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The academics at this school are challenging enough to make me feel like I am working towards what I am learning. They are not easy classes that anyone could take and pass, but they are not so difficult that it is incredibly stressful either.

My favorite class that I've taken so far was Functional Biology. That class was easy to engage in and other students were also excited to be there. Of course that course was mostly filled with pre-med students and nursing students so they were competitive with each other. I liked that because that made students strive to be better than their peers. I am a Biology major, and you probably guessed it.... Pre-Med student! I am trying to pursue pathology. I actually learned about that profession in this particular biology class! I was not able to catch my professor outside of class because she was the head of the biology department which made her super busy! But, come my next biology classes I would like to build relationships with my future professors.

Rigorous, depends on major

The academics at this school are very challenging if you want them to be or they can be pretty basic if that is what you desire. We have an excellent honors program, great dance program, great psych program... we have something for evryone.

For undergraduate students, there is a lot of variety. There are definitely people who work hard and care about their classes, but there are a lot of people who just want to socialize and party. It can be hard to find the best academic experience at Texas State but it's there.

Academics are important here and I feel challenged half the time. It really depends on the teacher. Education is geared towards getting a job and career services helps with that but more diversity in job fairs could be improved. The Alkek Library is a fantastic resource, I only wish there was a 24 hour printing area. Also wish there was better machines and facility for color printing, especially in the Art Building JCM.

Academics are important here and I feel challenged half the time. It really depends on the teacher. Education is geared towards getting a job and career services helps with that but more diversity in job fairs could be improved. The Alkek Library is a fantastic resource.

This is a big school (well over 30,000 students). So, don't be surprised when your freshman professors don't recognize you even half way into the semester. Some freshman classes have nearly 400 students in them each, but never fear. Upper level classes are much smaller in size. Some have even less than 20 students. Expect your lower level classes to have more generic busywork and your upper level classes to be much more thoughtful with an emphasis on the application of your discipline to your future field of work. My major is Family and Child Development and I have found my classes to be very career oriented and hands-on. I would not call the program competitive, but I would call it practical. And that's really a staple of a Texas State education.

Texas State takes academics seriously. Teachers here really care about there students.

Once you declare your major and you hit junior/senior status, professors know your name and even more. My favorite class by FAR was the AAF Student competition course. It was a semester working with 20 students in my related field, doing hands on advertising/marketing campaign work for a national client...FUN! Least favorite is definitely Statistics, however, the professor was one of my favorites! I am an advertising major, which is rapidly growing. It is great. The professors in the Mass Comm department are amazing, and if you take the time to participate in class discussion and utilize the opportunites on campus, they become friends of yours. All of my professors know me on a first name basis, and we spend a lot of out-of-class time discussing my future. I wish that students' requirements were more strictly based on their major, and not irrelevent courses that take you over 2 years to complete.

I am a Mass Communication Major, which means I study PR, advertising, journalism and media. I feel like my degree is so versitile, and that versatility has proven beneficial in interviews and other professional experiences. Some of my favorite and/or most beneficial classes in the Mass Comm program were Web Design and Campaigns. In Web Design, I was taught, litteraly, how to design a Web page from scratch and make it functional. With this knowlege, I feel like I'm a valuable asset to any company. I even created my own Resume Page... which is my resume in a cool visual layout and links to my work. I liked my PR campaigns class because I was assigned a real client and had to plan a real campaign, which was actually implemented. I can now use the results from this campaign to talk with real PR professionals about my professional experience. So, I feel like the best part about classes at TxState is that they feel more like real-world-training and not tedious busy work.

Excellent professors, high academic standards

We have some of the best artistic departments for a college. The photography department is outstanding, as well as journalism.

Some tachers are better than others. Nothing to write home about.

Show some ethusiam or effort in classes. It goes a long way with professors in the long run. If you have a problem or a question don't put it off until the end of the semester. Professors like the people who come talk them and if you come sooner they will be willing to work with you later. Students in the business classes are competitive. It's probably the business mind frame. Consumer behavior was a pretty cool class. It required a lot of class participation but it was actually fun. You could talk about anything in that class as long as you could relate it to something relevant which wasn't hard. Those were probably the most interesting class discussions.

Class sizes vary. In your early years you will experince alot of large class sizes however once you are more speicfied in your major you will find the classes decrease in size alot. The best advice is to go and talk to you teachers in thier office hours, they really want you to succeed.

I can only speak for the Accounting department, for which I have found that I am now known by almost the entire staff. If you get involved and take an interest, the professors will also take an interest in you. Like most things in life, it will be what you make it. Texas State students are intelligent, but I have found to be very practical and pragmatic. The Baccalaureate education is geared towards professional development, as it should be. It is my understanding that in the graduate programs students focus less on the practical and more on the theoretical. I start my graduate work this summer... so I guess we will see!

Academics at Texas State is very competitive. I think the students here are very intelligent. The professors are nice and most are very caring about their students. They are also very approachable and usually available during office hours. The biology department is extremely good at helping students and providing resources to help us succeed. Magic, Ritual, and Religion was a very unique class that I took here and is pretty interesting. Our geography department is No. 1 in the nation and our education department is No. 3 in the nation.

If you're a Music major at Texas State it is a wonderful experience. The staff is amazing, the people are awesome and the environment is great. I've learned so much as an undergrad I've considered staying for my Masters as soon as I graduate. The music faculty definitely knows us by name and will do anything to find us jobs after graduation. They prepare us to teach rather than to just know the information.

All of my professors know my name bc the Respiratory Therapy program is fairly small. The RC program is targeted at getting a job but still requires courses such as philosophy to develop critical thinking skills. I spend time with professors outside class because we participate in clinical rotations at various hosptials. Fencing was one of my favorite classes and microbiology was my least favorite. Study time depends on the course, major, and talent. TX State students do have intellectual conversations outside class wether it be concerning politics, legalization of substances, to the war in Iraq. Competition, I think depends on your major, but I think its natural to want to have the best grades and resume.