The University of Texas at Austin Top Questions

When you're an upperclassman, the people in the classroom gets smaller. So professors learn your name. Students aren't that competitive. Students in the engineering side has intellectual conversations outside of class. I do not spend time with professors outside of class. I don't think it's necessary for engineering students to take fine arts and human science

Some majors like Engineering, Natural Sciences, and Architecture are much more challenging and demanding than other majors such as Business, it seems.

All of this happens on the part of the student. The professor will know your name if you visit him/her in his/her office hours. Class participation is not common, in small or large classes. Participation may become more frequent as one progresses to upper level courses. First and second years are easily intimidated. I know because I was the same way. UT's core curriculum or academic requirements are very streamlined and so non-specific. It seems like many UT students graduate with a mixture of knowledge from all different areas that don't always cohere. Depending on one's major, your education at UT may or may not be geared toward getting a job or learning for its own sake.

Professors of small classes know your name. Least favorite class- chemistry (science and math in general). Students study different amounts depending on what major they are in and how many tests per week. Class participation in large classes is uncommon. Unique class- Dr. Daly's interpersonal communication class. I am in Communication Sciences and Disorders. No one hangs out with their professor outside of class.

Most of them. My favorite class was my sociology class because even though it was a bigger class, the professor made it seem small; my least favorite class is biology because I am awful at science. Students study all the time. Class participation is common in specific classes but not as much in core classes. UT students speak intellectually outside of class. Students are very competitive. Sociology was the most unique class I've taken. My major is advertising in the communications school; it's very competitive, but every step is worth it. Some professors work well outside of class, but most refer you to your teaching assistant. UT's academic requirements are very steep, but keep you at the top of your abilities. UT gears it's education experience towards getting a job and being successful.

The most unique class I've taken to date is "the History of Rock". I'm half way through the class right now; we're at the Beatles. I absolutely LOVE this class! On our tests we have listening questions in which you have to identify the song, musician, etc. Our teacher is really nice and not to mention an extremely talented sitar player. (He studies under Ravi Shankar!) My least favorite class so far is a human body biology course. I hate science, all kinds. I'm a musician and philosophy major, so its just not my thing. But as a liberal arts major (philosophy), I am required to take 15 hours of science (5 classes). It sucked.

Yes I know my prof. name, favorite class is early childhood development, Students study a lot I would say consistently mon-thurs/fri. In most of my classes class participation is common, yes students are comeptitive.

Students througout the communication are very competitive. Your professor knows your name if you want him to know your name. It is hard to say that the all the professors push you to succeed and do well because I have had a hand full who do just the opposite, but in upper division courses most of the professors have been extremely helpful.

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UT is widely regarded as one of the most competitive public schools in the US, so there are very few classes or majors that are considered "blow off." That being said, most students still do maintain a life outside of school. Many of your basic freshman courses, like Chemistry 301, are held in massive auditoriums, where it is not uncommon to have over 800 students. However, as you get more into your upper division major classes, the size generally decreases and you have more interaction with fellow classmates and your professor. One thing that some students don't like about UT is that because it is a research institution, it seems like many professors are there to focus on their research instead of teaching. Because UT is an academically reputably school, we have many major companies that come to recruit. Many colleges have a career service to help you find a job or internship; in fact, UT was recently ranked #1 in job placement.