<p>Hi everyone! I am currently applying for admission into CU's School of General Studies. I understand students in this school take classes along side the CC students. My question is; Are classroom sizes in CC small? If they are, how small? I have already been accepted to Fordham University, and Baruch College. My concern with these schools is their "normal" class sizes, 25+. I know it may sound kind of silly, but I'm really drawn to the more intimate nature provided by small class settings. A Fordham alumni said to me that classes tend to get smaller by mid semester, so that may be a plus. What do you guys think?</p>
<p>I don't know exactly, but there is a 6:1 teacher:student ratio. Also, the core classes that CC students take, not sure about general studies though, has a limit of 22 students. I'd guess that the average classes size is in the teen's, which is as good as you can get anywhere.</p>
<p>that sounds like someplace I would like to be at. Great, thanx for the feedback mekrob.</p>
<p>i thought it was 8:1.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure the student:faculty ratio is 7:1. At least, that is what the university advertises.</p>
<p>6:1 in the PR book 351 colleges. Does it matter though? Not a huge difference.</p>
<p>Statistics like faculty to student ratio and average class size really don't tell you much about any college. Not to be misleading here....It's true that the core classes are capped at 22 and that GS students have a choice of taking them. University Writing is 12, and though someone said GS students are together for that in their own section, I'd still assume it's small. So you'd have some small classes early on. But, as at any research university, introductory classes in subjects like economics, physics, etc, will be large lecture classes with hundreds of students, then smaller recitations overseen by TAs. In crowded majors like economics, you might not get a really small class till you are a junior or senior. In uncrowded majors, you could get them right away. So, a typical Columbia student has a mixture of large and small classes, especially in the first few years.</p>
<p>You can go to the online bulletin of classes and find some courses you are likely to take and look at the actual enrollment, by the way.</p>