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How often do you have presentations in liberal arts colleges?

i am going to a top 25 liberal arts college and i was wondering if there is a lot of presentations you have to do. Do you have to read your papers out loud to the class? How active do you have to be in class discussions in liberal arts colleges?

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1. That completely depends on the professor, not the type of school. I do a lot more presentations at my university than I did at my liberal arts college - in 4 years there, I did one for an anthropology class (summarizing my paper), one for a physics class (here's a cool effect) and one to defend my honors thesis. Whether or not you have to participate in discussions completely depends on the type of class. Some encourage that, others actively discourage discussion during class.
2. well im not in college but im going to make a non retarded guess at it depends what you major in, diff classes....but im sure at a liberal arts college it wont be too bad
3. depends on the class, and the prof. If you stood up and READ your paper to the class in MY class, you would fail the presentation: you have to summarize the salient points in a presentation, not read it aloud. A lot of profs do a lot of discussions: the current focus on 'active learning' has changed the paradigm from "sage on the stage" to "guide on the side". This means that you do a lot of discussions in class: it purportedly promotes deeper learning. But congrats on getting into a top25.... in theory, you were such a good student in HS that making presentations should not be an issue.