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Melissa Stevens WMST250 Anonymous 11/25/2023	Based off course reviews it appears that she is a kind but not a loosey-goose professor and is not the most warm and expects you to work for your grade.
Taylor York WMST250 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/23/2021	Amazing professor. They made the class really engaging, and the class discussions were really insightful. There are quite a few readings, but I found them really enjoyable. There's a few papers, but Taylor is really good at providing feedback along the way. Overall, this is a pretty light gen-ed and you can tell that they really care about helping you learn.
Adreanna Nattiel WMST250 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/13/2021	This teacher was so so SO awesome! Super kind hearted and understanding with her students and she was always willing to cut you some slack if you were going through a rough time. Her class is also very discussion heavy and she's extremely knowledgeable in her field which also makes the class even more engaging. Only complaint really is that the reading can be a little much since she assigns a lot of academic journals and I wasn't able to get through a lot of em. Her assignments would also take a while to be graded and get back to you but I think that was more so an issue of her having to grade for two sections on her own with no TA assistance. Other than that this was a phenomenal class and I highly recommend taking this class for a dhsu or dvup.
Taylor York WMST250 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 04/20/2021	Taylor is an excellent professor. Very caring and understanding and would often offer extensions on assignments without us even asking. You can tell they really care about the material and despite the class being online, Taylor made an effort to make discussions engaging and meaningful. The assignments were not difficult at all if you watched the lectures and went to discussions and I honestly found them enjoyable to do. If you're looking for an easy but interesting Gen-Ed definitely take WMST 250 with Professor York!!
Taylor York WMST250 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 03/25/2021	Great teacher with interesting discussions.
Rahma Haji WMST250 Anonymous 02/22/2021	This class is easy but very frustrating because it's one of those courses that are an absolute waste of your time. Professor Haji is nice but she does not seem to know what she is talking about during lectures, or at least she is not very good at explaining things because you won't understand anything even when you are paying attention. She is disorganized and not very efficient, making inconsistent mistakes every week, confusing the students. A student asked if she could make a modules page or label the discussions with a prompt, but she made up an excuse saying she was unable to because she doesn't have a TA. This is a task my 60 year old biology professor could do. One more thing is the content of this class. Even though you are signing up for "women's studies," she only focuses on the study of African Americans and has almost no diversity in its topics. But if you are looking for an easy A with minimal work(usually busy work), and you don't care about the content or wasting your time, this is the class for you.
Sarah Scriven WMST250 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/23/2021	goat
Taylor York WMST250 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/13/2021	They are the best professor I've ever had. So caring and understanding. 10/10 would recommend. The class is slight just participate and do the assignments.
Jocelyn Coates WMST250 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/09/2020	I LOVE her! She's so passionate and knowledgeable about the material and it really motivates you to learn and get excited about the material as well. She's super flexible and chill and the class is really structured to focus on learning instead of the grades. If you're confused about one of the readings she's really good at summarizing and explaining it to you. My favorite professor at UMD so far.
Jocelyn Coates WMST250 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 10/19/2020	Best, kindest, and most understanding professor ever. She’s literally so sweet and classes are like everyday conversations so it’s pretty simple. Just do the readings, they can be long sometimes but discussions help to formulate your thoughts about it especially hearing from others. If oh are confused about something, she will explain it very well and politely.
Amira Lundy-Harris WMST250 Expecting an A Anonymous 08/28/2020	This class, in my opinion, was very easy going. When i took him in fall 2019, he was pretty chill and allowed students to call him Amira or Professor Amira and etc because he was still a doctoral student and not an actual doctor yet. Class consisted of coming in and discussing the readings assigned to us for that day. Some readings are long and some are short. On some nights you could have two but i just skimmed because there were no quizzes in class. He just asked the class questions about our readings and wrote down important points from the text onto the board. Sometimes there would be class discussions where you pair off and talk about a certain topic and be asked to share with the class. Also, at the end of class on some days we'd be asked to write a little reflection about what we learned or what we found to be interesting from the readings. I don't think the reflections were graded. The only real exam was our midterm which consisted mainly of multiple-choice questions about some of the texts we've been reading. The midterm wasn't that hard because i took some basic notes from previous readings and looked over them instead of rereading long passages. For the final he had us choose an album by a singer of our choice and write an essay about why our specific album should be considered a feminist album. Idk if the guy even looked at it because i never got a grade for my final. if you don't want to work a lot and would like a stress free class go with Amira.
Amira Lundy-Harris WMST250 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/11/2020	Amira was a caring professor. He really would take the time to help out his students. That being said, this is a good (easy) DSHU Gen-Ed so you probably won't need help. There were weekly readings, class discussions and very few out of class assignments. The readings were interesting so it barely felt like work. There was supposed to be a midterm but when we moved online he didn't make us take it. The required museum trip was fun and the term paper was manageable if you started early enough. Would recommend this class if you're looking for an easy Gen-Ed or to learn some interesting history of the women's art movement.
Michelle Rowley WMST250 Expecting a B- Anonymous 01/15/2020	Tough grader, would look for another professor. All the projects are fairly simple so she’s got to make the class look legit somehow I guess. She rambles a lot during class. Most of the time no one knows what she’s talking about.
Michelle Rowley WMST250 Expecting a B Anonymous 01/08/2020	Class has essays due every other week, 2 main writing assignments about 7-9 pages each. Overall, class material is really easy to understand but Rowley is an extremely hard grader.
Michelle Rowley WMST250 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/30/2019	Extremely hard grader, unreasonable, crazy. Class is a big waste of time, you will learn absolutely nothing. Class is a trap for white people.
Tangere Hoagland WMST250 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/19/2019	Lots of reading and writing. Weekly papers. She's an easy grader though and the class is an easy A if you just put in the bare minimum for all of the assignments.
Justin Sprague WMST250 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/16/2019	I took this course online over the summer. It had short lectures that we could read over and some readings including a few books. There was a lot of readings but most were interesting besides a few specific ones. We had to write weekly reading responses and post in the discussion boards 3-5 times per week for participation points. There was also weekly reading checks which were short multiple choice quizzes. The final was an essay. Dr. Sprague was very encouraging and engaging for the discussions and enjoyed it when you came to your own conclusion or tied a reading to your personal experience. It was a very informative class and interesting concepts were taught. I recommend the online version I had no problems with it.
Michelle Rowley WMST250 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/24/2019	Very nice lady but EXTREMELY hard grader. Took this class because i heard it was easy but Professor Rowley makes it 10 times harder. If you're looking for an easy A, do NOT take this class with her.
Deborah Rosenfelt WMST250 Anonymous 12/16/2009	For any guys looking at this class, dont be fooled by the grade distribution. This class was terrible. The work was tedious and complete bs. Lectures were the worst and longest two hours of my week. This is the first college course I have taken where I can honestly say I learned NOTHING in a whole semester. Assigning 12 pages during exam week is a ludicrous request that made my final week almost unmanageable. Nothing against Dr. Rosenfelt but this class is worthless and I can not believe you can actually get credit towards a major for it.
Deborah Rosenfelt WMST250 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/16/2009	Well couple things to point out about this class. First is the workload seems much too large for what is a 3 credit course. Sometimes the information also seemed to be either repetitive or uninteresting. I do have admiration for Professor Rosenfelt. She seems genuinely interested in the topic we are discussing plus her students and tries to stay extremely open minded. Its only tough to follow because the classes are backed up with so much work it's hard to appreciate the content that is being taught to students. Overall I wouldn't suggest this class as a CORE to most people, there is definitely more interesting and easier courses in CORE, but it wasn't entirely unbearable. Try to have an open mind.
Deborah Rosenfelt WMST250 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/03/2009	This class is horrible. I believe that other WMST250 classes were better, but Rosenfelt's class was just awful. I took it because I thought it would be an easy A, however I regret that completely. There is a paper due every week, and oftentimes we had to read a book and write a paper on it within that week. Our final is take-home, but consists of 15 pages worth of writing, including an 8 page paper that we are given a week to write. Thought the TA's were nice, I feel that Rosenfelt was very critical of her students and was too politically correct, causing her to sound silly a lot of the time. Bottom line: Too much work for a 3 credit, beginner class. I dreaded going to this class every week.

Melissa Stevens
WMST250

Anonymous
11/25/2023

Based off course reviews it appears that she is a kind but not a loosey-goose professor and is not the most warm and expects you to work for your grade.

Taylor York
WMST250

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/23/2021

Amazing professor. They made the class really engaging, and the class discussions were really insightful. There are quite a few readings, but I found them really enjoyable. There's a few papers, but Taylor is really good at providing feedback along the way. Overall, this is a pretty light gen-ed and you can tell that they really care about helping you learn.

Adreanna Nattiel
WMST250

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/13/2021

This teacher was so so SO awesome! Super kind hearted and understanding with her students and she was always willing to cut you some slack if you were going through a rough time. Her class is also very discussion heavy and she's extremely knowledgeable in her field which also makes the class even more engaging. Only complaint really is that the reading can be a little much since she assigns a lot of academic journals and I wasn't able to get through a lot of em. Her assignments would also take a while to be graded and get back to you but I think that was more so an issue of her having to grade for two sections on her own with no TA assistance. Other than that this was a phenomenal class and I highly recommend taking this class for a dhsu or dvup.

Taylor York
WMST250

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
04/20/2021

Taylor is an excellent professor. Very caring and understanding and would often offer extensions on assignments without us even asking. You can tell they really care about the material and despite the class being online, Taylor made an effort to make discussions engaging and meaningful. The assignments were not difficult at all if you watched the lectures and went to discussions and I honestly found them enjoyable to do. If you're looking for an easy but interesting Gen-Ed definitely take WMST 250 with Professor York!!

Taylor York
WMST250

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
03/25/2021

Great teacher with interesting discussions.

Rahma Haji
WMST250

Anonymous
02/22/2021

This class is easy but very frustrating because it's one of those courses that are an absolute waste of your time. Professor Haji is nice but she does not seem to know what she is talking about during lectures, or at least she is not very good at explaining things because you won't understand anything even when you are paying attention. She is disorganized and not very efficient, making inconsistent mistakes every week, confusing the students. A student asked if she could make a modules page or label the discussions with a prompt, but she made up an excuse saying she was unable to because she doesn't have a TA. This is a task my 60 year old biology professor could do. One more thing is the content of this class. Even though you are signing up for "women's studies," she only focuses on the study of African Americans and has almost no diversity in its topics. But if you are looking for an easy A with minimal work(usually busy work), and you don't care about the content or wasting your time, this is the class for you.

Sarah Scriven
WMST250

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
01/23/2021

goat

Taylor York
WMST250

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
01/13/2021

They are the best professor I've ever had. So caring and understanding. 10/10 would recommend. The class is slight just participate and do the assignments.

Jocelyn Coates
WMST250

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/09/2020

I LOVE her! She's so passionate and knowledgeable about the material and it really motivates you to learn and get excited about the material as well. She's super flexible and chill and the class is really structured to focus on learning instead of the grades. If you're confused about one of the readings she's really good at summarizing and explaining it to you. My favorite professor at UMD so far.

Jocelyn Coates
WMST250

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
10/19/2020

Best, kindest, and most understanding professor ever. She’s literally so sweet and classes are like everyday conversations so it’s pretty simple. Just do the readings, they can be long sometimes but discussions help to formulate your thoughts about it especially hearing from others. If oh are confused about something, she will explain it very well and politely.

Amira Lundy-Harris
WMST250

Expecting an A
Anonymous
08/28/2020

This class, in my opinion, was very easy going. When i took him in fall 2019, he was pretty chill and allowed students to call him Amira or Professor Amira and etc because he was still a doctoral student and not an actual doctor yet. Class consisted of coming in and discussing the readings assigned to us for that day. Some readings are long and some are short. On some nights you could have two but i just skimmed because there were no quizzes in class. He just asked the class questions about our readings and wrote down important points from the text onto the board. Sometimes there would be class discussions where you pair off and talk about a certain topic and be asked to share with the class. Also, at the end of class on some days we'd be asked to write a little reflection about what we learned or what we found to be interesting from the readings. I don't think the reflections were graded. The only real exam was our midterm which consisted mainly of multiple-choice questions about some of the texts we've been reading. The midterm wasn't that hard because i took some basic notes from previous readings and looked over them instead of rereading long passages. For the final he had us choose an album by a singer of our choice and write an essay about why our specific album should be considered a feminist album. Idk if the guy even looked at it because i never got a grade for my final. if you don't want to work a lot and would like a stress free class go with Amira.

Amira Lundy-Harris
WMST250

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
05/11/2020

Amira was a caring professor. He really would take the time to help out his students. That being said, this is a good (easy) DSHU Gen-Ed so you probably won't need help. There were weekly readings, class discussions and very few out of class assignments. The readings were interesting so it barely felt like work. There was supposed to be a midterm but when we moved online he didn't make us take it. The required museum trip was fun and the term paper was manageable if you started early enough. Would recommend this class if you're looking for an easy Gen-Ed or to learn some interesting history of the women's art movement.

Michelle Rowley
WMST250

Expecting a B-
Anonymous
01/15/2020

Tough grader, would look for another professor. All the projects are fairly simple so she’s got to make the class look legit somehow I guess. She rambles a lot during class. Most of the time no one knows what she’s talking about.

Michelle Rowley
WMST250

Expecting a B
Anonymous
01/08/2020

Class has essays due every other week, 2 main writing assignments about 7-9 pages each. Overall, class material is really easy to understand but Rowley is an extremely hard grader.

Michelle Rowley
WMST250

Expecting a B
Anonymous
12/30/2019

Extremely hard grader, unreasonable, crazy. Class is a big waste of time, you will learn absolutely nothing. Class is a trap for white people.

Tangere Hoagland
WMST250

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
12/19/2019

Lots of reading and writing. Weekly papers. She's an easy grader though and the class is an easy A if you just put in the bare minimum for all of the assignments.

Justin Sprague
WMST250

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/16/2019

I took this course online over the summer. It had short lectures that we could read over and some readings including a few books. There was a lot of readings but most were interesting besides a few specific ones. We had to write weekly reading responses and post in the discussion boards 3-5 times per week for participation points. There was also weekly reading checks which were short multiple choice quizzes. The final was an essay. Dr. Sprague was very encouraging and engaging for the discussions and enjoyed it when you came to your own conclusion or tied a reading to your personal experience. It was a very informative class and interesting concepts were taught. I recommend the online version I had no problems with it.

Michelle Rowley
WMST250

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/24/2019

Very nice lady but EXTREMELY hard grader. Took this class because i heard it was easy but Professor Rowley makes it 10 times harder. If you're looking for an easy A, do NOT take this class with her.

Deborah Rosenfelt
WMST250

Anonymous
12/16/2009

For any guys looking at this class, dont be fooled by the grade distribution. This class was terrible. The work was tedious and complete bs. Lectures were the worst and longest two hours of my week. This is the first college course I have taken where I can honestly say I learned NOTHING in a whole semester. Assigning 12 pages during exam week is a ludicrous request that made my final week almost unmanageable. Nothing against Dr. Rosenfelt but this class is worthless and I can not believe you can actually get credit towards a major for it.

Deborah Rosenfelt
WMST250

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/16/2009

Well couple things to point out about this class. First is the workload seems much too large for what is a 3 credit course. Sometimes the information also seemed to be either repetitive or uninteresting. I do have admiration for Professor Rosenfelt. She seems genuinely interested in the topic we are discussing plus her students and tries to stay extremely open minded. Its only tough to follow because the classes are backed up with so much work it's hard to appreciate the content that is being taught to students. Overall I wouldn't suggest this class as a CORE to most people, there is definitely more interesting and easier courses in CORE, but it wasn't entirely unbearable. Try to have an open mind.

Deborah Rosenfelt
WMST250

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/03/2009

This class is horrible. I believe that other WMST250 classes were better, but Rosenfelt's class was just awful. I took it because I thought it would be an easy A, however I regret that completely. There is a paper due every week, and oftentimes we had to read a book and write a paper on it within that week. Our final is take-home, but consists of 15 pages worth of writing, including an 8 page paper that we are given a week to write. Thought the TA's were nice, I feel that Rosenfelt was very critical of her students and was too politically correct, causing her to sound silly a lot of the time. Bottom line: Too much work for a 3 credit, beginner class. I dreaded going to this class every week.

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