Cara Camcastle - Simon Fraser University

Professor: Cara Camcastle

Department: TBD

College: Simon Fraser University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: POL322
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Cara is a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand she is nice, knowledgeable and a very fair marker. On the other hand she is very disorganized, and teaches right from the textbook. Participate in class and you'll be fine.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: POL253
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

oh my goodness, cara is the the worst prof i've ever had. her slides are so sparse and she reads off a script without looking up which she doesn't release. studying is difficult cause you have no idea what was even covered in class. this lady worships the textbook though so if you can somehow copy-paste it into your memory, you'll do fine

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: POL253
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Cara is a horrible lecturer! Her slides are the most useless thing I have ever seen made by a prof at SFU. She is so disorganized and the things that she lectures are not even on the slides itself. She has a script written for herself and she just stares at it and reads it off. Do not take it with her ever she will probably ruin your passion for it

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: POL253
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Only rating this class as difficult because of how absent and disorganized she is. Slides are terrible, misspelled, missing words. Lecture and tutorial is "get into groups and discuss the textbook questions" and then she' leaves. Actual quote: "First Nations don't just live on reserves, they live in urban areas too!" Yes, we are in your class...

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: POL253
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Don't take this class if you're expecting interesting lectures. She reads off the slides and doesn't do anything to make this class worth attending. There are two group assignments and one final essay. The essay topics are similar, and she expects 10-12 pages. Tutorials just go over the lecture. Only upside is she tells you what is on the exams.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: POL322
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Very fair in her grades and shes extremely knowledgeable in the course topics. She wants you to succeed. She won't spoon feed you hence the bad reviews. It's easy to get an A if you just do what she asks of you.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: POL329
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Don't waste your money on her; you'll get more value spending it on a golddigger.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CNS391
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This bimbo has no idea what she is doing. She marks unfairly and is biased with her marking. Please avoid her unless you want to ruin your GPA. Cara pretends to be nice but when it comes to lecturing and marking has no idea of evaluating students and the class topics.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: POL322
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Does not take teaching very seriously. Does not give clear criteria for assignments, usually gives entire table groups the same mark/no feedback as if she hadn't even read our essays. Often puts on a movie then leaves the room to go on her phone for an hour, or dismisses a 2-hour class in 20 minutes. Issues low grades with no explanation. 1/5

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: POL322
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She is such a good professor! Very friendly and approachable. Assignments are very straightforward and as long as you can grasp basic concepts, it is very easy to do well in her class!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: POL253
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Some people really seem to like her, it's easy to do well in her class so that might be part of it. TBH the good grade isn't worth the painful lectures... I attended them more often than she did. She's clearly very passionate about her subject matter but the curriculum is very unclear, so is assignment criteria/instructions.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: POL329
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She is great.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: POL322
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Cara Camcastle marks hard, provides little idea on her essay topics, she provides and spins the essay topics to confuse her students. She has a midterm and final exam IN CLASS !! Chose another professor if you want to have a good grade.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: POL322
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If you're already registered withdraw immediately. Horrible Teacher !!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: POL329
• 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:

Cara is the greatest prof I've had at SFU. I've taken almost every class she has to offer and they are all great. She is quiet, but very knowledgeable and gets straight to the heart of the course concepts. Kind and always accessible I suggest anyone take one of her courses.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: POL329
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The best professor at SFU. Such an easy marker and the readings are relevant to lecture content! I've taken almost all of her courses at SFU and she's honestly such a sweet professor. She's always understanding of personal circumstances and gives extensions accordingly and she's really knowledgeable. Her expectations are very reasonable.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: POL232
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Really tells her life story when u ask 'how r u'. She's such a sweet person but cannot teach for her life. Hard to get an A but B is easily given. Lecture style: reads off a piece of paper without even looking up. Does not facilitate or fact check debates.. Would love to have her as my grandmother but not as prof.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: POL329
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Terrible prof. I transfered to SFU from U of T to finish my Masters in political science and Cara was one of my first profs there. Super long lectures, and she didnt give clear instructions on the final paper. Ended up giving half of the class Cs because the question was worded so badly

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: POL322
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Cara is super sweet and she brought in a really interesting guest lecturer. Her grading seemed slightly arbitrary at times, but she did give more feedback than most profs do in this department.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: POL322
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If one wants to ruin their GPA, learn bias knowledge, marked unfairly, waste their time and money, take unclear lecture notes. Then this so-called teacher is the right person. The department even hates her marking scheme.