Pennsylvania State University World Campus : Information Sciences and Technology Reviews

Anonymous (In Progress) on January 5, 2011 (email verified)

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Not impressed so far... I've taken a few classes and the program definitely needs improved curriculum and instructors. It seems like Penn State doesn't want to invest much in this program. There's only one section of each course. The instructors seem to be bottom of the barrel from the College of IST. They have poor ratings from professor review sites, and rightly so. Many of them speak English as a second language,but aren't very proficient, which makes it difficult to understand them. There are a few good instructors, but not many. The course content has been sub par too. After finishing the courses with A grades, I didn't feel like I actually learned much. The material doesn't seem to have much in-depth knowledge to offer to someone that's already working in the IT field. The use of technology isn't too bad though... the course management system is a bit clunky, but much better than others I've used. They use MediaSite for recording and broadcasting lectures, which worked great for me. Overall, I wish they would put better course content and instructors into this program. I'm looking around at other degree programs before I get too far into this one.

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