James Stewart - Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH

Professor: James Stewart

Department: Anthropology

College: Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ANTHRO2200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

You learn from power points and groups work with him which can be super easy points but his tests are nothing like his reviews and very confusing.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ANTH2200
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Where do I even start? Let's start with I tried to drop his class a week in. I couldn't. I nearly fell asleep in every class because all he does is drone on and lecture as if he's the only one in the room. You have few things that make up your final grade, and he's weirdly picky. Nice guy, but not the best professor. Avoid if you can.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ANTH2201
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher and a great person. He is very kind and knows his students. There is a lot of reading but for tests he gives you a helpful study guide. I respect him as a teacher and would love to take another class of his.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ANTH2200
• 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:

I've never known an intro class to be so hard. Reading, attending all classes, doing homework, and yet an A is still REALLY hard to get. He doesn't include hardly anything on the test that he talks about in lectures. Disorganized, wastes class time, and doesn't let you know when lab is. For all of his faults, you're held at high standards.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ANTH2200
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great at explaining subject matter on real life examples which makes it a lot easier to remember, compares objectively different opinions, he combines his own notes with the book´s, gives you great insight, very open to discussion, very open-minded, very interesting presentations, very organized and clear when given a HW/ assignment! GREAT CLASS!!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ANTH2200
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Alright instructor. He is not bad just not great either. I took this class online and still ended with an A but just barely. DO THE DISCUSSIONS! He gave me extra credit on two out of the three discussions because of how much I posted, around 20 times total and reply to other students; keep track of their replies and start a conversation.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ANTH2200
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Average as far as teachers go. He's super disorganized though which can be pretty funny in class. His tests are really hard in that for practically every question there are 2 answers that seem equally right. Getting an 85% on his tests is considered amazing.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ANTH2200
• 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:

Does a poor job preparing you for tests. Lectures are boring. Overall, class is generally a mess. If you have no problem teaching yourself than this class is for you. Teacher is rude and condensending. Grading scale is a joke.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ANTH2200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I feel bad giving him bad feedback because I genuinely think he means well, but his class was difficult. His lectures seemed long and full of information and it seems like he knows the information but might be copying and pasting. Also, this class has labs and he doesn't tell you which days are lab days so be prepared to show up for every class!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: AMNTH200
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great professor!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ANTHRO2200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His quizzes are difficult, they purposefully will try and trick you. Read carefully and take a lot of notes. He is an okay online teacher. Take in class I am assuming he is more clear...

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ANTH2200
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This guy has it made. He is a proctor for a online class and doesn't have to actually teach because its copy and paste from past semesters. He took 2 months to grade an assignment but also extended Test if need be. I actually received 118 and 120% on two discussion boards which is his big thing on the class.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ANTH2200
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Prof Stewart provides a clear grading criteria. If you print off the lectures (free in library) to take class notes on, read the chapters in the book (pictures w/captions important), to use to take the on-line quizzes on BB (get 3 tries the questions start to repeat), be in class (because there are labs),then each of the 3 test and the final are EZ

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ANTH2200
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Class was taken online: with that said, overall a poor professor. He seems to know the study of Anthropology himself, however his tests are not the easiest to prepare for and he is a hard grader. Also, he grades extremely hard on discussion board posts. He expects to see multiple posts, multiple times per week with a"Average is a C" grading scale.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ANTH2200
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Stewart himself is a nice guy who clearly loves what he does. However, his class is a MESS. His Blackboard is chaotic, his tests are daunting, there's no real guidance when it comes to reading or what to study. Avoid it if you can. If you can't, my one tip is to read the captions for the photos in the books. He uses them on tests.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ANTH2200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

WOULD NOT RECOMMEND. I took his online class and he gives you no help, it's all from the textbook. NO study guides, NO organized discussion due dates except for one for each unit, confusing organization of the class itself. All the quiz and test questions are complicated and copied straight off of quizlet.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ANTH2200
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This course was easy but terrible. His quizzes are littered with mistakes, and there were a lot of functionality issues with his online class. For example, some quizzes won't show the answers after you take them. So, it is impossible to use them to study for the exams. The DB is a major part of the grade and is really a joke is useless.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ANTH2200
• 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: Mandatory

Comment:

His entire demeanor was off-putting to me. I love anthropology but basically every class I wanted to fall asleep from the way the material was presented to the way he taught. His tests contain some things not mentioned in the lecture. He talks down to people like they're stupid. Will definitely be steering clear of his classes.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ANTH2200
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If you're going to take any of his courses, be prepared to do it mostly on your own. He doesn't give back tests, so it's hard to figure out what you did wrong. He also has a tendency to assign quizzes over material that was not covered yet. Look ahead and find out when tests are and, he won't always tell you!!!!!!!!! Also study hard.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ANTH2200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Usually I don't take these reviews seriously, but for him you should. Test are all over the place. He typically is late or does not show up at all. Does not respond to emails. In order to pass you must teach yourself. No direction, only 100 pts possible in class. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH HIM.