Lois Beck - Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA

Professor: Lois Beck

Department: Languages

College: Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: IDFY101MEDIA
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I chose this class cause it best fit my time schedule. I did well in the class. Main things are a few group presentations and four papers/essays. Most of the class period consists of her speaking which can be boring. Alot of reading but she got to the point where she expected none of us read it. Easy grader, recommended for a fairly easy grade.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: IDFY101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She is literally one of the most unclear professors or teachers I have ever had. She doesn't know when papers are due. She looses your papers you send to her because her "wifi wasn't working" when we all know she lives on campus and ours worked fine. Other than that it's one of the most pointless classes you will ever take and it is very boring.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: IDFY101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Never take her for freshman seminar. Boring and gives so much homework. Makes class super awkward when she shows ads that are slightly inappropriate. Goes on random rants when excited. The only plus is that she never gives tests, no midterm, and watching a movie for the final exam. The papers you have to write are ridiculous...

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: FREN101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Easy A for those who have prior knowledge of french. She's very funny in class, but sometimes confuses students a little more.

Rating # 5

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Doesn't explain assignments at all. She's a very hard grader. She never seems to know alot about the subject. She says "I don't Know" alot. There's always alot of dead, boring space in class.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: COMM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Most unclear and hard grader ever. Doesn't explain any assignments then takes marks off for things we didn't even know about.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: FREN401
• 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:

Extremely tedious and incomprehensible class. Spent class period talking about themes vaguely related to readings, then gave grammar-focused exams without explaining or reviewing the material that would be on them. When asked about errors/points lost, she would say that she didn't remember why she graded as she did.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: FREN401
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Lois is just TOO MUCH. Seriously, I think she's hilarious. But I can understand why some don't like her. I am good at French, thus I don't necessarily need her grammar explanations. If I did need them, I would have a problem...

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: COMMCOMM
• 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:

DO NOT TAKE COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER!!!!!! She is the worst teacher ever and can't even look at you in the eye when you are talking one on one with her....wow great way to show communications! She gives two tests each on 7 chapters of information she doesn't even teach!!!!!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CCC101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She is a very...interesting lady. I had her for CCC and she brought tons of newspaper clippings and various articles to read to us that sort of had to do with what we were learning. Easy grader, really a nice lady, just not very organized or helpful.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: COMM106
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Perhaps one of the most useless classes I have ever taken!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: IDFY101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I had her for first year seminar (media in america) the class was so boring and pointless. she is a very easy grader but we accomplished very little in class.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: IDFY1111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

had her from my first year seminar Media in America. the class was easy, we didnt really do anything in class except for the occasional group presentation. the rest of the time was spent with her talking about books she had read and showing us newspaper clippings. she showed us a few movies too

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: FREN401
• 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:

Really nice professor, but can be boring. Definitely knows her french, but doesn't engage students well.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: COMM105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She's not that helpful when it comes to learning new communication skills. She doesn't push her students like most people. I would not recommended you take her if you have a choice. She loves talking about France and reading comics in class

Rating # 16

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

I am a french major and have had her for ALL of my french classes plus Created and Called for Community. She is a very nice lady but I think she needs to retire. She doesn't do anything or make the effort to teach. She just talks in class and shows us pictures of where she has been and doesn't really teach. She is a HORRIBLE adviser too.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: COMM105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Lots of wasted class time, test questions not clear, lectures incomprehensible, often mistaken.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: COMM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She never really taught us any of the material that she put on the quizzes. The only thing I really learned was the information from everyone's speeches, and that was pretty much it!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: FREN201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She's a energetic, fun person, and she grades really easy, which is always a plus. However, we honestly never learned anything in class, we just watched slide shows of pictures and listened to music and stories.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CCC101
• 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:

CCC for starters, sucks. Lois Beck makes it much worse. Passive aggressive, favoritism, and above all, boring. Avoid at all costs.