Barbara Eisenstock - California State University, Northridge

Professor: Barbara Eisenstock

Department: TBD

College: California State University, Northridge

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: J372
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

First of all, if you don't have the ability to jump into notetaking mode and figure out what your Media Deconstruction project will be about, you'll most likely not pass the class. If you're lucky, you'll be able to know if you passed the class after the oral final because she doesn't use Canvas and doesn't notify you of your grade after 1 mc exam.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: J371
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dont let other ratings scare you like they did to me, shes an amazing professor that teaches exactly what you need to know. Lots of note taking so I recommend bringing a laptop. Wants her students to do well and has curved tests. She will go back to slides that are important and put a lot of focus on stuff that will be in the exam. Loved her!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: JOUR371
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Taking notes on her lectures is key to passing her class. She doesnt use canvas, you use her own website, and theres LOTS of reading to be done. If you take notes and do all of the papers on time, you have a good shot at passing. Make sure you study for the exams and ask her if you have any questions. She wants everyone to succeed.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: J372
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I was in her Fall 2019 Diversity and media class and passed with a B. You can really see all the effort and care she puts into teaching. This is not an easy class but well worth the studying and group assignment. I recommend taking any of her classes.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: J371
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Do not take her unless you are ready to drop everything else. She gives a lot of homework.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: J372
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

2 test (20%), 1 final (10%), 1 project (50%) . does not provide notes on canvas, nor allows recording, has her own website where she will post about 15-20 articles but gives no guidance on what you need to read. Very rude will shush you and give you the hand. Picture an online class but you HAVE to attend to pass. only take if its only prof avail.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: J365
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Eisenstock may have a reputation in the Journalism dept, but she will actually teach you what you need to know. There's weekly media journals, a midterm, a project (40% of your grade), a reflection, and an oral final at the end. As long as you do well on the project you will be fine in the class! WARNING: She doesn't post grades

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: J465
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Look you bunch of whiny useless students. Eisenstock's class was awesome. She's great. Engaging. Her assignments are creative and thought-provoking. Y'all just want another class where you leave it the same way you walked into it, blank canvases. Eisenstock isn't like that. She'll teach you something. And will have an impact on you.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: J372
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE!!!!!!! this woman is THEEE worst. she uses her own website so you never get to see any of your grades, you don't know what you're missing because she's so confusing on saying what is due. Doesn't make time for her students. AVOID SERVICE LEARNING! she gives 0 individual feed back. yet expects you to figure it out. AVOID AVOID

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: JOUR365
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

RUN... JUST RUN! Especially if you're a non-major! This class was one of the most tedious classes I've ever taken in my College Career! This is a Service Learning class meaning that if you don't participate and submit paperwork to the Office Of Community Engagement, YOU WON 'T RECEIVE A GRADE! This class isn't worth the credit!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: JOUR371
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Mrs. Eisenstock's class has a lot of information. She uses power points mostly, they go really fast, and she won't go back for you to copy, and doesn't put them online for you to go back to. She doesn't use canvas, she has her own website. Nice person! but is very work oriented.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: J371
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I got an A but this class was tough!! Definitely needs to make lectures and homework more concise. 2 multiple choice exams and provides a review sheet but the lectures contain so much info that you end up stressed! You'll have to study from the lectures, videos, and readings which contain 50+ pages on data. The final is easy if it's the oral.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: JOUR372
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This class was interesting, if you are a journalism major, she teaches a lot of the same concepts you learned about in your lower division courses. The content she talks about is neat but she makes you learn several different theories and makes you apply allllll of them. Take notes on your laptop and pay close attention.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: J372
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I loved this class- it was hard but it's an upper-division college course and the topics are kind of hard to understand. I liked the way she taught and the topics. I would recommend taking notes on your laptop if you type fast because the lectures are quick. Oral final which was tricky but if your really knew you stuff you'll do fine on it.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: J371
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

You just have to show up and do the work. Theres two 50 question exams & the final is an oral exam. You have to say enough to get a decent grade. But as long as you try youll be fine. Its usually a ugh mood the whole time but totally doable.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: J372
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I have never taken a class so difficult at CSUN before, she is the worst professor you can take because she goes by the slides so quickly, she doesn't let you take pictures of the notes, she doesn't post the lectures online, she speaks very fast, she doesn't tell you what's on the exam, expects you to know everything and overall; just a bad teacher

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: J371
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

AVOID like the plague is right! Goes through lectures so fast, can't even take notes on laptop & doesn't put up "slides" (bunch of screenshots of stats & articles). Didn't include a textbook, you just had to be able to read her mind I guess. Final exam was oral & totally unfairly graded. Tough grader and not helpful when you need to ask her ?'s.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: JOUR1076
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Shes not that great. I can list 3 students that were scared of her. Shes not approachable. Her lectures were fascinating. Her subject matter was fascinating. If you have to take her class. Sit in the back. Dont say that much. Blend in. Dont use the laptop. Cuz she walks around checking if you are taking notes.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: J371
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Avoid like the plague. Please, save yourselves. Countless students lives have been academically destroyed. We took one for the team, so you don't have to suffer. Run and run far, and then change your address, name, and even social security number. Id rather eat my backpack than go back to her classes. They had nothing to do with journalism.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: J372
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

You basically have two tests, 50 questions each/multiple choice, and final. The final is different/challenging because it's oral, but she gives you plenty of chances to prove yourself. Take notes fast/ record the class through your phone. It's impossible to keep up with her by writing every single thing, so pay attention to what she repeats.