I
started school at OSU-OKC because a friend worked in the
Financial Aid office. He has since died, but I have
stayed at OSU-OKC because of the great faculty. Dr. Doug
Baker and Dr. Nancy Shuman-Miller are my all-star favorites. Joe
Wilkie in Business Technologies is also great. There are quite
a few instructors that don't have a degree in what
they are teaching (they all have degrees... don't get me
wrong... but some have degrees in one subject and teach
something completely “180-opposite”), but all are friendly and helpful. The
choices of majors, though, are terrible! The classes are pretty
much cut-and-dry (MOSTLY basics) AND they variety of classes to
choose from are lousy!!! A few times, I have enrolled
for a semester, but during the first week of the
semester, one or more of the classes were cancelled. This
is NOT the school to go to if you are
fresh out of high school and looking to start your
education. This is, however, is a great school to go
to if you need skills for a job promotion or
want to get in your basics before transferring.
The school
boasts a big computer science department with quite a few
degree options, but be forewarned that most of the instructors
in the computer science department are not as qualified as
they should be. I won't name names, but a couple
of the instructors have no place teaching what they are
teaching.
The social life sucks, mainly because there is no
performing arts center on campus, no theatre, NOTHING! There are
some clubs and 2-year frats at OSU-OKC, but I would
say that there are none that are worth getting involved
in... except maybe the HSA (Hispanic Student Assn.), College Democrats,
or College Republicans. It has been my experience, though, that
most 2-year schools are awful when it comes to clubs
and frats since there usually is not on-campus housing (dorms).
OSU-OKC is an awesome place to get your basics before
transferring to a four-year institution. Don't expect the world from
this place, though, because it will only give you the
bare necessities of what you need.
OSU-OKC only offers what
I call “technical degrees.” The reason I say this is
because the do not offer Art, History, Psychology, Business Administration,
or anything like that... they just offer degrees that are
meant for specific jobs.
The two programs at OSU-OKC worth
mentioning at OSU-OKC are the Nursing program and the Police
Science program. The Nursing program is definitely the best 2-year
program in this part of the U.S., and the Police
Science program is rumored to be the best in Oklahoma.
If you want to be a nurse or a cop,
definitely come here. If I had to do it over,
though, I would have gone to Rose State College. Now
that I am here, I plan to finish my 2-year
degree and then transfer out to a 4-year school, but
in retrospect I can see that I should have looked
around more before enrolling.
OSU-OKC used to offer a Bachelor's
in Electrical Engineering, a Bachelor's in Criminal Justice, a Doctorate
in Education, and a few other 4-year and Graduate programs,
but I believe that they stopped doing that for some
reason.
Anyway, I'll end this now. Take a hard look
at OSU-OKC before you enroll. If you want a quick
associate's degree and you don't care what it is or
where you get it, this is the place. Or, if
you want to get your basics taken care of at
the lowest price in Oklahoma City, this is the place.
Don't come here if you want to make friends or
get involved in a social scene, though - you'll be
terribly disappointed. It is a small school, and that makes
things kind of suck... the small class sizes are awesome,
though.
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