Beth Tauke - University at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo), Buffalo, NY

Professor: Beth Tauke

Department: Architecture

College: University at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo), Buffalo, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ARC211
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This class is a ridiculous amount of workload, especially if you're not an architecture major. There will be 2-3 readings that could be up to 30 pages each, with videos that are either TEDtalks or 50+ min documentaries. Then you take a 10 question quiz that'll make you look for a specific quote in a 25-minute time limit. Too much work for a gen-ed.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ARC211
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She is an amazing professor and cares about what she does. Gives extra credit. It is not hard to get an A but it is time consuming. Being online she gives a lot of materials to go over and call back on for the weekly quizzes. She cares about all her students. loved the class but was to time consuming for me as a gen-ed, learned great stuff though.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ARC211
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This is an online class, theres discussions posts every week that you need to do and theres a simple quiz every week that you can do without even reading the readings. The projects are a little tough if youre not creative, but not impossible. Overall the class wasnt that tough and Id say to take it if you want to put in minimal effort for an A or B

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ARC211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Tauke is very knowledgable and passionate about the material you're learning. Weekly, you take an online quiz and answer two discussion questions, which depending on how good you are at writing can take as few as 2 hours to do everything needed for the week. I wouldn't recommend to anyone who isn't good at writing/being creative.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ARC211
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This class is an un-necessary amount of work and takes up multiple hours of the week and not giving much time for more important classes. She's a nice teacher and pretty understanding but I don't recommend this class if you have a heavy course load or don't like political topics.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ARC211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This class is the reason I'm still in this college. She bae.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ARC211
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Soon after finishing this class, I visited one of the structures we discussed in lecture and emailed Prof. Tauke about it with a photo and she raised me a full letter grade. She is one of the most interesting and dedicated people, let alone professors, that I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. Absolutely take this class for your humanities credit

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: AR201
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

A true gem of a person. As a professor a little scatter brain, but its worth every second of time spend on a tangent.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ARC211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Like Beth so much! She is such a nice professor who does care about her students and is always there to help you. Sometimes she did pick some random stuff as rewards for those who answer her questions in class. She is a tough grader but just for those who don't read the requirements carefully.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ARC211
• 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:

pointless course. had so many guest speakers at the end of semester that she didn't really teach. 4 2000 word papers in a term that she strictly grade. quizzes every tuesday and critical thinking questions thursday

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ARC605
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Best Studio Professor Ever!!!! She does not rely on arbitrary changes to your project to justify her existence... like other studio professors.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ARC279
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

charming old woman. One of the easiest Architecture professors at UB. Understood that class shouldnt be about everyone failing, and made it almost impossible to do so. Grading consisted of 4 papers, all graded easily. short 10 question test per class, making attendance mandatory, but overall a very easy course.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ARC211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

very interesting class with a very interesting professor. she can be kind of spacey, but she's funny and theeee sweetest woman. the classes and assignments are clearly outlined, which is helpful. four major projects for the whole semester, a quiz every tuesday, critical thinking question every thursday which require you're attendance. <3 this class

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ARC211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Beth Tauke is a very genuine and sweet person. the topics covered in class were very interesting but the grading was done strictly on four papers that mostly everyone did poorly on. although she says she doesn't curve the grades she pretty much does.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ARC211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

WARNING!! IF YOU ARE A NON-MAJOR SPECIALLY AN ENGINEERING AND YOU'RE TAKING ALL THOSE PHYSIC AND CALCULUS CLASSES, DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS!! Nothing against the class or the professor, instead its somehow interesting but sometimes you wish spending more time on your other classes rather than writing those paper projects or reading those long articles

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ARC211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I still dont understand what this class was about. She doesnt teach anything. NO tests, just 4 projects which she grades really tough. EH.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ARC211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Took this class instead to fulfill the American Pluralism requirement. I believe it would have been alot less work to just take UGC211 but this ended up being a pretty interesting class. The work isn't overly difficult but the volume is pretty substantial.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ARC211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Excellent class, I got alot out of it. She does a great job of teaching you about the society around you. intersting lectures. take the class if you can.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ARC211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great Professor! Unlike too many teachers at UB, she really cares about the quality of the education that students receive in this class. On the flipside, there's alot of work to do. Four 2000+ papers, weekly readings (that get quized), and weekly 'in-class' response. Still, I strongly recommend this class.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ARC211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

LOVED this course. Lots of papers to write but they're interesting and really make you think. I enjoyed going to her class the most out of all my classes last semester. There is no textbook but she assigns readings as PDF's. You NEED to read them to do good on the quizzes!!