Nancy Yamane - California State University - Northridge

Professor: Nancy Yamane

Department: TBD

College: California State University - Northridge

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIST271
• 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 miss class wont help you to catch up no recap and dosent record lectures

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIST417
• 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:

What I found ironic is that this is a course for future California educators, and professor Yamanes class is a textbook definition of what we should NOT do. So I guess in that way it was educational. Other than that, I cant say I learned much. Our class spent most of the semester trying to get her to answer emails and give us our grades.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIST417
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Avoid this professor at all costs. Her lectures are hard to follow, her powerpoints are useless, she's extremely unorganized, and she's no help whatsoever because she never responds to emails. We didn't get any papers back until May. The department chair and the associate dean to intervene because we were so frustrated. She shouldn't be a professor

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIS417
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Please save yourself the headache and DO NOT take her class! This was a Friday class at 2pm which already made it dreadful but with a professor as bad as her it was a nightmare! Very UNORGANIZED, does not respond to emails, does not grade until basically the end of the semester. Gives you 50+ pages to read a week from two separate books. Horrible!!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIS417
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I honestly don't know how CSUN is still letting her teach at this point. Probably the worst professor I have ever taken in my life. She is extremely disorganized, confusing and never emails you back. We are literally in a pandemic and she won't answer emails and takes forever to grade. If you can please avoid this headache of a class.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIS417
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I took this class for the spring, it was hard enough attending her class where I didn't understand a single thing she went on talking about. Making connections with her life but confused us a whole lot more. The coronavirus pandemic went on and we went online it was even more difficult. She is scattered everywhere, not organized at all. DON'T TAKE!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIS417
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is a nice lady, but is very scatter brained. She spends so much time on her lectures, but doesn't take the time to see if her students are actually comprehending the material. Makes you read so much. She is such a tough grader when it comes to essays, but gives very little feedback. Unorganized. She also took forever to put final grades in.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: H301
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I will never take her again. She is extremely unorganized, absent-minded, and, careless!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIST271
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She doesnt use a textbook nor canvas. She assigns a lot of reading and papers. The tests are very hard. She insists on using chicago formatting and is unforgiving when you make mistakes on papers. Her website is god awful especially since its her only resource. I was so sure that I was gonna get a D but I ended up with a B

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIST417
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Yamane is a nice person who is passionate about California history, but she should not be a professor. She is disorganized and it shows in her presentations. If you're a fast typer, type out the lectures (what she says verbatim as much as you can) because this truly helps when it comes to writing papers. She never responds to emails.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIST488
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Like the previous reviews, I wish I could give her a 0. She's so inconsiderate and always tells off students using computers. She assigns crazy amounts of reading. She assigned a term paper without a prompt, she sends her study guide two days before the test. CSUN should sincerely watch her more carefully. Her class, 488, is a joke.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIST488
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Just avoid. The most unorganized, unprofessional professor I've ever dealt with. Unrealistic reading expectations and a horrendous test system. Just do yourself a favor and avoid her. Also, if anyone from the administration of CSUN is seeing this.... LET HER GO!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIS417
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I wish I could give her a 0 bc she is the worst professor ever. The amount of work she assigns is UNREALISTIC! She expects you to be able to write everything you read in verbatim You can't use any tech in this class or she'll think you're not paying attn. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS She is so unsupportive. CSUN let her go so other students don't suffer!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIS417
• 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:

She is completely unorganized and inconsiderate of the well being of her students. Absolutely disregards the needs of students, blame shifts when testing material doesn't look the same as she gives us to study off of (not that she gives much help), and has an expectation far greater then any class I have ever taken as a senior in college. Run.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: H370
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Vague with what she wants. Contradicts herself with what she says vs how she grades it. Gives study guide couple days before quiz/exam with 10-12 essay questions from hundreds of pages of reading, you have to remember many specific examples for in class essays . She picks 2 and No open notes. This class is a NIGHTMARE. PLEASE AVOID FOR YOUR SANITY!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: H370
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She's nice but that's about it. Her lectures are very old school and she makes her students read 4 text books at once with many reading quizzes. This is a GE class and most of us aren't history majors. 4 textbooks? Also, her lectures are basically her showing one or two pictures on a slide and talking about them for an hour. This should not be a GE

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: H271
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I didn't do the reading until she handed out the study guides. Do them and you'll pass. The only thing I didn't like was that each test/quiz had essay questions. The quizzes are two mini essays and the midterm/ final had two full essays (both handwritten), which annoyed me. She gave us 2 essay assignments that were long with confusing instructions

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIST271
• 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:

She had us reading from three different books as well as additional readings online that range from 10 to 70 pages. She gave very vague criteria for the essays, but she gave us the reading quiz and midterm questions beforehand which helped a lShe doesnt update canvas so you wont know your grade.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIST271
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Entire class is on Powerpoint, I took her for a 2+ hour class and there was always a break in the middle for people to leave. For the exams and test's she always tells you the questions before the test so you know what to read or write about. 2 Papers during the course. Very easy class but just not entertaining and very sleepy.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIST271
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

THE worst class i have ever taken in my life. College AND high school. She is extremely unorganized, will never respond to your emails no matter how many times you contact her, and then if you even try to ask her questions she will go on and on about a different subject to the point that you will forget what you asked her. Dont take her!!!!!!!!!!!