Academics at UND are at about par, I think. I've never taken classes anywhere else, so I can't compare, but I think they're pretty decent. As with all colleges, some departments or professors are hit-or-miss, quality wise, but I have had more good teachers than bad teachers. The chemistry department has been on some kind of probation for at least the last seven or so years, but nothing seems to have changed, to hear some of the older students tell it. There might be other departments, too, but that's the only one I know of. One thing I like about my music major is that everyone in the department knows everyone, or almost. I had a teacher this year, Dr Towne, who made a point of learning everyone's names, even non-music majors in his bigger classes. This might not be the most helpful to everyone, but I'm going to write about the departments and teachers I know, because who am I to generalize those that I don't? I know nothing about the engineering or nursing or aerospace or math professors. Of the teachers that I've had, a few stand out to me as spectacular and a few stand out as awful. My favorite teacher on campus is Dr Khan, who teaches French. He really tries really hard to make sure that everyone in his class succeeds, plus he's nice, available for help, and grades fairly. Some other shining stars are Dr Pierce, chemistry; Dr Darland, biology; and Prof. Bronfman, music. However, my biology teacher last semester was the most boring person imaginable. He was a graduate student and didn't even want to be teaching the class. We didn't learn as much as the other sections of the class did, in my opinion. My composition professor made me write my research paper in first person, which was a really painful experience for me and I felt like I un-learned how to write in that class. My other French teacher was kinda loopy, though I have come to expect that in French teachers, and didn't correct us when we used the wrong grammar, which really rubbed me the wrong way. The teaching assistants for the labs I've had so far have been good 75{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} the time, which isn't bad at all. I just had the one who thought she was going to save the world through anal retentive grading and making us learn to spell all the phyla of invertebrates. Overall, if I thought I wasn't getting a good education here, I'd leave despite despite my scholarships. I'm still here, so I guess that says something.