Holly Wardlow - University of Toronto - St. George Campus, Toronto, ON

Professor: Holly Wardlow

Department: Anthropology

College: University of Toronto - St. George Campus, Toronto, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ANT474
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

A great professor! The comments below lead me to believe that she sets hard tests, but the course I took with her was all research/writing based. She was very caring and inspirational! Absolutely would take another class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ANT345
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I have taken a few of Prof Wardlow's courses. She is an EXCELLENT lecturer (very clear with theory) and her readings focus more on the applied than the theoretical. a good listen and seminar leader. very highly recommended. funny too.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ANT343
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I really wish Holly could apply Gender theory to people other than the Huli. Not every example of violence, oppression or empowerment happens outside of North America. Also, she lectures up to the last minute and does not adequately prepare students for test. She seems socially obtuse as well. Sad really - don't take this course with her.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ANT204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I thought her lectures were fantastic, entertaining, and informative. The reading load was heavy enough. My biggest complaint is that her emphasis was on the wrong points during lectures and as a result -- although I studied hard, her test was not reflective of this at all -- her half of the class dragged my mark DOWN!!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ANT204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

too much papua new guinea talk. test not indicative of lectures. self-aware

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ANT348
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Fantastic. :)

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ANT204
• 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:

Too much emphasis on Papua New Guinea

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ANT204Y
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Her tests do not line up with lecture. All she talked about was her research and not a single question on the exam was on her research. Also, she talks about influential anthropologists and then doesn't test on those. She has quite the high and might attitude as well

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ANT204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She went over the important material too quickly and spent ages on the unimportant details of her own Papua New Guinean research. Expected a very rigid set of answers on the exam, including specifics that aren't suggested in the wording of the question. Crazy difficult, and a little self important.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ANT204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I really enjoyed this prof's teaching style. She expresses a lot of enthusiasm about the material and really cares about what she does. She always came well prepared and her lectures were very interesting and thorough. I would definitely take another class with her!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ANT455
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

There was a lot of work given in this class and a ton of readings. But it was extremely interesting and Prof Wardlow was very good at encouraging discussion. I'd take another of her classes!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ANT204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She's so horrible, I dropped the course and decided to drop my entire anthropology minor too. They should change the course name to "Intro to Papau New Guineau". Avoid her!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ANT204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is in love with Papa New Guinea...horrible tests, TA's and lectures.Not approachable, readings weren't great, did i mention she liked Papa New Guinea?

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ANT204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I'm not completely through the class yet, but overall it's interesting. I feel all that's needed for lectures is the slides. Tutorials seem pretty helpful to me in terms of discussing the course readings. I do think she needs more diverse examples than just focusing on PNG, but nonetheless, hearing about it is interesting.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ANT204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Horrible prof, reades from notes word for word so VERY boring. VERY hard midterm, final is easier. TA's suck, and don't know how to mark properly. Tutorials useless. Lots of films. Talks too much about Papua New Guinea. Very boring, and cold as a person. Don't take her courses!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ANT204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Terrible teacher. Didn't prep class for any exams, had T.A who marked half of the exams incorrectly, and then refused to meet with students to discuss. Lectures were tedious and often redundant. Will be sure not to take any more classes with this prof.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ANT204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

How was the ant204 course? haven't taken it yet, considering though, need an honest opinion, were there alot of written assigments or essays, or essay questions on the tests for that matter, how many tests? post two cents please!thx!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ANT204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Wardlow was a good lecturer but the textbook and readings for 2005-06 were awful. Some of the films were great. The tests were difficult and tutorials were too big.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ANT204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Her lectures were fairly useless, you can seriously tune out for 10 min. and find you missed nothing. On the plus side, I now know everything about Papua New Guinea. She needs more diverse examples. Hard course? Come on! I did next to no work, just studied for the tests and still got a good mark. She told us what the exam essay topic would be on!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ANT204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

A really nice person. Yes, she should have posted her lecture notes on th internet and the tests did tend to be a bit hard, but her lectures were really interesting, and I thoroughly enjoyed them.