University of Delaware Top Questions

Some classes are 6 people and others are 300. There is a good mix of class size. Classes that can be large are large and classes that need more attention are intimate. Professors vary from amazing teachers who care to part time professors who do not take their job seriously. UD is a very difficult school academic wise. It is not a school that you can just go to class sometimes and cram.

Most intro classes are pretty big, but classes for your major get smaller and you get to know the professors. My major is human services which is non-profit organization/social work stuff. I really like it and it's very unique. I don't know any other school that has a program like this that includes so much information about human services careers.

Freshman year classes were really big, didnt know professors unless you made an effort to get to know them. Now my classes are much smaller, most professors know me by name. Business school is way competitive, feel like everyone is competing for jobs. class participation counts for the grade in almost all classes. UD is almost too geared toward getting a job this semester, very helpful with resumes and interviews, etc.

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yes participation is good

Good mix of classes. Class sizes always vary which is cool. Some professors - so helpful, others don't care students have to make an extra effort (fair) Most student HAVE to take an extra semester, winter session, summer session, or come in with credits from HS in order to graduate on time!! Some job help: Career Services, Professors help usually, On site interviews, E-Recruiting service for students (Decent placement rate considering the economy today)

Not really, unless it is a small or honors class. My class was Cognition. We learned really cool things about the brain and what happens when something is wrong. My least favorite class was Approaches to Literature. Students study regularly but mostly cram before a test. Class participation is common when teachers promote it. UD students have intellectual conversations outside of class. Students are somewhat competitive. The most unique class was US Latinas. The psychology department is huge. It has a good website but it is hard to track down advisers for advise. There are many good and diverse classes available in psychology. Many psychology professors do really interesting research but do not tell students about it. I go to office hours when I need help. UD has rigorous academic requirements but it is very clear what you have to take. I like how they emphasize multicultural classes but it is hard to fulfill the many core requirements outside of the major. It is geared toward learning and continuing education (ie graduate school/medical school/law school...).

1. yes, but you have to go out fo your way to go to office hours, even if you dont really have a question, just for themt o put a name to the face. go before your first paper in EVERY class!!! 2. nutrition - most interesting content, comm stats - boring, repetetive. 3. usually do work for at least an hour every day. 4. yes 5. maybe on a particularly interesting topic - religion, politics, nutrition 6. depends on the class, probably more in the harder majors. 7. my independent study - i taught visual litearcy to gifted elementary students 8. i was very disapointed with the comm program. i felt that it was very theory based, and when i went to interviews and jobs, i was not prepared for anything. they do not enforce real-world experience like other majors. i think internships should be mandatory for an entire sememster, and the program should actually help you find something. they don't. my advisor bareley knew me, and did not help me combine all my intersts in a valuable way. i took classes i had no interest in just to fill credits. i was an honors student, and technically should have been able to 'create my own major,' but when i attempted to do taht, i was nto able to take the classes i was interested in - even if they were open, i had the prereqs or said i'd take them pass/fail. 9. yes - one of my comm professors i still email and did some outside stuff with him. 10. i think its a good idea to demand well-rounded students outside specific majors, but the number of credits and the limited number of classes makes it hard to find interesting classes that fit requirements. 11. learning. they say preparing for a job, but i didnt really feel prepared from my classes, more from the internships i had found myself.

I was in a small major, so all of my professors did know my name. I think that the academics at Delaware are challenging, and therefore students study quite a good amount. Class paricipation is common based on what type of classes you are taking. Students do seem to be competitive. The most unique class I ever took was a family studies course. I was a sports management major, which prepares you to be in every aspect of the sport and entertainment industry. I absolutely loved my major, from fellow classmates, to professors and the classes that we took. Our professors did do a great deal to plan activities for us outsides of class. I think that UD's academic requirements are fair, and that courses are very geared through getting a job and for the sake of learning. Many majors require internships for credit which I think is a big deal when applying for jobs.

I really enjoyed that I had a mixture of big lecture halls, and also classes with about 20 students. It was a great balance over the years. Professors knew my name, were helpful, and I had some very interesting classes (and some not so interesting!). I worked hard while I was in school, I did well, and it paid off. My Criminal Justice experience was pretty good, there was a decent amount of classes to choose from. I participated in a police ride along, watched court proceedings, and had a class for a semester that was made up of half students and half prisoners. Plenty of electives to choose from... Sometimes core requirements can be really annoying but really can't avoid that at any schools.