http://www.CourseReviews.comCourseReviews.com - University of Alaska - Anchorageen-usCopyright 1997-2008 CourseReviews.comMon, 03 Nov 2008 14:18 ESThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssdylan.feed@coursereviews.com (CourseReviews.com)dylan.webmaster@dylangreene.com (Dylan Greene) hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review44281/Beware-course-reviewsDon't let others make up your mind for you. I read dude's review below. I almost didn't take this class. Hello. This was a good class. I learned a lot. I think he took a class where she wasn't the main professor. He's also probably some old guy who is upset she's younger.noemail@coursereviews.com (Anonymous Student)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review44281/Beware-course-reviews#commentsfairtoughfunny2006-07-08T03:31:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review44281/Beware-course-reviewshttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review43596/A-true-scholar-in-every-sense-of-the-wordProfessor Muller is a true scholar. A previous reviewer stated that he "shines with intelligence". I concur with that statement wholeheartedly. This man knows his discipline. He specializes in political philosophy and statesmanship, and is one of perhaps the top five Churchill scholars in the world (literally). He is passionate about political science, and his lectures are top notch. You WILL learn in his classes. This also means, however, that you will be expected to perform at a level commensurate with college-level work. Don't expect a cakewalk. In his Introduction to Political Philosophy class, for instance, our midterm exam was based on almost 1,500 pages of reading. The workload is NOT light. The previous reviewer also mentioned feeling rushed on the exams. Again, I would agree. Still, if you truly want to learn, this is the man at whose knee you should do it. Professor Muller is a Harvard-educated scholar, a great teacher, and by far the cream of the crop in the UAA Political Science department. If you're willing to work hard, you can't go wrong with this choice of instructor.noemail@coursereviews.com (Anonymous Student)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review43596/A-true-scholar-in-every-sense-of-the-word#comments2006-02-07T23:03:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review43596/A-true-scholar-in-every-sense-of-the-wordhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review42176/Great-teacher-but-shes-toughJoy brings years of television and radio news experience to the classroom. It's nice to have an instructor who knows what she's talking about. Her approach is tough with her students, but she's fair and the class is better for it. She's always willing to go the extra mile for her students. This is a great class. You can tell she knows what she's doing. The group presentations, especially, make this class worth taking.noemail@coursereviews.com (Anonymous Student)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review42176/Great-teacher-but-shes-tough#comments2004-01-19T05:16:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review42176/Great-teacher-but-shes-toughhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review40788/If-you-REALLY-like-multiple-choice-questionsMe: One semester from graduation...needed Anth250 as a general elective. Dr. Hanson seems like a nice and very knowledgeable professor, but she needs to take a course in how to write test questions. Her tests were largely multiple-choice, and long...75-150 questions. Many questions seemed to have more then one possible answer or were simply poorly worded to begin with. She was much easier on the few essay questions, essentially giving at least partial credit just for saying something, whether it was right or wrong. The average grade of the class at the end of the semester was 69%, which reflects the ambiguity of many of her test questions and/or her lack of focusing the class lectures on what she apparently wanted us to learn. For a lower level class, the average grade should have been at least a mid-C, if not better. Overall, I think Hanson is a good Anthropologist, and is probably good at upper-division teaching. However, her lectures for this class tended to be disorganized and incomplete, some nights it was obvious she just didn't want to be there, and on more then one occasion we watched videos that even she hadn't seen yet, and which weren't always particularly relevant to anything. If you're an ANTH major, you'll probably love her class (or learn to, since you'll be stuck with her for a few years), but if you're taking ANTH 250 as a General Elective, I'd try to find a different instructor or a different elective.noemail@coursereviews.com (asslm40)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review40788/If-you-REALLY-like-multiple-choice-questions#comments2003-12-22T17:16:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review40788/If-you-REALLY-like-multiple-choice-questionshttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review40772/Blows-into-class-whimsicallyProf. Forster is a poet, and this colors her views on literature. She sees texts through a poet's eyes. Still, she is fun to listen to and to learn a work's meaning from. Not that she teaches poorly, but I think she would be more in her element in her poetry class.noemail@coursereviews.com (rainman)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review40772/Blows-into-class-whimsically#comments2003-12-22T04:04:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review40772/Blows-into-class-whimsicallyhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review40180/The-best-teacherMr. Howard is definitely the best teacher in the MIS department. It is in his classes where you would learn the tools you need to know if you want to become a programmer. His classes prepare you for the real world work environment. Yes, his classes are hard, but you will thank him later, when you are working in a real programming position. Everything he is teaching is very valuable. And as far as helping his students, he is the best. He will spend time with his students, explain everything, help his students. He will do anything he can to help you out. Mr. Howard, THANK YOUnoemail@coursereviews.com (Anonymous Student)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review40180/The-best-teacher#comments2003-12-15T19:54:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review40180/The-best-teacherhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review39172/Let-her-get-some-years-under-her-beltJoy is just beginning to teach, and as a result is a bit stilted with the students. The class participated in was one where three teachers took turns lecturing. Very confusing. Who do you listen to? I hope never to attend a class like this again. Trial program.noemail@coursereviews.com (rainman)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review39172/Let-her-get-some-years-under-her-belt#comments2003-12-04T02:28:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review39172/Let-her-get-some-years-under-her-belthttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review39169/FirecrackerProfessor Guetschow is very enthused about her subject. She enjoys illuminating the texts for students. Her off-the-wall stories about being mugged in India do nothing but add spice to the enjoyable class.noemail@coursereviews.com (rainman)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review39169/Firecracker#comments2003-12-04T02:23:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review39169/Firecrackerhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review39168/Fun-to-listen-toDr. Hanson is very ebullient, brings enthusiasm to the classroom, and sparks desire to learn the subject. Just don't ask her to talk about her grad school days!noemail@coursereviews.com (rainman)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review39168/Fun-to-listen-to#comments2003-12-04T02:14:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review39168/Fun-to-listen-tohttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review29213/Need-upper-division-credits-Take-CrawfordIn a full semester of this telecourse, I spent a total of 4 days working on this class. Straightforward and to the point. Much of the answers on the exams are common sense. He grades very gently. Definitely the easiest 400 level course you will take.noemail@coursereviews.com (poindekster)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review29213/Need-upper-division-credits-Take-Crawford#comments2003-08-24T16:34:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review29213/Need-upper-division-credits-Take-Crawfordhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23768/A-detriment-to-UAA"Are you with me?" "Get it?" Those are the two phrases you will hear most from her lectures. Everyother sentence as a matter of fact. And to be quite honest we don't think anyone really "gets it". We have two projects in this class and she has never mentioned them once, we are just expected to do them with no explanation from her whatsoever.noemail@coursereviews.com (Anonymous Student)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23768/A-detriment-to-UAA#comments2003-03-08T05:08:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23768/A-detriment-to-UAAhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23722/The-most-fun-teacherIncredible instructor! Everyone loves Dr. M and you will too! You will learn so much about teaching and about life in his class. The structure is great, grading is gentle as long as you do the work and give "pithy" answers. No tests and no papers, just weekly work.noemail@coursereviews.com (poindekster)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23722/The-most-fun-teacher#comments2003-03-06T18:24:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23722/The-most-fun-teacherhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23720/Very-enthusiasticThe instructor was very enthusiastic about the topic. You can't get bored during his lectures. He also selects great readings for the course. If you need upper division history credits, I recommend that you take anything taught by Myers. There is quite a bit of work, but that should be expected from any 400-level course.noemail@coursereviews.com (poindekster)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23720/Very-enthusiastic#comments2003-03-06T18:20:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23720/Very-enthusiastichttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23719/A-great-comboThis class was team-taught with Susan Kalina and was also listed as RUSS 384. Reading was fairly light, very interesting and relevant. Writing was also light (four 4-page papers). A lot of in-class discussion and not so much lecture. Both instructors were fantastic! I also recommend taking any condensed course and any team taught courses.noemail@coursereviews.com (poindekster)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23719/A-great-combo#comments2003-03-06T18:18:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23719/A-great-combohttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23718/A-fantastic-teacherThis class was team-taught with Susan Kalina and was also listed as RUSS 384. Reading was fairly light, very interesting and relevant. Writing was also light (four 4-page papers). A lot of in-class discussion and not so much lecture. Both instructors were fantastic! I also recommend taking any condensed course and any team taught courses.noemail@coursereviews.com (poindekster)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23718/A-fantastic-teacher#comments2003-03-06T18:17:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23718/A-fantastic-teacherhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23717/Easy-fun-greatDespite the fact that his ratings are low, I still recommend this instructor. You might not learn as much about the topic as you might from another instructor, but you will learn a lot about history and life in general. He has a great personality, too. You aren't required to come to class and are only graded on two papers due at the end of the course. These are graded gently.noemail@coursereviews.com (poindekster)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23717/Easy-fun-great#comments2003-03-06T18:15:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23717/Easy-fun-greathttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23716/I-think-she-is-greatIt seems that people either really love or really don't care for Liz. She is very enthusiastic and loves history. It's contagious. The workload is average for a 100-level course. As long as you go to class and put forth some effort, you will do well!noemail@coursereviews.com (poindekster)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23716/I-think-she-is-great#comments2003-03-06T18:13:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23716/I-think-she-is-greathttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23715/Excellent-instructorEveryone loves this teacher! Very light course load. Just make sure you are there for the projects! He's has a knack for dry humor.noemail@coursereviews.com (poindekster)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23715/Excellent-instructor#comments2003-03-06T18:11:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23715/Excellent-instructorhttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23714/Completely-AwesomeThis is by far the best teacher at UAA! I have never heard anything bad about him from anyone. Go to class, take notes, don't miss the projects and you'll get an A.noemail@coursereviews.com (poindekster)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23714/Completely-Awesome#comments2003-03-06T18:08:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23714/Completely-Awesomehttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23713/MediocreSweet lady, fairly good teacher. Course is basically a combination of Art appreciation, dance appreciation, music app., with some architecture and literature stuff thrown in. Work load is slightly heavier than other 200-level courses. Overall, I didn't much care for the course.noemail@coursereviews.com (poindekster)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23713/Mediocre#comments2003-03-06T18:05:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23713/Mediocrehttp://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23712/Recommended-to-all-strudentsGreat instructor! He's a hoot. You will learn a lot of stuff that is useful for everyday life. I recommend this course (and this instructor) to anyone, not just justice majors! Pay attention in class, take notes, skim through the book a little and you will get an A. You are graded on a couple of multiple choice tests.noemail@coursereviews.com (poindekster)http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23712/Recommended-to-all-strudents#comments2003-03-06T18:02:00-05:00http://www.CourseReviews.com/u67/review23712/Recommended-to-all-strudents