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Out of the classes I have taken, the work has been fairly decent. As long as you go to class and do your work, there's nothing to worry about. AND... if you do always go to class, the teachers DO know your name and are willing to help you out more often. In different majors, I expect that people interact differently with their professors. In my major, I see professors everyday in the hall and have conversations here and there. It's a great place for music education because the professors go every extra inch to help lead you in the right direction. Some students do go play tennis, or run, or even play basketball with their professors. It's a friendly and helping environment for a learning student. Some classes are easier than others. Some classes are painstakefully harder than others. As long as you pick the right class and pay attention, teachers will always be willing to help.

The nursing program at IUP is wonderful. You learn so much and get great clinical experiences. The nursing professors are awesome as well and most of them are very personal and willing to help in what ever way possible. The classes are very geared toward getting a job and i believe they have been very helpful. My favorite class by far, was my maternity clinical rotation. My least favorite class was physiology.

All of my professors knew my name. They knew details about my life. They call to make sure things are ok if I had a rough time with something (academic or personal). They are a really caring group of people.

I love my classes here at IUP!! The teachers are really good and very well trained in how to teach. They are very busy people many are published authors and some even travel during the summers to do research. I really feel well prepared.

The academics at IUP are poor also. Most classes are fairly large and many profs. are either going through their grad program or are tenured and don't care. Often prof's won't report to office hours. There is little direction beyond the immediate duty of teaching. There are poor or non existent job placement programs in many departments and the ones that are there are for the name only. The Office of Career Services is a joke. Beyond having a website listing student employment oppurtunities and the same book in the office, there is little help to the student. You can schedule an appt. with someone (which I have done) but they give vague and random advice. The work study programs are given to minority students or hot girls wearing skimpy clothing. I know this because I have been involved with the work study program.

Most professors will remember your name. No matter what school you go to you'll have horrible profs and great profs. The library is always packed with students doing projects and studyin and when it's warm out they're usually there in the Oak Grove hangin out. I met alot of friends just from my classes. Sports there are very competitive. I'm in the Eberly College of Business which is ranked among business schools and I learned so much from there. The education sets you up pretty good for post-graduate job opportunities.

I feel that the academics at IUP are decent; however, I think that it also depends on each department... as I can only give my views based on my major: philosophy. I enjoy my classes; however, I can see that there are not enough professors in my department. Scheduling classes that I need can be a problem due to not having enough professors. The professors that do teach are brilliant and I have learned much from them. I feel that IUP offers students the resources geared toard getting a job, but, it depends greatly upon the motivation of the student.

GO to clas and you'll at least pass. The worst thing you can do is not go, when it comes to studying, I believe that it depends on the type of student you are, and the class you are taking. Before you start studying, you should figure ut whats the most important classes and what classes you can not study so much for.

I have to date only met one professor that I felt was incompetent, and he was a doctoral student teaching an intro class to make ends meet. For the most part I have been pleased and impressed by the level of professional standards that the professors exhibit. Many classes that I didn't think I would like ended up being completely enjoyable by dint of a skilled educator. As for the student response, I cannot say many flattering things. Although it gets better as you go to higher levels of curriculum (200's and up), the lower level classes tend to be a giant pile of apathetic goo sometimes known as students. As a dean's list student myself, I find myself frequently being heaped with responsibility in groups of people who couldn't care less about the class when group-based evaluation activities occur. There's usually one or two people who participate in intro courses, and the sullen silences that result when a professor asks for feedback are thick, lengthy, and unpleasant. The academic requirements aren't unreasonable at all. If anything I wish there were more of a challenge. Competitive and intellectual interaction only really occurs in the higher level courses. This does vary greatly between the different majors, though. My main complaint is the difficulty of navigating through the red tape to even get into these classes, though. I went through orientation when I started same as everyone else, but even now many of the hoops I have to jump through seem convoluted and needlessly complicated.

I have loved my academic career at IUP. The classes are smaller scale which allows you to build more personal relationships with your professors. My department is small, which allowed me to make connections and accomplish things I would have never thought possible. My education was geared toward learning, and the professors did not seem to have a close tie with the local industry. However, I took the initiative to bridge that gap, and I was offered lots of help through my department to do so.