Maria Wilson-Figuroa - Portland Community College

Professor: Maria Wilson-Figuroa

Department: TBD

College: Portland Community College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: SOC204
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Best professor I've ever had - in any subject. She's so passionate about what she teaches and makes every class intriguing. I'm never bored & always want to participate because of her. She does take home tests/tests with notes and answers any questions you have in depth until you understand. I'm lucky to have taken her class!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: INTL201
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Maria is a great instructor. This class is structured the same as her SOC classes. She does do take-home tests which is a huge plus! She often gets confused when it comes to organization of the term calendar and assignment due dates. If she doesn't make sense, always ask her to clarify and she will. Very nice lady and understanding. Easy A!!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: SOC204
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Maria is a wonderful instructor!! To the person who said her tests are hard, they're not if you try. Show up, take good notes, participate, and the test will be cake! She does do take home tests. Her lectures are interesting and entertaining; participate or she'll make you. Super fun class and I'd highly recommend taking one of Maria's classes!!!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: SOC206
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This is my 3rd class with Maria. She's an amazing instructor; very passionate about Sociology and get's enthusiastic in her lectures. Her tests are generally take home and aren't hard if you have the book and take good notes. She's often vague about when things are due - gets numbers/dates mixed up a lot; just clarify it with her. Take her class!!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: SOC204206
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Taking is very interesting because you never know what are the class discussions will lead you to. There has been times that the class discussions go out of the topic. The test are hard because she trick people. Do not believe if she mention that the test it will be only based the class discussions because is not true. Questions are hard in test.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: INTL201
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Maria is a wonderful instructor. This is my second class with her which was much different from her Sociology classes but it was very interesting. She expects you to participate or she will call on you. Make sure to pay attention to what's due. She sometimes isn't clear about that. She does take home tests/quizzes 90% of time which is a huge plus!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SOC219
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Maria is a wonderful instructor, very passionate about teaching. Her background is a plus for teaching sociology.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SOC204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I thought Maria was going to be a good teacher, but I was wrong. She is so difficult to understand, her lectures don't make ANY sense, you never know what's due, she's so unclear about everything and just not organized. It's hard for a person like me that likes and needs structure to try to follow along in her class. Not good.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: SOC204
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Maria is a wonderful instructor! Very organized - gets really into Sociology. Sometimes she gets very energetic in her lectures which can be funny. She's from Chile and has an accent but it's not hard to understand her. She also does take home tests! Big plus! And take good notes on what she writes on the board - not in the PPT's. Take her class!!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: SOC204
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Wow, talk about an awesome teacher! She was super sweet and would help you in any possible way that she could. There were three tests all together and she's open to take-home tests which is a huge plus! She was very caring and had all of her powerpoints available online and they were exactly what would be on the tests, so YOU NEED TO TAKE HER!! :)

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SOC204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Language barrier was a big issue for me. I wouldn't take again with her.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SOC204
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Easily my favorite professor this term. Come to class, engage in the lectures and you'll do great. Had three exams, all of which were take home tests. Gives extra credit opportunities, and has powerpoints posted online. Very understanding about missing class or needing to leave early. Super recommend!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: SOC204
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dedicated and accommodating.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SOC204
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great at what she does. take good notes on what she says and download her power points that she projects on class later at home. Also get ready to read! The biggest regret is that I did not speak up enough when she would ask "what do you think". WITH This class expect to have great discussions.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: SOC204
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Maria is an interesting & fun instructor, dresses very fashionably. Explains the material well & understands technology enough so that she will upload power points to the course hub for you to look at, & responds to email quickly. Only neg thing I would say is the group presentations- I hate being in groups b/c I always end up being the leader. :/

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: SOC206
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

A great and enthusiastic professor, very knowledgeable in her field. Sometimes uses confusing/ambiguous wording on quizzes/tests however, is willing to give back points if you are able to explain yourself. A pretty easy grader especially if you work in direct vocabulary words from the textbook into your homework.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: SOC204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Maria is very enthusiastic about sociology, and it it very clear that she knows very well the material she teaches. That being said it is very difficult to answer her questions both during lectures and tests. The way that she words things is often very ambiguous and confusing. If she tells you the test questions will come mostly from in class discussion do not believe her. We were told the same and the test questions quoted the book word for word, so do your reading and you will be fine.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: SOC204
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

My first soc class and absolutely loved it. Coming to class is vital a lot of the tests are take home or open note so show up and listen cause its super interesting. You can tell how invested she is in what she teaches. Everything is clear in her expectations and extra credit opportunities are given all the time.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: SOC204
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I loved the participation and we also heard international students' opinions about different sociological situations. Expect participating a lot and her latina accent. Really good teacher! I would take her class again

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SOC204
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

One of the best teachers I have ever had!!! Her class is amazing and her lectures are great. I do agree with some of the posts that if your opinions are different from hers it would be hard to have an actual good conversation about it but to me shes great and has got me really thinking about continuing soc for the rest of college.