Diane Brown - Valencia College - East and West Campus

Professor: Diane Brown

Department: TBD

College: Valencia College - East and West Campus

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HUM1020
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This was one of my first online classes and thankfully the information was organized in canvas. Professor Brown is very specific when it comes to submitting assignments but as long as you follow the guidelines you will get an A. Study guides are very helpful for tests. They are not graded, but I definitely recommend doing them!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HUM1020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

For the online course, Brown gives a lot of papers but they're around at 300 word requirement. There is one paper per chapter on describing art or on answering questions from the texts in the textbook. Tests can be easily passed if you look up the question or do vocab she assigns. Strict on deadlines and isn't picky on cultural events!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HUM2234
• 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:

This Professor is horrible. All she does is talk and it isn't even about anything interesting. She doesn't know how to make a study guide and is a terrible grader for the 2 papers she has you write. She gives a million quizzes and they don't even tie in with the lesson. Her tests are like 100 questions and they are all short answer. Do NOT take her

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HUM1020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This professor gives weekly 300 word essays on art that you have never seen before tells you to describe it in your own words then marks you wrong when you describe what you see! If you are not a art major i would not recommend taking her class ! If you are going to be marked points she should be more specific in what she is requiring you to write

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HUM1020
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Assignments due every 3 days! For writing assignments if you don't have the same opinion as hers then you're wrong. The whole assignment is to state your opinion about works of art! She grades super hard, something so easy she makes so difficult. Don't take her. Suppose to be an easy class but you will almost fail even if you do all of her work.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MUL1010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I took her for Music Appreciation and it was my hardest class. She's a tough grader, study for the quizzes and exams, do the music reviews!! If you don't your grade WILL suffer. If you don't know music don't take her.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HUM1020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you're expecting an easy A humanities class, this isn't it. Make sure everything is in your own words and cite everything because you will lose points for it. You will have weekly 300 minimum word count assignments. Most of them are describing a piece of artwork in your own words.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HUM2232HUM2234
• 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:

This teacher was great! She does a great job explaining ideas in class. She makes class very enjoyable and interesting! It is a lot of work but it's worth! I took two of her humanities in the same semester and passed them both with a 95! The course alone is interesting but she makes it much more interesting !

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HUM2232
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The essay grading is ridiculous. I took this class to learn not to write about the same thing we went over in class to point of redundancy. Teacher is a try-hard.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HUM1020
• 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:

EASY CLASS AS LONG AS YOU DO THE REVIEWS

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HUM2310
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you didn't have the same view as her's, it was wrong, and she was not clear at all on what she wants in terms of her essays.WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING SHE SAYS.She may briefly say a story, as a side note,that doesn't seem important but it will end up being one of her 3-point questions on the test.She let her personal problems affect the class.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HUMI
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very difficult teacher to deal with. If you don't see something the exact way that she does, she will deduct points and give you a vague reason as to why you received that grade. Very critical, and overall very, very unpleasant to deal with. DO NOT TAKE HER ONLINE CLASS!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HUM2310
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I find that Dr. Brown is a very good teacher. She knows what she's talking about and makes it interesting by being funny, outgoing, and personal. Be prepared to do your homework. The quizes arent hard if you read the material given. Tests were easy the Essays are the difficult part. I liked her overall. And she is easy to please. Be outgoing :)

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HUM2310
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This class was awful. She decided to give us 10 question quiz every class based on the readings assigned which were extremely hard. Tests and Essays were hard. Ended up dropping the class. If you want to waste $275 then take her! -__-

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HUM2310
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Before entering her class, I was a pretty good interested in mythology. However, I took her class and it was one of the most boring classes there is. On top of that, I had students that will ask her questions and throw her off into tangencies. When she lectures, she tends to go into detail for certain topics that will overall become redundant. Over

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HUM1020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very hard to please. She is opinionated, and likes opinionated people, but only if their views are the same as hers. I took this class online, and it was all textbook reading and answering questions. You don't have to work very hard at the quizzes, but the she's very picky with her Cultural Events and her Discussions. Not understanding. But easy A.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HUM1020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very hard to please.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HUMMYTH
• 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:

Prior to taking Prof Brown I was intimidated by the remarks I read on here but had no choice due to my time frame. I have to say she is a great teacher! very funny! I do not think her essay grading is fair, nobody does. She is very critical and has a horrible grading scale but other than that I loved her class

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HUM2310
• 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:

This professor knows her stuff. She is really out there to teach her students about the humanities. If you read the text, you have a great chance at an A. She is funny and you will get to watch Star Trek :] Three Thumbs Up!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MYTHO1117
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Teacher is nuts please dont take her.She had a nervous breakdown in class one day and was asking the students to cut her head off with an axe. She also cant teach and is very sarcastic;not very helpful