Natalka Freeland - University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA

Professor: Natalka Freeland

Department: Humanities

College: University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

(Does the poster below me realize that he called himself arrogant?) Professor Freeland may be a bit awkward, and she may have difficulty with time management during her lectures, but she's amazingly brilliant and very helpful. I hope to be as smart as she is one day; she's kind of my idol at UCI. She will be greatly missed.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENGLI101W
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She was a decent professor. I had her for a smaller class and was rather arrogant at times. Also, she made us do a time line that seemed like a waste of time and did no specify the directions clearly.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: E101
• 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:

Beware! She LOVES to hear herself speak, and writes things on the board that are completely and utterly useless as notes or part of class discussion. Highly questionable assignments (timelines and summaries in an upp-div class) and grading scale. Participation counts for 15%..ridiculous! Avoid her now, thank me later...

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: E102
• 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:

She is boring and kind of a snob. I didn't get a lot of understanding from her. I don't think very many students did. She is rude and arrogant.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: E102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Still getting over this one- get me some antacids, please. Class time doesn't go down easy. I get a vague sense of boredeom from proff, like she's lost her edge, did she ever have it?, kind of blabs. I usually like unstructured, free thinking but this was not that. Blabbing about the obvious- that's what she seemed to call a lecture.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: E102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I agree - Freeland's education has failed to make her a good, or even remotely decent professor. She entirely lacks enthusiasm in lecture and just blabs on and on. Her requirements and expectations are completely unclear. She favors students and if you happen to end up on her bad side then watch out for your grade. She is bias hard and dismal.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: E102C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great class; great prof. She's brilliant, lively, engaging and fun. You can tell that she really loves this stuff, which tends to be infectious.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: E106
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I'm in her seminar now, it's my third class with her. She's definitely my favorite prof. It's not just me-- about half the people in the seminar had her before. Nuff said.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: E102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Clearly the people who disliked her either never paid attention, got a bad grade, or both. The final was not impossible because I got an A on it, and I got an A in the glass. She's brilliant! Yale and Harvard, hello! She answered all of my e-mails, discussions were lively, and in every lecture I learned something now. She's great!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENG106
• 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:

OK, I admit it, I signed up for this class because my roommate took her last quarter and said the reading was decent and the prof was hot. But it's actually turned out to be my favorite class. The prof gives everyone a chance to talk without turning the class into a free for all-- there's always a point to the discussion.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: E102
• 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:

Yes she is Ivy League educated, but elite degrees don't make you a great professor. She is insensitive, unhelpful, and simply fake. She doesn't care about the level of student investment in her classes - she freely insults those who work hard and are high achievers. Save yourself the trouble and NEVER TAKE HER.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: E102C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One of the worst teachers I've had so far at UCI. She does not enourage creativity, nor will she give a paper a fair grade if she disagrees with any of the arguments.Her final was completely unfair and was based on ability to regurgitate historical facts from lecture. She gives the rest of the English department a bad name.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: E102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Well, a lot of the comments about Prof. Freeland were obviously written by the guys who sat in the back of the room playing video games, didn't do any reading, and then were bummed when they got Ds. I know most people LOVED this course: she brought in all kinds of cool A-V stuff, and mostly just talked about the books with passion. Loved it!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: E102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I loved this class. Everyday I'd show up in lecture thinking there wasn't much to say about the materials, and then Prof. Freeland would come up with all of these amazing insights. I'm still thinking about a lot of the ideas of the course a couple of months later! One of the high points in my UCI career.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: E102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

ineffective teacher on every ground. i would take the E102 series with anyone else. freeland's lectures are dry and boring, her final was nearly impossible, and her grading (especially for the papers) was unfair and pathetic. she sets high expectations in priority above getting to know the students, and inspire them w the topic.bad professor- AVOI

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: E102C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Her lectures give you a lot to think about...in a good way. Prof Freeland provided helpful and detailed paper comments.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This was a great class. Prof Freeland covers a lot of ground in her lectures, and they are always interesting and provocative. The reading was managable and grading seemed fair. I got a lot out of the class. I would recommend her.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: E102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Avoid prof. Freeland at all cost! this is obviously merely subjective opinion, but she was the WORST professor i have had in college thus far. her lectures are boring, bland and fruitless; she does not even attempt to develop a relationship with the class and overall she is a very ineffective teacher. bad baaad baaaad teacher!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: E102C
• 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:

Ok, I am really sad at all the comments I have read about professor Freeland. In case you all didn't know or didn't care enough, she is freakin brilliant!! You don't go to Harvard for a Bachelors and Yale for a PHD and graduate "ignorant!" Yes, she is a hard teacher but you can truly learn alot from her class!! I loved this class!!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Natalka Freeland is not a tough grader, no. She is just ignorant. Example: The thesis for my paper was about a "microcosm" of two events. I flunked this essay because my thesis was not "representative". I had to e-mail these two broads the lexical definition of "microcosm" because they didn't know "representative" was a part of the definition. WOW!