University of Notre Dame Top Questions

The professors at Notre Dame are generally pretty awesome. They try to learn names most of the time, even if it's a really large class. They are always willing to listen and offer help if it's needed. Many times, boring topics are made a lot more interesting.

Yes, my professors know my name now that I'm in major classes. I hated my math and science requirements, there are alot of university requirements, but I love all my major classes. Students do ALOT of homework here. Definitely more than a state school. Yes class participation is common.

Most professors did not know my name, but they were always available for questions or comments. Favorite class was sports psychology. Students study a lot compared to other colleges, but it is commonplace at ND. ND tries to educate students for the real world, whatever that may be to that particular student.

All my professors know my name. The all also have a great relationships with us students. Most are Priests or just professors. There always willing to give help to students. My favorite classes have been in international relations. My least favorite have been classes about the Catholic Faith or religious doninated classes that are manditory for student's to take. The religious classes really don't have any meaning because most are based on old traditions that many people of the public don't follow. It's more a mainstream conservative university but it depends of what you take for classes. We student's study more then we sometimes see one another. It's a very hard, challenging university. The student's are competive only when there applying for financial aid or jobs at the university. Jobs and aid are the hardest to find. The two unique classes I ever took. First was This History of Football. It was an elective in general eduacation. This class the university brought in celebrities to teach students. There was one day when Charlie Weis taught our class about Notre dame football. The second best class was in international relations, it varried though I cannot remember the section number. But celebrities from outside politics would come in and lecture students. For example King Hussian visited from Jordan and spoke to our class. Notre Dame's academic requirements are a mess. ITS THE WORST EVER I THINK IN OUR COUNTRY. As far as what they require. There are some student's that are not accepted if they didn't take calculus. The university of Notre Dame also strives to be one of public service. They require students to help the commmuity outside of school. This year I was sent to a community to help with Tornado Relief. But the requrements, I think are much toughter then Harvard. Harvard University tends to be very liberal for studies. My major is political science and I spend nearly a ton of time with my professors outside of class. They have 100 percent, open office hours. They also quickly respond to student's emails to help them study. The school is very accessable as far as student's to faculty ratio. Notre Dame is not really geared towards jobs. It is more for student's that want a moral Catholic education and want public service option. Father Jenkin the President of Notre dame says, that Notre Dame strives for excellence both in academics and public service. This has been a tradition". Learning for it's sake is an understatement because every faculty loves it's students. They take care of you. They also bring you for midterms free lunch, dinner sometimes at there homes, they love you!

Some Professors are great, some really suck. Unfortunately since the University is trying to be a big research school, they tend to hire Prof's for their research output as opposed to their actual teaching skills. Thus it is not uncommon to end up with a prof who literally invented the latest theory of physics but couldnt teach it to Einstein.

Almost all my professors know my name because most classes are under thirty kids. I had one last semester with 8 kids and one this semester with 7. My least favorite classes were the math and science ones we had to take as part of the first year of studies program. They make everyone take a pretty extensive list of core classes which can be annoying and unpleasant. Generally people do study a lot. Class participation depends on your professor. In the college of arts and letters most classes have a pretty big discussion aspect which is nice. Even in big intro classes, most of my professors encouraged questions during lectures. I guess we do sometimes have intellectual conversations outside of class especially because everyone hads to take the same theology and philosophy classes freshman year, so were all learning the same concepts. I actually don't think people are THAT competitive. People may try and compare test grades, but I've heard stories of other schools where kids will rip important pages out of library books, so other kids in the class can't use them. Nothing like that would ever happen here. The most unique "class" I've had was a week long immersion service project in the Appalachian region. It's a one credit course in which participants go to some lectures before and after the trip and write a few short papers, but the mainpoint is the week in Appalachia with a small group of other kids doing service. It was really fun, and really got me to think outside the ND bubble. Anthro is literally the best major on campus! I'm not kidding. The classes are really easy, the dept. has awesome professors, and most of the kids are really laid back and cool. They also have internships at the Smithsonian and the Field Museum and a ton of field work and research opportunities specifically for undergrads. The only thing that's bad about the academic requirments is the required classes in he first year f studies program. I hate math with a burning passion, and even though I could take easy math classes, I still had to take them which sucked. I also hate philosophy a lot and we have to take two philo classes to graduate.

I have been in maybe two classes thus far where a professor hasn't known my name. Even in big lectures with 100 students, professors make a constant effort to get to know each and every student. The learning environment is anything but competitive- everyone wants to succeed, but not at the cost of another student. I'm an Accountancy major with a supplemental major in Spanish. I'm not boring, nor are the other kids who are in my major. Even the accounting professors are awesome- I don't have a single bad thing to say about them. Not only is this an awesome place that emits an atmosphere of learning, but ND is one school that has an INCREDIBLE alumni network. No matter you're field, there is almost guaranteed to be an alumni who can help get you a job.

Academics are very important to Notre Dame students. Most of them were in the top 5{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of their graduating classes, so they come here to find a very competitive atmosphere. All ND students, regardless of major, are required to take 2 Philosophy and 2 Theology courses, which can be frustrating if you find these subjects uninteresting. Additionally, all freshmen must take a Physical Education course, which is, frankly, an incredible waste of time. As an Arts & Letters major ("arts & leisures"), the classes are very small (10-15 students), and the professors are very attentive. I am an English and French double major, so the course load consists of heavy reading and writing. The Engineering and Architecture programs are very strong here, so these students have the most intense course loads. Business majors, or students who are scared of being homeless after school and thus cannot pursue their favorite subjects, have only a roughly heavier course-load than A&L majors. Most A&L majors plan on going to graduate or law school.