Alison Flatau | PlanetTerp

Information	Review
Alison Flatau ENAE283H Expecting an A- Anonymous 01/04/2024	Flatau Isn't a great teacher. You need to spend a lot of time reading the textbook. Her slides have too much on them and she goes way too fast for the lecture time allotted. The thing I'll say is always meet with her after an exam no matter your grade. I did this twice and she curved my final grade from an 83% to an A-. You get to go on field trips as well!
Alison Flatau ENAE283H Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/21/2023	The honors section of this course is harder than the none honors section, don't listen to the lies. Flatau is very very nice but she also does not lecture well and is not great at explaining things. She wants everyone to succeed though and she meets with anyone who wants to after a test if you did poorly, she takes that into consideration when assigning final grades. While she may be a bad lecturer if this is your only option for honors you should still do honors. Make sure to just really understand the concepts and study the textbook heavily.
Alison Flatau ENAE283H Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/21/2020	Dr. Flatau is the type of professor who really wants you to learn. She lets you have an "oral test" if you fail a midterm to prove to her that you know your stuff. I won't pretend that the class is easy, but she really cares about students learning.
Alison Flatau ENAE283H Expecting a B- Anonymous 11/28/2012	This was an unnecessarily tough class. The final paper and final exam within 2 weeks of each other is extremely stressful. Dr. Flatau does her best to teach, but she just simply cannot explain anything in a way that is easy for everyone to understand conceptually. The homeworks are pretty hard and there is only one exam (besides the final) so if you bomb it (as I did) you are kind of boned. The field trips are a good opportunity and you should take them.
Alison Flatau ENAE283H Expecting an A Anonymous 02/03/2012	Reasons Dr. Flatau has good reviews: - She is extremely nice and generally responsive to student concerns - We go on field trips - She gives a lot of As Reasons she should not get good reviews: - She doesn't seem to know how to teach (everybody learned from the textbook, not her) - She assigned homework on sections of the text that she didn't tell us to read (really stressful when you have no idea how to do a problem and then realize its on material you haven't covered) - She showed up late most classes, and repeatedly kept students 5-10 minutes after class was scheduled to end (even though we all have other classes right after) - We covered less information than the non-honors section of the course
Alison Flatau ENAE283H Expecting an A Anonymous 03/13/2011	You get to take field trips!
Alison Flatau ENAE283H Expecting an A- fiddlerkrt 03/01/2010	The class was a lot of work, but it was not as difficult as the regular version. Dr. Flatau is extremely nice and very approachable during office hours. The only really annoying thing about the course was the 15-20 page research paper we had to do, but we all got through it.
Alison Flatau ENAE283H frakking_geek 12/31/2009	Overall a good prof. It was a bit more work than expected, but I agree with the review below me that it was better than the regular version for a couple of reasons, like how we got an equation sheet for our exams while the regular section had to memorize everything. You do have to do a 15-20 page paper, but it's bearable. Most people do it over thanksgiving break. Also, she's really approachable about everything. If you have a rough exam week or something, she has no problem giving an extension on homeworks if you ask. However, make sure you ask for everything. She's really nice but seems a bit absent minded so she tends to forget to completey mention all the details. Like for our first exam, she initially kept calling it a quiz until someone finally spoke up and asked "By quiz do you mean exam/midterm?". So again, ask about everything. It is nice though because you do get a couple of field trips too, the main one being the field trip down to Pax River Naval Air Stations where they give you some time in the flight simulators which almost makes up for that 15 page paper. Oh, and another thing, if you're like me, you're going to have to read the book for the class. Her lecture's arn't always helpful as they tend to just become her mumbling into the board or going off on a tangent or something. You're stuck going to class though because the section's so small though.
Alison Flatau ENAE283H Expecting an A a778999 01/19/2009	There are way too many extracurricular assignments for a three credit class. If you have no life and enjoy waking up at 9 am on Saturdays then this class is for you. She seems nice but for some reason I get really intimidated by her.
Alison Flatau ENAE283H Expecting an A dlangis 10/28/2007	Shes really nice and grades very generously(if you have any doubt look at her average gpa), plus you get to go on a couple of trips and she cancels class when you do. Not to mention the honors class is only 15 people so its pretty nice.

Alison Flatau
ENAE283H

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
01/04/2024

Flatau Isn't a great teacher. You need to spend a lot of time reading the textbook. Her slides have too much on them and she goes way too fast for the lecture time allotted. The thing I'll say is always meet with her after an exam no matter your grade. I did this twice and she curved my final grade from an 83% to an A-. You get to go on field trips as well!

Alison Flatau
ENAE283H

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/21/2023

The honors section of this course is harder than the none honors section, don't listen to the lies. Flatau is very very nice but she also does not lecture well and is not great at explaining things. She wants everyone to succeed though and she meets with anyone who wants to after a test if you did poorly, she takes that into consideration when assigning final grades. While she may be a bad lecturer if this is your only option for honors you should still do honors. Make sure to just really understand the concepts and study the textbook heavily.

Alison Flatau
ENAE283H

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/21/2020

Dr. Flatau is the type of professor who really wants you to learn. She lets you have an "oral test" if you fail a midterm to prove to her that you know your stuff. I won't pretend that the class is easy, but she really cares about students learning.

Alison Flatau
ENAE283H

Expecting a B-
Anonymous
11/28/2012

This was an unnecessarily tough class. The final paper and final exam within 2 weeks of each other is extremely stressful. Dr. Flatau does her best to teach, but she just simply cannot explain anything in a way that is easy for everyone to understand conceptually. The homeworks are pretty hard and there is only one exam (besides the final) so if you bomb it (as I did) you are kind of boned. The field trips are a good opportunity and you should take them.

Alison Flatau
ENAE283H

Expecting an A
Anonymous
02/03/2012

Reasons Dr. Flatau has good reviews: - She is extremely nice and generally responsive to student concerns - We go on field trips - She gives a lot of As Reasons she should not get good reviews: - She doesn't seem to know how to teach (everybody learned from the textbook, not her) - She assigned homework on sections of the text that she didn't tell us to read (really stressful when you have no idea how to do a problem and then realize its on material you haven't covered) - She showed up late most classes, and repeatedly kept students 5-10 minutes after class was scheduled to end (even though we all have other classes right after) - We covered less information than the non-honors section of the course

Alison Flatau
ENAE283H

Expecting an A
Anonymous
03/13/2011

You get to take field trips!

Alison Flatau
ENAE283H

Expecting an A-
fiddlerkrt
03/01/2010

The class was a lot of work, but it was not as difficult as the regular version. Dr. Flatau is extremely nice and very approachable during office hours. The only really annoying thing about the course was the 15-20 page research paper we had to do, but we all got through it.

Alison Flatau
ENAE283H

frakking_geek
12/31/2009

Overall a good prof. It was a bit more work than expected, but I agree with the review below me that it was better than the regular version for a couple of reasons, like how we got an equation sheet for our exams while the regular section had to memorize everything. You do have to do a 15-20 page paper, but it's bearable. Most people do it over thanksgiving break. Also, she's really approachable about everything. If you have a rough exam week or something, she has no problem giving an extension on homeworks if you ask. However, make sure you ask for everything. She's really nice but seems a bit absent minded so she tends to forget to completey mention all the details. Like for our first exam, she initially kept calling it a quiz until someone finally spoke up and asked "By quiz do you mean exam/midterm?". So again, ask about everything. It is nice though because you do get a couple of field trips too, the main one being the field trip down to Pax River Naval Air Stations where they give you some time in the flight simulators which almost makes up for that 15 page paper. Oh, and another thing, if you're like me, you're going to have to read the book for the class. Her lecture's arn't always helpful as they tend to just become her mumbling into the board or going off on a tangent or something. You're stuck going to class though because the section's so small though.

Alison Flatau
ENAE283H

Expecting an A
a778999
01/19/2009

There are way too many extracurricular assignments for a three credit class. If you have no life and enjoy waking up at 9 am on Saturdays then this class is for you. She seems nice but for some reason I get really intimidated by her.

Alison Flatau
ENAE283H

Expecting an A
dlangis
10/28/2007

Shes really nice and grades very generously(if you have any doubt look at her average gpa), plus you get to go on a couple of trips and she cancels class when you do. Not to mention the honors class is only 15 people so its pretty nice.