Anita Cook - The Catholic University of America

Professor: Anita Cook
Department: TBD
College: The Catholic University of America
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH334
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Very disorganized, decided to randomly start doing quizzes in the middle of the semester, and her lectures were a rambling mess. She doesn't have any mid-term or final, which gives no incentive to pay attention in class. I spend the periods on my computer doing homework for other classes.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH230
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Not a very good nor helpful teacher. She is incredibly unclear and all her assignments are confusing. Weekly reading summaries are a waste of time and are tedious/busy work at best. While very knowledgable about the subject matter and it is interesting, but she fails to incorporate it in a successful way and as a result the class is very boring.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH230
  • 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:
Sacred Cities of the World is probably the most interesting class I have ever taken. Professor Cook is an experienced, hands-on professor... she has done excavations and visited some of the coolest places in the world. Took this for a credit but ended up enjoying it. She's very sweet and enthusiastic about her work.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH108
  • 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:
weekly reading assignments which are not bad at all. very straight forward lectures with power points to follow along on evey topic. Easy class that was interesting even though the teacher is slighlty unorganized. Must Go to TA's review sessions for the Tests!
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The most boring class ever. The teacher had no organizational skills, and made the class so painfully boring that I dreaded going.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Most worthless class ever! I got an A, but learned absolutely nothing. If you want to take a real class take philosophy or literature. This was a joke.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Cook is mind-numbingly boring. Her lectures have nothing to do with the tests and half the class falls asleep while she talks about herself for an hour and a half. If you like archaeolgoy this might be OK but for those who are just taking it for a science credit, you will want to hang yourselves.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: ARCH352
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She knows what she's talking about, but only because the class is ON PERU. It's legitimately all she talks about. She makes everyone read random ass articles, has pop quizzes on the articles to make sure you read them, then just talks about whatever she wants in class. mainly her personal peru stories.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH264
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
she knows what she is talking about except she doesnt realize that no one in her cultures class cares about archaeology and that is the only thing she can teach about
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH108
  • 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:
Very good if you have an interest in archaeology. Relates material to her own experiences in Peru. Easy class if you read the book, most of the test is the book verbatim
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Class Title: "The Anita Cook Hour". Think your going to talk about digging up bones and excavating huge ancient cities, nope all she talks about are her adventures in Peru, which are quite boring. TA saved the class. 2nd Test, the average grade was a C+, go to the review sessions and it'll be a breeze.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH108
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Cook is extremely nice and helpful outside of class, the only problem is that her classes are mind-numbingly boring. It's pretty bad when the study of archeology becomes dull and worthless. I slept through almost every class. Also, the tests are really hard and completely arbitrary. They contain worthless info that she only mentioned briefly.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH105
  • Grade Received: B-
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
EVERY ASSIGNMENT IS MICROMANAGED, which is frustrating, and the teamwork exercizes are annoying as well. don't learn much about archaeology. quizzes, midterm, final, team projects.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH105
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
EXTREMELY BORING. Kids can often be found smacking their heads against their desks by the end of this 80 minute class. You'll be lectured more on "teamwork" than on archaeology, which is maddening as well. But Cook is basically a nice, accessable teacher who knows her stuff.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: ANTHROPOLOGY
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
dont even bother
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: THEINCAS
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
i took 3 classes with cook. all she knows about is peru. she teaches nothing else. she is very unclear and is not a very good teacher. she is also very boring
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH322
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Can we say one amazing teacher. She really knows her stuff and she is really passionate about it. She is easy side tracked, however, class is interesting if you like the material. Only 1 midterm, which is pretty easy with one paper. Class attendance isn't really inforced; easy grader.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
ok ok, heres the deal, in class... not so great, but pick an interesting project and she'll be super helpful and you'll learn more than you thought possible
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: ANTHRO
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She's massively boring. If you don't mind listening to the same lecture for 16 weeks then she's the teacher for you.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: 251
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I took cook twice the same semester, The Incas, as well as Ancient Art and Arcitecture, all of it was about Peru, in both classes. I often learned the same thing twice in one day.
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