Alicia Ulysses - University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

Professor: Alicia Ulysses

Department: Hispanic & Italian Studies

College: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: SPAN100B
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Majority of your grade is made of quizzes. She is very sweet, sometimes all over the place but knows what material to cover for class. She changed the dates of the quiz many times, which was a bit annoying. Go to class to learn what will be quizzed. Some quizzes where not reflective of what she said the style would be for the quiz.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: SPAN100A
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Ulysses is by far the kindest professor I've had. Spanish 100 was so fun with her, and I actually learned a fair bit of Spanish. There are few assignments and those are clearly outlined. Ulysses is hilarious and makes class worth coming to. I hope I get her as a professor again!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: SPAN100A
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Alicia was a very caring and accommodating prof! I was unable to make an in-class quiz, and after emailing her she straight away said it was fine for me to do it another time. Her lectures were filled with personality, from spanish songs to her teaching us to dance. Definitely make sure you bring your textbook to class, study, and you'll do fine.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: SPAN100A
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

A very entertaining, engaging professor who made you want to come to class just to watch her dance around and go on short, hilarious rants. There wasn't a lot of verbal practice in the course but I think there might not have been enough time for this given how much material we had to cover. Overall a fun, fair course with only one short paper.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: SPA100A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I loved taking Spanish 100A with Alicia! She was hilarious and always cracking jokes. The only things we got graded on were quizzes, the midterm, and the final, but there was clear grading criteria for everything. If you need an easy elective, or want to learn basic Spanish, this course is for you

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: SPAN149
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She is a good professor though, but SPAN149 was a hard class, especially when you only know hola and gracis at first, 149 combined 100A and 100B, and if you are planning to take this class during the summer, be prepared to do some review every class. For Alicia, her quizzes and exams were mostly based on class note, fair grader

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SPAN149
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Alicia is as good as it gets. A skilled, experienced, compassionate and humorous professor. However, SPAN 149 itself is hard. It's 8 months of material packed into an 8 week summer course. If you're not a natural at languages, it's a LOT of info, with little time to absorb it all. Alicia made it fun and worth it, but even she couldn't make it easy.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SPAN149
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Alicia is very pasionate and funny, her jokes will make you laugh but the summer course for span149 is a pain. Too much to learn for 100 level course and the quizzes is hard to get a good grade. Not a course to boost your grade at all.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: SPAN100B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very funny, engaging professor! Would recommend :)

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: SPAN250B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She is useless in the classroom, doesn't explain things very well, and talks about things that are completely irrelevant. Too much class time is devoted to doing what should be homework. The textbook the department uses is horrible; I had to go online to find out what I needed to know. However, I found her quizzes and marking to be very easy.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SPAN100A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

very passionate instructor, however she gets distracted very easily and talk openly about her political and religious views.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SPAN249
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Alicia was a very nice teacher, eccentric and fun. She had lots of neat stories to share however her explanations of important lessons sometimes were lacking. I had up to Spanish 12 before taking 249 and found the class to be easy as well as her marking but for students straight out of 100B I think it would be more difficult.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: SPAN100A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Ulysses is great. I had her for SPAN 100A and loved her. You will learn a lot in this class.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SPAN149
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She's a lot of fun and keeps things interesting. She was a fair marker and fairly good at rewording difficult grammatical concepts. I'd seek her out for future Spanish courses.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: SPAN100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She makes class fun and lively!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: SPAN100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

One word: awesome!:)

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: SPAN100B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

LOVED her. i had her for 100a and b and she was great all through. quizzes are super easy and boost your mark a ton! she's so funny too, i laughed a lot in her class. sudy exactly what she tells you to, and you'll do great!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: SPA100A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Make sure to bring your textbook to class! I didn't bother getting the extra work book since new textbooks come with an online code to use in the CALL center. She goes on little rants a lot but they are usually interesting/entertaining. She gives a lot of little quizes that help boost your mark

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: SPAN250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This class feels more like kindergarten than university. She's all over the place. I love spanish, but dropped this class after the first "lecture" because of my 1st impression of this prof. Gong show.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SPAN100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I had ulysses for 100a and b! Shes an awesome teacher. She is clear and understandable. Her tests are easy and she tells you what is going to be on it. I love her stories!