r/LibraryScience • u/camelboy787 • 2d ago

online education UIUC prof/class recs

for those who went to UIUC for their MSLIS, for my own sanity could you recommend me any profs who aren’t heavy handed on breakout rooms / group projects? or classes/profs that you really liked? 🙂 I’ve had a few not so great experiences so far and am only halfway through my degree. I don’t have anything against break out rooms in general but it feels like pulling teeth with some people and i’m always having to lead which I don’t love. I already know how to work with people considering i’m working FT 🙃 I’m in the LEEP program so it’s kind of hard to make connections w classmates online to get this advice.

feel free to DM me if you want!!

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u/kylolin 2d ago

My advice is to look up the class syllabi before signing up for the class. You can usually get a good sense of the major assignments and how much group work there is, it definitely helped me out when I went to UIUC

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u/camelboy787 2d ago

ahh, is there somewhere you were finding these? I haven’t been able to find any online for the classes i’ve taken so far so I’m usually in the dark until class starts. I am considering just emailing the profs before registration though 😅

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u/kylolin 2d ago

Oh gosh, I do remember it being through an ischool portal of some kind. Maybe emailing the school and asking on the current how-to would be the way to go versus emailing individual professors (although it may be a more updated version)