Nancy Olsen - De Anza College, Cupertino, CA

Professor: Nancy Olsen

Department: Anthropology

College: De Anza College, Cupertino, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: D002F
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

God, where do I begin. I am currently in my winter quarter and you will not believe how disorganized this is. Even if everything is separated by weeks, you'll see steps scattered all over the place and none of the titles will make sense. Directions are unclear, or not even fully elaborated on, and if it is, it's just a wall of text- not responsive

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ARTS2F
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Disorganized and overall unpleasant professor. Her classes are dull and lifeless. Art history is actually very interesting to me which is why I stuck to it, but her powerpoints and study guides make the material a lot more complicated than it needs to be. There are several better and easier choices to get your Arts credit.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: IC5
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This review also comes with a story to tell my own experience with her. I took her class last year for the ICS credit. We had a quiz and I did not do well and she actually made remarks to me in front of other students as she was passing it back. I never filed a report but I should have. Little does she know I am dyslexic and have trouble reading.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ART2F
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

How can an online class be this INCREDIBLY disorganized? Good luck finding anything ever if you're relying on her modules. Relevant info can be 6-10 steps away from current assignment, double dates posted, poorly formatted/edited docs, overly wordy titles, req. to go out to locations for hw, piled on top of way too much hw for non-major class.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ICS05
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I took her online class last quarter and I did not have a pleasant experience. After reading these students reviews I'm wondering how she still has a job... anyways her online class that I took was very confusing and disorganized. The assignments were written in all caps or in long paragraphs that often made no sense or needed to be decoded.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ARTS2F
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The most boring professor I have ever had. My god. Do not take a class with Nancy Olsen unless you have an out of this world attention span and love being lectured at for two hours straight.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ICS005
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Most boring and useless class offered at De Anza. Do not take History of Art for the ICS requirement. There are so many better options and professors that are offered. She is notorious for being one of the oldest and most boring professors on campus.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ART2F
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I took this class because I assumed it would be an easy class to fulfill a GE requirement. Boy was I WRONG. The amount of time and energy this class required was ridiculous. She told us in the beginning that her students say its a fun class but shes clearly oblivious. Does she read these reviews?! None of her students leave her class satisfied...

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ICS005
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She can be a sweet old lady but her lectures are badly formatted, repetitive and yet hard to follow. 99% of assignments are online and her canvas is extreamly unorganized and near impossible to navigate sometimes, we had to help her change her canvas structure a couple times in class. She is unhelpful when asked questions irl or through email

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ANTH4
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I was in her World Prehistory class but had to withdraw because of this instructor. She is a strict teacher and a ridiculously tough grader. Her class is not fun whatsoever and nobody in the class is allowed to speak while she is lecturing. It is not interactive and I did not want to pay 31 dollars a unit to have an illegible powerpoint read to me.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ICS05
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Currently in her online ICS5 course. Material is very difficult to navigate, the due dates are all from last year on Canvas and her powerpoints have an odd layout. She writes powerpoints in paragraphs rather than bullet points which makes it hard to take notes. Her assignment descriptions are also very long and overly descriptive.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ICS5
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I FELL ASLEEP IN THIS CLASS EVERY DAY. Please do not take this professor! She can be very rude and her material is confusing and almost impossible to navigate. BEWARE

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ICS05
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I did not enjoy this professor or her style of teaching. Her lectures were so dull and not interesting. It's one of those classes where everyone typically falls asleep and the teacher is oblivious to it. I tried to ask her for help and she confused me more. Her assignments are very difficult to understand and the lectures are not what she tests on.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ART2F
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

In my two years at De Anza, I have never been as confused, astonished, and frustrating by the teachings of a professor. I continue to be genuinely surprised by how a class could be so dull, unintellectual, and empty while also having an incredulous level of testing and writing. Students with great standing in the class wouldn't stop mocking it.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ICS005
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This class was very hard to stay motivated about. The lectures were not enjoyable and I felt like it was a waste of my time. It was hard to stay focused in this class because her style of lecturing is very old-school and monotone. She does not usually engage with students during lecture or really ask their opinions, so it was hard to stay engaged.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ICS05
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The lectures are incredibly boring. The tests and papers are graded in a way that isn't constructive whatsoever. I wish I had dropped without a W and taken a different class. Also online assignments don't make much sense and I had a lot of trouble even accessing documents that should have been available. I guess the EC is a plus but Id stay away.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ICS05
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is rude to her students and does not care about their success. I did poorly on a test and she felt it would be appropriate to write personal insults towards me all over it. She is a terrible lecturer, does not interact with the class, and does nothing to prepare you for quizzes. She lectures the entire class period in a monotone voice. Avoid!!!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ICS005
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I am sitting in this class right now hating life and wishing I had dropped. She spends all of class lecturing, she rambles mostly about irrelevant information, and I can assure you her style of teaching is the least enjoyable and most boring of any instructor I have ever had. Please avoid if you value your time. This class is an unorganized mess.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ICS005
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She makes you buy three separate textbooks for the class and never assigns anything from them. I had to get a book voucher to be able to afford all three. Shes a very very very boring professor and this is the worst class I have ever taken at this school.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ICS005
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She spends the entire class lecturing. She does not interact with the class. She is very old (80s-90s) and speaks in a soft, monotone voice. She does not try to make the class exciting, she just reads the PowerPoint for the class and wastes two hours of your time. You are graded on very few things and she does not explain them properly. Avoid her.