Katrina Erdos - Langara College, Vancouver, BC

Professor: Katrina Erdos

Department: Geography

College: Langara College, Vancouver, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: GEOG1150
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Katrina is overall a very nice person but gets off topic VERY easily. I learned very few things from her and felt like going to classes was a waste of time. I will avoid taking any future classes with her.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: GEOG1155
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Overall a genuine person. gets off-topic really fast. Lectures are super slow but I love how she tries to initiate discussion. This class is so easy if you actually read the textbook and do her review questions + global casino website questions. This class should be called Environmental Issues in Global Perspective instead of Environmental Geog.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: GEO115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Katrina is one of the worst teachers I've had. Completely uninformed airhead, I learned nothing from her classes.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: GEO1155
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Katrina is very knowledgeable. Her slides have little to do with the textbook and she digresses often. Group project is not too hard. Quizzes are based off the textbook website. Midterm and final are based off quizzes, plus short & long answer questions, which can be quite tough. Know systems, feedback, and schools of thought then you'll do fine.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: GEO1155
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Learned nothing , barely talked about anything important in class Quiz and test are ALL from textbook

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: GEOG1130
• 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:

Katrina is a fantastic professor. Her lectures can be dull at times but that's just the material and she does her best to make everything as interesting and engaging as possible. She really has a pssion for her subject. Recomended.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: GEO1155
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Her lectures are not very helpful when it comes to examination times. However, I have learnt lots in her class, she is very kind and caring to her students. She explains the format of tests very well, and is always there to help you if you have any questions. Her office hours are also very helpful, I am not scared of asking her questions. Very open

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: GEOG1115
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Don't bother going to class, all the material is directly from the textbook. Questions are usually on obscure specific things, not large concepts or ideas. The textbook is for sure the worst I've ever used though, material is not broken up, just presented like in a novel.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: GEO115
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Katrina's lectures are very vague and minimal in the material required to memorize. The readings she assigns are often way ahead of her own lectures. Don't bother attending class, just read every single word of the text book and you'll be fine. Her exams solely rely on textbook memorization (figures and author references). Self-taught class.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: GEOG1155M01
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Katrina is very good instructor, she is very specific and will give you good feedback on your work.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: GEOG1155
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Most of the material you need to teach yourself from the textbook. What she covers in class she does a fair job of explaining, but she is just so dull. Powerpoints are mostly pictures so attend the classes and take notes as she talks. Id recommend taking this class in your second year so you already know lots of the stuff from previous classes.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: 1120
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Katrina is real nice, very Canadian. The actual material in the class is boring but she adds really nice personal and relevant personal information. Go to class because she tests equally on the textbook and her own material. I put very little effort into my term essay and I got an A so she's an easy marker.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: GEO1155
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Very very nice teacher! Easy marker I would say, considering I half-assed my essay and still got a high mark :).

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: GEO2155
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Lecture information only used in final exam... Quiz questions entirely off tiny specific details rather than larger concepts (checking if you read deep enough). Pretty monotone, nothing she said felt important or helped me perceive as important. Overall felt like I learned nothing about environmental management other than what's obvious...

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: 1120
• 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:

She is very nice. However, all of the quizzes and test contain really specific question that don't really test your knowledge but whether or not you read EVERY SINGLE WORD of the text. Her notes are not posted online but you don't really need to attend class just read the text, 15% of her lecture was tested the rest is from the text.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: GEOG1155
• 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:

Midterms were easy. Final and essay were not so easy. Class is boring, she's nice though.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: GEOG1120
• 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:

She is very organized and thorough with notes, shes super nice and easy to approach and its nice that she basically sets you up for all the assignments/essays/quizzes & shes a super fair marker as long as you put in effort

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: GEOG1155
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very nice and approachable teacher, she is fair and is very organized with clear guidelines for tests and final. Great intro to Environmental Geography.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: GEO1155
• 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:

Super nice lady, shes very approachable and is a very fair marker. As long as you put in effort into your answers and prove you're thinking critically on the subject she'll give you extra marks. Keep up with your readings!! super important. Good intro to geo if you're considering it further.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: GEOG1120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very friendly woman. You can tell that she is passionate about the subject. Many opportunities to do well and reasonable with marking. Lectures can be somewhat boring at times. Text book is MANDATORY.