Mary May Downing - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Professor: Mary May Downing

Department: Women's Studies

College: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: FEM2103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

DISORGANIZED! very nice woman, but she give no structure at all. Been to the lectures, but taking notes are impossible. she is all over the place. good luck figuring out how she wants things done. gives no guidelines, and leaves you with a feeling that you learnt nothing. Again she's a lovely nice lady but all i can say is good luck on the exam...

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: FEM2103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

DISORGANIZED! very nice woman, but she give no structure at all. Been to the lectures, but taking notes are impossible. she is all over the place. good luck figuring out how she wants things done. gives no guidelines, and leaves you with a feeling that you learnt nothing. Again she's a lovely nice lady but all i can say is good luck on the exam...

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: FEM2107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is a very nice, sweet woman. You can do well if you attend her classes and do your readings. But overall I thought she was pretty terrible. Most boring class I have ever had to sit through. Avoid if possible.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: FEM2105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

A nice enough woman, but very boring class and I didn't learn anything. Classes were all discussions and her giving us random information. Hard marker, students in her second year course who aren't writing at a publishable level don't get good grades.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: WOMN2801
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Took a course that I was SO looking forward to taking with her at Carleton, and it was disastrous. I'm minoring in WOMN, so I've taken classes before, but this one was a prerequisite; it was the biggest waste of time and money EVER. Marymay is nice, but I learned absolutely nothing. This class was too basic even to be an entry-level course. Awful!!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: WOMN2608
• 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:

Didn't learn anything! Waste of money. Don't take the course. Nice lady. Takes to long to mark assignments (a month in counting). Teaching style sucks. Too much about her life. Too many movies, radio, text, etc. I'm very upset that I was in that class for 4 months, didn't gain any more knowledge then when i entered. TAKE THE CLASS WITH CAUTION

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: FEM3303
• 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:

Had Methodology and Fem Activism. VERY unorganized. Frustrating. Very helpful and kind hearted lady, still complains about pay lol Classes drag on and on...

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: FEM2105
• 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:

I am usually a very fair person when commenting on Professors on this website but I cannot help but warn students about this prof. I do not doubt that she is a nice person but a terrible teacher. I did not learn a single thing (and this wasn't by a lack of trying!). This course discouraged me from taking any other Women's Studies courses at U of O.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: FEM2103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Whatever people have to say about her, she is amazing. She genuinely cares about her students, and invests herself in their success. She is so much more than willing to spend time with them outside of class to talk about class stuff, or just anything. Love her. Smart, activist, caring, friendly... what more could i really ask? Take her classes.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: FEM2105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Nice prof but is bitter about not being tenure-track prof. She complains a lot about money and the university hiring practices/standards. If you've taken women's studies classes before don't take her's, it is a step backwards. You put more effort into the class without getting much back. Articles are boring and repetitive.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: FEM2103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Maybe talks a little too much about her personal problems, but she is MORE than willing to engage in discussion and help you out outside class. I didn't find her biased, rude or overly disorganized. In fact, I found her openminded and extremely caring. I actually LOOK for classes with her.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: FEM3303
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very biased.there is more to feminist activism than peace activism. talks about herself a lot- only focused on one topic because she was interested in it, didn't matter what the class was interested in.nice enough - but class had too much discussion- did not actually learn ANYTHING. waste of time!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: FEM2105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is the worst prof I have ever had. I did not learn a thing in the class. She is very disorganized, does not even teach the material and is very boring. Her job is to teacher her students, not to complain about not getting paid enough.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SOC2104
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Hated this class, prof is extremely disorganized and just plain rude.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: FEM2105
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very opinionated and disorganized.

Rating # 16

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

This teacher is the worst that I have ever had! She is completely clueless! Should consider resigning

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: FEM2103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Don't assume just because you learned nothing in class the exam won't be the hardest thing you ever took. Or related to course content.

Rating # 18

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

This women is has a beautiful soul, I know its corny but I will be a better person fo having been taought by her

Rating # 19

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

A caring, kind woman - definitely in the right profession. You can tell she loves teaching, but is not paid nearly enough for what she does.

Rating # 20

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Welcome to the world of feminism. you'll never look at your life the same way again. this woman needs a raise!