Linda Blum - University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Professor: Linda Blum

Department: Science

College: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: EVSC4110
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Linda Blum is not a good professor, and I would not recommend her to anyone. Estuarine Ecology sounds interesting, but her lectures are dull and repetitive and her exams are very difficult. The field trip is fun but not worth writing a 15-page single-spaced research project. I highly regret taking this class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: EVSC1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE. If you need to take EVSC 1010, wait until the spring when she is NOT teaching. Professor Blum is unclear, confusing, and highly inarticulate. No student should receive a D+ in an introductory course, but somehow Blum made that possible for me. I studied hard, went to class, and went to office hours. Her tests are very difficult.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: 1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Literally the worst professor I have had in my entire life. Lectures are scattered and unorganized despite her reading word for word off of the slides, she can barely answer questions and she's more often than not reciting inaccurate information. When studying for tests, the textbook and class notesslides do not match up. Impossible to do well.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: EVSC1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

There aren't any assignments in this class, but there are 4 exams (the lowest grade gets dropped) plus a final, which are mainly based off of the lectures. She does post the slides online for students, but she changes them. So she will show some slides in class, that we don't have. She does read off of the slides quite often. I didn't care for EVSC

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: EVSC1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I enjoyed Professor Blum. She is passionate about what she is teaching, but to do well you must go to the lectures and take good notes. If you do that you don't need to read the textbook. She is always ready to help and will spend however long it takes to make sure you do. If you want to do well, you will. The concepts are not hard.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: EVSC1010
• 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:

Avoid this professor. Take this course in the spring with the other instructor. She is very unclear, her slides are disorganized and she creates no incentives for her students to do better. There is no curve even though the class average for most of her tests is 70.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: EVSC4240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This was a great class - a lot of work, but you learn a lot. Blum was a great professor and was NOT a harsh grader at all (my lowest grade was an 89). Envi Sci students - don't be afraid to take her upper level class, she is great and so is the class!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: EVSC1010
• 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:

While it is obvious that Blum has a lot of interest in the course material it is often hard to follow her lectures. The slides that she posts only contain pictures so it is impossible to skip lecture and try to catch up by looking at the slides. She gives zero guidance on what to study for exams. She's tough but not terrible.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: EVSC1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She really isn't that bad. She loves the material, though the lectures can be a bit boring. Her tests are based almost completely off the lecture, so go to lecture and take good notes. I got a B+ by cramming the night before for everything. It's really not that bad of a class, and the material isn't that hard.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: EVSC101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

A lot of people this class but I really liked it. I don't think you will find the tests too hard as long as you read the chapters and take very good notes (which you will need to study well!) And I'm not too sure why people think Linda is so evil because I really liked her. I guess just dont get on her bad side. She also gives hmwrk almost weekly.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: EVSC101
• 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:

Actually brought a student up on Honor charges because he came in late to a multiple-choice quiz, and guessed on questions he wasn't there to see. Scary. She could not only ruin your grade, but get you kicked out of school. Claims guessing correctly on three multiple choice questions is essentially statistically impossible.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: EVSC101
• 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:

Overall was a horrible class. The lectures are extremely boring and Blum tends to stutter and say "uhhhh" every two seconds. The material is fairly easy, yet the tests are almost impossible to do well on. It is an extremely hard class to do well in even though you may know the material. Don't recommend, especially if it is to fulfill a requirement.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: EVSC101
• 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:

Worst class in the COD. She is terrible. She just repeats what is on her slides, and offers no help. She gave me a 0/100 on an exam even though I had gotten permission from her to miss it previously, so she went back on her word. Please avoid this class so the EVSC dept. can realize she needs to be FIRED! AVOID THIS CLASS.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: EVSC101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Honestly this woman is really helpful, knows her work but will definitely make life HELL!!! Tough tests, tough HW, loads of quizzes,tough grading, 50% B's 1% A's the rest r def C's and D'. YUP AVOID THE CLASS!!..show her she needs to change her way or else we students will stop taking her class!!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: EVSC101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I looked at these ratings too late. DONT TAKE THIS CLASS!!! IT SUCKS!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: EVSC101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This class really isn't that bad. If you can put up with Blum's stutter and inability to keep lectures interesting then you'll be fine. Just read the book, memorize vocab, and do the homework.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: EVSC101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

should have listened to the warnings here. i tried to stick it out and my gpa is suffering. don't take this course.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: EVSC101
• 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:

QUITE TERRIBLE!DON'T TAKE THE CLASS!I DIDN'T SEE THESE COMMENTS TILL NOW AND IT IS TOO LATE TO REGRET!!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: EVSC101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is nice enough but will only help if you go to office hours. She gives pop quizzes on the readings.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: EVSC101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

she is a terrible professor. her lectures are extremely boring (uhhh, every few seconds) and include a lot of uneeded info. she also grades extremely harshly; i have gotten zeroes on homework that i spent hours on simply because i neglected to sign the pledge (i wrote it out, just forgot to sign it) and her tests are pretty ridiciulous also.