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In small classes of course professors know your name. Lecture classes, you the student must make an effort to know your professor. If you're too scared to, you obviously are too immature to handle college. I'm a French major, so obviously every French class is my favorite. My least favorite is anything science/math related that one must take to fulfill undergrad lower level requirements. Studying varies on the student. Those serious about their work will work before they play. Those that don't realize this will later suffer the consequences. This goes hand in hand with class participation. Those who know why they're at school will have relatively perfect attendance. Those who don't will only be in class if they know when to show up for the midterm and final. Intellectual conversations are more common amongst the older students. Freshmen and sophomores only tend to talk about what bar/fraternity party is going on that weekend. There is a French professor I studied abroad with, that I've developped a close friendship with. She is always there for us, and she knows me as a person and is kind of assumed the roll as my advisor, and guide on what to do post-graduation. Everyone needs a professor like this. Academic requirements, although while taking the lower-level requirements is a pain in the ass, it really does weed out who should and should not be in school. As I mentioned earlier, those that know why they are at school accept requirements and get through them. Those not will fail out. Education overall is i think learning to learn. Ole Miss is not going to get you a job, you get yourself a job. You apply what you've learned in college and apply it to your life, and pursue a job.

Ole Miss professors know most of the students in thier classses. It is recomended that you make and extra effort to let the professor know you care. Actually showing up for class will also help you learn and have more of an advantage when the prodessor is giving you your final grade. I am an elementary education major! I wish that the whole country, United States, would have a national curriculum/test for education majors. i am plannning on moving to the state of Alabama (right nect to Mississippi) and I will have to take some more classes and test to get my Alabama teaching certificate? Why? if Mississippi gives me a teaching certificate shouldnt i get one for atleast this region (south) for teaching? I think so? So maybe the country should have regional curriculum/test for education majors when getting thier teaching certificate!

Favorite class is history...least favorite class is biology. Students study the most at the J.D. Williams library.

some professors are rude but others actually care. i am lucky to be in the honors college because i'm challenged more academically.

Academics at Ole Miss are basically just as any other academics at any other college could offer. Every course is different in size and difficulty. Altogether, the academics are challenging and exciting while offering students the education that will allow them to succeed in the future.

Though there have been a few who have broken the rule, I generally really like my professors - especially my honors classes professors. Sometimes class participation is slim, but as classes get tougher, attendance rises. I really like Marketing, my area of study.

Professors' interaction with students has a lot to do with class size and if the student actually approaches the teacher. I have some professors who still recognize me passing in the hallway and some who probably don't know I've ever sat in their classroom. One of my favorite classes was Media Law under Dr. Dolan. The tests were a little difficult, but I loved the lectures. My least favorite class has been News Reporting, taught by a certain female instructor. As a 200-level class, it isn't difficult; the workload, however, is overwhelming. The instructor expects us to write a 500-word story and a one page sidebar each week, which requires interviews that, sometimes, students just don't have time for. It is incredibly stressful. I have no real problems with Ole Miss's academic requirements per se; however, I've always felt that most core requirements are superfluous. That's not just at Ole Miss; that's at any institution. I don't understand why I need to know how to speak Spanish or study biology when I'm a journalism major.

In the Honors College, classes are much smaller (about 10-15 students), so professors definitely know your name. The biggest class I've been in had about 50 students (organic chemistry). I've met so many people, students and faculty, who inspire me to think differently and look outside the box. My academic experience at Ole Miss has been wonderful.

The academic atmosphere differs on the Ole Miss campus. I saw a lot of acquaintences leave after a mere semester because of the party scene affecting their scholastics. On the contrary, there is a plethora of extremely articulate, intelligent individuals that excel with their academics.

Yes, professors know all students' names since all the classes are so small. International students have to study hard to keep his/her assisstantship.