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NO, they don't. It is my fault because they could but there are too many people in all the classes. Favorites... hmm. Least favorite.. statistics. It was the only class I failed and had to repeat. BLAH just thinking about it. Depends on the student, most are average studiers. Like I said its a party school. Educations is geared at learning. I feel in no way ready to get a job. I learned a bunch of random things that hardly tie into my major. We got to chose all but 4 classes in my major so of course, before I knew better, I took the easy way out. My mistake now but I think there needs to be more required classes.

I'm an art major and I really enjoy it. Im usually on a personal level with my teachers and don't see them so much as authority figures. I've even been to the bars and seen them there a few times. It is definitely time consuming, but if you work hard in class then you won't have so much out of class work. My favorite classes have been print making and ceramics. My favorite non-art class I've taken is geology, which even though it might sound lame, was pretty interesting. Human health and nutrition was a very hard class that if I could go back I might not have taken.

The professors are great and want to get to know you.

Again, academics vary at WVU. 100 and 200 level classes are extremely easy and very easy to get an A. Professors vary as well. I've had some really good ones, but unfortunately the number of bad teachers/ professors have out numbered the good ones. Students are far from competitive and study only on the weekdays or monday-wednesday. There is a lack of passion at this school and students are definately more interested in partying than studying or planning for their future.

The academics here are pretty strong. I've been pretty limited to science based classes, but the physics department and the chemistry department are very strong. The freshman biology teachers are a little weak and if you aren't dedicated can very easily make you decide to choose another major (I'm not always sure this is a bad thing). I'm also in the honors college and have found all of my honors classes to be really good. The teachers have be excellent and really taught their respective subjects well. My honors classes have been ranging from Biology to history to an ecology movie class. Students really aren't that competitive here, so it's really easy to ask a classmate for help. There is also something known as the first year experience for freshmen which is a tutoring center in certain dorms where you can go and speak to upperclassmen if you're having trouble in a class. Also, if you're having trouble in class there are many resources you can take advantage of even if you aren't a freshman. There is a chemistry learning center run by ACS students, as well as many professors are very easy to get ahold of for help.

Some professors learn your name and some others do not. It depends on whether or not you want them to and how large the class is. If you want the teacher to know your name you simply have to participate in class and introduce yourself after class. I personally do not spend any time with my professors outside of class but i see many people who do. The education at the university is geared towards getting a job after graduation. Professors and advisors try to pursuade their students to go out and get experience in their individual career tracks. For example, within the school of journalism here at WVU there are many clubs and organizations that students can join to get experience in areas such as advertising, editorial writing, and broadcast news.

I've had more professors at WVU that I really liked than ones I didn't like, but that may have to do with the classes I have to take for my major.

Class is just like any other class. You have ones you like and ones you hate. Some take attendance, and others don't. Sometimes you study and sometimes you don't need to. It really depends on what you are taking. All classes, however, challenge you in some fashion.

At any big school, you're going to have classes with up to 400 people in them. in this type of class, it's really completely up to the professor how much the class participates. For instance, i have a Political Science class with about 200 people in it, but the professor makes scenarios for his examples using students in class to make his points, then lets other students comment on the topic and make a point on a side of the argument. Math Classes are awful at any big school. it's just a big lecture hall with one professor doing examples over and over. They are by far my least favorite classes.

I am a Fashion Merchandising major and all of the professors know our names in those classes. Once you start your major you tend to be with the same people, so everyone knows each other's names. The fashion program is geared toward getting a job because that is the ultimate objective of most people. Many of the professors have formally worked in the fashion industry, and like to use their real life experiences to better prepare us for the real world.