Monika Smith - University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

Professor: Monika Smith

Department: English

College: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGR240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

For a technical writing course, Monika provides slides and resources which are filled with great information, but extremely difficult to navigate, and provides no big-picture examples, which are important for this kind of course. (To get an idea of proper formatting, for example)

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENGL135
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Monika is an absolutely excellent professor. She gives clear, step-by-step instructions for assignments and provides helpful feedback throughout the writing process. She is a kind and approachable person and effectively answers student questions. Would definitely recommend!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENGR240
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She cares a lot and will give you lots of help and feedback if you ask. Her speaking style is rather dull. The final group project has a lot of unnecessary paperwork, and grading was tough at times, but overall a useful course and an enthusiastic prof.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENGR240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Although her lecture style isn't the most flashy, I thought her care in making the assignments applicable was outstanding. She is a tough but fair grader. Would definitely recommend.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGR120
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is a tough grader, and does not give very clear feedback. If you want an A you have to be one of the top writers in your class. Had to put in a lot of work and effort just for a b.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENGR240
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She was an amazing prof. Wish she would let you submit PDF instead of docx. I'd take a class with her again. Don't think this class is an Easy A.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGR240
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

God bless Monika. She's like a less angry Helen Mirren and I loved her class

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENGL135
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She's a tough marker, don't expect higher than an 80%. She will give you amazing feedback if you take the time to go to her office hours and talk to her. She'll tell you exactly what needs improvement, and how to improve it. She's a phenomenal prof who really cares about her students. If you put in the effort you can do really well in her class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENG135
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Best English professor in UVIC!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENGR240
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very good prof. Reasonable, responds to emails reasonably fast, and is always pleasant to listen to in class. Her lectures are easy to zone out to, but the material is easy enough that there's no problem with it. Group projects and presentations are in the class, which she facilitates and makes sure workloads are balanced.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENGR240
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The kindest being I've ever seen at this university. easy going, has a goal of helping students whether in class or outside the class.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENGR240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Very fair marker and really care about her students. Highly recommend her.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG135
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Really outstanding!!!!!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENG135
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Ms. Smith is a good English professor because she teaches the class clearly and helpfully, and she gives marks and feedbacks generally and acceptably. For example, in my class, everyone's marks are close to the overall grade. Also, she marks essays fairly. Although sometimes she does not say something very clearly, we can also find her after class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH135
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Monika is really a kind and nice teacher. She helps me a lot during this course and her grades is usually very fair. I strongly recommend this teacher in my personal view.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENGR240
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Really good professor. Tells you exactly what she expects (and often gives you the marking scheme she will use) so it's your own fault if you don't do well. A large percent of your mark comes from a group project which sucks if you get a bad group, but at least she takes into account everyone's team evaluations.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGR240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I loved Monika, she was very sweet and helpful. All of her assignments were laid out clearly with pretty much all of her grading criteria in it. You spend the last half of the term doing a group project which is a fair amount of work. A lot of her class content is unimportant but you have to be there to stay of top of things and due dates.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENRG120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Extremely dull lectures but useful information. She posts her slides online as well as handouts ( documents with extremely detailed information on the proper use of punctuation, grammar, report writing etc.), and A papers from previous years. She is a very fair marker and will help you any way she can. I missed two quizzes but she let me rewrite.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENGL215
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She is useless in the classroom, going off on weird tangents and wasting time when the class has only limited time to do workshopping. However, she has also produced extremely impressive and detailed instructions for all the assignments, so the course can practically be done by correspondance.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENGR240
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She likes the sound of her own voice. Lectures are a waste of time. She doesn't really teach anything. This course really just assesses your writing ability. Her feedback isn't really helpful. Her opinion of wordiness is a bit ridiculous. She cuts out parts of sentences which are necessary to understand what it is trying to say.