Lucia Saks - University of Michigan

Professor: Lucia Saks

Department: TBD

College: University of Michigan

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: SAC600
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

great person, loved her

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: SAC236
• 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:

Lucia is a hilarious and interesting person, but perhaps not the BEST SAC professor (in terms of teaching). Lectures are very hard to follow sometimes, but all the info for the exams are from the book. Dont bother taking notes :P. Lots and lots of essays in class...but Lucia got Faye Dunaway to visit us and that was great.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: SAC236
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Lucia is witty and hilarious; it's not difficult to stay engaged during lecture.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: SAC236
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

worst film teacher at the U of M

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: SAC236
• 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:

Get a good GSI. There is no organization or uniformity among discussion sections and having a good GSI will make all the difference. Due dates and requirements are different for each section. Lucia changed the syllabus multiple times and still never stuck to it. This is a very poorly organized course, and you probably won't learn much.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: SAC236
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Her Ctools site needs to be organized. She also did not post the final study guide until less than 2 nights before the test. Her study guide was SO DIFFERERNT from the one the GSIs kindly make and gave to her and us beforehand (b/c she hadn't made one). Clearly it didn't occur to her that we'd already been studying the GSI's study guide for days!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SAC272
• 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:

I LOVE LUCIA!!!!! I have had her for SAC 236 and 272, and would def take another one of her classes. She manages to make reeeeally dry material interesting, and if you go to lecture you hardly have to do any reading. Definitely take her class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SAC272
• 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:

Lucia is a really fun, great prof! Her lectures are very helpful. Theory gets uninteresting very fast but she keeps you entertained. She wastes some time in class but you'll learn the material. She's not as easy a grader as her attitude towards grades would suggest. I would recommend taking her classes, though.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: SAC236
• 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:

Lucia is lots of fun & a great lecturer. She can get off topic but it keeps you listening. The class is easy if you pay attention and/or do the readings. She gives great study guides for the tests. However, she's very disorganized and it can get annoying. She takes long to post things on CTools & my GSI never got access to the site.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: SAC236
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Best teacher ever. Take her class.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SAC236
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I can't imagine taking SAC 236 with anyone else. Lucia is by far the most interesting and entertaining professor I have had after 3 years at U of M. She is easy if you listen to her and do some of the readings, really straight forward.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SAC236
• 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:

Lucia is definitely an amusing prof, though the class is a little disorganized. She doesn't use Powerpoint, like the people below me have said, so you better take notes. Her dog was hilarious, and yes, someone yelled at him during our final (winter '08 semester). If you are going to take SAC 236, take it with Lucia.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: SAC236
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

she is by far the most entertaining teacher at this school. i look forward to going to her lectures. Her knowledge of film is vast and interesting. She is also the most helpfull teacher and will go the extra distance to make sure you are doing well in her class if you aproach her. Take a class with Lucia Saks

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SAC236
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

First of all,Lucia has nothing to do with Lenin. Second of all,she is a wealth of film experience and knowledge always willing to discuss class or even good films with her students.She is wonderfully colorful,but she can get off topic in lecture and ramble.The exams and assignments are easy and, they do teach you what a film beginner SHOULD know.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: SAC236
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The person who just commented is probably a ridiculous student who thinks that the only commendable attribute of a teacher is how nice she is. Saks is atrocious. She doesn't use lecture slides and just rambles about nothing. People sit in lecture and play addictinggames on their computers the entire time. If you like Saks, you probably like Lenin.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: SAC236
• 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:

The guy below me yelled during the final today at Teddy. How can you be mad at a dog? Anyway, Lucia is the nicest teacher you can possibly ask for. Very nice and helpful when you talk to her and helps you understand the films. Make sure you read the book and coursepack for the exams. There is A LOT of material from them but 99% is straight forward.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: SAC236
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

"Professor" Saks is one of the worst teachers I have ever had in my entire life. She is highly unprofessional in a variety of ways, including forcing her overly liberal political opinion on her students and bringing her annoying and distracting dog to class and exams. Do not take her class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: FILM236
• 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:

BEST PROFESSOR. i love her. overall easy class ifyou have a nice gsi. she doesn't do any of the grading so if u get a good gsi u'll be fine.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: SAC236
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Amazing class! Lucia is the best! SHe brings her dog to class and you get to watch great movies! Exams and papers are not hard. Fun easy Humanities class! Avoid Kristy though as a GSI. Although she is nice, she is a tough teacher

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SAC236
• 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:

I learnt a lot in the class from Professor Saks. She made lecture very enjoyable and I always looked forward to going every day.