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Like any school, it's hit-or-miss with academics. Communications, law, business and music are all world class programs, but even within majors a lot depends on your professors. I was somewhat disappointed with my journalism education, as I found it focused too much on theory and not enough on practice. Your mileage may vary. It's not the most intellectual community. If you were hoping to spend your days sitting in a coffee shop discussing Proust, Temple's not the school for you. There are plenty of intelligent people, but I'd say the student body skews more toward a party school than an intellectual hotbed. There are a ton of fun classes to take, though with the core curriculum, there's not enough time to take all the ones you'd want. Some offbeat classes I've taken include Jewish Humor, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and UFO's in American Culture.

If you are an education major, be careful when picking your classes! If you screw up just one semester, you could end up being at Temple for an extra year or taking summer classes. Talk to an Ed Major instead of the academic advisers, because--sadly--they've screwed up a lot of students' time at Temple.

The professors at Temple come from some the best backgrounds that I've ever heard. Most of my professors are Temple Alumni that after graduation when off to incredibly successful careers but then wanted nothing more than to come back full-circle and teach the next generation at Temple. I find that to be really inspiring. My major in particular, Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media, has provided me with a vast knowledge of the creative communications/media industry while also allowing me the opportunity to get the best hands-on experience through their constantly updated technology and courses. For the Communications College alone, Temple provides student with: Temple's own radio station, 2 TV studio facilities plus a program called Temple Update where students research, write and produce their own news programs, access to sound-proof audio suites and several rooms in the Tech Center strictly dedicated to post-production and graphic design.