Tanya Icaza | PlanetTerp

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Tanya Icaza ANTH323 Expecting an A Anonymous 08/30/2023	Great lecturer. There are only 3 papers that you have to write and she gives you great feedback on all of them to help you improve your writing. Very understandable professor. The topic of this class may be a little boring for people who are not into public health, but as long as you do the reading and go to class you'll get a good grade.
Tanya Icaza ANTH323 Expecting an A+ HashedString 12/15/2022	Grades prospectus: An easy A+ If you put in the work for this class (and it's not even that much) this class is an easy A+. Grades come from weekly quizzes that you can control F the textbook for word for word half the time, in class participation (just attend and talk once per class) and a couple major papers. Feedback is very clear on the papers so while you may perform poorly on the first one, really take that feedback in, go to office hours, etc. and you can easily get an A average on those papers. One caveat is that the latter half of the course is group papers so you may need to do extra work because she "balances" groups so you are always ensured at least one person who does little to no work. She does somewhat take into account your work though and may raise your grade if you do more work than your teammates. Enjoyability Prospectus: B+ (Your mileage may vary): I think to a large extent this depends on your interest in the topic. As someone who has no particular interest in public health this wasn't exactly the most invigorating topic which made it a bit difficult to stay engaged in lecture and textbook readings (to be frank I didn't read the textbook). Prof Icaza is not a dry lecturer however and interacts with the class to a great extent so if this topic is interesting for you, this class is perfect. On the plus she also teaches various college skills on paper writing, citation, organization, etc. in addition to the basic pub health content as she is well aware of the FC nature of the class. Big props to her for that. Overall this course was a low work, relatively enjoyable course. If you need the credits this is a fantastic class with a good prof. I highly recommend
Tanya Icaza ANTH323 Expecting an A Csmith80 12/16/2021	She is a great professor who tries to make lectures engaging. The workload isn't too much. The papers written are done in groups of around four. The average lecture consists of answering questions that students have, lectures are heavily based on the previous nights reading. There is a lot of chances to improve your grade, the weekly 10 points quizzes are easy if you payed attention in class. The class is easy as long as you do the work. She greatly cares about her students and provides useful feedback on assignments.
Tanya Icaza ANTH323 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/09/2021	Professor Icaza is one of those professors where you can tell they genuinely and truly care about not only the subject they are teaching, but the learning and general well-being of their students. ANTH323 was an EXTREMELY interesting class, especially during the time of Covid. This class was essentially a public health class, but viewed from an Anthropological perspective, which was fascinating and made it really fun to learn about. During the class each week, we would have discussions on the readings (which were really interesting, shoutout to Cholera), and discussion was based around the questions that our peers asked and bouncing off of that. There were weekly 10-point online quizzes, which were easy if you payed attention in class and did the readings. There were a few papers, assignments, and a large group paper/presentation, but nothing too hard. I really encourage students of any and all majors to take this course, especially as it is so relevant right now. I am coming out of the class really feeling like I not only learned about the material, but learned how to ask meaningful questions and reflect on my studying. I really hope I get to take another class with Professor Icaza again, she's seriously the best and so understanding. Gives off cool aunt energy. Overall, if you have a chance to take this course or any course with her, take it!
Tanya Icaza ANTH323 Expecting an A- soymilk 10/11/2021	Answering as a freshman connection student. It's been one month and so far it's been good. This class is reading and discussion heavy, and we had occasional papers to write (basically not a lot of work so far). She is also really educated and is a great teacher, but the class usually turns into a long Q&A session for questions that can be answered on google. But either way she explains everything really well. She is also very supportive of her students, and is the "if you don't ask for anything, you won't get anything" type. If you need help, ask. If you need support, ask. If you need extension, ask. Early. Class is very straighfoward. Put in a effort and you should be fine. No exams/final as far as I know.

Tanya Icaza
ANTH323

Expecting an A
Anonymous
08/30/2023

Great lecturer. There are only 3 papers that you have to write and she gives you great feedback on all of them to help you improve your writing. Very understandable professor. The topic of this class may be a little boring for people who are not into public health, but as long as you do the reading and go to class you'll get a good grade.

Tanya Icaza
ANTH323

Expecting an A+
HashedString
12/15/2022

Grades prospectus: An easy A+ If you put in the work for this class (and it's not even that much) this class is an easy A+. Grades come from weekly quizzes that you can control F the textbook for word for word half the time, in class participation (just attend and talk once per class) and a couple major papers. Feedback is very clear on the papers so while you may perform poorly on the first one, really take that feedback in, go to office hours, etc. and you can easily get an A average on those papers. One caveat is that the latter half of the course is group papers so you may need to do extra work because she "balances" groups so you are always ensured at least one person who does little to no work. She does somewhat take into account your work though and may raise your grade if you do more work than your teammates. Enjoyability Prospectus: B+ (Your mileage may vary): I think to a large extent this depends on your interest in the topic. As someone who has no particular interest in public health this wasn't exactly the most invigorating topic which made it a bit difficult to stay engaged in lecture and textbook readings (to be frank I didn't read the textbook). Prof Icaza is not a dry lecturer however and interacts with the class to a great extent so if this topic is interesting for you, this class is perfect. On the plus she also teaches various college skills on paper writing, citation, organization, etc. in addition to the basic pub health content as she is well aware of the FC nature of the class. Big props to her for that. Overall this course was a low work, relatively enjoyable course. If you need the credits this is a fantastic class with a good prof. I highly recommend

Tanya Icaza
ANTH323

Expecting an A
Csmith80
12/16/2021

She is a great professor who tries to make lectures engaging. The workload isn't too much. The papers written are done in groups of around four. The average lecture consists of answering questions that students have, lectures are heavily based on the previous nights reading. There is a lot of chances to improve your grade, the weekly 10 points quizzes are easy if you payed attention in class. The class is easy as long as you do the work. She greatly cares about her students and provides useful feedback on assignments.

Tanya Icaza
ANTH323

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/09/2021

Professor Icaza is one of those professors where you can tell they genuinely and truly care about not only the subject they are teaching, but the learning and general well-being of their students. ANTH323 was an EXTREMELY interesting class, especially during the time of Covid. This class was essentially a public health class, but viewed from an Anthropological perspective, which was fascinating and made it really fun to learn about. During the class each week, we would have discussions on the readings (which were really interesting, shoutout to Cholera), and discussion was based around the questions that our peers asked and bouncing off of that. There were weekly 10-point online quizzes, which were easy if you payed attention in class and did the readings. There were a few papers, assignments, and a large group paper/presentation, but nothing too hard. I really encourage students of any and all majors to take this course, especially as it is so relevant right now. I am coming out of the class really feeling like I not only learned about the material, but learned how to ask meaningful questions and reflect on my studying. I really hope I get to take another class with Professor Icaza again, she's seriously the best and so understanding. Gives off cool aunt energy. Overall, if you have a chance to take this course or any course with her, take it!

Tanya Icaza
ANTH323

Expecting an A-
soymilk
10/11/2021

Answering as a freshman connection student. It's been one month and so far it's been good. This class is reading and discussion heavy, and we had occasional papers to write (basically not a lot of work so far). She is also really educated and is a great teacher, but the class usually turns into a long Q&A session for questions that can be answered on google. But either way she explains everything really well. She is also very supportive of her students, and is the "if you don't ask for anything, you won't get anything" type. If you need help, ask. If you need support, ask. If you need extension, ask. Early. Class is very straighfoward. Put in a effort and you should be fine. No exams/final as far as I know.