honors and ourso

blieux_monkey
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:10:30 +0000

It varies. If you are taking a non-honors general education class (which are mostly intro classes), then like Meresa said you can expect class sizes from 200-500 people. I actually prefer it like that just because I’m not particularly interested in getting to know my professor in lower level gen ed classes (I would rather know my 3000/4000 level professor in my major). Classes that big have always seemed to have some easier course material, such as MC tests than other classes I’ve taken.

One of the good thing LSU tends to do is offer courses with one large section, which can enroll 100-200 students and then offer several smaller sections with class sizes from 40-100 people. Looking at courses in the Business College (Accounting, finance, economics, etc.), it seems that most class sizes are between 50-90 with a few sections of the courses have sizes of 100-200. Upper level classes tend to be 30-50 students.

If you take any honors courses to fulfill your gen. ed. humanities courses or other wise. You’ll most likely have a class of around 10-20 people.

There’s no way to tell who is the best professor. I’ve had some prof. that I’ve liked that my friends have hated and vice versa. Though Universitytools.com as Meresa suggested is a great resource.