Ohio Wesleyan University Top Questions

Professors get to know you if you want them to; most learn your name and actually care about how you do in their courses, though at least a couple seem to care more for their paycheck. A lot of them are great to just talk with as well; they don't treat you like a nobody just because you're an undergrad; they want to hear your ideas and talk, because they care. Some are better about not just lecturing AT a class, but rather getting the class involved through either participation or just being an interesting individual. The academic requirements at OWU can be hard to understand if only because of how the system is set up, but it's really quite simple to get them all covered, as some classes can cover two or sometimes more requirements just by taking the one class. The new math requirement is also depressing, though one can see why it is necessary. The German department is great about encouraging students to participate outside of class, with things like the German table and films and other events; Dr. Kremling in particular shines, going above and beyond what the normal of at least ten professors do. He attends tons of events on top of the classes he teaches, and always has a question to ask in case a speaker is left with an awkwardly silent audience.

The key to academic success at OWU: 1. go to class, every class-no excuses. participation counts for everything. studying/cramming for finals at the end won't compensate, no matter what class, for the amount of effort teachers think is visible from continual daily attendance. 2. OFFICE HOURS=critical. letting a teacher know that the time they designate (outside of class) to their students is valuable is something that many students fail to take advantage of and should not! The beauty of a small school is the personal attention. Teachers here appreciate and encourage involvement, whether it be by attending lectures they suggest or meeting with them at the Mean Bean to discuss strategy for better grades. 3. Use draft options and the writing center to improve writing skills/papers/essays. Teachers like seeing that students are using academic resources to the fullest. -intellectual conversations barely happen outside of class...depending upon your group of friends it could vary, however. -requirements=the pits. foreign language and science are the two that seem to drag everyone's gpas down, indefintetly.

The classes are small so you get to know your Professors. I have to study a lot to keep up, but since I am interested in what I am learning about, it doesn't seem like a big deal. There are a lot of requirements to graduate, but I like that because students get the opportunity to take a variety of classes and become more well-rounded.

I know all my professors by name and they know me by name. This has proven to be the most beneficial part of success at owu because the academics are very difficult. Teachers don't let you just slide by in their class and they don't feel they have succeeded unless you have.

OWU is strictly an undergraduate, teaching institution. What that means is that professors are there to teach rather than attend conferences and write for publication; the person teaching the course is the same person writing and administering the exams there are no TA's on campus. Also, I never took a course where the professor did not know my name, and it was not unusual to have the professor provide me with his/her personal home and cell phone numbers in the event I had any problems during my studies. With that said, I do feel that classes are very competitive and very academically challenging. If a student is looking for a school with very few writing assignments OWU is not for him/her, in fact I very rarely had course in which scantron exams were the norm. OWU's goal is to prepare the student enter either the business or academic world. I know that from this past year's graduating psychology majors (2008) of the 48 majors, 5 had been admitted into multiple doctorate programs, more than 10{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c}, and that is not including those other students admitted into master's programs.

Every student at OWU has a core curriculum they must satisfy in order to graduate. This allows each student to take many diverse classes they might not have thought they would take. In every class I take I am on a name basis with my professor and it's hard not to be with only 20-30 students in a class. I'm an Accounting major in the Economics department. I would say about half of OWU's students are Economics majors. Education at OWU is geared toward getting a job, the majority of the professors are and have been very successful outside of teaching and are able to help students find a job before graduating.

The academics are probably the number one reason to come to OWU. I have a professors cell phone number on my phone, and several home numbers of other professors. My one professor has AIM which I have used--For educational purposes. Several other professors have a facebook account. All of the professors in my department know my name. Last year, as a freshmen, I had a professor come to me with an internship opportunity, she wrote a recommendation and I got it. One of my fond memories was taking this horrible, long exam. All the students were complaining about it. After the exam, a few of us gathered outside the class and waited for the professor. We all went to the nearby 'Old Bag of Nails' restaurant and ordered drinks. I had a coke, but the other students enjoyed a beer with the professor. I feel that the student-faculty relationship is one of my favorite things as far as OWU academics go.

Academics at OWU are awesome- the teachers are well educated and have real concern for the success of the student. The class size is good (around 20), there is lots of class participation. The classes are interactive and challenging, but definitly managable.

the classes are very small and teachers know your name and notice if you're there or not. owu is very strict with attendence and it will really affect your grade if you miss more than three. follow your teacher's policy or you could get a F for the class. the school is geared for getting a degree, but you're on your own. nobody is really willing to help you finish your required classes.

Academics are great at OWU, for the most part. The math department is pretty much nothing and the math teachers are HORRIBLE, but almost no one takes math so... who cares, right? Teachers are mostly great, a few bad apples but the school is fast to cleanse itself of them. Professors are very friendly towards students and sometimes meet with them out of class. Students are not competitive. The work load is quite doable, many people slide by doing no work until the last 2 weeks of the semester. That beside said, MANY PEOPLE FAIL OUT FOR GRADES. Not a big deal as most of their friends see it coming from a mile away.

The Academics at Ohio Wesleyan challenge you to go above and beyond. The teachers are always happy when you have questions. This past year I took three sciences; Botany, Ornithology and Animals and their Environment, these courses were extremely challenging, they took extra time then the other majors due to long labs and large amounts of material. For Ornithology my teacher would invite the class on bird trips that were located around the state to see birds that weren't found in the local area. Education t OWU is first geared to the student finding what subject is right for him and then it switches to getting that student ready for a job.

Classes are where I have made 90{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of my friends at OWU. The class size is small and you must often work together. Because roll call is taken you learn names, and don't have to do the awkward, " I think your in my class,..whats your name?". The teachers are kind and understand that you have other things going on in life,..classes will be missed and homework will be forgotten. The classroom offers up a great way to get to know your self and your classmates through class participation and room for personal thought.

The professors here are VERY friendly, except for those required courses like english and math 105. My spanish teacher is AMAZING--she's one of my favorite people ever. On another note, not every academic apartment is strong. The ones that ARE strong are renowned for turning out very successful people. The sciences, for one, are OWU's best departments. Botany and Zoology are very popular. Other great ones are education, the arts, and psychology. The other departments, though, are definitely not as strong, and I wouldn't recommend majoring in them here. English, Humanities, History, etc. shouldn't be your first choice.