Rita Sowell - Volunteer State Community College

Professor: Rita Sowell

Department: TBD

College: Volunteer State Community College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH2120
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

FANTASTIC PROFESSOR! Really cares about students & is so honest. If given the chance, you must take her course. You have to work hard on HW to do well on tests (learn every problem, and note what people have questions over in class; you'll see it again). Course is harder than any class at TN Tech, but you learn so much! Keep your notes & book!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH2120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you're taking this class, you're probably an Engineer or Math major, so just expect plenty of homework. We had homework every class period except test days. She is a good professor and explains pretty well. Sometimes, we do group work on the board and she critiques it and it is very helpful.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH2120
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I took Dr. Sowell for Diff. Eq. and Calc II. You get homework every night, but we go over trouble problems the morning after. She gives a lot of partial credit on quizes and tests, so as long as you know how to get some things right, youll get some points. I loved her classes. Take it.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH2120
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

If you at least attempt all of the homework, you'll do fine in Dr. Sowell's class. The start of each class will be spent going over homework and this is where most of the learning takes place IMO. As a teacher she was fair, respectful, and very accessible to all of us. My only complaint is that we ran out of time near the end and had to rush.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH1920
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Sowell is great and she knows what shes doing. But, I feel she could work on her teaching skills. She moves very fast and sometimes dosent show every step of the problem. For someone who is a Bio major and not math inclined this can prove hard. She has really strengthed my math skills though. Take her shes great, youll just have to work hard.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH2120
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I really enjoyed Dr. Sowell's class. She is there to help her students and cares about how you do in the class. You have homework every night and tests are weighted heavy, but if you do the homework you should to good on tests. I would recommend her!!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH1530
• 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:

At first she seemed very enthusiastic about teaching the class. After a while she seemed to get confused and second guessed herself and wasn't very helpful a lot of the time. Outside of class she was pretty responsive. Other than going over homework questions and being redundant with lectures, I felt as if no one was really learning anything.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH1130
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is a really nice person, but her lectures are hard to follow. She kinda is all over the place. She takes forever to answer emails and is hardly ever physically in her office. However she gives lots of partial credit on test which saved me. If you dont do the homework or study you wont pass.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: 1530
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is a nice enough individual but absolutely NO help for the subject. The only "teaching" that she does is hand out print outs of how to use stat crunch and most of the time what she gives you is unclear and the examples are not helpful at all. I would only recommend taking this class if you want to teach yourself how to do statistics.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH1130
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Had her for an online course. I've never had a professor who was less helpful. I emailed several times for clarification on specific types of problems, and she told me "Spend more time studying." When I was already spending more time on this class than my other 4 combined. Would not recommend her for an online class!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH1530
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Sowell is AWESOME! Took her for Elemantary Statistics and dreaded it from day one! She made it as easy as possible and explained everything very well. Tests were not too bad, but the hw is online which I hated.. She genuinly cares wether you learn or not and will do anything to help you as long as you put in the effort! I DEFINATELY reccomend!!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH2120
• 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:

One of the best Teachers I've had. Enrolled in her class for Differential Equations and Cal II.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH0830
• 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 took her for an online class. She is a great teacher always helpful! The book work gets alittle hard but its not her making it up!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH1530
• 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:

Excellent teacher in online courses. As long as you asked questions, she would help you out. I made an A after being out of Math for 10 years. I strongly recommend her if Math is not a good subject for you.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH1410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Didnt respond to emails quickly at all. I had to go out of town for a family emergency and asked to take a proctered test from my laptop but she said NO so i failed the midterm for reasons out of my control. I still passed her class but she was not very helpfull OR sympathetic towards my situation at all. Not a good online teacher to take.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH1530
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher..I had her for college algebra online and came out with an A after being absent from math for 6 years!! She was very helpful to me and I hope I have her again as a prof in the future.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH2120
• 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:

Dr. Rita Sowell is the best teacher I've ever had. I took Calc II and Diff Eq. from her and absolutely loved it...which is saying a lot about her. While she expects you to work hard, she does everything in her power to help you, and sincerely cares about her students. I'm almost sorry for this semester to be over just cause I won't have her again.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH2120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great professor. Made it easy to comprehend in class and made great use of electronic notes.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: DSPM0850
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This was a online class, you do all your work & tests at home(except final)If you ever needed help Ms Sowell would work problems for you or offer to meet you online. She seems real nice and I would take her class!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: DSPM0850
• 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:

online class. work was consistent but not over bearing. i am taking her now for college algebra. good teacher and most of the times understanding about late work and having it extended to complete it