She is a great professor you couldn't ask for a better one. She's a very fair teacher and is very interested in helping you understand the material so you can do well in the class. She makes any topic interesting and offers unique perspectives. I've had several courses with her Span 110 C and D as well as Span 175 and i've taken Independent studies

Ok, so yes just like everyone mentioned she does come of as somewhat mean and condescending. However, she is a great professor and very passionate about the literature. Class is pretty easy.

I am enrolled in one of his classes currently for the 3rd time in a row--it's even an 8 am and I would NEVER take an 8 am for any other reason. THIS PROFESOR IS AWESOME. He doesn't care if you attend his lectures, and as long as you turn in your work before the end of the quarter you get full credit. Laid back and RARE for UCSB. I got A's easily.

Every class I have ever taken with her was quite challenging. She can be very intimidating and overbearing but she truly is passionate about her field. If your ideas are well founded she will respect them. She has some liberal, feminist, pov's that might rub some people the wrong way but I found her alternative views refreshing.

i have taken 3 classes with him. Hes very chill but has boring lectures. all notes are very important because his quizzes midterm and final are based on them. you can always look up information on line before sincehe gives you the questions. very easy class,open notes and discussion for tests. late work accepted +full grade

this professor is not tough at all, but is a little boring. same thing every day, he just lectures, but he gives u the questions for his quizzes before hand and he is NOT hard grader like some people say, just talk about what he lectured and his quizzes are open notes, open neighbors:P plus u dnt have to do the reading he assings, which is alot.

This guy is pretty funny and easy to understand. However, he makes the class to seem easier than it is. For the midterms, it's open-note, and you can talk. Literally, he walked out of the room to take a phone call. His grading is HARD though. Dont take the class if you're aren't fluent in writing.

Absolutely, 100% the worst, most boring prof ever. SO arrogant! He assigns thousands of pages of reading, which he never addresses and are not on the test (so dont bother doing it). His prompts are super vague, his grading is tough, and all he wants is for students to regurgitate his lectures back onto tests. I learned nothing.

GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!! This is the WORST class I took as an undergrad. She constantly criticizes students for being lazy, stupid, etc. Not to mention that her class is SO ridiculously hard. All she does is talk! There's no outline or way to follow. I took this class with friends and we ALL hated her. Study groups turned into HATE groups.

Like already mentioned very liberal, anti-america, not helpful in class, if students dont feel like talking about the literature then she wont either, apparently its not her job to analyze the literature unless students do it first, fairly easy 2 tests and a paper, but as a person she really got under my skin

makes tons of jokes, starts 10 mins late almost every time. ASK about using notes on the test. tons of reading, but everything is online. its hard to get above a B+. you will most likely be scared of him at first. he doesnt care if you do the reading. and he allows work to be turned in late, just get it in.

he assigns 10 books per quarter, but all are online! you dont have to read everything tho. its more important to TAKE NOTES FROM LECTURE!! dont take this lightly. he allows you to use notes on his tests. 3 quizes, 2 article summaries, 1 midterm and 1 final. everything is essay format. to get an A, literally write about EVERYTHING he's lectured on!

She will scare you the beginning of the class, but her classes are manageable. I got an A in this class and I only studied 2 hours before each test. Just know how to survive for this class and you will do fine

By far the worst professor I have had at UCSB. Every other professor I've had in the Spanish department has been very helpful and extremely approachable. Silvia is arrogant and condescending whenever possible. She is self-righteous and puts down students that hold different views than her own. Take something else if you can.

Incredibly arrogant, very liberal, will make you agree with her opinions if you want to pass the class. She doesn't teach. You read and are responsible for starting the discussion. I enjoyed the book and learned a lot from it, but she taught me nothing and annoyed me quite a bit.

She's engaging and funny, but her whole mantra is about trying to get you to think for yourself and she does exactly the opposite of this. She doesn't discuss opposing views, is not objective at all (VERY liberal) and makes serious generalizations about the class's intelligence and awareness of the world around them.

Passionate, challenging, and very fair overall... What more do you need? Profesora Bermudez is by far one of my favorites! Definitely a professor in the Span dept. you don't want to miss out on.

He will go out of his way to make this class a painful experience ... I think he is a teacher to seek revenge on students ... GET OUT NOW !

She'll try n' scare you out, but she makes you want to learn.

Really good teacher!

She does not take**** from students, she gets right to the meat of things no bull with this professor. She will kick you out if you talk when she is teaching. She will inspire you to do your best in whatever subject, she really cares about her students. REally do the readings before lecture, b/c she expects interaction with the students.

Probablly one of my favorite at UCSB...

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Completely intimidating at first, and actually sometimes mean, but she is just trying to challenge you and make you think for yourself. I felt interested and inspired by her teaching style.