David
Pharmacy and Engineering are both really well respected, but most of the arts and sciences departments are above average. The lecture halls feel incredibly impersonal. The smaller classes are really well run, and you feel a connection with the professor.
Kelly
the profs are iight..... there are no intellectual convos out of class but its good academically
Andrew
Your general education classes suck. the teachers could care less about you but once you get into your major classes they want to you succeed
Casey
URI is not one of the top liberal arts schools in the country. However, you can create a superior level of education for yourself. You are given access to very successful and intelligent people within their field, and if you show genuine interest, they will indeed remember your name and help to guide you along your career path. I am a finance major, and I have established a very close relationship with the finance staff. This past semester, I received the opportunity to travel with one of my professors to a national academic/professional financial forum. My educational experience has been first class, but I owe most of the experience to pushing myself to exceed expectations and get the attention of my professors. If you are hard-working and genuine, you will receive the attention you deserve.
Sara
In the chemical engineering department, i have a few complaints. Most of the professors are nearing retirement, so they are all very old. They don't care much about the students, and i find a lot of the classes have a very large scale. I think the professors should focus more on teaching the content and teaching it well, instead of crunching information. THey should also make more personal relationships with the students, meaning, learn the students weak points, and help them fix them, or at least give them tips. There's also not very much help in the department of finding an internship for chemical engineers. For other engineers it seems much easier, but for chemicals, it's very difficult and very competitive.
jacquelyn
The academic requirements at URI are quite reasonable and the overall academic atmosphere is typical of most colleges, in my opinion. There are good and bad professors and many students seem to enjoy participating in class, while there are always people who sit in the back and fall asleep as well. Class size ranges from ten kids and under up to 5 or 600 kids in some general education lectures. URI offers a wide variety of class options. I've taken classes as common as intro to psychology and intro to philosophy and classes as unique as history of the sea, human sexuality and travel writing. One of my teammates actually took a class on floral arrangements. URI has a fashion merchandising major as well as many majors geared towards the ocean and marine biology...seeing as it is the ocean state.
Chris
Chemistry department sucks
Angry
Quality of education is poor. Music department is a bunch of old cooks who failed at achieving their goals and fell back on teaching. They are stubborn and seem to hold the mentality of "their way or the highway", even though studies have shown that students learn differently, and have their own ways of learning. The portfolio system is an absolute joke, the grad assistants dont even correct the papers thoroughly. I passed in a paper from 11th grade for one assignment and got an A...how does that work??? I feel like education at URI is learning for its own sake and doesnt necessarily gear you towards getting a job/preparing for a successful career in your chosen field. Half the classes you are required to take are absolute bullshit, and have no relevance whatsoever towards ones chosen career path. Class participation is at an all time low, it is rare that i even hear questions asked of the classes.
Leta
There is some course I like and dislike. I hate the math class I had this spring semester because the professor can't really teach. I mean he's a nice guy and all but he can not teach. Many students student mostly everywhere I go which is a good thing.