<p>How big is the average class size for undergraduates? I hear that some can get up to 200 students. I know its a fairly big/medium sized universities but USC seems like a pretty good school and fit for me.</p>
<p>For a major(s): Political Science/Econ or Business, how big would the classes get up to.</p>
<p>Generally your lower level general ed classes can be taught in auditoriums which can be up to 100-200 students in lecture and usually around 20-30 in discussion sections for that lecture. Once you get to your upper level (300-400) level courses, the class sizes usually drop by a lot. It can vary from major to major though so just check out the usc course schedule: [USC</a> Schedule of Classes: Select a Term](<a href=“http://web-app.usc.edu/soc/]USC”>USC Schedule of Classes)</p>
<p>I just glanced at the poli sci major and upper level classes tend to be 20 to 40 students in size.</p>
<p>It really depends on the school. At U of Colorado the basic polisci classes were pretty big, as in 100-150 people. When you take the upper division classes, the numbers drop off as there is a bigger variety of classes to choose from. So class size can range from 15 to 100 people.</p>
<p>I had classes with as few as 10 people and lectures with over 100. Most of my upper division classes had 30-40 people. The average class size, whatever it may be, is quite low for such a large university, but there is a great deal of variance and no standard experience.</p>
<p>The official faculty student ratio for the undergraduate classes is 1/9. That is comparable to many liberal arts colleges. Some introductory classes are fairly large, but do break up into smaller discussion groups.</p>
<p>In the arts schools, particularly music, the classes can be very small. </p>
<p>On the Dornsife website it states professors teach all classes. Discussion groups may be taught by a TA. A plus is all professors teach at least one undergraduate class, even presidential professors. Dr. Nikias, USC President, teaches a class.</p>