Erika Rappaport - University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

Professor: Erika Rappaport

Department: History

College: University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIST4C
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Hist. 4C was a straight forward history course. 2 essays and a final. Offers extra credit. Read the novels and you will be totally fine for the exams and section.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIST4C
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This class was a lot of work, consisting of two papers, two outside books, weekly textbook readings, and section assignments. The lectures were boring and quite repetitive of the textbook. There are very few things in the grade which makes it tougher.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIST4C
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The class itself is not that difficult. There is a lot of dense reading involved. The only thing you will be graded on are two papers, a final, and section attendance. I felt like lectures were pretty pointless because they were based off the reading. Her lectures were not that clear and I felt like she would ramble on a lot.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HISTORY4C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Rappaport makes you really work. The material is easy, but she makes you read 2 books that are not that great and boring af. Depending on your TA it'll be hard to really gage, but I had Elizabeth Schmidt is she's the worst TA ever. This is supposed to be an easy GE, but she grades VERY VERY HARD and expects a lot. Do not get her as a TA!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIST141B
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof Rappaport is so caring & bubbly, she really wants students to do well in her class. There is a lot of reading. However, she takes the time to help out students during office hours if they are struggling with the material. Lectures are fun & engaging too. I'm not a history major & only taking this class as an elective but I'm enjoying it so far

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIST124
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Hist. 124 was an enjoyable course! No tests, 3 essays (two short papers and one 6-8 page paper), reading journal, and participation. Rappaport is a fair grader and gives great feedback - she wants to help you and see you succeed! She also encourages students to pursue their interests and gives plenty of opportunities to play around with research.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIST193F
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Would definitely recommend this class. She is very enthusiastic about the class and the subject matter. Her lectures were enjoyable and interesting and she brought food to the final. There is a lot of reading but the course it well organised. 2 Essays, a final (with a cheat sheet) and 1 small field work paper.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIST193F
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Took her for Food History and loved it! Great class and she teaches it really well. Very clear course - 1 final no midterm and 2 papers. Do the supplemental readings and go to class and you'll be fine. Not necessarily taught chronologically but still logically. Would take again!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIST193F
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Actually a somewhat hard class. Professor Rappaport is a harsh grader. Attended all classes, did all the readings, and struggled with the class

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIST193F
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Take this course! A great upper div even if you aren't a history major. Two essays, project, and final. Fair grader. Interesting lectures and relevant, current material.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIST4C
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

A really lovely professor. She made the class and her assignments very interesting. Would definitely recommend to anyone.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIST4C
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great Prof! Easy A

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: 141B
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Excellent Professor I am planning on taking another class with her. She is very passionate at her job and very interesting in her lectures. By far my favorite teacher at UCSB so far

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: 141B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Rappaport is a good preofessor. Gives extra credit opportunities, no midtem but you do four papers 2 short 2 long. She is passionate so thats good! she is not an intense grader either so the papers aren't a nightmare. ovrerall I liked her!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIST141A
• 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:

Great Professor. Very very helpful and will do all she can to help her students succeed. The writing assignments are relevant and graded very fairly. Lots of reading but hey its a history course!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIST141A
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She is a fantastic professor! She is very interested in the topic and her enthusiasm is inspiring. There is a lot of writing in this course, but it is all based on the reading and she is a fairly easy grader. I cannot recommend her enough.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIST193F
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Fantastic lady and an even better teacher. Extremely nice, but also very engaging. Willing to work with you about extensions as long as she can tell you are a dedicated student. Takes great pains to make lecture interesting and also to ask student opinion, can't recommend her highly enough

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIST193F
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Such a great professor. She makes the topics interesting and easy to grasp. She is so easy to approach and cares so much about her students. I can't wait to take more classes from her.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIST141
• 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:

She is an amazing professor! You can tell that she is passionate about her subject, and loves to share what she knows with her students. Her main focus is on the cultural aspects of Britain society, which is a nice change to the normal and sometimes boring traditional British history. Not much reading except for the 2 novels she assigned.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIST4C
• 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:

All her lectures are on powerpoint so attending class is not 100% mandatory. Sessions are important, only 2 essays which are based on readings and a book. Final was the only difficult part.