Someone
described the campus as like a high school from the
'70s and that is unfortunately true. The newer buildings are
nicer but the whole central campus is sort of tacky
and kitschy. The professors are extremely helpful and accessible and
are at a surprising level for such a small, public
school. I'm in the French department and, although the program
is very small and undeveloped, all the professors have very
long office hours and are always willing to discuss things
in their offices after class. All of my professors in
my major have really made a personal connection with me
and I feel they are genuinely interested in my future.
The one major issue I've had at UNCA is the
dead discussions. It seems that even in higher level courses
specifically for people in that respective major, many of the
people in your class will give the air of not
wanting to be there. This can be frustrating because most
of the upper level courses are discussion based.
That brings
me to my next point. You will not run into
many huge lecture courses. Most classes are tiny and have
very interesting coursework.
In general, this isn't a super challenging
school. You can graduate with a perfect GPA without spending
Columbia or Yale level of weekly study.
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