Do not take her class! It is the worst class, despite the amazing and magnificent students. The professor goes on unpredictable tangents and it is the most boring class. If you wanna sleep for an hour and 15 minutes. Sign up so you can get your power nap in and or nap time! Other than sleeping in her class, do not take her class overall! Very bad!!
Professor Wiseman is the worst professor I have ever had as a UCSB student. As a straight-A student, who is a amazingchampion, I have never had a class like this. She goes off on rants and tangents while revealing her unpredictable and boring biases. Her class is so boring and I would rather not attend. She is an example of a really bad professor!!
Most boring class ever and I have ever taken as a straight-A student. Professor rants about stuff and goes on tangents. Very boring and lots of papers. She made us change up our entire paper when it is the class before the same night it is due. Boring topics and very hard to understand what is going on. Never take her class! You will fail miserably
A lot of the reviews are just unfair or she's changed. There isn't a ton of reading. She put our desks in a circle and said, "I'd love for this to be a discussion and not just me jammering on up here." It's not her fault if no one's participating. She also polled the class to see when we wanted the midterm due, as not to stress us during midterms.
Don't take her if you're not an RG/Phil major. I've had her for two quarters. She's a fine professor. If you attend lecture and write good notes, you'll get a good grasp of the midterm/final. Beware: grades are dependant on the TA, not the Prof. With 80c, material is broad/popular and can be YouTubed as supplement. With 80b, material is more niche.
Class on medieval christian thought. The topic was super interesting and Wisemans teaching method worked for me. Midterm and Final were take home essays; 1 other paper on the reader material; and several smaller ones on films. The workload got tough sometimes but I survived. Wiseman is a super honest, sarcastically funny, & interesting person
Just no
Very boring, lots of papers, not an easy GE.
There is no need to attend class because she just made stands up there rambling for the duration of the class time. It is literally impossible to stay awake. Also she will assign you two big essays that are due around the same time so avoid this class if you can!
This might seem petty but I really dislike the lectures for not using slides/ PowerPoint. I seriously am not a fan of professors rambling and expecting us to write their speech down. This is not a TED Talk. The content itself can get a little complicated because it involves a lot of philosophical and theological ideas and concepts. Avoid if u can.
Highkey don't take this class for an easy GE. Her lectures are really beneficial because she basically outlines the readings (didn't open the books until essay time) but wow SO many essays all right next to each other. Also she talks like a cartoon snobby professor. You can tell she's a silly nerd at heart though and laughs at her own jokes :)
Wendy really gave us two papers (5-8 pages) due five days apart from each other, TWICE. Sad. She's not a bad professor. She's very good at explaining the readings and the course material. It's just that she made writing those papers very stressful due to timing.