Prof McCracken is the scariest and worst professor at UCSB/Spanish department. There are weekly quizzes from the 100+ pages of readings per week. She also asks for detailed answers. They are closed note and she cracks down on cheating based on nefarious accusations of good grades. She's unapproachable even by email and is passive aggressive.

Easily the worst professor Ive taken at UCSB. Assigns hundred of pages of reading every week on top of boring and long lectures with quizzes on them at the end of the week that are incredibly specific. Stay away from her if you can.

I am an A student and found her very difficult. Weekly quizzes based on readings that she doesnt give you and you have to find. Lots of lectures. Term paper with little instruction or feedback. I had to take this class with her because I am graduating but my advice would be to avoid her at all costs if you can, she is the worst.

Had to miss several classes (for a valid reason) and was threatened to either drop the class or fail- neither of which I did, but was treated very rudely for it. For every class you miss, your grade is dropped 1/2 a letter grade. So, despite my A+ on her ridiculously specific midterm, I barely passed with a C. Doesn't care if students succeed.

I took this class because I was interested in Latino literature, but the professor was awful. Shes very rude and not approachable for help. The content of the books was really good, however we had A LOT of reading! About 8 novels to read in 10 weeks. Her midterm asked about a specific point in a 200+ page book. If you can, AVOID this professor.

She is the worst professor in all the Spanish department. Ridiculous amount of readings. Test asked direct quotes and we had to guess where it came from from the copious amount of readings. Tests are not fair. She is condescending when you talk to her. Study guide was useless and she knows it. She made a study guide from students terms not hers.