Franca Boag - MacEwan University, Edmonton, AB

Professor: Franca Boag

Department: Anthropology

College: MacEwan University, Edmonton, AB

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ANTH399245
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Franca is beaut, I had her for 245 and 399. If you do the articles, write down everything she says that irrelevant to the courses, you will do very well in her classes.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ANTH245
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Franca is an amazing prof and an even greater person. She's passionate about what she teaches and makes class fun with her sense of humour and enthusiasm. I almost changed my major to anthropology because of her! If you do all of the readings you'll be set.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ANTH207
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Franca is a real gem not only for her passion, but her enthusiasm for her students. You won't see an attendance sheet passed around but it's important to show up to connect to the material. Lots, lots, and lots of readings + films. If you aren't passionate about anthropology, or willing to do the work, you might want to look somewhere else. Bravo!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ANTH245
• 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:

Franca is just a genuinely amazing person. Super easy to approach. There's weekly readings and 2 ethnographies that have to be read for the final paper, but you get to choose what one of them is. So there's a decent amount of reading but all interesting, in my opinion. Franca can be a bit disorganized but if you go to class you'll be set for tests.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ANTH207
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Franca is very nice, but I found it genuinely very hard to follow along with the material during the lectures. Even when she tried clarifying things, it did not make sense. I was incredibly stressed out this term because of this course :( ended up dropping it.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ANTH207
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Franca is one of my favourite professors. She's an absolute gem to go see after class, she'll help you with anything you need a hand with- class related or not. Sure, she's incredibly disorganized and this can be stressful for some, but once you figure her out, the class is smooth sailing. DO ALL THE READINGS, and watch all the movies, trust me!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ANTH101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Once you figure out her teaching style, it's all smooth sailing. She's unconventional, don't expect her to be like other profs

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ANT207
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Franca is a prof who genuinely cares about her students doing well inside and outside of school. She isnt the most organized prof ever, but she makes up for it in how interesting her lectures are. It's not difficult to do well as long as you stay on top of the readings. I dont usually talk to profs outside of class but seeing her was super helpful.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ANT207
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Be prepared to write! Her assignments and exams are all written, there is a ton of readings and films required to do for the assignments. Her lectures are important to attend as they also aid in doing journaling assignments. This course is easy marks if you show up and do all the required assignments. Franca is so friendly and wants you to succeed!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ANTH410
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Best class ever! It's a seminar discussion class so attendance and participation are expected. Super interesting lectures, sometimes got off topic but in a good way. Be prepared to read lots and fill out weekly journals. Textbook is awesome but papers are lengthy and not well written. Best anthro prof ever! No stress!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ANT207
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Franca is very nice. I just had an issue with the excessive amount of films that she showed in this class as I find it difficult to just learn from the films. I also sometimes had difficulty relating the films she would show us to the actual class and her lecture slides. She also goes off topic a lot and is hard to follow along with.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ANTH399
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Hard class with lots of reads required. However, she is super understanding if you talk to her. She will give you the articles and topics to write her papers on. And if you talk to her she will give you extensions and let you hand papers in via email. Very friendly.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: 399
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Franca is super nice and very relaxed. I have taken two courses with her and enjoyed both very much. I found that to do well, you must read ALL articles and chapters she assigns. Answer the optional assigned reading questions throughout the semester, and you will be fairly well prepared for her exams.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ANTH399394
• 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:

If you need a cookie cutter classroom style in order to learn you need to back away and find another class. If you are interested in Anthropology and awesome people you will LOVE her and her classes. She is a wonderful person, teacher, and mentor. Her classes are wonderful, so is she, if you can't handle that you shouldn't be taking Anthro classes!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ANTH399
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Franca is super confusing. It's hard to pay attention to the important parts of the lecture because of her constant off topic tangents. She holds personal grudges and will make this class brutally hard if she dislikes you. Expects too much reading and prep for classes, it is impossible to stay on top of this class with her.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ANTH399
• Grade Received: B-
• 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 the bestest most awesomess teacher. SO happy Macewan has her as a permanent! She is very helpful in regards to understanding critical information. She encourages self thought, and critical thinking. Learned a lot about traditional ecological knowledge, and learned lots about Italian farming.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ANTH399
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I really like her. I think her classes are refreshing. If you go to class and understand the concepts you'll be fine.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ANTH318394415
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I have had Franca for multiple classes and although she seems to digress into a variety of tangents, the point she tries to convey is that the material is inter-related to multiple facets of society, no matter the subject. Individuals who are liberal thinkers & do well with social science methodologies and theory will do well, others will not.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ANTH318
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Her lectures were far too scattered. She went off topic on a regular basis, and most of her lectures were too vague. Overall, not the best anthropology instructor, but she is very passionate in her work- too bad it doesn't transfer into great teaching.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ANTH399
• 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:

The best instructor I had in my 5 years at Grant MacEwan. She is clear, concise, friendly, humourous, knowledgeable and very helpful. I would recommend any class she teaches!