I think Professor Venegas is really sweet & enjoys what she teaches. It could feel very broad, but I don't think I ever felt like I was completely stuck in class. It's not my learning style, but overall my class seemed to vibe with her. if you take her, being someone who can memorize verbal lectures well or type notes fast might help you succeed.

Ok. I definitely agree with the other reviews here that Professor Venegas's lectures are very broad, skip over key content, and do not guide her students to success. I wanted to come here to give her some credit. Since the TA strike, she has cancelled her final paper and extended our research paper deadline by almost a week. Very thoughtful of her.

Some of her choices were pretty lackluster and she missed a lot of major players in the New Wave movement. Lectures are long and not related to assignments but do provide background on a film's significance. However, she doesn't respect her students and changed her attendance policy halfway through. Quite unhelpful and lowkey rude but she's ok ig.

I really wanted to give this class a chance, but I just could not bring myself to like it. The attendance policy changed about mid-way through the quarter without warning. Lectures were disconnected from midterms and finals. So many grammatical errors in lectures and exams. Exam questions confusing. Still do not understand the purpose of the class.

Professor venegas couldnt care less about her students. She was so rude to all of us, sending really harsh emails, and not caring if we were struggling. All of her test s were confusing, riddled with grammatical errors, and not fair for what we had covered in the course.

Professor Venegas isn't a bad professor, but the weekly material that she chooses (3 readings and 3 films a week, plus lecture) are SO boring. This makes the class difficult when it should be interesting.

If you can avoid taking her classes do that. Lectures are boring and long, you have at least four readings each week, plus three feature-length movies, and absurd assignments with vague instructions. Save yourselves the stress.

Had her for my first online quarter in Spring 2020 and she was the worst. So inconsiderate and assigned so much busywork. I wish I could elaborate but her class was such a pain, you really felt all 5 units.

If you want a teacher who is clear and precise with what she wants this is NOT the teacher for that. She didn't have notes for her lectures for the online course, so I emailed here wondering if she could create guidelines or provide powerpoints. She rudely responded back suggesting I was unable to understand anything without words on the screen.

This was a very tough class for me. I had a tough time with another film professor the prior quarter so I was very defensive. Christina quickly gained my trust. She met with me in the library on a Saturday to help me understand the material. Shes amazing & really cares about her students making it. I jumped around with joy when I got my grade! TY!

Horrible lectures, bad choice in films that had to be written on (the clips and non paper topic films were great), will not work with you if you are struggling. She gets super defensive and passive aggressive when you challenge her teaching and assignment prompts. Weirdly friendly, like a children's television show friendly in class. Unsettling.

This was my 2nd quarter with her and unfortunately she hasn't improved. Take home midterm was not a surprise (not on syllabus). She seems a push over; the lectures are just her spit-balling ideas of no actual weight or importance to the class. No need to go to lecture, she says nothing and slides are posted. Take for an easy A but boring as EVER.