Rose-Marie Avin - University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI

Professor: Rose-Marie Avin

Department: Economics

College: University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: WGSS335
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This is required for WGSS major/minor. There are 2 readings/week, that you write summaries on. They are very helpful to understanding content! You also facilitate 1 discussion, and write a midterm paper. For the final project you present on a topic and write a paper on it. Do the readings and go to class, you'll be fine!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Do not take this professor! All exams are ESSAY BASED and are graded very hard. If you don't hit every point from the slides she will take off multiple points. The class is just one long PowerPoint slide that she reads off of with little description. First half of class is all theory based thought. If you need a Econ elective dont take this class.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you write towards her opinions you will do well. She does not care about students other opinions. This class is very different from econ classes, DO NOT take for an econ class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor Avin only cares about her opinion. If you don't write what she wants she will fail you. Worst Professor I have a had at UWEC and I am getting a B in the class. The average is probably in the C or D range.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON355
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Avin spends the entire lecture reading off of her slides that do not pertain to the assigned readings at all. Also, be prepared to talk about Feminism in every lecture, instead of topics actually related to the course.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON330
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very knowledgeable professor. She is passionate about economics and wants everyone to succeed. We only had one exam, but it was pretty hard as it covered a lot of topics. Otherwise class was enjoyable, she came prepared and connected it to real life situations which helped us further learn the information.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON356
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. All homework is reading long articles and lectures are her reading off a Powerpoint. There are 4 papers for one book. I got C's and D's on the papers and essay tests and I always saw her for help to learn how to improve and my scores never went up. This is the first class I've failed in my life and it messed up my GPA.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON356
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This professor expects way too much from her students in Econ 356. There is a lot of reading, writing, and her grading scale is inconsistent. If you value your time and have a tough semester, DO NOT take this class. Dr. Avin is very unorganized and crams a lot of work into the semester.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON356
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Unfortunately, the worst professor I've ever had... She reads straight from the ppt, assigns large readings every class and expects a summary from each one. There is a current events quiz nearly every class as well as an entire book analysis that requires 4 papers. She gives terrible feedback and doesn't care much for the student outcome

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECON356
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Rose-Marie is one of the most inconsistent, harsh graders. Her exams are all essays, and do not expect to receive A's on them because she will rip you apart no matter what, she told me what to fix, I fixed it for the next exam, and then I got points off for including what she told me to. You have reading homework every class period. LOTS of it.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: WMNS357
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Be prepared to spend 2-3 hrs/day on reading and homework. Each assignment (1-2/day) requires reading a 10-30 pg scholarly article; however, they are interesting, relevant to the course, and highlight various perspectives. Avin does a great job of challenging students to think outside the box. I learned so much from this course and highly recommend!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON104
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Hard to understand at first, but you get used to it.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: WMNS335496
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

There are A LOT of readings out of class and then we get into groups and go over in class. Can be unorganized leaving students with questions all the time. Sometimes it seems like she doesn't know what she is doing. Sometimes when she answer student's question she acts like she already answered it or had it written down. Otherwise she's not horribl

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON104
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The class is literally 90 minutes of her reading off of powerpoints in a monotone voice. You are given a list of "guidelines" for each powerpoint, which is essentially useless because you have to learn 90% of the HIGHLY technical, almost impossible to understand terms, lists, formulas, etc. Test grades are always low for everybody I talk to. AVOID

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECON104
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Either she dramatically changed her ciriculum, or most of the past reviewers are delusional. I'll keep it short- the average quiz and test scores are almost always in the 60% range, I think that speaks for itself.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECO104
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She has a very harsh accent that is very hard to understand. She reads straight off the power points which makes lectures really long.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECO104
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

One of the best professors I have ever had! Yes, her lectures can be boring but she gives you everything you need off of her own powerpoints and uploads a sheet for each chapter that tells you exactly what you need to know for the tests! No surprises! She also wants to get to know you on a more personal level. Like your goals, likes/dislikes, etc.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECON104
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

No way I'd take her again. All she does is talk at you off a powerpoint every class period, ZERO creativity and really hard to stay awake. She goes really fast and makes it difficult to take notes, and is not very understanding at all. Her accent is doable but annoying. The class is not that hard but you won't get much out of it. Take someone else

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON104
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Really knows what she is talking about, sometimes hard to understand but after you get used to her accent it's usually pretty easy. Tests are pretty much what you expect and aren't too hard as long as you study, Basically if you try in this class you will do good.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON498
• 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:

Do not take this professor! I did research with this professor and she is the absolute worst I've ever worked with. She is disrespectful, rude, and not helpful. You have no idea what she wants from you and then criticizes any work you bring to her, even though she gave no guidelines. She will always be right in her mind and won't negotiate anything