Joe Smith - San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Professor: Joe Smith

Department: Classics

College: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CLASS120
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I never watched lectures or videos. You need the books for the quizzes (pretty easy!). This class is ONLY quizzes. You have like 3/4 a week, but you can take them as many time as possible to get 100%. It's helpful to have people put answers all on a google spreadsheet from quizzes because the exams are all repeat questions from quizzes.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CLASS120
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I took this course over the summer, and it was extremely easy. I basically just had to do the workbook and the quiz questions were directly from the workbook, and I could take the quizzes as many times as I needed until I got 100%. I honestly didn't read the book or watch any of his online lecture videos. Super easy class, would highly recommend!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HUM140
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Not the class to take if you're just looking for someone to read the powerpoint to you. You have to come to class and take notes on the lectures. Like Joe says in class: if you're txting while you're driving, you only think you're driving. If you're on line while you're in class, you only think you're in class. Easy A if you pay attention.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HUM140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

OMG So much fun. Take him!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HUM140
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Joe is a cool teacher, but he wasn't organized in my opinion. He would jump off subject and when he started to talk about a story or slide, he would end it abruptly and say we'll talk about it later. If he structured his classes better, the exams would make more sense. Luckily he curves the tests (3) and allows you to retake online quizzes.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CLAS202L
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Fun from start to finish. Except for the part about Horace fighting in the army with Brutus and losing everything (oops! spoiler alert!) Thank you, Joe!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HUM140
• 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:

Storytime for credit! Myth 140 gives you myths from the Romans and Celts and Norse and Germans. Go to class twice a week, go to "podcast land" on weekends. It's all very interesting. Joe goes out of his way to make sure the material in interesting and understandable.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HUM140
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Joe tells the myths in an AMAZING way. He is super friendly and entertaining. Going to lecture and listening to the podcasts definitely helps to understand the myths and learn all of the characters. The exams are easy if you pay attention in class and know the myths! Weekly online quizzes (can retake until you get 100%) and 4 exams.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: 304L
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I will not be taking this class again

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HUM140
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Joe is a great guy and very passionate about what he teaches. His tests for HUM 140 were free response, but not hard if you attend class and take notes. If you don't, you'll be screwed. In general, the class was fun and a very easy and enjoyable GE.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: LATIN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very nice, very interesting, very manageable.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: LATIN1
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Joe really cares about his students. He remembers your name and makes you feel important. I took him for Latin and he made it such a fun experience. I would reccomend him heavily! He made class so fun for me.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CLASS140
• 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:

Literally took this as an online class over summer.. It was so simple I just had to not fall asleep during his lectures. There are 24 quizzes you can take multiple times until you get 100% on all of them and there were 2 midterms and a final. You could take the first midterm 3 times, and the second midterm and the final twice.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HUM140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Come to class and you will pass. To get an A, you will likely won't have to read the entirety of the assigned novels, but you will have to have read large portions of them. His online material can help you get good test scores without reading

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CLASS303L
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's a good professor, very knowledgeable. Friendly, super chill, understanding. He goes off on a lot of tangents. Latin itself is hard, but his class is not. If you put in effort and listen to him when he's actually going over the material you will pass. I'd take him again 100%.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HUM140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

You really should not graduate until you have taken at least one class with Joe. His classes are supposed to be about the classical world, but they are about so much more than that. Never boring, even when he warns you that this is going to be boring.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HUM140
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Joe makes learning the material really entertaining. He can be very scattered about how he delivers the material, but lectures plus small readings make the content clear. Homework is online and you can take it as many times until you get an A. Tests are straightforward, uses mostly material from lecture. Podcasts can be boring.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HUM140
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

he is very funny in a dumb way. its all lecture, very little use of the book, just for some quizzes. very lenient on exams. lots of talk about vags.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CLAS140
• 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:

His summer class was all podcasts and quizzes at Bb. Everything was available online 24-7. You could work on the class anytime you wanted. Retake quizzes multiple times, and then see the same questions show up on the tests. Totally dealable. Got an A.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HUM140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Fun lectures, hard tests. But his tests are only hard if you aren't paying attention to what he's teaching. Sit down in front. It's easier to say focused. Joe never takes attendance (but he's never on time, either), never makes fun of students for asking questions. Go to class, take good notes, get an A.