Althea Wasow

5 reviews
Get ready to read Lecture heavy Participation matters Lots of homework So many papers Graded by few things
Past quarters
FAMST 101A
92 / 150 Enrolled
History of Cinema: The Silent Film
Althea Wasow 1.0
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11:00 AM - 13:50 PM
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FAMST101A . 2 Months Ago

I don't often rate professors, but I guarantee you this is the worst class I'd ever taken in my life, being my first ever F. The professor taught as if a toddler was teaching. There was inhuman amounts of material and a 1 hour screening during our final? I was instantly failed because my final essay offended her. Please, save yourself the trouble.

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FAMST101A . 2 Months Ago

Was extremely disorganized and boring. Lectures were mandatory but she rarely ever put up slides to follow along to and when she “lectures” she rambles on about nothing making it hard to take notes. Refused to give us a study guide for the final for some reason so nobody knew what to study. Genuinely the worst film professor I've ever taken.

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FAMST101A . 2 Months Ago

This was a nightmare class. The professor is so intelligent however she has no idea how to teach a class this big. Lectures were extremely hard to follow, and on her final study guide she basically included every single reading/film/vocab term we ever talked about in the class. I found myself writing "I hate this class" on my iPad every lecture.

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FAMST101A . 2 Months Ago

A kind individual, which has no bearing on her instruction. Her class had barely any guidance, no syllabus until week 3, and she didn't write the final exam (on top of a final essay) until the day before we took it. Her expectations were scattered and disorganized, and her lack of slides made it hard to pay attention to her meandering lectures.

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FAMST101A . 2 Months Ago

Avoid at all costs. She cannot teach to save her life. Lectures are meandering and full of unnecessary tangents and personal anecdotes. Extremely disorganized, no syllabus until week 3, no guidance on assignments until very close to the deadline, no study until 4 days before the exam. I learnt nothing and so much of it was interesting, what a waste

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