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I currently have smaller classes and in those my professor knows my name. I enjoy accounting 200 because my ta is humorous and helpful during office hours. I also like my greek leadership class which is taught by students and Greek administrators. Students study a great deal. Some majors are certainly more difficult and time consuming, but all my friends across their majors study frequently. Class participation is frequent in small classes, not so much in lectures. I am a recently declared finance major and will start my finance courses in the fall as a junior. While I am done with my gen eds I cannot take finance classes because I do not have junior standing, and this is frustrating because i am currently taking classes I do not need to take. I go to office hours for some classes, but often email my teachers with questions. For the most part they reply quickly and are helpful. The general requirements are for the most part interesting or helpful classes. For example I am taking public speaking which I think will help me in the future.

I think in small classes the professors do a good job of remembering students names, but outside of that, not so much. Class participation is generally a large portion of a students grade.

In your basic gen eds, the classes range from 100 to 300 students. It is kind of intiminating but no one will ever know your name and it is a good time to d the daily crossword and sudoku. Once in your sophomore or junior year, as you get more in depth in your major, the classes become smaller and the professors definatly know your name. They actually care what you have to say and are very accesible and want to help you succeed. I have never had a problem with getting a professor write a recommendation for me. I am a human development and family studies major. It is geared towards people who want to work with children or in social services. There is a wide variety of internships available on and off campus. One of the best classes to take is human sexuality with Marysol. However, a fun class, not in my major, was floral art. It is offered through the plant science department. It is really easy and you get to take home different floral arrangements every week.

UConn is stressing acadameics more and more every year and the classes and work load are getting tougher. I on my own do not study every day like i have heard is necessary but a lot of out of class time, effort, and work is necessary to do well in all of your classes. I have not had any business course classes, just Gen Ed requirements and some have been nice classes, others have been very boring and uninteresting.

Classes are big for the most part, I've probably actually spoken to maybe a couple professors in 4 years.

Classes are really large exspecially when you are a freshman and sophmore since you're taking gen ed's. But as you take classes relevant to your major it get's better.

Some of my professors know my name, others don't bother, and some classes are so big (100+) that it's impossible. My favorite class is a small honors English class where I have the opportunity to learn a lot because I am one of about 15 students. Students study depending on what classes they're taking- Honors students study a lot but to others it doesn't seem as important. Class participation and intellectual conversations depend on if you're an honors student or not. If not, participation and intellectuality are unlikely. My department, theater, is very close-knit- The professors are close to the students and like to make sure they're doing well in their classes. Academic requirements are easy to fulfill and make students well-rounded. Definitely geared towards getting a job, if anything.

The classes are completly dependent on your major. I am doing engineering and I know my friends over at other universities that use the exact same books we do, so it's not that we get a better or worse education. Since I'm doing engineering once i got to sophmore year my class size was about 30 kids, and then junior and senior year it ranged from 10-30. In other majors though, liberal arts one i hear it's very packed some times. So if you do something easy to have fun at school you probably wont know any of your professors names, and they won't know yours unless you make a actual effort too. If you do something hard, they will know your name, and you will know theirs. I assume that's the same at every university though.