Barbara Joyce - University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

Professor: Barbara Joyce

Department: Sociology

College: University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: SOC100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Doesnt teach you anything from the textbook, just talks about the topic in a supplementary way. Requires 3 books (textbook, college survival book, excerpts from soc writings). Every chapter is assigned since tests Qs are from all books. Every week you need to read an excerpt and write 1-2 pages on it (15 excerpts total). Just take another professor

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: SOC101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She was overall a nice person, but not so much as a professor. Don't expect a clear answer to a question, always goes off topic. For the textbook, as long as you remember the definitions from NEWTON and kind of read the summary of the other books you will do fine.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: SOC341
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Passionate about the subject. Funny and warm personality. However, goes off on tangents, a LOT. Never sure what is going to be on tests; take notes in class because lecture material will never match the book and it will be on the test. Curves grades for a reason. Participate in class. Don't expect clear answers to questions.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: SOC100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr Joyce loves sociology so much to the point where she seems straight up crazy. Be sure to read or at least look at whatever section of the textbook is assigned for the week and it might be a little easier to organize your notes and see where she's coming from in her lectures.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: SOC100
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

All she does is assign weekly essays which is written about from a really long reading we have to do as homework. Most of the questions on the tests are from her books and maybe like 5/50 questions are from what she writes on the board.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: SOC100
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Terrible lecturer. No PowerPoint, never seems prepared, always referring back to her notes. Her class is pointless and more than 80% of questions in exams are from textbooks. I highly recommend not to take her class.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SOC100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Doesn't know how to lecture. For every exam you need to read like 5-7 chapters per book in which we have 3 books for this class. Her lectures are pointless but you do have to attend class cuz it's part of grade

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SOC100
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is a horrible lecturer. Doesn't have power points or any time of lecture style, she just rambles on all class. Super boring class and lectures are pointless anyways. Exams are mainly from book only like 5 questions from lectures and she doesn't even talk about the information from the books so it's pretty much a teach yourself class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: SOC341
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Joyce knows what she is talking about in her SOC341 class. A lot of people who don't read and expect to get an easy A in every class will complain about her. The class was NOT difficult. Just show up, take notes, read the chapters, and take the tests. If you read you will be fine. She's a great human being and her class was interesting!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: SOC100
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Barbara is an overall good professor but she left midway through my semester with her with no explanation and no coverage. We showed up to class for two weeks with no instructor or emails until the University appointed a T.A to teach class for the remainder of the semester. She's really clear and doesn't have unreasonable expectations.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SOC341
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Barbra Joyce is a really nice person, as a teacher not so much. She rambles about her kids and barley talks about the context of the class and when she does, there is no power point to follow up on, therefore it is really hard to follow where she is going with her class. She also never cancels class, even if she just rambles about her life.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SOC100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Not a good class at all. Some people complain about reading, but a few books are not the issue. It's the "lecture" Joyce has. She just rambles on and on, with only minimum use of the whiteboard. No powerpoint or real notes, she just RAMBLES! Half of it doesn't even line up with our reading or quizes. Never taking her insane/senile classes again.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: SOC341
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lots of reading. In class its mostly lecture. Exams are HARD. She's nice, but her class is definitely difficult.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SOC100
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Joyce is very indecisive of what she wants out of the class. Her TA had to do most of the work and gave us heads up on changes in a big assignment as Joyce wouldn't tell us herself. Def should be higher than a 100 class with the level of reading 3-4 books and so much papers to write. Even the TA agrees. She argues all the time with the students.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: SOC341
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

You're expected to read 5-6 chapters out of the textbook then take exams on them, with no guideline as to what is supposed to be remembered from the text, which makes it near impossible to do well on the test unless your capable of memorizing 5-6 chapters worth of material at a time. I wouldn't recommend her class unless you're good at memorizing.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: SOC100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Three midterms cumulative to its respective readings on the syllabus. Attendance is taking randomly. This lady is odd and peculiar. I have never taken notes and aced the class. However, she rambles on about so much irrelevant things that I started to second guess whether I should be taking notes. But, nope! Does not pertain. Read the textbooks.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: SOC100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Joyce is the nicest person. shes always happy and smiles all the time. she occasionaly pauses during lecture, stares and smiles and random students. other than that, she gets her test questions straight out of the book so I never took notes. overall i was satisfied with the class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: 75
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is quite a day dreamer and sometimes you can find her smiling at herself or talking to her self.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: SOC100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I had low expectations when entering the class from these reviews, but she is actually very nice and INTERESTED in what she is teaching which helps. Yes class can be boring at times, but a teacher with enthusiasm can go a long way. You do need to read 3 textbooks for class to do well on the test (80% from books), but it's not that hard.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SOC100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The tests had about 2 or 3 questions relating to what she went over in lecture but you are required to go to lectures. Why?! idk. There are 3 text books but she didnt go over them at all or tell you what to focus on. you just have to teach yourself. Also, She doesnt grade on a curve. Avoid at all cost!