Lynn Poland - Davidson College, Davidson, NC

Professor: Lynn Poland

Department: Theology

College: Davidson College, Davidson, NC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: 356
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Humans and other animals is a simple, straightforward class. If you read, participate, and write well you will get an A. Solid, no addendum A. Dr. Poland is a very kind woman who will discuss problems you have with the course or otherwise. She is even open to what her assignments will be. GPA booster and Dr. Poland is a fantastic human.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENV203
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

If you want to learn, avoid Polland. It was the one class where you would be getting more value out of doing ANYTHING other than try to listen to lecture or discussion in class. Polland could not facilitate basic discussions in class, and would slaughter any blooming conversations with confusing tangents that no one was talking about or understood.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: WRI101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

One of the easier writing classes, but I didn't learn much. Dr. Poland is super nice, though, and the class banquet was pretty cool. Good class to boost GPA, not good to boost actual knowledge.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: RELW101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

she was sweet and a pretty easy grader. The class was interesting at times

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: REL251
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Poland was hands down the worst professor I have ever had. She was completely unhelpful and showed no interest in her students. She is definitely not Davidson quality. I would not recommend a class with Dr. Poland to ANYONE.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: REL248
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Though Dr. Poland is a very nice and considerate professor, Religion 248 was a complete waste of my time. I didn't know what she was expecting half of the time. There was a discrepancy between the premise of the course and the actual material. For one assignment, she complained about the books used, when she recommended them! Also,she's spacy.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: REL142
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

laidback and quirky professor. Participate and think outside the box and you'll do fine

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: REL141
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Poland may have a reputation as being a bit spacey at times, but she is a genuinely nice lady. Not a hard grader, but some of the readings for this class were confusing. A lot of people take this thinking it will be an easy A, but this isn't so. Maybe we'll just call it an easy B...

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: REL100
• 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:

She is a very friendly lady and she's really good at spawning class discussion, but I didn't learn much from her, nor did I feel her class was college-level.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: THE140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

spacey but not the easy A.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: REL141
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Ahh, Dr. Poland. She is sweet and quirky; you just want to bake her a chocolate cake. Oh, she likes to talk about her dogs too.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: REL141
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Spacy but very fair, clear and approachable. The readings were totally manageable, she graded very fairly (almost always very easy). Lectures were boring at times because of the depth of the arguments... yet she works very hard at making theology a whole lot easier to understand. Loves animals too.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: REL247
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr Poland is great. she is enthusiastic and is so helpful. She is willing to sit and chat anytime and she really wants for her students to be as excited as she is. her classes are not super hard. a fair grader. don't skip class though.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: REL344
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She's facetious at times, and plays the fool, but is really good, and kinda sexy