Barbara Nelson-Burns - Sierra College

Professor: Barbara Nelson-Burns

Department: TBD

College: Sierra College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG32
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She was very interesting because we went off topic alot, there is really no point coming to her class but she does give good feedback on your poetry and really does help you expand your waters as a writer. The class consist of: once week workshop, one paper on a poet and video, 1 quiz on terms, 1 poet analysis, and a final project of your own work

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG1B
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I am currently taking this class. She is a good professor as in she is very nice and funny. However, she does assign a lot of homework but takes forever to grade. We have one week of class left and she still has not graded HW from 2 months ago. Her assignment directions are unclear and she is unorganized but do the hw and you will pass.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENG1B
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One of the worst classes Ive taken. She's unorganized and its hard to understand what is expected. She doesn't make sense more than half the time. She doesn't grade period. Theres two weeks left off the semester and I have no idea what my grades are so I can't tell how I am doing in the class. Don't take this class, save yourself.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG1A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

People are too hard on her on here. Shes a fine professor. Yes, shes unorganized but its not that big of an issue. It may seem like she assigns a lot of work, but half of the readings she assigns dont pertain to the assignments, so i just dont do them. Just do on the assignments, youll be fine.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENG1B
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Barbara is the nicest English prof at Sierra. Yes she is very unorganized and stops grading work that you turn in but she knows what she is doing. There is a lot of papers she assigns and sometimes in lectures she starts talking about random things.. overall her class is an easy A-B if you show up and try on the papers. She is not a tough grader.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG1B
• 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:

Took Class in fall 18 semester. She graded assignments until the first week of October then stopped. Hasnt graded anything or posted final grades and its a few weeks away from the next semester. Sure, she offers extra credit, but what good is that If you have no idea what your grade is? Textbook is pointless. Way too much work to not get a grade

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENG1BONLINE
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

OK, the start of the semester for Eng1B online was fine. She would actually grade papers/assignments in a timely matter. However, before we reached the middle of the semester she stopped grading assignments, stopped giving feedback, AND she did not once respond to any of my emails(frustrating). Her assignments were confusing and was unorganized.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENGL0001B
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Painful to be in a class under her lack of organization, lack of communication, lack of attentiveness and lack of instruction. Assignments are very confusing when assigned and you get almost zero input. I am not sure if something is going on that is hindering her ability to teach, but it has been a very tough class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENG1B
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR!! She doesnt unlock the assignments until the day before its due and often forgets to unlock it. She is not organized at all she doesnt answer messages and is no help with assignments. I wish I took another professor that actually knows how to help their students. I REPEAT DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS FIND ANOTHER PROFESSOR!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENG1B
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Shes very unorganized, unlocks the assignments for the week and sends a message to everyone explaining what the week is going to be, but her messages make no sense. She doesnt answer her messages about assignments until after it was due. Takes forever to grade but gives full credit (if you actually do the work). Take her class at your own risk!!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG1B
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

based a lot on papers. she does help with the material and is very easy on the grading. as long as you try you can pass the course.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG1B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great person, not so great professor. She is super nice, and understanding and does a great job of working around issues. On the other hand, she is hard to follow along with and does not stay on topic. She goes off on meaningless tangents which just confuse students. When she explains things, it is never clear and most people are just confused.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENGL32
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Barbara is a real gem, and Sierra College is lucky to have her creative wit! I have also taken her creative writing classes and can't recommend her enough. She has so much knowledge and care for art and literature. Her feedback is incredibly encouraging and thoughtful. If you want to become a better writer, take her classes!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH1B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Shes great !

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENG18
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Barbara is by far the best professor I have had at Sierra and my entire school career. I love her passion and sense of humor. I've learned so much from her!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG1B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Her biggest problem is being unorganized. She'll start class and then go on and on about some random stuff that has no relevance to the class. Another bad thing is she only posted all the grades the last week of the semester which was awful because i did not know if i was failing the class or not.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG1B
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Funny and kind, she does tend to ramble. A lot of homework but very doable, just time consuming. Grades on a lot of things which is nice, eg., outline, rough draft, final draft, peer edit sheets, so if you don't get an amazing grade on final then as long as you've done the work everywhere else you should be good. Book is cheap but not really needed

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENG1B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I had Barbara for English 1B online and it was a disaster. She was nice, but she never responded to messages. She assigns a lot of homework, which is expected but she was hardly there to help. When she did send out messages to the class they were very hard to understand. It was a hard class. Take a different teacher if at all possible.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG1B
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I had Prof. Burns for English 1B on campus. She was nice, but assigns a lot of busy work and half the time she doesn't even grade the work until a month or so later. I became so frustrated because she talks and talks about random things rather than explaining the assignment and its purpose. I had no sense of direction in her class.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG1B
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I agree with person in before. I hate her so much. She give so much to do. I spend hours and hours doing homework and still give low grade. She respected to much higher in the classes. She has strict rules you should always follow. She doesn't accepted if you did different way.