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great health science program, awesome professors, and small classes. they make us take classes that are a waste of time (qu 101, 201, and 301). its basically a freshman seminar, but you have to take it for 3 semesters and they are so hard that they will bring your GPA down.

I love the small class sizes at Quinnipiac. They really allow for personal attention from the professors. I feel like I really got to know my professors and they got to know me. I think the academics are really strong here, and I feel I will be well prepared for the future.

I am trasnferring soley because of the academics at Quinnipiac. It is strictly a health sciences school, with a little bit of buisness, and the other majors and schools are left in the dust. The English department is horribly weak, as all the classes I have taken have been far easier than freshman level courses in highschool. Many of the teachers do not seem to care, and the classes are not hard, and no one seems to want to be there for the sake of learning and getting an education. The class selection process is also awful, as you are left with the worst times and classes, because there are not enough being offered.

I loved a lot of classes at QU, and it was simple because of a good professor. No one likes to sit in class, especially a 3 hour class and just listen. It's important to get students motivated by class participation, and that happens usually in small classes. Bigger classes kids get shy and don't like to speak up, especially in the first week or so. There are always those couple of students who just don't care and participate whenever which is helpful in getting the rest of the class to speak up as well. I think it depends on the subject, and what students are most passionate about, or sometimes what they are comfortable saying. Professors are a big part of having a fun class. I can say I've had 6 amazing professors, and 1 that I would stay in contact with out of class and after graduation. Maybe it was my personality, but professors are pretty bland and boring here, as they probably are in every college. It really takes an extra special person, or a really good personality where they don't care about being silly or seem out of their minds, they just want to have fun and make it fun for everyone else. Most of the fun teachers are younger, although there are a couple older ones that are great too. It just depends how much the professor is willing to do to make that class extraspecial and memorable. All my really great professors had a passion for what they were teaching and thought it was extremely important to get their message across. Non of them were ever biased, they simple taught the material in the best way possible and made up make our own decisions. I think it is difficult not to become biased especially talking about social problems, laws and other criminal justice topics. A lot of my classes had controversial subject matters talked about, but it never made anyone feel uncomfortable or that they would be penalized for their personal opinion. One of my favorite classes actually had us keep a journal, so anything that we didn't want to say in class we would right and hand in every week to her. It was really helpful and fun and also gave students a new look on themselves. We would have to put our feelings into words and sentences that would be able to be understood, which is sometimes a challenge, so it really was a great exercise. Students are pretty competative I guess. I mean it's not like high school or middle school comparing grades and saying "I got higher hahaha" type of competative. It's quieter, and everyone wants that award senior year, so the students who get them are envied a little. Most of the education of QU is pretty much for learning's sake. Some things helped, but others was just not helpful at all. I think it's hard though because of the diversity of the work place today to really be able to focus on job skills. There were seminars on how to write a cover letter and resume, and career fairs for people to get their foot in the door, but that was about it. THere were no classes or anything geared towards it, at least not for my Criminal Justice major. Well, one class actually was, my internship classes. They were the most helpful jobwise. You actually had to complete 2 internships in order to graduate, and take the 2 courses that went along with them. That was a ton of work though, and stressful, but it was also fun. It makes students grow up a little bit, they had to get to their internship on time, balance time for homework, classes and fitting in 120 hours of internship time. Although it was a challenge, especially if you got an internship like 1/2 hour away, it was fun and important experience.

The classes aren't competitive. Professor relationships outside of classes are obsolete. Participation in class is moderate. The most unique classes I have taken are sculpture and a drama class. The school of communications is awesome, they need more computers for the increase in student enrollment. The PR professors are really good. The overall Quinnipiac education is geared towards getting a job.

The classes are small so it gives the professors a better opportunity to get to know each student.

The professors at QU are fantastic. The education at Quinnipiac is phenominal and the school should be given more credit.

Small classes a plus. Good variety of electives. Good career development. Lots of professors are willing to give you extra help

As a communications student, i know that we get incredible opportunities to perfect our knowledge and skills in our fields well before we are able to take classes in out major which isnt until sophomore year. We must take many prerequisites before actually taking classes in our major. But the clubs and organizations here are so good, if you get involved, you will learn that experience is much better than classroom teaching.

The teachers at Quinnipiac are great too. They know exactly who you are, what your major is, and what you want to do with your life. They will take time out of their unpaid day to help you with anything you need. I have never seen more dedication than that of the Quinnipiac teaching staff.