Virginia Vancleave - University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Professor: Virginia Vancleave

Department: History

College: University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIS1053
• 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:

Lectures are exactly what you need for exams. Book use is minimal unless you really want to study. 2 Projects are easy. Knows her stuff. Not a hard class but take good notes and u will do fine. SI helps too.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIS1043
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Easy class just memorize from the study guides she gives, that's all. She is a very nice professor but pretty boring ...

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIS1053
• 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:

80% of your grade is on three test, there are four test overall but she drops your lowest test grade.She posted a study guide for each test. 10% is on a interview paper 3 page long double space not hard at all will get 100 on paper as long as you write 3 pages.The other 10% on quizzes there are 8 total not hard at all. I recommend her.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIS1043
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Just take really good notes. All of her test are based on her lectures not the book.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIS1043
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Class was kinda boring, a few times she made the class interesting. Class isn't mandatory, but you should go, just in case she gives extra credit on the test.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIS1043
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I loved this class so much, she is awesome and so fun to listen to. take her, she really knows her stuff and its easy to make an a

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIS1043
• 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:

Boring. And she skips around. Seriously, I cannot emphasize the boring part enough. I'm not saying this to be mean either. She is nice and everything and cares about history, but needs to come up with a more interesting way of teaching history.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIS1053
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

great professor. gives pop quizzes - gives 9 but only takes top 5. same with tests - give 4 and only takes the highest 3. sometimes kinda hard to follow her in lectures but very nice when you need something answered.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIST1053
• 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:

Going to class is not entirely necessary as she just reads out of the book, but she still manages to jump around which makes for confusing note taking. She does however, give out quizzes at random intervals and gives you useless factoids on SA that she'll put in the test. Fairly easy class.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIST1053
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

very sweet lady, very easy, all u do is take notes and do the review and the A is urs, I didn't have to take the final even, very easy, and all the note r off the book, as long as ur not an idiot then u'll do just fine

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIS1043
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Very easy! She is very nice but lectures are pretty boring! Tests are extremely easy---straight from the notes. I didn't buy the textbook I would always use my notes and cliffnotes to study! Gives pop quizzes, but usually out of nine grades the lowest five are dropped. Easy class.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIS1053
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

she is awesome, her tests are straight from her lecture, I never red the book and I always got As on all of them. Always do teh reviews before the tests.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIS1053
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She DOES use webct...and like others say.. there are STUDY GUIDES given before each tests...which basically tells you what ya need to study exactly. However she does give around 9-10 pop quizzes through the semester and one writing assignment. Compared to many many other professors.. she is.. very clear on her lectures.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIST1301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I didnt enjoyed taking professor Vancleave's History class. She wasnt organized, and her lectures were hard to follow. She does not use Web Ct, or any kind of outline so the whole class is based on you taking notes off her lectures. It was also confusing because she would jump around alot. I wouldnt reccomend her again.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIST1043
• 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:

Her lectures makes you wanna cry, bores you to tears. I struggled to stay awake. Tests straight out of text book, although she makes very subtle coments about a given subject during the lecture, then puts that info as a question on the test. Those are the questions you will miss, as she'll prolly say it when you are asleep. Avoid her at all costs

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIST1043
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Van Cleave was fairly easy. All you need to do is read the book (even then you don't really need to), take notes and somewhat pay attention. But when it comes to the tests, she conveniently gives you a study guide of what EXACTLY will be on the test. Can't get any easier than that.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HIS1043
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Shes hard if you dont go to class or dont listen, shes a teacher who loves her subject so she tends to ramble but shes a good teacher... she gives you study guides before each exam, if you do those youll do great... the tests arent hard you just have to understand it all. She drops the lowest test grade. shes very helpfull.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIS1043
• 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:

This class is not hard. Go to class, take some notes if you want...The most important thing are the STUDY guides. Go through, learn as much as you can about the terms on there, and you will be fine. There is a level of inference you have to have on the tests, but buy studying the guide, you'll be fine.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIS1043
• 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:

Question are not covered in either the book or the lectures. Answers kind of have to be inferred from information. I attended every class, read the book, and took notes and still pulled Cs on tests. And I have an A in every other course but this one.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIST1043
• 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 really enjoy this class and her lectures. I dont know why people say her classs is hard b/c it wasnt really. Just go to class and if not, read the chapters and good grades are easily attainable.