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The professors are very good. They take the time to know you. The classes are usually about 20-30 students and all professor are required to have office hours to give you help when you need it. There is free tutoring for every class on campus and other opportunities to further your education on campus. There is a wide range of classes offered. Night classes, day classes, online during the normal semesters and over the summer, with over 2000 classes being offered during three summer sessions each year.

I think this goes with any college, but the professor DEF makes or breaks the class. Some teachers are willing to help & make sure you understand, others aren't so caring. But ultimately its up to you weather you go to classes & how much effort you put into them.

The communications department was by far the most personable of teachers, and i went through 3 majors. Dr. Richard Lamberski (comm) was one of the most influential teachers ive had and Dr. Maureen Mchugh (psyc) was the worst/most unorganized and least beneficial teacher I took. In a mature manner i strongly suggest you rethink her spot at IUP because she is a waste of money and time.

Yeah, like I wrote above, the profs really are amazing, they know you, pretend to love, and help you with anything. The profs in the history department are always inviting students to office hours and they have saved my academic ass more than once. Class participation is usually must, like factored into your grade. Intellectual conversations are usually encouraged, every once and a while you will get a prof that teaching only because he/she like to hear the sound of his or her own voice...but honestly, not often. There is a huge verity of classes to take, I wish I could take more of the history classes like the Byzantine Empire, or African American Women in America. There's just some really great stuff being offered by profs who speicalize in the area. IUP is geared both towards learning and getting a job, the education is so remarkable considering the cost. Really, I mean everyone hates there school at some time or another, for some reason or another, but I couldn't have found a better school for what I want to do (teach history). But the school is big, and has lots of majors, I really can't speak for the rest of the programs, only the history department. I have had class with students that are going to Harvard, Berkley, Stanford, in addition my roommate won a Fulbright...and may I remind you that this is a STATE school. That's pretty cool.

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The majority of my classes had about 20-25 students in them. The only exceptions were my general edu. classes (History, Psychology) which probably had 50-75 students. All of my professors knew me by name and most even gave out their home or cell phone numbers for their students to reach them if they had questions about any assignments/upcoming assessments. Overall, I found the academics at IUP to be top-notch and the professors a step above the rest.

yes my professors know me by name. my fav class would have to be my english 202 because the professor really tried to get to know you and tried to get you to know your class mates. myy least favorite class was my sewing class even though it is my major class i hate sewing. because of my sorority i studied 10plus hours a week. yes. and i do feel think iup do have intellectual conversations outside of class. yes. antropology. my major is fashion merchandising and it is a really good department with professors that care and we have a club with our department. no. i think they are good requirments. yes.

The academics are okay. I like all of my teachers in my major but there are some general education teachers that need to relax and take it easy with the students, but that is at every school. I try to study for test at least 2 days before. Some tho spend all there time at the library, not me.

My most favorite subject overall is the studies within the Sociology department and within my major: Sociology (Child, Spouse, domestic violence, etc) And my least favorite is the math courses or something that has nothing to do with your major at all. Such as History with a Sociology degree.

For the most part, the classes are fairly big. If you have a general education class, chances are you'll be in the lecture hall with another fifty to a hundred other students. For more major related classes, there may only be thirty or less students in the class. The professors I had so far all tried to get to know my name, so you don't feel like just a face in the class. My Journalism major really is teaching us for the field, having us take articles and copyedit them, just like if we were writing for a newspaper. I would say the rest of the majors are similar.