University of Arizona - Academics

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So let’s get this straight: the instructors are good, and non-English speaking TAs are bad (or just misunderstood). Sometimes, professors even give out their home phone numbers. What a great idea! Again, because it is a public university, general education classes tend to be large, and the instructor may appear to be unapproachable. You’ll get both good and bad professors, but the same could be said of teaching assistants, employers, and other University personnel. You just have to deal with it.

For the most part, students at the UA like most of their teachers and find classes to be pretty challenging. This isn’t just an accelerated high school; it’s an accelerated university. It really seems to be worth the effort to do some research about particular instructors and classes by asking around, since students will remember both their good and bad instructors and can tell you which of them to either pursue or avoid. You can also log onto aer.arizona.edu/ASUA for instructor evaluations (find out what former students think about an instructor).

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Students Speak Out

Anonymous says:

Teachers here are what you make of... Teachers here are what you make of them. There are a lot of hard teachers, but go see them during their office hours! Meeting the teacher is a good way for them to be more likely to help you out if you are struggling in the class. 12345 Academics Report

alexweatherly says: University of Arizona 2013 Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences

The Math Department C- At the University of Arizona, the math department is by far the worst. All of the teachers simply write examples on the board and do not explain the meaning behind them, or worse, they teach concepts that do not even need to be taught. In the end, the students end up confused and space out in class. 12345 Academics: March 13, 2010 Report

Anonymous says:

In my experience so far, I have... In my experience so far, I have found the teachers to be very good, except for the occasional math teacher that doesn’t speak very good English. They provide ample office hours and there is a lot of free tutoring for all classes on campus. 12345 Academics Report

Anonymous says:

All of the teachers I had I really... All of the teachers I had I really enjoyed. The only teacher I didn’t like was my math teacher. The math program isn’t the best, but it’s alright. 12345 Academics Report

Anonymous says:

We have great professors here, but... We have great professors here, but there are some that suck, too. I’ve had amazing teachers, and I’ve had some horrible ones; it’s all in the luck of the draw. But you hear about who’s good, and you can try to get into those classes. 12345 Academics Report

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The University of Arizona was established almost three decades before Arizona became a state. The UA is now one of the top-ranked research universities in the nation.

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