Danielle McAneney - Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA

Professor: Danielle McAneney

Department: Psychology

College: Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PSY101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This is an easy class if you put on the time. The exam question come from the lecture slides and book, so just study hard. She offers a considerable amount of extra credit. Her lectures are really interesting and inspirational.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PSYC101
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I Loved Professor McAneney. Interesting lectures. Participation/in-class work is through in-class worksheets so don't skip. It shouldn't be that hard to attend class anyways, but if you have to just talk to her. Lets you re-take an exam. Definitely want to take her courses again. Her class got me to change my major to psych.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH230
• 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:

Wasted my money buying the textbook. Most of the text wasn't on any of the tests. She relies on videos to do most of her teaching and is disorganized when teaching from powerpoints. It's difficult to reach her outside of class and you probably won't get an email reply for about a week. Don't count on grades to be put in correctly or on time.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH230
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Shes so unorganized. Her lectures dont teach you whats on the test. She lets videos teach. She does not review. She dropped me on the first day of school on accident. She takes forever to grade and shes hard to contact outside of class. Very defensive professor and very unprofessional. Test dates are not firm.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PSY101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She lectured for probably 80% of the class. She really knows her stuff and even gives many examples whether its from a movie or experiment. You definitely want to use her PowerPoints that she posts online. Good amount of extra credit that'll defiantly give you a cushion.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH230
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She was organized with the class schedule. Very straightforward. What I hated was she takes forever to grade. I never got an A in the discussion board because I got most of the feedbacks almost ending of the semester so no chance to be better at the next discussion post. I am grade conscious and it was really painful to see my grade from her :(

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PSY101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Not very organized with lectures. Moves on very quickly not giving much time to write down notes. Skips around in lectures confusing everyone. Is easy, but not an efficient lecturer. Things are still unclear better of reading from the textbook.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PSYC101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

almost all of her assignments are in-class, which is nice when you're taking classes with a heavy load. her tests are a little difficult, just make sure to read the text because not everything is in the powerpoints. she lets you retake one test and gives a ton of extra credit so take advantage of that. it's an easy A if you put in the effort

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH230
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I wish I could say I'm totally surprised by some of these harsh reviews haha. To be honest Professor McAneney was late grading assignments and did cancel a meeting with me last minute lol. But for the most part did return my emails. Also the one time I met her; was very pleasant. Is probably more suited for a desk job, but not totally terrible.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH230
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I am still waiting for her to return my emails. Weeks have passed, the class is over and nothing?! Step it up SWC in your hiring process.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH106
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lacks the passion for inspiring students. Does not seem interested in teaching. Has poor organization and communication skills directly affecting the quality of education she "attempts" to teach.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PSCH106
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very unprofessional! Don't count on getting an email back from her. Her grading rubric isn't clear cut and she lacks appropriate feedback. When asked to elaborate more on a discussion grade, she failed to answer me directly and instead posted an announcement. I took her for an online class and I can only imagine how she is face to face.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH230
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

CRAZY timed quizzes! Does not return emails. Forgets to grade papers.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH230
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

McAneney had a very clear grading criteria. All expectations were given up front. However took weeks to grade an assignment which is disrespectful to students. Students shouldn't be left in the dark days before class ends. Also it is ineffective to not give constructive feedback if students don't receive grades. How are they expected to improve?

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PSYC230
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This is an easy class if you do all the assigned work within the appropriate time frame. All expectations are given up front, so there is no guesswork. Lots of reading. All tests are straight from the text.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PSCH106
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

she's a really cool teacher and super laid back. She gives you a lot of good extra credit opportunity. she's awesome at explaining concepts and opening up good discussion topics. She was late a lot but I didn't really care especially since I had her at 8:30 am.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PSY101
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I do not recommend her, she is always starting class light, extremely disorganized and jumps around a lot. Her test are ok but sometimes test on content she doesnt go over. She not interesting nor is she friendly, grade is basically based off 4 exams. She put a lot of videos on lecture that correlate but dont help and put you to sleep.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PSYCH106
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I took human sexuality online during the summer. One discussion post a week and a test at the end of the week. Everything is pretty simple and she even allows you to retake every test if you need to. She also gives extra credit. Easy A as long as you do the easy work. Only thing is I had to send 3 emails to get a reply. :

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PSYC230
• 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:

She is late every single class. When you approach for advise on her class she will give you an attitude and encourage you to leave her alone. It seems replying email is an epic quest, because she never does. "Gives extra credit" but its only one point, you earn more points by being in class and do the in-class work. Unorganized. Skip her if you can

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PSYCHOLOGY230
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Took the online course, only complaint I had were the quizzes. They don't test you on overall concept, just the facts. So after reading two unnecessarily long chapters (for each quiz), you have to continue going back to check every detail for specific data. It's really annoying. Otherwise, easy grader & not difficult, just expect A LOT of reading.