<p>which ones have the most unapproachable profs, the profs who you'd avoid office hours if you could, etc?</p>
<p>I'd say math. so many of the profs in the math department are cold and not really approachable here. >.< i think some of them don't even try to make eye contact with you when they speak (i'm guilty of the same sin though :p). and then of course, some math profs think that math is above everything else so they're not particularly willing to address anything outside of math. certainly, i wouldn't dream of talking about anything personal with math profs..</p>
<p>i don't know why i'm majoring in math. >.< i guess it's because i already have so much math credit so i can get a math major with the fewest additional courses (and then take courses from other departments with more approachable profs - sakky's pretty famous for saying that double majors are useless) and since math is applicable to any of the hard sciences (that and the only good applied math courses here are the graduate level ones)</p>
<p>I know my school's EE department has the most foreign profs. Many of them seem grumpy and wouldn't really want to talk to you because they're too busy with their research.</p>
<p>seriously? I allways thought math and physics professors were some of the least pretentious down-to-earth people.</p>
<p>I remember my calculus II professor- a jolly overweight russian dude. He used to snicker to himself and laugh at his own jokes.</p>
<p>My Physics I professor- an short frail egyptian dude who was probably in his late 60s. He used to be very slow in his movements and was very laid back. Used to be consistently 5 minutes late b/c he would sip his coffee and smoke his cigarette outside the classroom.</p>
<p>My Linear Algebra professor- a younger Croatian guy who used to teach in Hong Kong. He stands in the front of the class and smiles cryptically at us until we quiet down enough for him to begin. Nice guy.</p>
<p>The worst?
Computer Science/Information Technology professors. Math professors tend to want to help laymen understand math. CS professors tend to mock the layman's understanding of computers and technology.</p>
<p>my calc class is team taught by the president of the uni and his wife. they're both very nice and I go into office hours probably two to three times a week to get help from them</p>
<p>Some of the friendliest profs I had were my math professors (although so was one of the most intimidating, I suppose. But in fairness, I only ever had three professors who scared me...one in math, one in CS, and one in philosophy...and talking to them more made me change my mind about all but the CS one). </p>
<p>There was no department that I found to be overwhelmingly anti-social or intimidating. I'd say that I was the least comfortable around professors in departments that I wasn't very good at, but that wasn't their fault, that was just me being self-conscious.</p>
<p>Hmm... I haven't taken enough broad-ranging classes. I wouldn't say the math department at my school has unapproachable professors completely... perhaps quirky or eccentric. :p</p>
<p>To go out there in a completely different direction, I'd say that philosophy and theatre professors can be equally as scary as math/science profs and perhaps more aloof too.</p>
<p>Wait, since when are any professors "scary"? I know InquilineKea was probably running out of ideas for his 367th useless thread, but nevertheless, why are people thinking this way? </p>
<p>If you need something from a professor, approach and talk to them. If they respond in a negative or unhelpful manner, that makes them unprofessional, rude, and/or lazy....but scary? </p>
<p>Unless you're an attractive young Japanese girl and your professor is UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson </p>
<p>Math, for sure, at least in any pure math subject. People in pure math are generally really creepy. My linear prof was nuts and the TA was the weirdest, nerdiest individual I have ever interacted with.</p>
<p>science and math professors are the most unapprochable, atleat in the 100-300 lvl classes, they view them as a waste of there time and intellect, so they give you attitude, decline to explain things, and are lazy, thats why many science majors have GPAs that rise through the years, not because they are working harder, but because the professors acually start giving a damn than. Obviously there are exceptions.</p>
<p>I had a Korean geography professor, made a D in the class, retook next semester and made an A. </p>
<p>Use pick-a-prof to pick your classes, not only does it give reviews to let you know which classes are harder than others, but it lets you know which profs are interesting, good teachers, etc. Definately worth the 10 bucks or whatever it costs</p>
<p>My foreign language teacher glares at the classroom before enterring and she doesn't acknowledge me in the hallways. In fact she races out of the classroom every day simular to how celebrities escape the press, and a few days ago 6 of us were asking her questions when she dashes into her locked office the same way celebrities esccape questions. She's impossible to ask questions, and she's a very old teacher in a North-East asian language who doesn't care about her students or her job, and only comes to work for the money.</p>
