The University of Maryland University College (StudentsReview)

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Research Quality	B	Research Availability	A
Research Funding	-	Graduate Politics	A
Errand Runners	A-	Degree Completion	-
Alternative pay [ta/gsi]	A	Sufficient Pay	B
Competitiveness	B	Education Quality	B+
Faculty Accessibility	A	Useful Research	B+
Extracurriculars	-	Success-Understanding	A-
Surrounding City	-	Social Life/Environment	-
"Individual" treatment	B	Friendliness	B
Safety	-	Campus Beauty	-
Campus Maintenance	-	University Resource/spending	A-

Describes the student body as: Friendly Describes the faculty as: Friendly

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Lowest Rating Research Quality	B

Highest Rating Research Availability	A

He rated most things higher than other students did.

Date: Dec 31 1969
Major: Unknown (This Major's Salary over time)
The graduate school's biotechnology program is very good. Why? First, the program is not totally science or lab based, that is, replete with organic and inorganic chemistry course work. It focuses more on a combination of business and technical issues/policies that are unique to the biotech industry. The instructors require that students read the assigned material and provide an analysis of what was studied or read. You received grades based upon class room participation, examaminations given and papers submitted. Depending on the instructor part of your grade depended on what your team members felt you contributed to a group project. Grades were typically weight based - the larger percentage usually applied to term papers and/or exams. Secondly, sound research methods with proper footnotes were expected when submitting papers. Some instructors even deducted grade points for late unexplained assignments or poor footnoting. Third, most of the course work was challenging - grades were earned. Fourth, while having a Phd is not necessarily a prequisite for being an effective teacher - all of my instructors had one and some were even patent holders. These instructors provided the theory as well as the real world practices contained within the biotech industry. Finally, the capstone course was difficult. The class was divided into teams, and each team worked with a biotech company. A lot research and analysis was devoted to the project and results were presented to the owner or CEO of the biotech firm. Each team produced a research paper that was graded by the instructor with the biotech owner's input. Also, each student received grades for exams and papers submitted

I was an on-line student that used the WebTycho proprietary online learning platform. The platform was functional as long as electrical power was available.

I did experience some problems reaching my academic advisor but reaching someone 100% of the time is a problem in most organizational settings.

Overall I thought the learning experience in this graduate program was very valuable and worthwhile.

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