Saint Louis University Top Questions

Academics at SLU are generally good. Of course there are those teachers that have a different style and are hard to learn from, but in general, most professors are fabulous. In my experience as a social work major, not only have teachers known my name, but they and make students think outside of class. I know I have talked about what I learned outside of class Professors seem to know things about what I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and where I'm going. Even the administration in my department know these things. They remember e-mails from the summer and make sure everything is going ok. I think all of this depends on the major, but my experience is that professors care and are knowledgeable. They emphasize class participation s various times because i was interested in the topic. I have even talked with teachers outside of their class about the topic after completing the class. My favorite and most unique class I have taken is the class that I still discuss with the professor. The class is Theo: Social Justice. It really pushes students to think beyond academia, and into the real world. I think this class should be required for everyone! Other classes probably shouldn't. For example, I'm a social work major and have to take a science class. I'm in Earth Science. I promise we're not learning about global warming or respecting nature...it's technical, and boring! I will never use it. Overall though, having a broad list of academic requirements pushes us to learn more about the world holistically.