Susan Lord - Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, ON

Professor: Susan Lord

Department: Film

College: Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: FILM110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Her quizzes were so subjective. Boring lectures. Absolutely terrible.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: FILM110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Her quizzes were very hard because they were so subjective. This is because she put four right answers and said "pick the most right answer" which seemed to be entirely her opinion. There's too many words on her slides and she reads from an unrehearsed script in lecture. Also she attacks students if they quietly get up during class to leave or pee.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: FILM110
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Lord was a good prof. This class felt like an english/history class. She was engaging and made a lot of relevant points that related to current events. Yes you can probably skip the lectures, but you'll find it a lot more difficult in tutorials. Paying attention during the tutorials is very important.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: FILM110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Absolutely terrible.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: FILM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

So boring. Also she loves to share her political views with the class and throw word like "Masterpiece" around for every second movie we watch...

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: FILM110
• 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: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Found it hard to understand her lectures; she stuttered quite a bit and had trouble getting her point across. The concepts were made even more confusing with all the terminology she used.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: FILM110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Good if you like incomphrensible rants. A prof who's constantly searching for words in between UMs and UGHs. I feel like she does zero preparation for her lectures and decides to bullsh!t them entirely. I guess this passes for most firs year film students as ok, but anyone with any knowledge or serious enthusiasm for film will know she's a joke.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: FILM110
• 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:

SPACE. CADET. She was incomprehensible, overly obsessed with Harvey Keitel's "member" and failed to demonstrate how the concepts she taught related to one another.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: FILM110
• 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:

I loved the films she chose, but some of the concepts were hard to grasp as a "non-filmie". However her enthusiasm showed despite her frazzled attitude.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: FILM435
• 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:

The Suze *loves* what she does, and it shows. Oddly enough, this is the class that prompted me to go on to Grad studies. She's 1 in a million.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: UPPER
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

too theoretical (which can be a good thing) but doesn't explain things very well. Doesn't try to understand where your perspective is coming from. Very smart, very interesting class, seems to care about her students but hard to understand.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: FILM110
• 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:

Added a much needed jolt of life to the course. Brittantly scatterbrained and engaging, Dr. Lord follows a clear, consistent theme across her section of the course. She also had the best selection of movies (By far). The quail in rose petal sauce was a nice touch!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: FILM110
• 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:

Prof Lord Is AMAZING!!! Best Prof at Queen's. She is really fun, and smart and personable. You can tell she cares and loves what she does. Really good at linking concepts to films.

Rating # 14

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Praise the Lord! she can be a bit scattered and all over the place, but she is brilliant and a genuinely great person. She also knows lots of arty-filmy people (esp. in canada) so if you want to go to grad school she would be a good person to get to write your recommendation letter.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: FILM231
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Bit of a space cadet but she's ok once u get used to her. She's a little confusing and abstract but intensely smart. Doing the readings sucks, but it helps. ps this course is easy

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: FILMUPPER
• 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:

wow. her clarity can vanish in a moment. she tends to ramble incoherently. you will be confused and stressed. this is a promise.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: 231110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

refuse to believe this woman actually studies sports like she says she does. seems completely lacking in credibility and professionalism. also, i suspect she makes a lot stuff up.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: FILM110
• 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:

Her section of Film 110 in Fall 2002 was amazing. Her lectures were interesting and provocative. She knows her stuff and was willing to share it with a large class of first year students.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: FILM231
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: FILM231
• 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:

Nothing like teaching a media course without having cable. She is too wishy washy. Does not enjoy opinions that differ from her own. Especially when they prove hers wrong.