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Great classes, great teachers and overall very educational. I've learned a lot and would suggest this school to anyone who wants to major in marketing, tv/film production, or anything in the "entertainment" field.

They are fine.. its not amazing its pretty good but it must improve to be better

The teachers are good about knowing who you are. The gen. eds aren't great, but decent enough. I've been very satisfied about the classes I've had within my acting major. They are small and everyone gets as much out of it as they put in. If you have no energy or motivation, I would imagine you don't get anything from class. If you come with a somewhat decent attitude and work ethic, you'll be just fine.

Classes are pretty good sized, sometimes professors nerd you out on some pretty random stuff. For example, one of my professors this past semester thinks that The Holiday was the best movie of the decade. And he's not an idiot.

I hope you love student projects. For all the talk of "hands-on" learning my classes at Emerson have been dissapointingly tame. I feel a little cheated by the similarity of the first three classes I took for my major. Also, I was told by representatives of the school I would "diving right in" to my focus, which is advertising. It's the end of my sophomore year and I am yet to take a class with a focus in Advertising.

Yes! The professors care about you and know you by name. My favorite class is Acting I: Movement and I think this is largley because of he professor, who is amazing. It is really great to work with really talented adults who are enthusiastic about what they do and who love to teach you about their business. If you don't participate in an Emerson class, you might as well throw your tuition money out the window!

I'm a musical theatre student, so most of my classes are artsy and smaller, so most of my professors know my name. However, in the one forum class I was in, I'm sure the teacher would have no idea who I was if I bumped into her sometime in the future. Student's study often, but most homework doesn't seem like work. In my experience, it's all been very creative and fun. On this campus, intellectual conversations are very common, especially about politics. Everyone's politically active here with very strong opinions.

Class participation is often required in classes. Everyone at Emerson is very opinionated so class discussions are often lively. Intellectual discussions don't stop in the classroom. People love to talk about politics and ethical debates. The gen eds offered here are really unique and interesting. Emerson has qualified professors who have worked in the industry and can tell you exactly what you need to do to succeed. I am very confident that I will have a great job once I graduate from Emerson.

One thing that is nice about Emerson is that the classes are very small. All but maybe one of my professors knows my name. I like all of the classes for my major just because they are right up my ally, we basically watch movies and tv and learn about the history of media etc. I am a TV Production major and the department is awesome they always help us out and let us know about events in school or around Boston. Emerson is very job orientated but also gives a general education as well. There is a thing known as the Emerson Mafia which helps a lot when getting a job.

Because Emerson is my fourth college, I was scared that they wouldn't accept a lot of my credits. However, they were really great and accepted all of them! There were only a few that they put under elective credits that could have counted as prerequisites. But all I had to do was take ten minutes to go and talk to the lady that could change them and she did! It was that easy. As far as the credits I took on the quarter system, they ended up giving me an a fraction in the final count of my credits (something like 42.66). However, some of the clubs available to students can also count as one credit and they are free! I think you can only earn a total of four credits this way (which is equivalent to one class), but it's a great thing for transfers or for students looking to take something easy that isn't graded, only pass/fail. Also, the amount of money you pay each semester doesn't change if you're a full time student based on the number of credits you take. You can take 12 or 16 (that's 3 or 4 classes) but you're still paying the same amount. If you want to get the most bang for your buck take 16. Another interesting financial matter to consider is that summer classes are half the price of fall and spring classes. There are two summer terms and you're able to take a total of 8 credits in each term (that's 2 classes per term). You can essentially take care of an entire semester of classes in one summer for half the price if you want to. Moving on to professors, most of them are nice and all of them are willing to meet with you outside of class. They all value class participation and encourage intellectual conversation and even debate among the students in the class. If you participate the teacher will be more lenient when it comes to "special circumstances" for due dates on papers and what not. So, even if you're quiet or if you might not have anything of importance to add, try to at least ask a question or two during class. It will help you in the end! I would say that the education at Emerson is geared toward both learning for its own sake and getting a job. It really depends on the class you take as to which way the teacher leans. I've had lots of teacher focus solely on learning until the last two weeks of class and then talk about how the information we've learned is applicable to the job force and what things work and what don't as far as finding a job in your field. This is really helpful in the arts because it is hard to support yourself and you get to hear from your professors who are artists themselves what are some of the better ways of marketing your stuff and (in creative writing) finding a publisher or agent who's right for you.