Nina Bandelj - University of California Irvine

Professor: Nina Bandelj

Department: TBD

College: University of California Irvine

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: SOC158CW
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Bandelj truly cares for her students and wants them to succeed. She gives clear instructions, gives extra credit opportunities, and makes her zoom sessions fun/enjoyable. You will definitely get an A if you watch her online mini lectures, show up to her weekly zoom sessions, and complete the minimal work she gives out. Highly reccomend!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: 158CW
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Literally one of the most bubbly profs Ive had. 1 exam, 2 small essays and a research paper. She and her TAs made themselves readily assessable incase you need help, either through emails or office hours. Highly recommend for upper div writing - it might be a 3 hour class, but Bandelj makes it not only interesting, but fun and entertaining.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: 158CW
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is very helpful! A few tedious assignments, but very manageable. Don't slack it could come back to get you. Overall, the lectures are long but she is very clear and wants every student to succeed!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: 158CW
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Easy for an upper div writing requirement. You have 2 short 1 pg assignments, a 10 pg paper at the end, and a short exam. She is super helpful and encourages students to come to office hrs if you need any help. She also replies right away to emails if you have questions. She is really enthusiastic and makes a 3 hr lecture engaging.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: SOCIOL158CW
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very engaging and excellent professor. Uses good examples during lecture and makes a 3 hour class seem not so bad. Various small assignments: two short essays, research paper proposal and methods draft. One "final" during week 8. Research paper weighted most in overall grade. Helpful feedback from Prof and TA. Highly recommended! I enjoyed class.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: SOC158CW
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This professor is AMAZING! She makes a 3-hour, once a week class pretty enjoyable. There are assignments due almost every week but she is an easy grader. There is one exam and one research paper. Overall a very good class to take to fulfill the upper-div writing requirement.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SOC158W
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Easy class; straight forward assignments, simple concepts, and fairly generous grading. Great class to fulfill upper div writing!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SOC1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Pretty easy teacher. She gave quizzes but they were really easy, mostly freebees. Does activities to get you interested. Gave many extra credit too. The only bad thing are her tests because they're tricky and ask specific stuff on the readings. There are a lot of readings, but just go to discussion. Overall,interesting and easy class & instructor

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: SOC1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This professor gives a very good lecture and provides very clear, and easy to study notes. She is also very reasonable about time frames and she gives extra credit.

Rating # 10

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

She is such a nice person! So easy to talk to. I really liked her class. Very helpful for my future!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SOC1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is the best!!!! An excellent professor.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SOC1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

her tests aren't that straight forward as you would hope because you have to use HER definition of what something is, and often the questions are ambigious. it was very nice of her to give the extra credit at the end of the quarter though. workload is not hard either.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: SOCIOLOGY1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She's a pretty good professor. Lectures were pretty boring but not terrible. Her English was a bit awkward at times, and this caused some confusion on the exams. Overall, she wasn't bad and the class was fairly easy.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SOCIO1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The readings are more interesting than lecture. Tests are based mostly on her lecture slides and specific questions from the reading. I read and went to all lectures and got a B.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: INTROTOSOC
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

she is one of the nicest professors. she makes effort to keep the class entertained and her lectures are mostly pretty interesting. read the readings and go to the lectures and you should be fine. i would definitely take another class from her again.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: SOC1
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

the only people who think her tests are hard either didnt do the readings or didnt study well enough. her lectures are very interesting if you are interested in sociology, and there is very little work in this class, except a fair amount of reading. i would take her again if i could.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: SOC1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

the class was interesting and the teacher was really nice and upbeat. There was a lot of reading, but it related to the lectures. waatch out..the class seems easy until you take the midterm/final...so study study!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: SOC1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

tries to hard to be funny.. but is not.. shes rather annoying. treats us as if we in jr. high. actually i was treated as more intelligent in jr. high. class is long and boring. try to take soc 1 with another professor.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: SOC1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

The class was pretty intesting, it made me want to change my major to sociology. The midterms, I felt, were so easy. It's rarely boring and the stuff she teaches is easy to understand. I would take her again if she offered another class.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SOC1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

she seems nice enough, and she tries to keep the class enthused, but kinda in a dorky lame way. i give her credit for trying. shes nice, but her tests are tricky! her class seems easy until you get your grade.