i subject i knew very little about, until taking the class. My least favorite would have to be any 8 a.m. I student more than the average student, so i am unsure how often students study. Class participation is very common in all my classes. I think many OU students have intellectual conversations, including my group of friends. My major is currently advertising in the school of scripts, which i think is far too competitive.

The classes are pretty hard but the teachers are great

I think that OU should not have lowered its admission standards. Luckily, the professors have not yet lowered theirs. Classes aren't overly difficult if students put in a decent amount of time (it really doesn't require too much, for most classes, but it is college, after all). OU has an amazing Political science department. The professors are all extremely open to new ideas and new directions of thinking, and they love debate. I have never been graded for believing the opposite of the prof: they really just grade on if you can support your point. It also has a good History department (my minor). I especially love the African Studies department. There could be much more classes in this area for undergrads, but the professors in this area are great and knowledgeable, and many of them lived for years in Africa doing their research or growing up there, giving a good perspective on what life and history and politics and geography and many other aspects of Africa are really like. Most of the professors are very helpful outside of class, and they try very hard to get to knwo all their students. They like it (and it helps you) to make an effort to ask or answer a question every once in awhile in class.

Some of my professors know me and it's mostly in the Geography classes because that's my major. The geography classes are also my favorites. Those and the religion classes. Intellectual discussions happen ALL the time outside of class. It's our bread and butter. The most unique class I have ever taken was the vampires class. It was amazing and I learned a lot about parts of history I didn't realize ever happened. The academic requirements at Ohio seem a little stringent. They could ease up on things like the foreign language requirements or the tier 2 classes.

Accademics, in my oppinion, are limited to really Journalism, Business, or Education. They are a bit lacking in the science departments. However, the teaching faculty here is great and for the majority, they want you to succeed.

Scripps is a prominent academic program.

Right now I am a Computer Science Major and I am looking into getting a certificate in East Asian Studies (a certificate is the same as a minor). The classes aren't so bad. I get a ton of homework though but that should be expecting in engineering. The Math department sucks, I don't think you'll find anyone to disagree. You should expect to have a few foreign professors. I have no problem understanding what they say but others do. I can't compare OU's academics to any other college because this is the only college I've been to but I'd have to say it's comparable to others.

Professors here are great! They know your name if you see them during their office hours, the classes, in general, are small though there are always the big lecture hall but there will also always be that class of fifteen to twenty.

The academics are good. I feel like I'm getting a worthwhile education here. I also feel like when I go to apply for a job and my resume says I went to Ohio University, it will look good and I won't get the whole "oh so you like to party cause you went to OU" thing. I don't even take the hardest classes and I feel like I'm being challenged. I also feel like I'm learning a lot. I'm a journalism major and I really like the school.

Some of the GE classes are huge, about 200 students. But I feel like once you start to focus more on your major, the classes tend to get smaller and there is more personal attention. I'm in Scripps school of Journalism and I feel like it is an honor to be there. Academics at Ohio is something that I know will help me in my future prospects. But, I do feel like some classes are just unnecessary, like what is the use of a Biology class for a student who was to be a political journalist?