Kim Zicafoose - Virginia Commonwealth University

Professor: Kim Zicafoose

Department: TBD

College: Virginia Commonwealth University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: UNIV200
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Zicafoose is so caring with her students! The class is such a breeze if you just go to class and don't procrastinate too much on her work. It'll pile up, trust me. During the coronavirus, she sent emails to her students letting them know that she knows everything is hard and was willing to adjust due dates and essay lengths. Best prof ever!!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: UNIV112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Go to class. If you dont, you wont do well. She cares about her students, and is very honest which is refreshing. You come out of her class a better writer, honestly

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: UNIV112
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher and person. Gives great feedback on essays and wants to help you write better. Great choice for UNIV112

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: UNIV112
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The work load of this class is a bit irritating, and there is a habit of putting things on blackboard and not speaking on it. She is super nice though and really tries to get good work out of you, and if you arent willing to work then skip over this class.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: UNIV112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The workload for this class is 3 essays, a few readings from the textbook or in the Blackboard folder, one multimodal project, 2-3 quizzes (she lets you know in advance when theyre happening), 1 group project, 1 solo project, short reflections due every Sunday night, and an easy midterm and final. Its very doable. She is willing to work with you.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: UNIV112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Zicafoose really cares about her students. She makes sure the material covered is understood by the whole class, and she has office hours that are open to all students. I would recommend taking her class. I learned a great amount from her class and my writing became stronger. She has been teaching for a long time, and knows what shes doing.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: UNIV200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Zicafoose was honestly one of the best professors I've had at VCU. She was so caring and understanding and helped me out when I got majorly behind in UNIV 200. She cares so much and just wants to see everyone succeed. She also gave me really good feedback on my paper that helped me so much because I can't write papers for my life.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: UNIV112
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you interact and talk in her class, she will be very generous with assignments and grading. She just wants the class to think mature and more analytically. Lots of discussion in the class inherently, but if you participate in class she will be very gracious with homework and due dates.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: UNIV112
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Assignments are pretty straightforward but discussing with her can be a bit frustrating. She tends to talk over students and you can tell she thinks a bit more highly of herself than she would like you to believe. She will clear up any and all questions you have about assignments however.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: UNIV112
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

she's great ;)

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: UNIV217
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you're taking UNIV and want something you can blow off and still pass, don't take Kim. Kim's class is hard in the way that she actually expects you to care about it, even though no one cares about UNIV. It's a lot of work, but definitely doable.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: UNIV200
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Doesn't putz around with seeming faux-inspirational, nor is she not self-aware. Probably the hardest UNIV200 class, but it was worth it to get a great grade on the final paper. She may try to push your paper in directions you don't want to go. Otherwise the teaching was concise with very few external assignments.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: UNIV200
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I had her for 112 in the fall and now have her for 200 in the spring, and 200 is actually a ton easier. The entire class is pretty much you researching a topic of your choice and then writing a 10-15 page paper at the end of the semester. You really just have to make sure you keep up with the work or else you'll get really behind.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: UNIF200
• 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:

I can tell she really cares about education and trying to customize her teaching styles to student's individual needs. She was always open to feedback and did her best to make a required university class stimulating and insightful. She dedicated time to having one-on-one meetings with students and put real effort into her commentary on assignments.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: UNIV112
• 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:

Not absolutely terrible, but not amazing. Lots of class is focused on discussion of current events, but it often doesn't correlate with the assignments. She'll work with you if you directly ask for help, but will make you work for it. If you're sensitive like me, beware, she oftentimes comes off as inpatient and condescending.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: UNIV111
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Will work with you whenever you ask

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: UNIV111112
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Can be tough at times, but she is a teacher who really cares about her students. 9/10 would recomend

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: UNIV112
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She gives a lot of work and takes forever to grade. You also do not get a lot of time for some of the assignments. Most of our class time is spent discussing issues that do not pertain to anything and end up just being controversial and very uncomfortable. Other than that she is pretty good and giving feedback on essays. Lots of class discussions.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: UNIV112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I loved the class discussions we had about recent events and current topics. No topic is off limits and she encourages sharing multiple points of view, including her own. In our one-on-one meeting we discussed what it meant to be trans and outside the gender binary, and she was completely willing to listen and learn from my personal experiences.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: UNIV112
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The material for this class is subjective, but somehow if your opinion differs from hers then you're wrong even though she "encourages" thinking and analyzing from multiple perspectives. She also went on a rant using the n-word and came up with a poor apology/excuse when called out for it by a student. Overall she teaches like a dictator.