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My favorite professor would be Charles Munski. He is a man of all character. He always has a joke to tell his class. He really tries to work with his classes and get them involved along with being very helpful to students and understanding. I think students are competitive with each other, especially students who are working toward the same degrees or career fields.

In the avaition department, I love how involved and caring the teachers and staff are.

The dynamics of academics at UND are really varied according to department and individual classes. In my large lecture classes, professors don't nessecarily know my name unless I visit them for extra help. But, in many of the smaller humanities classes, I have really gotten to know my teachers and my classmates--I have met some of my closest friends in these type of classes. My favorite class is my creative writing class, it has really sparked my interest in a new activity. I'm beginning to prefer these smaller humanities classes as I get more involved with classes for my major. Most students I know are very serious about school and spent alot of time studying. For the most part, students are proactive about their educations, but perhaps these are just the people I associate with, because there are certainly examples to the contrary. I have found it to me very true that students have intellectual conversations outside of class, I have had such conversations even when I run into classmates at social events. I am a Biology major, and I find that department to be very challenging but also interested in helping students succeed. I have had more trouble with the chemistry department. The administrators seem to have a mentality to weed out lesser students and really aren't willing to do anything extra to help students succeed. It is my understanding that the department is under probation because not enough students pass its classes.

I transferred in enough of my credits to not have to take the general classes at UND. The classes I have taken and am in now are "just fine." Number wise, they are fairly small. Both of my teachers for my major classes are graduates of my old school, so they know what they are doing and how to teach. My teachers are easy to get along with. I think that the classes are way too easy, but it only helps me.

The best classes I've taken at UND are the Anthropology classes. The teachers are extremly engaged in their field, and can also relte the material to their own real-life experiences as the work outside of school as well as inside.

I feel that class participation is very important at UND. All of my professors encourage it and want us to be actively involved in class. I am in the business college at UND, which is by far the best in the state and surrounding area. We have a recognized accounting program, as well as finance and economics. Professors are very willing to help you outside of class. The internship opportunities are incredible. Professors are willing to write you recommendations, help you find a job suitable for you, and will help you all along the way. UND offers many scholarships as well.

there are a few classes with the typical college lecture bowl where the professors are impersonal and lecturers but that is basic with general ed classes but some of the professors in the smaller classes are personal and easy to talk to

As I mentioned early, I really enjoy my classes. Because I am in my major classes now they are smaller and more personal. I like all of my professors.

Classes at UND are, at least for me, just the right size. Obviously some of them (i.e., into-level courses) are held in vast lecture bowls, but once a student gets down to taking major-specific classes the size shrinks to 30-50 some odd people. This is also nice in that the professors then get to know individuals on a first name, more personal basis, which is excellent when filling out applications and one has multiple professors he/she can put down as references. As for class participation that seems to vary amongst classes - some professors almost demand it of their students, others are content to stand up front and lecture the whole period; it just comes down to different teaching styles really. One thing I have noticed from being involved in multiple academic departments on campus is certain areas (like business) have professors that are truly concerned with their students getting jobs - events are always being held for students to go out and meet recruiters or for recruiters to come right into the classrooms. Other areas (like sociology) don't really mention much about job fairs or prospects.