Nice person and all but as a professor her class style wasn't supportive of learning Spanish. We mostly talked to our peers for every class, hardly learned from her bc of VHL and had little support irl. Biggest gripe is her extremely nitpicky grading. Nothing is good enough for her and would take points for weird reasons. I'd avoid if I were you!

I took SPAN25 for the Spanish major. This professor is outwardly kind and the class itself is run in a very elementary style. When it comes to grading she is extremely harsh and nit picky with every student. Most grades I heard from others in my class ranged from 60s-80s yet these students are skilled in the language. I don't recommend her AT ALL

She will not teach you anything. We don't do anything but “talking activities” with other classmates and she shows the vocab on the board for maybe 4 seconds and then never lets us practice. She grades on the most minuscule things. For example, i got marked off because I didn't know that spanish titles only capitalize the first word. Can't teach.

she throws you into the deep end, only talks in spanish which makes it hard especially if you don't have a strong Spanish background. SO MUCH HOMEWORK, literally over 200 homework assignments. There is an oral exam that has to be a 5 minute long convo which is a bit absurd considering this was an intro level course. I honestly dreaded this class

Sweet and supportive but a super tough grader. There's tons of homework and if you're not already great at Spanish you have to put in lots of work to keep up. Not a bad teacher by any means but the stress of the class isn't something I'd like to do again. Basically if you take her be ready to put in the work!

She was very sweet and amazing till our final grades were released. The average on the final was 60% and will not be curved, so goodbye to everyone's GPA's. Very harsh grading on midterm and final, especially for the first introductory Spanish class.

Profe Caragh is extremely kind and knowledgeable. This class was a good amount of work, but if you read the syllabus, you know exactly what is expected of you and can complete work accordingly. She answers her emails promptly and provides comprehensible feedback on the in-class writing assessments. I would definitely recommend this course!

So brutal. She is a nice profesor, but this class was so hard. She graded very strictly to the rules and was not lenient at all compared to other teacher who were actually of Spanish decent. She was willing to meet outside of class, but would not help with essays.

the worst professor i've had at UCSB. not sure who is getting an A in this class, because she grades so harshly and is very unaccomodating. this class was definitely more work that your average 4 unit class. would highly recommendtaking spanish with a different professor, there's a lot of great others in the department.

Her Spanish class was ridiculous and uncomfortable to be in. Awkwardness and intimidation during every class. I felt like I wasnt able to enjoy and have expressive conversations at all because of how strict the class was. In addition, Essays and reading questions were graded extremely harsh even when I read all of the chapters! Avoid this class!

Professor Barry taught a Spanish class that was too strict, unforgiving on grades, and rushed. Students dont feel welcomed in her class as they feel intimidated for their mistakes. All assignments were graded under a microscope for ANY errors whatsoever, so unfair for language learners. Quantity over quality for assignments. Would not recommend.

Hard grader on essays, enthusiastic in class and wants to help you, though.