Ana Larson - University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Professor: Ana Larson

Department: Science

College: University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ASTRO101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Larson's class is amazing. She would tell you what will happen in the sky in the next few weeks. There is one special thing about Dr. Larson, is that if you see a "All above answers are correct" kind of questions, you should choose that answer because it is correct. ALWAYS CORRECT.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ASTR211
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Larson is the sweetest old lady you will ever meet. She is a little scattered but in the end, it is very easy to do well in this class. You need to go to class every day to do the activities (but if you need to miss she has online makeup ones). You watch movies a lot. Very easy to get a 4.0, final is a presentation of your choosing!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ASTR101
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Lectures were scattered and not well organized, but that's ok because the tests are easy. You'll learn everything you need to know from your TA.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ASTR101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The overall class was interesting, reading the book is what provided the most information then actual lectures, not good a test then this class will be really good for you, as it was for me, grades are more heavily based on participation, activities, quizzes, then exams which can help keep your grade afloat, so I would highly recommend it.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ASTR211
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Her teaching style is more well-suited to small classes. ASTR 211 is a wonderful low-stress course that provides you real opportunities to think about the universe. There is no midterm and a simple final project where you can choose your own topic. The concepts are challenging but she is entertaining and fun. (average course grade 93.77% or 3.7)

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: AST101
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

You can easily receive a 4.0 if you try in this class. Clear expectations for tests, quizzes were actually harder than the midterm and final. Attendance starts to affect participation later in the quarter when people stop showing up as much, she does "pop assignments," asking you to fill out a worksheet and turn it in at the end of lecture.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: AST101
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

If you find space cool, this class is super simple. Read the textbook and take online the quizzes (which are pretty frequent). Ana is really funny. Goes off on tangents sometimes, but always relates back to the topic at hand (mostly). Never left lecture feeling there were gaps in my knowledge. Want a relatively easy 4.0? Here's your class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ASTR101
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I think she is probably very brilliant in her field, but she should stay away from teaching. Lectures are vague and incredibly confusing, the quiz sections aren't helpful at all, and the HW packet is so strangely worded that even the TAs don't understand it. Text is interesting, so study study study. You won't learn from anything else.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: AST101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is horrible at explaining things. Just horrible. Only way to do well on tests is to read the book and take notes. Just drill practice problems. Lectures are only important for purpose of getting participation credit. HORRIBLE TEACHER

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ASTR101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! IT IS BOOF! YOU WILL REGRET IT! Basically a middle school science class, full of pointless book assignments for participation credit. The lectures were pointless, and nobody took the class seriously. I resent the fact that I actually paid money to take this class.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ASTR101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is a great lecturer that is able to teach important concepts while making us laugh. Admittedly, this is the class I enjoy the most. And as for the other commenters, of course she doesn't teach you everything. You are supposed to read the book and do the activities. This course is relatively easy, though it does require a lot of effort and time.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: AST101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She isn't good at explaining stuff during lecture. So it's your job to do the readings and ask questions. Assignments are worth 40%; you have 1 wk to do them. Remember to CHECK YOUR ANSWERS. You only have 2 tests (midterm and final), questions are based on slides and homework. But you have to read the book if you want a 4.0. It's not an easy 4.0

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ASTR101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

It reminds me of a middle school science class (not in a good way). Lectures are confusing and don't clearly present the information. She is not a good lecturer either. In lectures, we just do scattered activities from a workbook which often leave us more confused on the topic than when we started. Love astronomy but this class turned me off of it.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ASTR101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

MCQ-type test. Questions are directly out of the textbook, so read that and you'll do fine. Lots of homework from the workbook, but answers are usually discussed in quiz sections. Her lectures require you to read the TB before attending them because she doesn't really discuss the textbook materials. Lectures are very dense - a LOT of people slept.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ASTR101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Readings are required her professor Larson's class. Her lectures are boring and dry and have nothing to do with the exams, and just reading your chapters will be more help than going over her lecture slides. Having a good TA helped a lot with ASTR101.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ASTR101
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Ana was a very good lecturer-- although she often flipped through the powerpoint slides too fast for anyone to write notes. Her tests are all multiple choice, all pretty straight forward. Only one midterm and one final. She's very funny, and brings fun into the lectures with mind-blowing statistics and creative, fun activities. I loved this class.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ASTR101
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She is very caring of the students I believe. I missed my midterm and she actually came to me asking why I got a 0/59 (tests are worth 40 percent of your grade, we take only 2). I told her my embarrassing situation and she was surprisingly understanding. Reading chapters comes with online quizzes that are easy points to secure.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ASTRO101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Learned alot in the class. Took it just to get buy, easy going class that teaches alot.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: 101
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Ana Larson's lectures were very boring. I found that attending lectures everyday was not necessary. The worksheets are always due a week later after its been given out and there were two midterms. Reading quizzes and class participation were easy! Some of the practice midterm Q's are in the midtermsfinal. Having a good TA contributed to my grade.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ASTR101
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

she never change her tone when she talk. No humor is presented in her talk. Her class is like a "background radiation" or a video clip. You learn stuff if u really pay attention, but most stuff are to be learned through reading. Her class is not even a little interesting. But, if you want to get an easy A or B, you should take her class.