Amalia Philips - Wilfrid Laurier University-Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Professor: Amalia Philips

Department: Anthropology

College: Wilfrid Laurier University-Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: AN100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She didn't explain any concepts fully and finished sentences with "and so on" and never finished explaining anything. Class was extremely boring and her voice is dull and monotone. Makes mistakes in lectures and didn't bother to correct herself. Lecture slides aren't posted online and none of the slides had info on them just pictures. Just horrible

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: AN1O1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

not a very good lecturer, always says "so on and so forth" when she doesn't know what else to say, sometimes messes up her wording and it confuses the class, has an extreme hatred towards phones, will get really angry when she hears someone's phone ringing and will stop class to take away someone's phone if she catches them on it

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: AN341
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

without a doubt the worst professor I have EVER had in my life Not only does she not accept or accommodate for medical illnesses (as per university guidelines) she doesnt allow technology in the classroom, is condescending, belittles her students and goes as far as telling students what they can and cannot email her about. Overall not a nice person

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: AN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Do not take this class! This has been the worst class I have taken at University. She is a terrible prof and does not care for or help her students. Save yourself the stress and do not take this course

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: AN100
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

A lot of her slides made no sense, she would forget to put in words in her sentences. Her expectations for papers aren't very clear. She also screwed up on the exam multiple times

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: AN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Doesn't help at all. Her slides all have errors in them that are detrimental to our learning. During discussion classes I am scared to open up because she shuts down ideas and makes you feel like an idiot. All feedback is not helpful. She is rude. Worst prof I have ever had.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: AN100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Can't understand, doesn't reply to emails

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: AN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very unclear. Poorly structured. office hours cancelled regularly.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: AN101
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

voice is never clear. confusing

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: AN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Ended with a B in the course, the exam was a lot harder than everyone expected I think. Make sure to really take notes, especially the last weeks coming up to the exam. Work hard and you may get an A.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: AN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Didn't prepare her class for the final exam

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: AN224
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Completely unclear about almost every aspect to the class. Assignments are not explained well, often belittles students and is all around unhelpful. I would not recommend taking her class past AN101, sincerely suffering now because of it.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: AN232
• 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: N/A

Comment:

Mediocre prof. Didn't explain expectations and did not show interest in her students. Seemed to play favourites at times.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: AN237
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Gave good feedback on assignments, not that hard to get a decent to good grade if you go to class (took attendance everytime) and do some of the readings. Found she kind of disliked students or didn't think much of us.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: AN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

MEH!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: AN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The exams were online which had questions that required students to write 1 page essay (there were many questions like this). There is not enough time for this and the quality will suffer bc of time constraint and computer refreshing deletes it! Not good for answering questions!! She makes you feel like it was a stupid question you asked!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: AN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

No comment.

Rating # 18

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Intresting classes

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: AN340
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I've had her for a class before this and I still feel the same about her. She seems like a really nice person, but I am made to feel stupid asking her questions. She is also really hardcore about attendance, so make sure you go to class! This course was WAY too much work. Only take it if you have A LOT of free time!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: AN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Will never take another anthropology course again due to her