Central Michigan University Top Questions

I should study more than I do, but I do well in my favorite classes. There are intellectual conversations out of class, but professors are discussed just as much.

Classes are small where professor know my name

While many of the University Program classes can be kind of large because many students want to take the same popular classes. However, once you begin your major your class sizes go way down. After a while you are taking classes with the same people and have the same professors. It is nice when some of the professors start to know your name and know more about you because then they can write letters of recommendation and things like that.

Professors don't I think know my name but I do have a lot of intellectual conversations with my friends- it depends on the people I'm around.

once you get past the freshmen intro classes you get smaller class sizes and you really get to know your professors and they get to know you. once you select your course of study you begin to have the same students in classes and the same professors so they learn who you are and about you and often are the ones writing letters of reccomendation.

One aspect of CMU that I really love is that the professors actually care about their students. I personally know most of my professors and don't mind asking them for help or their opinion. I was actually surprised to see how much college students study here at CMU. I know I personally study at least two hours per day and five out of the week I attend the library. I feel that CMU's academic requirements are attainable, but for the most part I don't like how it is set up. There are a few required classes that I personally believe just waste time and money. But for the most part, classes at CMU are interesting and most students seem to apply themselves and enjoy what they are doing.

there is a good variety of class to take that would interest many students. it makes your major and minor class fun.

I've had some pretty interesting classes since I've been at CMU. Some of my favorites include Audio Production, Video Production, Interpretive Reading and Appreciation of Art. Students aren't necessarily competitive with one another but more internally competitive. Most students strive to get a high mark in the majority of their classes, especially core classes for their majors and degree requirements. The only beef I have with Central is the fact that you can only take a certain amount of elective hours within your major. After that certain amount any elective credits you take involving your major will not count towards your final degree credit hours. I know this is a way to ensure that students get a rounded education but I personally believe that the required University Programs establish that rounded education sufficiently.

It is hard to talk about academics because I think you get the most experience when you are taking classes that go towards your major. As of right now though I do enjoy the classes. I have not personally had the chance to get to know my professors though.

I love Central's academics. Almost all of my classes are small and personable. The most unique class i have taken is the ASL 100 Deaf Culture. It really opened my eyes to the life of a deaf person and the struggles they go through. My major is Communication Disorders. One downfall that Central has is with this major they only offer one class time a semester for all of the classes. Therefore only 40 or so students can take that class this year. My freshman friend was able to take one class for her major her freshman year CDO 230 and she can't get into any of the other ones because upper classmen have already filled the one class. Therefore she has completed all her University Program classes and now she has nothing to take her sophomore year because all the classes are filled. Therefore, the CDO department must get another professor or offer more classes a semester because 1 class for the 3 beginning courses of the major is ridiculous. There should be at least 2-3 beginning classes and then it should taper off down to one later on in the major as less people stay with it. One other downfall i think we have is many professors need to be evaluated or helped on how they teach. For instance I only have two exams a semester. This does not help me learn the material at all! Constant evaluations and studying and reinforcement will help me retain the information. having a test as a midterm and a final makes me try and study 3 months worth of information in 1-2 weeks. How on earth am I to rememeber everything for the exam. In one of my classes where we had an exam over 3 chapters worth of material I spent 10.5 hours of studying and reviewing. Yet I still got a 74{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} on it because there was just too much material to cover and I could not remember it all at one time. This is one very easy thing to fix is hold workshops for professors so that they can improve their teaching methods to better help the students learn. Maybe a weekly quiz or bi weekly quiz that doesn't count for much but will help the students continue to visit the material is an option.