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i'm not sure what academics are like in other majors but as a science major. it is very demanding. but, i would not trade my science classes for anything! you really get a good education out of your classes even though they are hard. some classes are super large but if your not too shy and stop by the professors tend to remember who you are. in such large classes its actually hard to have class participation,, so i suppose it is a down side, the best part is students are competitive. It's really fun. we all compete with each other, but in the end we're all friends. we share notes. and help each other understand the material. in the traditional science field it is all about learning for it's own sake, but I've noticed that some majors/fields are geared towards getting a job at the end.

At Temple, I am a communications major. I take classes in journalism, advertising, public relations, broadcasting, theater, and film, and basically get to create my own course action. Temple's Comm program allows me to fit my major to what I enjoy the most. This is important to me because I have many interests, and do not like when my education is chosen for me; I want to choose where I am going. One of my favorite classes I have take is Writing for Journalism. I actually had to go on and off campus to interview strangers so I could report a story. I was also taught how to write in journalistic style, which was something I had never known before. This class was an amazing experience for me considering most of the work was up to me to be done outside the classroom, like a real life job. Temple is also very big on studying abroad, which I plan to take advantage of. They offer semester or summer sessions in a variety of places such as Rome, Dublin, London, South Africa, Mexico and Los Angeles. I constantly feel like the work I do at Temple is geared toward what people in my desired occupation do everyday, and this makes going to classes for my major actually worth my while.

Generally, it depends on what major you are in. Some departments are better than others. Basically, Tyler School of Art, Fox School of Business, and the Medical School are fairly good. Again, academics are also a hit or a miss, depending on what teacher you get, etc. Classes can be extremely easy, or extremely hard. Hope for the best!

Several intelligent and scholarly teachers, dedication

Classes are engaging and I have had some awesome professors. I have also met many friendly students.

Maybe it's because I found my perfect major, but I love my classes. They are engaging and interesting. Many of my professors know my name. (Not as much in larger lectures.) Class participation is often encouraged, especially in honors classes. Students are competitive, and professors seem to want students to succeed. On several occasions I have met up with professors outside of class, for offsite trips to relevant museums, office hours, or an event related to the class.

Temple has many great academic courses and this is what made me decide to come. I initially didn't like the fact that we have to take so many Gen-Ed requirements but I actually took some pretty interesting classes like Human Sexuality, and Dramatic Imagination. These classes were really fun and allowed me to explore other interests I would not have even thought of. I'm an Athletic Training major and the program here is unbelievable. My professors genuinely care about everyone in our program.They allow us many opportunities to network and get our feet in the door before we graduate. I feel confident that I will be competent in my profession and have many job opportunities by the time I graduate.

Academics at Temple are good over all, but it all depends on what type of classes you take. If you take a huge lecture with 200+ people, forget about your professor knowing your name unless you go to office hours. These lectures don't take attendance though. Smaller classes of 20 or 30 are more interactive, but these classes take attendance most of the time and you can only skip 2 or 3 times per semester. I'm majoring in Neuroscience and I love my courses besides chemistry. It is probably one of the most impossible courses at temple. If you take chemistry here, you are most likely going to have to teach it to yourself on your own time even if you go to all the lectures. I agree with most of Temple's academic requirements, but obviously everyone isn't going to like every class they need to take. I think an education from Temple will be very beneficial when it's time to find a job.

Some of the Gen Ed classes and most math, chem, and bio classes are large lecture classes so it is difficult for them to learn your name, but in the smaller classes, professors definitely make an effort to get to know their students. My favorite class was Phonetics and Phonology, which is a class on the sounds that make up the English language. My least favorite class was the Gen Ed Mosaic class because the professor made it unbearable. Students are constantly studying at Temple. Students who put more effort into school, get more out of it. Class participation depends on the nature of the class, some classes, mostly humanities are discussion based while other classes are based more on lectures. I am in the College of Health Professions and my major is Speech, Language, and Hearing Science. Speech is a great program and I would recommend it to anyone interested in the health fields. The professors within my major and I would imagine in other majors have ample time available to meet with and aid students in their studies. I enjoy most of my classes at Temple and most of my professors are great with a few exception.

There are two types of classes at Temple, lecture and classroom. Classroom professors will know your name within the first few weeks of classes because a lot of them are participation based. Professors want students to participate because it engages students and gets them to learn. Lecture halls are a different story. Lecture courses can have hundreds of students in them. A professor is only going to know your name if you take the initiative for them to learn it. Be active, raise your hand, answer questions. All of these things will help you to not only get a good grade but have the professor recognize you. In my opinion students do have intellectual conversations outside of the classroom. In my experience it has happened often. College students love to talk about what is going on in the world. I am a history and secondary education major and everyone in the education field talks about the problems that we see in the schools today. It is evident that something needs to be done. Even in my history classes we talk after class about politics or something we didn't know about history. I have even gone as far as met up with professors outside of class, during office hours, to meet and talk more about what we are learning in class. College is a lot different from high school, the courses are different and so are the professors. In the College of Education the stakes are high for students to stay academically sound. One cannot graduate without a 3.0 which may not sound so high to some high school students but when you are in college it is easy to skip class. The University as a whole has a totally different set of standards. If you do not keep a certain GPA you will be put on Academic Probation. Students cannot just slip by without passing work, in General Education courses students must receive a C to pass the classes. I think that I have been prepared for the real world from all of these requirements that Temple has set for me. I have learned a ton of information but I have also been set up with different internships that will help me with networking and pursuing a job after I graduate. It certainly has been a great experience so far and I am certainly a more educated person than I was three years ago when I started college.