Marcia Bell - York University (all campuses), Toronto, ON

Professor: Marcia Bell
Department: English
College: York University (all campuses), Toronto, ON
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: HUMA1125
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
To do well in her class just spew back what she tells you during tutorials. She is a nice person who is willing to give extensions when needed. Not great but not terrible.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: HUMA1125
  • Grade Received: D+
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
If you are a first year student, I would advise avoiding her at all costs. She expects you to be 100% accurate with your answers as well as participation being the driving force behind her tutorials.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: HUMA1125
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Good intentions -- awful teacher.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: HUMA1120
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
She marks vary hard. Her lectures are clear. Be prepared to participate in tutorial!
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: HUMA1125
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
If you are an average student on a full course load, this will be your worst nightmare. She is one of the most unpleasant leaders and she is very vague. I recommend staying as far away from her as possible.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: HUMA1740
  • 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: Mandatory
Comment:
This is one of the worst class ever. She doesn't write name of people she mentions during the lecture. she is extremely slow in returning assignments, and she is very strict in marking. so plz before you drive put on your seat belt to stay safe. good luck
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: HUMA1125
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She will contradict herself and unless you do not do a bit of extra work she will deduct marks. Also, she is a very tough marker to say the least. She will explain books read thoroughly however which is somewhat good.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: HUMA1740
  • 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: Mandatory
Comment:
Please save yourself and do not take a course with her. She reads directly off a sheet of paper, uses the most USELESS power points, posts nothing online and cannot help her students for the life of her. She needs to seriously re-evaluate her teaching methods because she does not help her students at all. How she got hired at York is beyond me.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: HUMA1740
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Marcia Bell is completely ignorant on almost all aspects of the course she taught. Her mediocre lectures consisted entirely of her reading directly from her notes. Frequently mispronounced words like "Tallard" and "Miramichi" made her quite difficult take seriously, considering the course was on Canadian history.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: HUMA1125
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Marks inconsistently. Abrasive to hear and to look at. Contradicts herself constantly, which makes it difficult to know what she expects of you in an exam or on assignments. Terrible.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: YORKU
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I had a chance to talk to her for like 10 mins.. all I can say is that she has one of the worst personalities in the world. Feel extremely bad for ppl who have to take her class
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: HUMA1125
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Everything about her is pretty much annoying-her lectures, voice, marking style, fashion. She cares SO MUCH about spelling, grammer & detail-its scary! She does not willingly help you out on exams/essays/assignments. But you will learn a lot in her classes & she will easily give you extensions to hand in assignments!
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: HUMA1730
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
she's a brutal prof. we had the joy of listening to her read directly from her notes for close to three hours every week and she calls that a lecture!! that was brutal. i can't believe i paid money for that.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: HUMAHUMA
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I just completed HUMA 1740, and I must say that Bell is one of the worst professors I've had. She rambles on in lectures, doesn't know very much on subjects, and is extremely slow in returning tests/assignments.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: HUMA1730
  • 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 long and boring, she interjected her opinions on political parties. Feedback was non-existent, rarely returned papers. Always had an excuse that she was so busy with her other full time class. The only opinion I wanted from her was how I was doing in class - that never happened. Don't waste your time with this prof!
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL1100
  • 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:
I have her as a tutorial leader for english and half the time she just rambles on. She is always unprepared for the tutorials and sometimes she dosent even do the readings. She dosent come with any substantial notes and she also takes extremely long to mark papers. She quite obviously shows preferences to certain students and ignores the others.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: ENG1100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She seems to be a better TA than she is a prof, i have her for a TA for my english, and she's ok. however in HUMA 1800, she's my prof and is totally ridiculous. also, she takes VERY LONG to mark assigments. very long.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: HUMA1725
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
i had marcia as a ta for a first year humanities... she wasnt too bad, but i found people who go to her office hours fair far better in the class
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: HUMA1125
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
As a TA she sucks!! And she needs to stop interrupting the Proff's lectures.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: HUMA
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
she's extremely prepared, well-educated and knows what she's talking about. She's able to refute anything thrown at her.
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