[{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4OTI4MTM0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2024-01-26 18:50:57 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class was very boring but an easy A. Lectures are not required and all exams, quizzes, and even the final were online on your own time, and open note. There was a lot of busywork involved for discussions... the assignments were pretty easy but took up a lot of time outside of class just because of how long they were.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4ODA2Mjcx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2023-12-29 00:21:49 +0000 UTC","comment":"Lectures are very slow and boring, but easily skippable if you read the textbook (1 chapter per week) and take mediocre notes. Tests are online (2 attempts each). Workload is pretty significant (3 major projects, 3 reading responses), only because there is a lot of busy work. Expect to write 1000-1500 words per assignment.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4NTU3NDc2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2023-12-07 17:42:11 +0000 UTC","comment":"Although I only took this course for credits for my major, I found the teacher to be passionate about the subject. Her enthusiasm towards anthropology made lectures much better compared to some classes where the teachers are quiet and monotone. Overall, I enjoyed this professor because she was nice and you could tell she loved what she was teaching","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4MjgyMzYz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2023-10-17 17:34:27 +0000 UTC","comment":"I asked help for with the discussion question in person for both TA Andrea and Amy. Avoid ANDREA and AMY. These people are terrible.\n\nTheir attitudes were very disrespectful and not helpful. \n\nI should have dropped this course, seriously. Just one discussion project messed up, and the entire grade so.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyNzI5MTY0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-12-20 14:58:11 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Stambach realizes the potential of her students. She thoroughly covers the topics, and she also has great fashion sense! The class itself was very easy; all the exams are online, and you basically just have to show up to lecture and take notes to pass. I would highly recommend for an easy class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyNTYxODE3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-12-07 23:06:13 +0000 UTC","comment":"I love Amy!! She is so sweet and a wonderful professor. She should either have more material or shorter lectures since she only needs to cover about 5 slides of information per class. She comes to class happy and always finds other things to tie into our units. She teaches us new things and always makes sure to use her voice for the greater good!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyNTQ5Mjg2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-12-06 16:21:42 +0000 UTC","comment":"Prof. Stambach is such a passionate professor! She will talk about sensitive issues and if you care enough, you will start thinking about what you can do, as a person for the world to be a better place. It is an easy A class but how much you get from the class comes down to how willing you are to learn these difficult/sensitive issues.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyNTQ0OTc2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-12-06 02:41:15 +0000 UTC","comment":"Yes the class is easy and I will admit the lectures can feel long since Amy has very little material to cover. However, she has a strong passion for what she talks about and always does her best to be inclusive. She really thinks about her words and how they can be taken. Super nice and kinda funny when she runs around the stage. I enjoyed her!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyNTM3MjEx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-12-05 17:49:36 +0000 UTC","comment":"Amy is SO passionate about what she does and cares deeply about everything that she discusses. She loves discussion & loves hearing what her students have to say. Although this class is not my speciality nor in my area of interest, I still was able to develop a deeper respect for the topics discussed in class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyNTM2MDgy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-12-05 16:41:20 +0000 UTC","comment":"Yes, this class is an easy A. However, thats because of the format decided by the whole anthro department. Professor Stambach really cares about her class, her research, and being inclusive. She is inspiring and manages to engage everyone even in a big lecture setting. I really respect her as an anthropologist and teacher.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyNTM2MDE0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-12-05 16:37:40 +0000 UTC","comment":"The class was really engaging and the coursework was not too hard. The extra bits of information that Professor Stambach adds into her lecture is something I always look forward to.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyNTM1OTE0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-12-05 16:32:38 +0000 UTC","comment":"I don't know why so many people here hate her, she's a passionate professor who is knowledgeable and eager to share her work. I enjoyed classes and found them interesting. If you aren't interested in anthropology just don't take this class, I feel like that's common sense.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyNTM1ODMx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-12-05 16:27:36 +0000 UTC","comment":"Amy is ok. Easy class, but lectures bore me. If I were interested in Anthropology it might have been a little better. She talks a lot about herself and Africa. Not the best professor I have had, but it was fine.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyNDMyNTY1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-11-18 19:03:17 +0000 UTC","comment":"i would say her lectures are boring, but I didn't go to class.I still managed to get a 100 in the class. REALLY boring. If you care about anthro/want to major in it, my friends in 105 love it and think it is really interesting. You can put 0 effort into this class, and just get a GPA boost. Plus it's an ethnic studies credit!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxNjE5Mjcz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-04-18 03:08:26 +0000 UTC","comment":"The lectures are not interesting, but you don't need to go to get 100% on the exams. Good for bringing gpa up but not a great class overall.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxNjE5MTYw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-04-18 02:53:55 +0000 UTC","comment":"Amy is the worst. I mean, she isn't bad, but just really boring and only talks about her time in Africa. Only plus was she played music in the beginning of lecture. I stopped going to lecture, however I found out later she was starting to use specific examples from lecture in exams. Long story short, ended up going towards end of semester.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxMzUwMzg0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-02-10 19:06:16 +0000 UTC","comment":"Eh, I wouldn't stress too much if I had her as my professor. The lectures are unnecessary, so just do the InQuizitive and go to discussion, and you'll get an A. (I did.) If you can, take the exams as groups with your friends or other students.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxMTUxMDAz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-12-24 21:33:47 +0000 UTC","comment":"Prof Stambach is, simply put, an awful professor. Her lectures go off on random tangents and she makes constant factual errors while lecturing. Nothing in lecture actually connects well to the textbook/discussion. She also brags about her research experience in exams - like really? You only need to put work into the book review and nothing else.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxMTM1NjA3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-12-22 03:40:16 +0000 UTC","comment":"Honestly I went to lecture maybe twice and realized that they're useless-- the whole lecture is either something totally off topic or going over stuff we've read. The only homework was inquisitive and fieldwork assignments which were easy to bs. TAKE THIS CLASS IF YOU NEED CREDIT!!!! SO EASY SERIOUSLY DO IT THE EXAMS ARE EVEN ONLINE","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxMDk1Mzc1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-12-19 05:55:24 +0000 UTC","comment":"Stupidly easy class, online exams, lectures are pointless and all that matters is that you go to discussion and read the text and you get an A. Amy herself was not very bright, one day in class she said "...a pound of milk-or whatever a unit of milk is." (A gallon?) Need I say more?","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxMDg0MDQ4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-12-18 19:43:26 +0000 UTC","comment":"Sometimes I lie awake at night, wondering if this ANTHRO104 class is even real. In all my years on this planet, I have never taken a course this incredibly easy. You don't have to ever go to lecture. The exams are online for heaven's sake. Don't delay. Take this class if you need credit. A WHOLE LECTURE WAS LITERALLY SOME GIRL GETTING ACUPUNCTURE.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxMDg0MDMx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-12-18 19:42:33 +0000 UTC","comment":"This is the easiest class I have taken at UW Madison. Do not have to go to lecture, but should go to some discussions for participation credit. All answers to exams are on Quizlet. Not sure why many people think this class requires a lot of work, it requires almost none. Maybe a paragraph per week for fieldwork journals. Amy doesn't contribute much","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxMDc4Mzcw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-12-18 07:22:18 +0000 UTC","comment":"I took this course to fulfill my ethics credits. Less than stellar professor. She goes off on tangents during lecture. Not only do they have no direction, they correlate little to none with the discussions. Easy class, but not worth the time of going to lecture hoping to gain anything. Would not recommend if you want a meaningful class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxMDEyNjM4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-12-13 21:37:50 +0000 UTC","comment":"It was super easy, but it wasn't even necessary to attend Lecture. Both exams are online and grading is easy. I enjoyed Prof. Stambach but the lectures didn't really complement the discussions.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwOTg4MDI5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-12-12 14:13:05 +0000 UTC","comment":"Stambach's lectures are like nails on a chalkboard. She is super boring, barely covers any material in class, and is just overall awful. Luckily, she doesn't take attendance, so you can skip lecture as long as you show up to discussion once a week.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwODMzOTg3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-12-01 21:27:07 +0000 UTC","comment":"I have no personal reservations with professor Amy, her work in anthropology is in no doubt venerable. The course itself is interesting, but the lectures do not compliment it well","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwNjkzNTUx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-11-09 12:36:37 +0000 UTC","comment":"Look, yes this class was interesting and not difficult. That aspect was great. But, I really did not like professor Stambach. At first I liked her and then I got sick of her talking about herself instead of us learning valuable information. She also made an insensitive comment about drug addiction and I've thought less of her since.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwNTQ5MjE0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-10-07 17:10:50 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class was not hard, but also very interesting. Her lectures were definitely not necessary to go to (if you read the textbook), but were still enjoyable. I highly recommend this class for people trying to get the requirement out of the way painlessly.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwNDk1MzQ0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-09-11 20:45:14 +0000 UTC","comment":"Other people posting here have a ax to grind. Maybe they did worse that they said they did and just feel salty. Prof. Stambach is definitely smart and makes sense in class. If you cant pay attention for more than 30 sec then that's your fault. She tells good stories too","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwNDk1MzM3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-09-11 20:42:52 +0000 UTC","comment":"The previous ratings regarding Prof Stambach are overly harsh-- she was an enthusiastic professor with a clear passion for her field. Good introductory course, not too difficult.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwMzc1MzM3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-07-26 12:01:12 +0000 UTC","comment":"Easiest A ever. Went to 2 lectures total, passed just fine. Do your textbook readings and quizzes, show up to discussion, you'll pass easily.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwMTUwNTA2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-05-19 09:20:28 +0000 UTC","comment":"I stop going to lectures after the third one. Managed an A. Class is an absolute joke. Do the online stuff and youll get an A. Spend your time wisely and dont go to lecture, but you have to go to discussion.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwMTI2MDAz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-05-16 15:19:24 +0000 UTC","comment":"Lectures rarely got through more than 2 slides at a max. Not good for notes. Amy would talk so long about topics that you would lose the point 15 minutes into her comment on an irrelevant rant. Read the textbook and complete the Inquizitive homework to get an A. Lectures are pointless. Discussions require at least 2 comments each class to get an A.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwMDg5MTA3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-05-13 01:20:26 +0000 UTC","comment":"During maybe the second lecture of the semester she told a story about how she was once pulled over by a cop on her way to work, got out of the car, told the guy I dont have time for this and ran off. I never attended lecture again. Got an A.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwMDc3MTQy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-05-11 19:43:36 +0000 UTC","comment":"Easiest A ever, professor reads direct quotes and definitions from textbook for her lectures. I did not show up to lecture for 5 weeks and did not read the textbook and had no trouble on the final exam.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwMDQ0MTYw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-05-09 18:32:09 +0000 UTC","comment":"I honestly don't know how Amy is allowed to teach a class. Lectures were literally her reading from the book and talking about her fieldwork that barely related to course content. Randomly missed 2 weeks of class to travel and we had to listen to guest lecturers. She brought nothing of value to the class; least favorite UW professor I've had.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwMDMzNzg5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-05-09 00:40:47 +0000 UTC","comment":"The lectures were extremely dull. I can't even remember how many, but she missed maybe 5 lectures and had other people come in. She talked a ton about her fieldwork, probably more than most people care about. She seems nice but the lectures are just so dull that it's hard to care about the topic. Super easy class though.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5OTk5NjI0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-05-06 01:46:12 +0000 UTC","comment":"She was fine. Definitely not the best professor in the world, but her class was easy. Lectures are really boring and you don't need to go. The notes she presents are just definitions. There are 2 midterms, both online, and a final book review. She was gone for two weeks, which was annoying, but not a big deal because you're better off just reading","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5OTkyNDgy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-05-04 23:30:05 +0000 UTC","comment":"i wish i could give a negative rating","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5ODA3MjY3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-04-15 15:37:45 +0000 UTC","comment":"Amy's lecture material is basically reading definitions out of the book and talking about her personal life. You'd be better off skipping lectures and just reading the textbook. I skipped lecture from the third week on and got an A. I would not recommend taking any courses taught by Amy, even if you're interested in the material.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:55:52.587011+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5NjU3MDAz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2332740","instructor_name":"Amy Stambach","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-03-15 15:03:33 +0000 UTC","comment":"She spends more time in classes bragging about her fieldwork and calling kids out who sit in the back than actually lecturing. I haven't gone to lecture since the second week of school and got a 97% on the midterm. Actually going is absolutely a waste of time and I learn more from reading the book in bed.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2332740","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:48:00.651249+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwNDUzMTU1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:885619","instructor_name":"Claire Wendland","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2024-12-29 00:07:33 +0000 UTC","comment":"Dr. Wendland was great! Lectures are very interesting because of her background in the medical field, although you could probably get by skipping lectures. Discussions are mandatory but can be fun if you have a good TA. The class is super easy with 3 big projects and the tests are all open note over a couple day period, plus you get two attempts!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/885619","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:48:00.651249+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwMDgxOTkz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:885619","instructor_name":"Claire Wendland","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2024-12-03 18:31:09 +0000 UTC","comment":"Anthro 104 is a very easy class, since the exams are online, open-note/book, and available over a multiple day period. Attendance of lectures is not mandatory if you do the textbook reading, but Prof. Wendland's explanations of her own research complement the info in the textbook. Discussion attendance is graded and mandatory.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/885619","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:48:00.651249+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5OTkzMzE4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:885619","instructor_name":"Claire Wendland","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2024-11-20 18:36:17 +0000 UTC","comment":"Do not bother going to any of the Anthro104 lectures. You will do just fine in this class as long as you participate in discussions. The tests are super easy and online, open notes, and you can take them twice. Barley any work outside of class except for a few readings. Definitely recommend taking this class if you want a easy A class. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/885619","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:48:00.651249+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5OTAzNTM4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:885619","instructor_name":"Claire Wendland","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2024-11-06 20:54:41 +0000 UTC","comment":"I think Professor Wendland is under-graded. The lectures are very similar to the textbook but that just means you can pick one and avoid the other. Tests are just questions pulled from lecture/discussion or what is in the textbook. HW is busy work but easy. If you give a minimal amount of care and effort, this class should be an easy A for you.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/885619","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:48:00.651249+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0MjQyMTk4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:885619","instructor_name":"Claire Wendland","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2021-01-06 02:19:56 +0000 UTC","comment":"Wendland would always talk about how she is also an OB/GYN and would relate so much stuff from the anthropology class to that. It got annoying after a while. Her lectures were super lengthy and she would go off topic during them a lot, but in order to succeed in the class, you have to watch the lectures. Great content, but it was not relayed well.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/885619","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:48:00.651249+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0MDk0MDY4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:885619","instructor_name":"Claire Wendland","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2020-12-16 04:03:46 +0000 UTC","comment":"very nice, she really cares about her students. her lectures are SUPER boring though, just her talking to a black screen with a green text. never did any of the readings and I did fine. very easy ethnic studies class. easy class, the only downside is the boring lectures.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/885619","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:48:00.651249+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIzMTMzNjA2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:885619","instructor_name":"Claire Wendland","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2014-04-30 17:16:09 +0000 UTC","comment":"She has a dry sense of humor. The lectures are terribly boring. It's an easy A, though and takes care of the Ethics credit. Some interesting readings and videos. I had an awesome TA which kind of saved the class for me.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/885619","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:48:00.651249+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIzMDIyNDk5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:885619","instructor_name":"Claire Wendland","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2014-04-10 22:49:54 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class was horrible. There was tons of reading every week and the lectures were painfully boring. Professor Wendland read straight off what seemed to be a script with few pauses for further explanation. The content of the class was all over the place, there was not a clear point to what she was talking about. Some cool videos though","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/885619","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:48:00.651249+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIyNjUxNTI5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:885619","instructor_name":"Claire Wendland","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2013-12-24 14:19:22 +0000 UTC","comment":"The class was pretty easy. It was based on two exams (one was take home) and a project. However, her lectures were very important to attend cause none of the information was online. She assigned a lot of reading that was also on the exams. There are other ways to get your ethnic credits.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/885619","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:48:00.651249+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIyNjMwNjY4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:885619","instructor_name":"Claire Wendland","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2013-12-20 21:24:14 +0000 UTC","comment":"Some lectures were interesting. Only one of the four books were interesting. She is very passionate about what she does. Movies were pretty interesting. Discussions were pointless and unhelpful.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/885619","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:48:00.651249+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIyNTQ0OTgw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:885619","instructor_name":"Claire Wendland","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2013-12-13 18:24:46 +0000 UTC","comment":"Her lectures are very boring that comprise of her reading off a 5+ page essay she prepares before class. The readings are very boring and long. You are expected to read 120+ pages every week. Midterm was tough. My TA was a very hard grader. Overall, I would look elsewhere if you are trying to find an easy class to take.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/885619","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:48:00.651249+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIyNTM0Mjg0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:885619","instructor_name":"Claire Wendland","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2013-12-12 23:05:32 +0000 UTC","comment":"Honestly took this course only for the ethnic credit. Material is very easy, and depending on your TA, you can get by without doing the readings. Professor Wendland has done fieldwork, and is passionate about the material, but blazes though the lectures with little to no one-on-one interaction. Be prepared for fast notes in lecture!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/885619","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:48:00.651249+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIyNTI2MDgz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:885619","instructor_name":"Claire Wendland","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2013-12-12 14:57:59 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Wendland is very knowledgeable and easy to listen to.  Most of the lectures were interesting and I attended every one.  The class involves a lot of reading but is not hard.  The midterm was pretty easy and the final exam is take-home which is SO nice.  She's a great professor and person.  I'm really glad I took this class!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/885619","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:41:13.702099+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0OTc1OTEw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1420841","instructor_name":"Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-06-18 08:09:56 +0000 UTC","comment":"OT's course was frustrating because the content was poorly organized and lectures were disjointed. Her accent made it hard to understand lecture, when she showed up. The required reading was her own book, which was interesting. I dreaded this class. I got a B because there didn't feel like enough material to study and the tests didn't reflect class","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1420841","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:41:13.702099+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIzMzYxMTQz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1420841","instructor_name":"Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2014-06-10 17:39:12 +0000 UTC","comment":"Great class. OT is extremely knowledgeable and has a deep understanding of the subject. While some seem frustrated with the Japan heavy material, the culture is simply a device she uses in to exhibit different aspects of the subject. She is friendly and encourages students to come to office hours. Exams are based on the notes and readings.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1420841","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:41:13.702099+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIzMDQ5ODI3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1420841","instructor_name":"Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2014-04-16 17:50:05 +0000 UTC","comment":"I actually enjoyed the subject material but the class was organized very poorly and it was hard to know what would be on the exams. To add insult to injury, an entire section had to have an exam postponed due to the wrong exam sheets being printed. Poorly organized. Not difficult, but probably in your best interest to avoid.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1420841","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:41:13.702099+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIzMDQwNTM2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1420841","instructor_name":"Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2014-04-15 12:25:11 +0000 UTC","comment":"She is definitely not helpful. She makes the class as boring as possible. You would think anthropology is an interesting class but she definitely goes out of her way to prove that wrong. Do not take this class with her unless you want to get a D in an easy A class!!!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1420841","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:41:13.702099+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIzMDAwNDg0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1420841","instructor_name":"Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2014-04-07 15:09:28 +0000 UTC","comment":"Worst professor ever. Not a hard class but a complete waste of time. OT is senile and has no idea what's going on. You are supposed to learn about other cultures but all you learn about is JAPAN'S culture. She talks about something for 50min that could be said in 5 yet her published essays you read are extremely advanced and hard to understand.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1420841","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:41:13.702099+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIyODg5NTkx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1420841","instructor_name":"Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2014-03-06 00:11:23 +0000 UTC","comment":"The course is completely disorganized. The TAs have poor communication with O-T and O-T hardly ever presents us with information to learn. On the first midterm there were maybe 10 vocab words. We spent all our discussions talking about the same three terms, and lectures are always movies or guest lecturers. Such a waste, we coulda learned so much!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1420841","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:41:13.702099+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIyODYyNzgz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1420841","instructor_name":"Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2014-02-24 13:15:26 +0000 UTC","comment":"Still does not know how to work the microphone. Wastes a lot of class time just getting the films to work properly or fast forwarding through them. Enjoyed the topics otherwise.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1420841","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:41:13.702099+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIyODIzNzkw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1420841","instructor_name":"Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2014-02-06 15:10:38 +0000 UTC","comment":"She never came to class prepared and didn't bother to show up to the first three lectures. She didn't even know which end of the microphone to speak into. She also spent 10 minutes trying to turn on subtitles for a German movie that had none. She clearly didn't test to see if the videos worked properly before showing them.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1420841","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMjk0MjEy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2025-05-15 17:30:30 +0000 UTC","comment":"Mostly very boring. Lectures were unnecessary to attend in hindsight -- the slides have all the important parts of the readings. She just read over verbatim what the textbook said, and every time we had class, we would have to complete an inquisitive quiz on the chapter assigned for that day.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4NjM4MTU2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2023-12-12 23:52:17 +0000 UTC","comment":"The class itself is easy but lectures are super boring. Discussion takes attendance but there is no point in coming to lectures. All exams are online and answers are available on quizlet.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4MjAzOTkw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2023-09-05 18:05:40 +0000 UTC","comment":"Anthro 104 will be an easy class with any professor at UW Madison, since the exam solutions are all posted on quillet and you have 2 days to take the exam online. You don't really need to go to lectures, but it helps to actually do the readings and take notes so you're prepared for the mandatory discussions each week. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3OTI5MjE4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2023-05-15 20:40:24 +0000 UTC","comment":"The most boring lectures I've ever attended, can't read the room. With 12 people left coming to lecture, maybe it's not a good idea to \"think-pair-share\". She also wouldn't round my 92.95% to a 93% which is super lame of her. Monotonous voice, unengaging presentations. The exams are online, the subject is easy. But she overcomplicates everything","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3OTE4NDM2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2023-05-14 01:33:53 +0000 UTC","comment":"Lectures basically go over the assigned readings and are not mandatory. Discussion is mandatory but is interesting and easy. It is an easy A class. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3ODU1MzY1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2023-05-08 13:42:14 +0000 UTC","comment":"Super super easy class. Take it for an easy A. If you actually want to learn anthro though, her lectures are really boring and pointless. Homework and exams are so easy.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2NTgxMzI2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-08-12 01:17:13 +0000 UTC","comment":"Completely shocked how this class had nothing to do about anthropology. Made the entirety of the class revolve around sex and trans studies. Questioned a lot of terms used that was extremely inappropriate. Example: she was talking about someone who doesn't identify as transgender but \"when asked her gender she replied hard daddy\" WTF","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2Mjk2OTYx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-05-10 15:01:42 +0000 UTC","comment":"Lectures were extremely boring and awkward because no one showed up.  Also homework is tedious and not helpful towards learning.  This class was an absolute waste of time and I would not recommend it to anyone.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2Mjc0MTk3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-05-07 19:39:30 +0000 UTC","comment":"Her lectures are very boring and after the first week, less than half of the people have shown up and it has continued to go down. She is nice but after the first midterm, it was easy to tell that lectures were not too important. There are also a lot of papers and writing that take a while.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2MjI3MTYx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-05-03 17:05:02 +0000 UTC","comment":"3 reading responses, 3 projects, and 3 exams thru the year (last is cumulative). prof enriquez is monotone, hard to hear, and overall reduces the interestingness of the class. quite easy if you have the right ta and show up to discussion (lowest 2 participation grades dropped, along with the weekly quizzes). have a dif prof if u can!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2MTE5MjQ3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-04-21 06:54:22 +0000 UTC","comment":"Total of 3 online exams, 3 projects, and 3 reading responses. Grade depends on how easy your TA is. Overall a really pretty easy course. Prof is nice & knowledgeable, lectures are a bit boring if you read the textbook (pretty redundant). Not necessary to attend lec, disc attendance mandatory. Everyone should take this course.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMzMDY2Mzgx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2020-04-15 20:06:06 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class is insanely easy. Exams are online and projects are pretty straightforward. Prof Enriquez is nice, but the material is dry and the lectures are painfully uninteresting.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4NDQ0MjY5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-06-11 23:14:49 +0000 UTC","comment":"Prof Enriquez is really educated about anthropology, and she is obvious about her love for it. She's slightly monotonous, so lectures can be tiring, but they really help to clarify (though it's not awful to miss a few). Quizzes, exams, and journals are super easy, and there's no final. This class would be hard to fail.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4MzE1MzAy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-05-15 18:03:45 +0000 UTC","comment":"Prof herself seemed nice enough.  But the way she handled the material made it almost seem like she was belittling what we knew.  The class almost seemed to be taught at a middle-school level, which made me not want to go to lectures at all.  Take for an easy three credits/ethnic studies.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4MjAwODM4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-05-03 16:40:26 +0000 UTC","comment":"The class was plenty interesting with the way she taught it, and she did communicate all of the material clearly.  However, she speaks in very dry monotone that is difficult to stay awake through.  Going to lecture isn't really required though since the quizzes and exams are incredibly easy and the lowest grade of each gets dropped.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4MTkxNjE2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-05-02 21:40:09 +0000 UTC","comment":"Online quizzes/exams & assignments are relatively easy & actually interesting.  My discussion section was fairly boring and pointless, but it could have been the TA & lack of student participation.  If you take notes (quickly) during lecture & read the textbook, you'll easily get an A.  You get a broad overview on unique global topics.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4MTU1MDQw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-04-28 16:00:05 +0000 UTC","comment":"Prof. Enriquez spends more time talking about her fieldwork in Brazil than that actual course content. Her lectures are dull and tend to be fairly empty. Quizzes and Tests are easy and all online, Discussion is Mandatory, and there is no final.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4MTQxODUz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-04-27 11:40:02 +0000 UTC","comment":"Letters were pretty boring because it's such a broad class, but the case studies were really interesting with intros to diff culture. About 8 assignments, online quizzes (get two chances and lowest is dropped), and 3 online exams (one is dropped) are what you're graded on. Exams could be tricky, so make sure you listen for main concepts in lecture.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2ODcxNzUy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-08-07 19:07:13 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class is basically to get ethnic studies out of the way and nothing else. Lectures boring and rushed. Favela topic in class was seemingly pointless and sometimes  she contradicted itself. Discussions were actually interesting, but that's with a different TA. Otherwise an easy class if you study the vocab.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2NzI0OTIy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-06-14 15:16:09 +0000 UTC","comment":"Made a potentially interesting class the most boring thing I've ever had to sit through. The readings are boring. The lectures are more boring than that. Just don't take this class, especially if it has to be with Falina","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2NTkwNDA4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-05-16 18:23:48 +0000 UTC","comment":"Terrible lecturers, reads straight off the slides which are copied word for word from the textbook. She is incredibly biased, if you don't agree with her viewpoint then you are wrong. Easy enough class though, but she is a really slow grader.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2NTgwMDcz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-05-15 15:13:53 +0000 UTC","comment":"I would not recommend this class to anyone! Even though it is easy, it is not worth it! She is one of the most arrogant and condescending professors I have ever had. She is very biased and almost makes you feel bad about being white. It is literally the dumbest class ever! Every thing you learn is common sense information. The lectures were boring.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2NTIwMjg4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-05-09 22:49:12 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class was something that I dreaded every time I had to go to class. Her lectures were pointless because she didn't even give you enough time to actually take the notes. And she read off the slides the entire time. They were also so so boring. I would not recommend this class or this professor.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2NTE4MTc4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-05-09 20:08:40 +0000 UTC","comment":"Her lectures are straight from the textbook and she literally reads from her own slides. When I had her, there were countless problems with the class website and we ended up submitting all fieldwork twice. She contradicts herself in lecture and is the type of person that does not like to admit that they are wrong.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2NTE2NzIx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-05-09 18:09:33 +0000 UTC","comment":"Though I didn't see Falina as super opinionated, her lectures were very boring. The class was super easy to get an A in if you do the weekly readings and homework assignments. All of the TAs kind of suck, but the guest lectures are sometimes interesting. Falina's lectures are really boring and she goes through the slides way too quickly.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2NTE0NzEx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-05-09 15:52:49 +0000 UTC","comment":"Absolutely worthless class. Falina might be the most condescending person I've ever meet, as her views of the world are the only correct ideals. Her TA, Rachel treated the class of 700+ as if we are 12 years old. Dry lecture presentation and she reads of slides taken directly from the book. Guest lectures are irrelevant. Midterm of 23 questions.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2NTE0NzEw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-05-09 15:52:47 +0000 UTC","comment":"The class is very straightforward, and not extremely challenging. Enriquez is always available for questions and comments after class, and generally friendly. I found the lectures to be interesting as they were interdisciplinary, and covered many topics. Expect weekly readings and homework assignments. You get out of this class what you put in.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2NTE0NTE5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-05-09 15:40:58 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Enriquez is TERRIBLE. We only had lectures twice a week, but it every time felt like getting teethed pulled at the dentist. Lectures were so boring, guest speakers were the highlight of the class. Expects you to know specifics given in lecture slides-- but does not give enough time write notes down. Really disliked her.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2NTA0MjE3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-05-08 14:17:46 +0000 UTC","comment":"One midterm, one final. Bi weekly quizzes. Discussion attendance and participation is mandatory. Weekly writing assignments 1-2 pages. Lectures are very boring. Slides on slides on slides that she doesn't post online because she knows no one would attend if she did. Fulfilled my ethnic studies requirement but I am so glad it is over.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2NDk4MDQ0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-05-07 12:56:02 +0000 UTC","comment":"There was only one midterm with 23 questions, so you could only get one wrong for an A. The grading scale is 93-100 to get an A, 88-92 for an AB, and 83-87 for a B, which is higher than all of the classes I've taken here. The tests were fairly easy, except quite a few questions said to pick the best answer, so multiple answers could've been right.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2NDg1MDMy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-05-05 22:57:58 +0000 UTC","comment":"She is horribly boring. The quizzes and midterm are pretty easy but non frequent so they can hurt your grade. She also brought in guest lecturers that had next to nothing to do with content in class. She also talks way too much about her personal research in Brazil. Discussions are \"optional\" but you actually have to go for participation points.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2NDY5MzE2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-05-04 19:54:55 +0000 UTC","comment":"Had a great TA and discussion was the only interesting thing about this course. Lectures were unbelievably boring, slides were quotes from books, professor was just reading off the slides, and attendance was mandatory since its 10% of the grade. Learned nothing from her, and some of the guest speaks weirded me out.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2NDMwNjI3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-05-01 19:52:21 +0000 UTC","comment":"The midterm was on 23 questions, which is really not representative as if you get a few questions wrong you don't have an A already. The lectures are really boring and she goes through the powerpoint slides way too quickly. The content is very repetitive and very basic. We were required to go to lecture though as it was 10% of our grade.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2MzY2MzQx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-04-24 18:31:31 +0000 UTC","comment":"The class overall is not difficult, it is actually quite easy if you pay attention at least half of the time. 1 midterm and 1 final. The midterm was not curved and only consisted of 23 questions which were quite vague. As a lecturer, she doesn't make the material interesting and isn't open to discussion on topics, her way is the right way.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2MzAxMTgx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-04-14 21:07:52 +0000 UTC","comment":"Anthro 104 as a class is not difficult, I got 100% with ease. But Enriquez made going to class every Tuesday and Thursday difficult. Only got through the burden of going to class because I had a friend and we rewarded ourselves with bagels afterwards.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2Mjg5MDUw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-04-13 14:52:02 +0000 UTC","comment":"VERY boring lectures. Reads right off the slides, does not elaborate on details. This course satisfies an ethnic studies credit, but is extremely boring. I got nothing from discussions either. She was very rude to students in lecture when they questioned her or asked for clarification. Would not recommend this class-fairly easy, but unbearable.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2MjY3MjI5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-04-11 00:24:13 +0000 UTC","comment":"Very boring lecturer and tends to speed through her presentations which consist of large amounts of information. The online quizzes are usually easy, but the only midterm consist of about 23 questions total, so going to lecture and study for it is a must. Although attendance is not mandatory for discussion, oral participation is required.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2MjU5MDgw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-04-08 20:07:01 +0000 UTC","comment":"I took Anthro 104 this semester and was thoroughly disappointed. Some of the content was interesting but the lectures were basically straight from the text book and she was boring and dry. Also, she was WAY too political and only thought her beliefs were the only right ones. Some people questioned her and she was SO RUDE back to them.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2MjAzMzYw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-03-30 11:30:51 +0000 UTC","comment":"Horribly dry and boring. It should be interesting content, but she goes out of her way to make it the complete opposite of that. Attendance is not mandatory, but she utilizes the Top Hat program and bases an attendance grade off of that. Alongside that, she doesn't post lecture slides online. Avoid her at all costs. Worst professor I've had yet.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:24.593381+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2MTkyNjk4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2115905","instructor_name":"Falina Enriquez","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-03-28 16:28:58 +0000 UTC","comment":"She is a very dry lecturer, seemingly always caught up in personal research when we just want to learn about the subject of anthropology. The level of boredom reached during lectures has never been experienced before.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2115905","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:39:04.648709+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTE2NjA4OTk2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:515025","instructor_name":"Frank Salomon","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2009-12-20 12:45:26 +0000 UTC","comment":"Such a bad lecturer.  He would put vocab words on the slides and fail to define them& reads from a script and explains everything in metaphors.  The books were long&boring and it was always a guess as to how much of the test would be on them. A day of a guest lecturer could make up a third of a midterm.  he tried to confuse kids on the test. awful.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/515025","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1MDA0NzI2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-06-29 16:24:18 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Al-Mohammad is a very impressive lecturer. He is very smart and doesn't have a problem with dealing with tough ideas. If you want to think he's the professor for you.  He scared the students who were hoping to get an easy A. I thought his lecturers were brilliant.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1MDAxMTcz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-06-28 00:01:24 +0000 UTC","comment":"Despite what some comments say, Prof Al-Mohammad is a very nice guy. If you have any concerns, visit him in office hours! Although the readings he assigns are extremely dense, he does his best to clarify the main points during lecture. He always has interesting stories and has a great sense of humor. 2 exams at 30% each, so don't screw up! ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0OTk3NjI1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-06-26 03:08:55 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Al-Mohammad is a strange mixture of intense and funny. He really takes what he teaches seriously. He was angry at the students for the cheating that took place on the online exam.  This didn't make the cheaters happy.  I am a bio-chemist and had to take this course. By the end of the semester I wished I was an anthropology major.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0OTgzMTQ2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-06-21 04:28:43 +0000 UTC","comment":"A great course. Clear and well structured. He dealt with the mass cheating very well.   He's the best lecturer I've had by far.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0OTMzNDc3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-06-03 14:04:55 +0000 UTC","comment":"It was his first semester teaching and it didn't go well. He made the class much harder than it had to be for the first half of it. His lectures had nothing to do with the readings, and seemed to not be worth it at all. Tests were almost word for word out of the book. He's a funny guy though and nice, i would expect the class to get better next yr.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0OTIwNDAx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-05-30 10:25:16 +0000 UTC","comment":"He is my favorite professor. His lectures are about things I haven't thought about. He is very passionate. I will be taking more courses with him.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0ODk5ODU5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-05-25 20:39:25 +0000 UTC","comment":"Avoid this professor. The communication between himself, the TA's, and the students is terrible. The course material is interesting, but his exams were about picky details that were irrelevant to the course. His lectures got more unclear as the semester progressed. He is funny, but he doesn't play around. I was disappointed in him and the course.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0ODAyOTY0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-05-11 21:45:38 +0000 UTC","comment":"The worst professor I have had at the University of Wisconsin thus far.  His lectures are completely disorganized and hardly pertain to his exams.  The exams were poorly written and the point distribution was very messed up.  When I went to his office hours for help, he was very rude to me.  I would recommend avoiding this professor at all costs.  ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0NzM3MzQy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-05-04 20:30:02 +0000 UTC","comment":"He's functioning at a higher level. He can talk about a conversation he had with a stranger and use it to explain very difficult ideas. I'm in awe. I've never seen anyone like him. Serious and angry about politics which got me to question my society. He's also hilarious and very sweet. He's a different type of lecturer. Young yet knows so much.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0NzMzMTgz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-05-04 13:44:53 +0000 UTC","comment":"Students are angry because he caught a lot of people cheating. The disorganization of this course was the fault of the cheaters. The prof explained he couldn't trust us to do an exam online again so it was a few weeks before things became clear. He has no interest in being a crowd pleaser. He is very passionate and it rubbed off on me.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0Njg3ODg0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-04-28 15:23:59 +0000 UTC","comment":"Seems like a cool enough guy outside of the classroom but he did not do a good job with this class. Extremely disorganized, never knows how to work his technology, and always seems pissed off. The best three lectures of the year were when other professors from the Anthro department stepped in for him. DO NOT take this class with him. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0NjY0MjQ3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-04-24 15:35:56 +0000 UTC","comment":"As a previous reviewer has already said this Professor does not aim to please the crowd. That is for sure.  For the first time in 3 years being at Madidon i felt like i was actually at a university. Professor Al-Mohammad wants his students to think. That is the what he is interested in. Hes crazy smart and deals with big ideas. I loved it.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0NjA0Njgw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-04-15 20:25:36 +0000 UTC","comment":"Hayder is funny and makes lecture interesting, however, the exam was very tough. He expects us to know how to analyze long and hard passages that we have barely discussed.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0NjAyMDg2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-04-15 15:11:12 +0000 UTC","comment":"He is the best. Very smart and helps you grasp difficult ideas. The professor aims high so some students can't keep. If you listen to lectures you hear how easily explains things. Wish I could've taken more courses with him. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0NTk1NjM1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-04-14 18:34:06 +0000 UTC","comment":"Definitely not in lecture to please the crowd. Didn't find out until less than a month before when the exam was. Holds heavy grudges, and the online exam was extremely confusing. Assumes you know what is important, even though he claims he discusses them every lecture. Would reccommend a different professor for anthro if you need to take it","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0NTkzMjk0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-04-14 14:02:23 +0000 UTC","comment":"So disorganized, nothing he says makes sense. Always says \"What was I talking about\", trying to be funny (it's not, stop). He honestly seems like a decent guy, I've never interacted with him one on one. But he's just an awful lecturer, and is very unclear about a lot of things. Would not recommend this class if taught by him. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0NTkyMzQ2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-04-14 12:20:51 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Al-Mohammad is a great professor, despite his Yik Yak reputation. He makes a lot of jokes (some of which are funny) and is genuinely interested in the topic. He goes out of his way to expand on topics and relate them to our lives.  Disclaimer: This guy gets seriously pissed if you screw around (read: cheat on easy online exams).","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0NTgxMzYw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-04-12 14:24:02 +0000 UTC","comment":"Smart and helpful if you approach him. Everything he said was interesting which is pretty good. He doesn't give you the answers, he expects students to think for themselves, not sure everyone wants that.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0NTQxNzUx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-04-03 16:45:02 +0000 UTC","comment":"THe dude is cool. I got no interest in anthropology. Every lecture makes me think and ask questions about the world. He'll lecture on difficult things and somehow it makes sense.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0NTI1Mjg2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-03-31 13:10:05 +0000 UTC","comment":"Smart. Funny. Doesn't teach as if we're still in school. He's got a temper if you mess around. Doesnt look to please the crowd either. He teaches great. His lectures keep you awake and focused even when you're tired or worse. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0NTAzMjEy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-03-25 21:17:36 +0000 UTC","comment":"This professor is awesome. He's funny, some of his lectures are amazing, and his english accent is cool.  Sometimes it feels like he's making jokes about us. Maybe I don't get his Britsh humour.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:37:03.818860+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0NDk0NjE3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1993349","instructor_name":"Hayder Al-Mohammad","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-03-24 12:36:38 +0000 UTC","comment":"His lectures are very dry and hard to follow for the most part. We had an online midterm which was the only time I used my textbook. The readings are long and are summed up in class so they aren't necessarily mandatory to read. I would definitely not ever take this class with him. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1993349","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3Mzg2NTEw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2023-01-27 22:37:18 +0000 UTC","comment":"You do not need to go to lecture, but go to discussion though. Both midterms and the final were online, open note and 80% of the answers could be easily looked up. As long as you do the homework you don't even really need to do any of the reading either.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3Mjc4MjY3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2023-01-03 19:57:47 +0000 UTC","comment":"Dr. Camal was very passionate and the lectures were interesting, especially once the week or so of basics had passed. Lecture attendance isn't mandatory, but discussion attendance is. Lots of busywork assignments, but most are interesting. Tests are online and you take them twice, reading the textbook is SUPER helpful and required!!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MjQ2NTY5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-12-26 21:59:19 +0000 UTC","comment":"Prof. Camal was a little uptight but I found his lectures to be somewhat interesting. Attendance of lectures is not mandatory but attendance of discussions is. A lot of busy work. Tests are online and can be taken twice. The reason everyone takes this class is for a free A not the subject matter so Camal gets the job done.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MjQwMDgx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-12-24 22:06:47 +0000 UTC","comment":"Although most of the class content is interesting, professor Camal somehow made it boring. I attended half of the lectures, even though they aren't mandatory. Discussions are mandatory, but I looked forward to them, although some of my friends would disagree. As you'll be directly participating in the discussion, having a good TA matters more.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MTkxODU5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-12-19 20:42:19 +0000 UTC","comment":"Jerome is a bit condescending and is a very stereotypical 100 level professor. The class is a free A and I stopped going to lecture shortly after the start of the semester. There is a good amount of busy work but none of it is difficult","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MTQyNzIx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-12-15 21:11:43 +0000 UTC","comment":"The lectures were pretty boring so I don't blame the 3/4 of the class that stopped going after the first few weeks. I went to every one and I don't really think they helped me in the long run. The projects and reading responses were definitely just busy work. My discussion sucked because my TA talked the entire time and I gained nothing. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MTM1OTE2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-12-15 14:55:07 +0000 UTC","comment":"The class itself is an easy A but quite a few assignments(mostly busy work). Lectures are not mandatory or needed for the online open note exam. Prof Camal certainly does not make anyone want to go to lecture. He calls out the few people who actually show up for being on their phones and talking to each other in front of the whole class. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2OTcyNTk5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-12-05 18:45:40 +0000 UTC","comment":"The topics are interesting but class had too much work for a 3 credit course. There's 3 big projects that are fine but there are long reading assignments other than the textbook. Online exams -- answers can be found on quizlet. I would have recommended it if it was only the exams but overall the assignments add up for a heavy workload. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2OTMzODk3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-12-01 16:07:23 +0000 UTC","comment":"The lectures are sometimes interesting and sometimes boring. Participation is not mandatory for lectures and the tests are pretty easy. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2NzYxMDQx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-11-01 17:04:44 +0000 UTC","comment":"Anthro 104 is a class with an ego; Camal is a big part of that. He takes this class incredibly seriously despite the fact that there is little repercussion to simply not going. Compared to professors of similar 100 level Anthro classes, he does not compete. I felt uninterested and unmotivated throughout the course. Lecture cleared out after 2 weeks","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1OTc4MTUy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-03-26 04:33:51 +0000 UTC","comment":"I thought that Camal's lectures were pretty boring and disengaging, and they were rarely that important to attend/pay attention to because exams were all online and open note. Lectures were not mandatory, discussions were and you were expected to participate. I didn't like this class, but I'm not an anthro major; it also had a lot of assignments.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1ODE3NjM5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-02-01 16:27:36 +0000 UTC","comment":"Prof Camal is very knowledgable on the topic of anthropology, and has a lot of experience. He is a little strange and does weird stuff, but he makes lectures enjoyable. He incorporates videos and music in his lectures. Overall I think he is a good guy and anthro 104 was an easy class for ethnic studies.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1ODA2OTM3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-01-28 04:49:03 +0000 UTC","comment":"His lectures are word-for-word scripted and makes his lectures boring. The only reason I didn't get an A was because I didn't do most of the online quizzes, but I got high grades for the exams, which all had 3 available attempts and you were allowed to look up answers. I didn't even properly do any of the projects, but still got A/B's for them","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NzgxNjUz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-01-21 15:21:57 +0000 UTC","comment":"Anthro 104 in notoriously one of the easiest classes on campus, I stopped attending lecture before thanksgiving break, as well as reading the book as I could not handle his white savior campaign. Easiest A on campus, besides for maybe clap for credit.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NzM2NDgz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-01-11 18:41:18 +0000 UTC","comment":"Prof Camal's lectures are long and scripted. I've only gone to 3 lectures in the beginning of the year and passed with a high A. All the exams are online and half the questions are online. The projects are super easy, just long. Discussion are attendance mandatory. Only take this class if you're looking for an easy A.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NzE5MDMw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-01-08 05:03:11 +0000 UTC","comment":"Prof Camal is an extremely average professor. He's a nice guy and the class is an easy A, but he sucks at lecturing and reads off a script. I found that lectures arent super beneficial as long as you read to textbook.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NzEwMTMx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2022-01-06 17:22:43 +0000 UTC","comment":"Great guy and lecturer. The class is easy enough because a lot of the online exam answers are on a quizlet. He says he doesn't care how you get the answers as long as you understand them. He's fun to listen to and although the lectures aren't mandatory, they can be pretty interesting sometimes. He makes you reconsider a lot of things.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NjgwNzcw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2021-12-31 07:45:32 +0000 UTC","comment":"Lectures weren't terrible but he did read off of a script. As long as you do a good job on any projects exam grades don't matter that much. Discussion sections are basically worthless and most of the time my TA marked me present when I wasn't there. Easy A for Ethnic Studies and overall not as bad as I thought it would be.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1Njc2NDAw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2021-12-30 06:09:41 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Camal literally reads off a script for his lectures, and most of his tests are quite easy, online, and a lot of questions are able to be found through Quizlet. As such, I did not attend lectures for the last two exams worth of content. Discussions are mandatory, but useless. Easy A if you need an ethnic study, but would not take again.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NjczODU0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2021-12-29 21:07:54 +0000 UTC","comment":"He is okay considering the class is an easy A. Overall the textbook quizzes are boring yet with an online textbook and being open book it can be fairly easy to find the answers. Personally I found you can read the textbook and skip lectures, or skip the textbook and go only to lectures. There is a lot of writing involved with this course, so beware","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NjczNTQx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2021-12-29 20:03:51 +0000 UTC","comment":"Lectures were extremely boring, Camal reads off a pre-written script in a monotone voice the entire time. He sometimes walks around the room and forces participation so definately sit in the middle. Also comes off as very condescending and controlling towards his students. The only upside is that you can get an A without showing up to lecture.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NjYwMjY0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2021-12-27 06:06:29 +0000 UTC","comment":"I really liked Jerome. He is very sweet and cares a lot about anthropology. He understands that not everyone there wants to be an anthropologist, and teaches many valuable things for life. I appreciated his enthusiasm, lectures can be a little boring though.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NjU2MDQy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2021-12-26 09:08:33 +0000 UTC","comment":"I really enjoyed showing up to Anthropology lecture because of Professor Camal. He was great and really passionate about his work. I would take this class again. My only warning is if you dont like to write do not take this class. Its an easy A and actually interesting to learn about.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NjU1Mjk0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2021-12-26 04:22:09 +0000 UTC","comment":"reads off lecture slides. not so passionate about the class. but very easy A. good class to take for honors, the project is easy.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NjE5NDkw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2021-12-21 16:08:16 +0000 UTC","comment":"This course included three exams, three reading responses, and three projects. If you take the course for honors, there is a very easy group project and reading. Prof. Camal is great, but lecture can get repetitive and boring sometimes. And you NEED to read the textbook in order to complete reading check assignments.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NTQxNjAx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2021-12-15 19:47:07 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Camal was aight, but my main complaint is that he only reads off the notes he has on his computers next to the slides. The tests are all on Canvas. The class is super easy, but discussions are mandatory. TAs can be hard on grading, so be careful.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NDM5MjI4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2021-12-09 17:29:43 +0000 UTC","comment":"I loved this class, please take it with Camal if you can. He loves France.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1MzQ2MjU1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2021-12-02 16:18:01 +0000 UTC","comment":"He's an okay professor- lectures are kind of boring. Discussions are very interesting. Easy A for an ethics credit.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1MzQ1MDI3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2021-12-02 14:15:20 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Camal was nice enough, but lectures were just him reading straight off a slide and it was painfully boring. The class is super easy and all of the tests are online, and you get to take each test twice. Discussion sections are mandatory, but they're usually interesting and we get to have in depth conversations about important topics.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1MjI2Njk1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2021-11-11 19:18:18 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Camal is extremely passionate about teaching anthropology. The class overall is pretty easy. There is homework but it's relatively easy. The topics covered can be interesting and there is a textbook required. Discussion sections are also mandatory. The lectures can be kinda boring but they're only 50 min.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1MDkzNjMw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2021-09-29 03:19:43 +0000 UTC","comment":"Didn't have many interactions since the class was asynchronous, but Professor Camal made the content interesting. Discussions are important","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0NzY0NzQ0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2021-05-11 17:30:49 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class is easy and there is little work required, but the professor is poor at communication. I was 0.62% from an A after our final (which was supposed to have me at an A but my grade mysteriously went down) and had a solid A all year. I emailed both my TA and him about possible extra credit I could complete and never heard a single word back.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0NzQzODU0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2021-05-09 00:13:21 +0000 UTC","comment":"I don't know about the other comments but I do believe he did a great job teaching online this semester. What I like about him the most is that he grades you based on a lot of assignments instead of grading you based on a few major/ significant exams. The class was an easy A because of the good grading policies he has. Definitely would take again","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0NjE2Mzk5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2021-04-24 22:09:03 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class is super easy , and a good ethnic credit class to take . There is a lot of unnecessary busy work , but if you do it , its an easy A. Prof. Camal was an okay teacher , the lectures were pretty boring and he read off a script the whole time . Not really engaging well to make it entertaining . I would prefer someone else to take this with.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0NTgyNzkx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2021-04-20 17:36:12 +0000 UTC","comment":"I was not prepared for how much busy work this class was. I found lectures incredibly dry and almost hard to listen to because he's clearly reading directly off a script. You get the sense he takes himself very seriously, which also just makes him kind of insufferable. If you want an easy A it's fine but try and get anyone else.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyMzk1NDA4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-11-12 01:29:09 +0000 UTC","comment":"This was the first class I took at UW. On the first day, TopHat was not working & I asked if I could be marked present anyways, to which he said no and then yelled at me. Disliked him since. He is also quite rude and insults students from time to time. However, the class is ridiculously easy. Check google for half of the exam questions.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxOTAzODQ0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-05-17 22:28:35 +0000 UTC","comment":"Easiest Ethnic studies A on planet earth. Quite a rude professor though. He also said that they are changing the entire class this summer so be prepared for it to be harder. If you like anthropology then you might like lecture. I didn't like anthropology so I just sat on my phone. Also, sit in the middle so you don't get called on.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxNzQ5ODkx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-05-02 19:45:09 +0000 UTC","comment":"Jerome is interesting. I feel like he would be better in a smaller class, but right now it just seems like he doesn't really care. He's snarky, kind of rude, and makes lectures much more painful than they need to be. Which is a shame, since the subject matter is interesting and very important. He just doesn't do a good job conveying it.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxNzIxNjE3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-04-30 19:45:37 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class was really easy for me. He asks topcoat questions but you can easily do them at home. There is about one or 2 weekly assignments but they're pretty easy and the 2 midterms and the final are online and you're given 2 attempts so its not too hard to do well. I think this is a pretty easy A ethnics study class","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxNjgwODAy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-04-25 23:21:59 +0000 UTC","comment":"For an anthropologist, his cultural reflexivity is shockingly poor. He frequently condescends to his students and doesn't seem to understand that if he actually treated his students like people instead of sheep, they wouldn't be so reluctant to participate in lecture.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxNjc5NDUx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-04-25 21:25:29 +0000 UTC","comment":"After reading many negative reviews about him on RMP, my friend and I were surprised to find Jerome to be a pretty good lecturer. The class is easy and is structured well. Some negative reviews on here are likely due to the class being 'political'. It's true that Jerome can get political at times, but it's never to the detriment of lecture quality.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxNjc2Mjc4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-04-25 17:34:59 +0000 UTC","comment":"His lectures were extremely uncomfortable. He would call out students in the middle of class, insult the entirety of the Midwest (Including the University for not being elite), and was overall very unprofessional. The class itself is easy, but you do have to show up to lecture to do well on the exams. If you can, avoid him at all costs.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxNjQ2MjYw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-04-22 22:11:02 +0000 UTC","comment":"A lot of busy work, grading depends on TA","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxNTc0MzA1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-04-11 16:13:26 +0000 UTC","comment":"Super easy class. Midterms are online. Lectures are mandatory tho since he takes attendance through top hat. Discussion is mandatory as well (take participation attendance). Read a lot of reviews about forced participation in lecture, as long as u sit in the middle and not on the ends of the rows he will never ask u to participate.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxNTUzNjIw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-04-09 01:08:15 +0000 UTC","comment":"His is really a nice professor. But sometimes his homework really annoys me. This is the mid-term week and I got three assignments due tonight. Also, he graded Tophat questions on accuracy, which I am really frustrated every time I got a question wrong. If you are fine with this, then just go with him.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxNDA1NTg5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-03-05 17:36:17 +0000 UTC","comment":"Nice guy","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxMzI4MzU0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2019-02-01 21:57:53 +0000 UTC","comment":"kept class entertaining. he basically gave answers to exams and homework during lecture.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5NzI4Njk4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-04-02 16:35:16 +0000 UTC","comment":"Kind of a jerk during lectures. Demanded participation from a 200+ person lecture then would proceed to make fun of the student. Other than that, semi-fair exams that are taken online, open-note, and get two attempts.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5NDU5NzA0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-01-16 13:15:49 +0000 UTC","comment":"Lectures are super boring so get a group and switch off going, as long as you do all the discussion homework (you get three absences and some dropped assignments), get the online textbook for the online tests and you can easily look through it, just highlight important people and events and you'll be fine. Textbook homework is easy, dont read","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5NDAwMDg0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2018-01-06 13:15:18 +0000 UTC","comment":"If you're taking this class for an easy A- you will not be disappointed. If you're taking this class out of interest or learning, choose a different prof. Jerome is opinionated, lectures are dull and uncomfortable, and you will learn virtually nothing. But the exams are online and very easy, and most of the grade is participation/completion based.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5MjY3MTkz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-12-18 22:18:56 +0000 UTC","comment":"This is an easy course. Prof. Camal isn't as mean as the other comments make him to be, but if you don't want to be forced to participate in lecture, don't sit in the aisle seats. The textbook is the majority of the exams, exams are not worth much too. Basically, show up to discussion, do the assignments, and you'll at least get an AB.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5MjQ5OTQ5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-12-17 21:20:47 +0000 UTC","comment":"Jerome is both childish and unprofessional. I truly hope the university reconsiders their choice in allowing an ineffective instructor to lead a course of nearly 400 students. I cannot emphasize enough how rude, ignorant, and opinionated he is. The worst, he would publicly embarrass students in a manner which came across as a bully. Exams are impos","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5MjM5ODIy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-12-16 21:58:41 +0000 UTC","comment":"This dude is WACK. He is an awful professor. He will force people into answering questions the way he wants through his heavily opinionated ways. Even if you go to lecture and read the book, his midterm and final questions are so meticulous that it won't do you much good. Stay away from this man if you want an easy A for an intro anthro class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5MjM1Nzgw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-12-16 15:35:10 +0000 UTC","comment":"I would avoid this professor at all costs. He bullied students in class, he made remarks about a student's inability to read in a 400 person lecture. He is unwilling to hear any opinion that do not align with his views. Most students in the class stopped going to lecture. Exam questions were based on his opinions. Very unprofessional and childish.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5MjI4Mzgw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-12-15 22:27:24 +0000 UTC","comment":"Lectures are meaningless and a pure waste of time. You will only see him walking around and making students answer questions. Illy organized. Exams are the worst: he literally said that they are not about your learning but how fast you search contents. 60 mins to do 40 questions about trivial details. Strongly suggest him to take education classes","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5MjIxNzE3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-12-15 15:25:05 +0000 UTC","comment":"DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS. Thought this class was going to be an easy A, but it turned out to be hard. Do bad on one assignment and you won't get an A in the class. I highly recommend not taking this class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5MTgwNDU1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-12-13 16:46:52 +0000 UTC","comment":"I would not recommend taking a class with Jerome. He makes students uncomfortable by putting a microphone in their faces during lecture. He covers about 3 things during lectures and his tests are too difficult based on the subject matter.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5MTE5NjU1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-12-10 17:22:54 +0000 UTC","comment":"Each lecture consists of group work followed by a question/answer session. If you say something he doesn't personally agree with, he'll outright tell you are wrong, even though most of the information he teaches is subjective. Here's the good news: you don't have to attend lecture. If you do the reading and go to discussion, an A is guaranteed.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5MDg1NzY1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-12-07 17:27:56 +0000 UTC","comment":"Terrible prof. Not only is he opinionated and rude, he tries to get the entire 300 person lecture to discuss with each other. And if you don't feel like ever participating, sit in the middle of the lecture room or he WILL shove a microphone in your face. His powerpoints are ineffective and so is him reading from his notes about subjective topics.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5MDgyMjY4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-12-07 14:27:59 +0000 UTC","comment":"It seems strange that he cannot get through a lecture without reading word for word from his notes.. just shows Jerome is not a polished public speaker. The notes he reads word for word provide little to no value, they're just his opinions. Whenever he wants to engage the class he shoves the microphone in students faces.. which again is not helpful","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5MDI4Nzg1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-12-04 00:35:52 +0000 UTC","comment":"His lectures consist of bland powerpoints and him trying to force participation (even though it's a 300 person lecture). His online quizzes are tedious, and he has a knack for wording the questions in confusing ways. Try to find another class to fulfill your ethnic studies. Avoid at literally all costs; he IS as bad as all these reviews say.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4OTM2NzI5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-11-19 23:52:14 +0000 UTC","comment":"I was hesitant to add my voice on this site, but was reassured after reading the previous comments that I am not alone in determining Jerome Camal is with almost all certainty the absolute worst professor on this campus. I just dread the idea of his lectures, he is rude and shoves the microphone in our faces while wasting time on nonsense. bad prof","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4OTE5ODUw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-11-16 18:29:26 +0000 UTC","comment":"He wonders why people do not show up to his lectures, it is because they are a waste of time. He adds little to no value in his style of opinionated teaching and shoving microphones into peoples faces. Very rude too, he cannot seem to respect alternative views. Oh, and his exams are on his useless lectures not the book so you have to show up.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4OTEwNzIz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-11-15 22:06:26 +0000 UTC","comment":"Jerome's lectures don't cover useful information. He isn't able to efficiently get through the 50 minute class because he wants our 300-person lecture to discuss everything he talks about. Be prepared to have a microphone shoved in your face and then have your answer be ridiculed. The class seems interesting, but he kind of ruined it for me.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4ODk5MjY3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-11-14 22:07:36 +0000 UTC","comment":"this class is easy if you go to lecture, pay attention, and take notes. With two exams both online it is a breeze if you get the online book and search for key words AND look over your lecture notes. The only other longer assignment is the book report, isn't too bad since you get to pick your book. Loved this class, great energetic lecture style.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4ODc4Mzc0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-11-12 14:53:51 +0000 UTC","comment":"I took this thinking it would be an easy ethnic studies requirement @ UW. The semester started out ok and Jerome seemed just socially awkward. However, as the semester has progressed it is evident he runs the lecture as a forum to inject his opinions into students and treat those who may disagree with no respect. Jerome is an effective instructor.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4ODc1NDcz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-11-11 14:30:40 +0000 UTC","comment":"I would like to agree with the many previous comments on Jerome's ineffective approach to teaching at UW. He is most likely the most arrogant and opinionated person I have ever had lead a classroom, which is not only distracting but wastes time. Jerome is the worst professor at UW when it comes to making lecture a value-added experience. Avoid him.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4ODcwNjYw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-11-10 12:38:27 +0000 UTC","comment":"If you love feeling like you're in third grade again he's your guy. He won't start lectures until we all respond "good morning," he makes us do small group work in a 700 person class, makes us answer questions into a mic in lecture, starts every lecture with a half hour review of the three slides he went over last time, just all in all a bad time","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4ODU1MzA0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-11-07 23:59:35 +0000 UTC","comment":"Jerome Camal has been the absolute WORST professor I have ever had. Not only is he a hypocrite, his viewpoints have lacking support, and he humiliates himself by sharing his opinions in forceful lectures. Jerome, if you are reading this- please do UW a favor and go play your music with your island folks far away from our campus. You are unwanted.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4ODUzOTUw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-11-07 21:22:31 +0000 UTC","comment":"Jerome Camal is THE WORST professor I have had here at UW-Madison. He is probably the most arrogant human being on the face of the planet. You are forced to come to lecture with the joy of having a microphone shoved in your face for "participation". Prof. Camal, "We might have different opinions, you'll always be wrong and I'll always be right"","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4ODQ5NDE3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-11-07 12:33:48 +0000 UTC","comment":"Poor teacher, urged everyone to go to class to have a conversation that wastes time. Seems like the type of guy to read Rate My Professor reviews and convince himself that he is a good teacher by telling himself that only people who disagree with him write these reviews. Very "woke" (even for someone who agrees with a good amount of his ideas).","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4ODI2NDQ1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-11-02 22:21:06 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Camal is easily the worst professor I have ever had here at UW Madison. He teaches mostly on his own opinions instead of facts and is very rude to those who don't agree with him. Class assignments were boring and most of the time just seemed like busy work. If possible, avoid Professor Camal's class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4ODEwODM5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-10-31 20:05:42 +0000 UTC","comment":"Jerome is by far one of the worst professors at UW-Madison. As one of the most opinionated and arrogant people I have ever met, Jerome will lecture to project his own views on topics related or unrelated to the course. Attending lectures added no value and are a complete waste of time. Furthermore, his exam q's were subjective to his view of life.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4NjgzODk4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-09-19 13:52:41 +0000 UTC","comment":"Not at all a fan of this professor. His lectures are boring, slow, and generally poorly put together. He is a mostly ineffective teacher. As other people have said, he is generally opinionated and honestly downright pretentious and egoistic. I would only recommend this class if you need an ethnic studies credit.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI3NzMxNzE5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2017-01-14 18:34:43 +0000 UTC","comment":"At first I thought he seemed very open and kind, but realized that he is quite opinionated and struggles with getting the class to open up. The class is an incredibly easy A as long as you have a clue about writing the fieldwork journals, and if you can keep the vocab straight for the online quizzes. Easy but would not necessarily recommend.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI3NTk5MTM0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-12-21 23:35:13 +0000 UTC","comment":"Although, he IS opinionated, I believe that's what makes the class fun. In a topic like anthropology, one must have opinions so it's his right to share what he believes. He does encourage participation, which sometimes does get annoying, but you can't blame him when half of the lecture is falling asleep. The class is an easy A. Definitely recommend","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI3NTk4ODc1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-12-21 23:07:14 +0000 UTC","comment":"The class is easy but there are better options for an ethnic studies. Lecture consists of Jerome reading monotone from notes and shoving a microphone into people's face to stimulate \"participation\"","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI3NTM0MTk1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-12-16 16:28:42 +0000 UTC","comment":"I don't really agree with these harsh comments below. I would say sarcastic / ironic when to describe him, not mean. I am not a fun of his powerpoint style lecture. However, I think his music taste is lit and his research field (musicology in Guadeloupe) is a rare topic to know about also.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI3NDg3ODc4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-12-14 12:14:58 +0000 UTC","comment":"Very very easy class. Although I didn't personally like Camal as a professor, his online quizzes were super easy and things were not graded too difficulty. Must go to lecture for tophat questions, but lectures weren't super exciting or interesting.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI3MzUxMTI2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-12-06 14:03:10 +0000 UTC","comment":"I personally was not a fan of Professor Camal. He was very arrogant and opinionated. He was very sarcastic, extremely rude and absolutely savage when walking through the aisles and finding that someone had a different page open. His class wasn't very interesting  but the online quizzes were super easy. Class was only mandatory for tophat questions.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI3MzQ5MTgy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-12-06 12:17:35 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class is a VERY easy A if you attend and pay even half attention. Take notes on vocab so you have it accessible for quizzes that you take on your own with open notes. Professor is very rude and will call people out in class, very opinionated and almost disrespectful, but this doesn't impact your grade because its such a large class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI3MjkzMzc5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-11-30 22:33:02 +0000 UTC","comment":"good music taste I think previous negative reviews are a bit harsh. He's a really nice guy just is extremely passionate about his field and gets frustrated when students think that they can just brush important issues/topics to the side Go to lecture cuz Top Hat stinks. Also talk during discussion. If you don't read textbook take notes in class","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI3MjkyMjg3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-11-30 21:00:59 +0000 UTC","comment":"Prof Camal is a close-minded and rude professor who never allows your opinion to be \"right.\" He wants the class to participate yet embarrasses someone in front of the class if they answer what he considers to be wrong. Overall, the material and class isn't hard. Participation is important.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI3MjkwNDMy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-11-30 18:28:01 +0000 UTC","comment":"I was not impressed. His course was easy, but personally he was very conceited and close minded. I basically copied definitions of readings, went to lecture (which you should do even though he said participation isn't graded, it is through TopHat use), did the open book quizzes, and did weekly journals.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI3Mjg1Njkw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-11-30 13:10:05 +0000 UTC","comment":"Camal lectures straight from the textbook, making it useless to read most of the time. However, it is helpful to skip the textbook before class and copy down vocab because he asks TopHat questions on it. Weekly fieldwork assignments are easy A's if done on time and quizzes are online and easy if you know the vocab for the unit.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI3Mjc0ODIw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-11-29 14:56:16 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Camal was a pretty okay professor. The class was pretty easy itself. However, he says attendance isn't mandatory but a large portion of your grade is through Tophat participation points completed in class, so it basically is. He made the class pretty political so if you're conservative it might be a rough one.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI3MjI4NTA2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-11-20 14:09:40 +0000 UTC","comment":"Class itself is so easy but Professor Camal is opinionated and judgmental. Luckily, you don't have to interact with him. All the quizzes are open book online. Also interesting topic.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI3MTk5Mzg3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-11-16 11:10:31 +0000 UTC","comment":"Course doesn't require a ton of work,  a small assignment every week, no midterms and the biggest part of your grade is a final book report. His lectures are easy to follow and all the quizzes can be taken with your notes and book.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2NDcyMjc2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-05-04 23:36:57 +0000 UTC","comment":"Had Professor Camal for Anthro 104. Overall it was a chill class, participation points were worth about 30%.  Final paper is worth a lot of your grade and can be graded strictly. Show up to class and you should easily get a B or an AB","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2Mjc0NTMy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-04-11 21:45:04 +0000 UTC","comment":"Decently entertaining professor, but very close minded about a lot of things. Knows the material well. Lecture material can be pretty dry, but not difficult. Tests are online except for the final. Tophat grade is the only reason I went to lecture.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2MTQ2OTAz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-03-15 20:13:54 +0000 UTC","comment":"Camal was an average professor. Maybe it's just my disinterest in the subject, but lectures tended to be a bit repetitive if you did the readings. Took the class Fall 2015 when exams were online, now they're not and heard that's a bit harder.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1ODY0NzI0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-01-03 14:29:36 +0000 UTC","comment":"Anthro 104 overall is pretty easy if you go to lecture and discussion. You grade is highly based on tests (only 4 - all online and open note) and the group project. Definitely important to get a good TA as they do all the grading on the group project (30% of grade). Also hope for a good group as it makes it less painful.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1ODU2NjYz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2016-01-01 15:04:18 +0000 UTC","comment":"He is extremely interesting during lecture and uses the TopHat program, meaning lecture is a must for participation. Tests are online and open note for Anthro 104, and the textbook wasn't much use. Overall, if you do all of the in class participation and go to discussion, then it is hard to get a bad grade in this class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1ODQ5ODYy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-12-30 15:19:41 +0000 UTC","comment":"Online tests but are kind difficult. You must show up to discussions and lectures.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1ODM4NDgw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-12-28 17:06:54 +0000 UTC","comment":"I actually had the chance to get to know Camal; I think he's a good guy, who certainly has his opinions, but you can still get along very well with him if you keep the discussion on more important matters at hand.  However, that said, the TAs are quite random with grading.  Tests either easy or hard.  Camal is good but the class is  mediocre @ best","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1ODM3OTg3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-12-28 15:57:58 +0000 UTC","comment":"Camal came off as arrogant and kind of a jerk. He teaches straight out of the textbook and if it weren't for his online participation points there would be no reason to go to class. Ethnographic project isn't a problem if you have a good group and TA. Tests are online and fairly easy.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1ODE4MzA0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-12-24 05:11:19 +0000 UTC","comment":"I ended up being very bored with this class.  There is no point in going to lecture  (outside of tophat points) because he regurgitates the textbook.  Tests are online so if you have any idea how to work a glossary or google you can pass them without any studying involved.  The ethnography is annoying but not that much work.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1ODA3NzYx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-12-22 23:18:28 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Camal is not openminded to other student's opinions and will call you out if you are \"wrong.\"  The TA's might be the hardest part about the class and if contacted, neither Camal nor the TA will discuss with you in a respectful way about why you received the grade that you did.  Wish I would have taken a different class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1Nzk0MzA4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-12-21 19:04:02 +0000 UTC","comment":"Do not take this class. The TAs grade extremely hard and if you ask questions they have no reasons for why they took points off. I would recommend it to no one, they make the class way harder than it should be, give no constructive criticism and overall don't care about their students success. Also, the prof is extremely rude but that's obvious.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1Nzk0MjE2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-12-21 18:57:16 +0000 UTC","comment":"he is not even trying to put effort in his class. Lectures are about the textbook. The way he keep the students in the classroom is grading the correctness of your answers on Tophat. You can find all the questions in the exam online. He changed the grading proportion several times and TA graded harshly on projects to make the class look harder.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1Nzg1MTAz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-12-20 22:15:22 +0000 UTC","comment":"This professor is ridiculous.  You have to go to the lecture because you need to PAY for Tophat and answer the questions CORRECTLY to get the participation points. The grading on discussion and group project is all depend on TA. My TA destroyed my grade and didn't give me any explanation.  So does the professor. He doesn't care about the students.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1NzgzOTQz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-12-20 20:03:55 +0000 UTC","comment":"Camal tends to go off on tangents during lectures. Lectures are pretty dry and boring, and because of all of the tangents, it's hard to determine what material is important for tests. Grading and feedback for this class is very slow. You can tell this class isn't a priority for Camal.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1NzgwODI5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-12-20 13:47:24 +0000 UTC","comment":"Seems like a nice guy, tries to make the lectures more interesting. You are graded on in class questions so it's necessary to go to class. The readings are very easy and aren't really that necessary to read carefully, as a lot of it is common sense.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1Nzc0MDc4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-12-19 16:16:06 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class is ridiculous.  I did all of the readings and went to every lecture but the questions he actually asks on the online exams make those readings completely useless.  One of the rudest professors I've ever had.  Say anything that doesn't match his opinion directly, get ready to be publicly shamed in front of a 400+ lecture.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1NzQyNjQx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-12-17 12:34:48 +0000 UTC","comment":"He lives in his own world and anyone opposed to it is wrong. He doesn't care at all about his students. He thinks he's better than everyone because he's a Doctor and he went Guadalupe. Don't take his class terrible ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1NzE1NDQx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-12-15 22:56:25 +0000 UTC","comment":"Arrogant and stubborn professor. Very unaccommodating, and doesn't care about his students. TAs grade the ethnographic projects very harshly, and can't explain why they took the points off they did. Online exams are pretty straight forward. Every point matters!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1NzEyODY5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-12-15 20:43:19 +0000 UTC","comment":"Majority of this class is the professor and TAs opinion on hot social topics. Professor is rude and doesn't respect his students. Grading is done by TAs but depending on who you have the grading can be ridiculous. Only perk is all the tests are online.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1NzEwMDg2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-12-15 18:24:15 +0000 UTC","comment":"The class is not hard if you attend class, participate online through tophat, and take the ethnographic project seriously. The lectures and the textbook line up almost identically but the textbook is much more detailed. Camal isn't a tough grader but often lets his personal opinions and views get in the way of listening to what students have to say","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1Njk2MzM0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-12-14 23:39:15 +0000 UTC","comment":"I really liked this class in the beginning of the semester, but as time went on I liked it less and less. Tests are online but ask very specific questions, and if you only get a few wrong you do poorly. Camal is rude to students and calls people out in front of lectures of 400 plus people. Overall, an okay class, but nothing great. Must read text","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1Njg2MTc5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-12-14 15:27:07 +0000 UTC","comment":"I would rather read textbooks than go to his lecture, I don't know what I can learn from him. He never say that you need to answer Hophat correctly to earn points until halfway though the semester! The group project is graded ridiculously, we been worked so hard and ended up with B because it doesn't match the hidden requirements. Haha.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1NjIwMjA0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-12-10 00:15:51 +0000 UTC","comment":"Camal is a descent professor. However, he has his own opinions and asks for other opinions just so he can shoot them down. He calls out students in large lectures for not paying attention. Don't argue with his opinions because he will not budge. Pluses: online exams, easy class, don't have to read at all! ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1NDgzNTA0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-11-24 15:38:29 +0000 UTC","comment":"Not too difficult, but he certaintly does have his own opions - which does  not leave much room for those of others. Also I have witnessed him publicly shaming someone in a lecture off 400 someone people for working on chemistry during lecture. Overall, he is a decent intro professor.  ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1NDYzODEw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-11-20 18:59:17 +0000 UTC","comment":"He gives about three thousand tests, but they're all online and open book, so they're actually incredibly easy. He also repeats the textbook during lecture, so as long as you do one or the other, you'll pass. You need to attend class, because he uses TopHat for attendance and participation. He'll make you pay for TopHat and may get kinda rude. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1NDQyMTY3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-11-18 14:58:22 +0000 UTC","comment":"Good lecturer, and an entertaining guy. However, he taught almost straight out the textbook. This made the class easier because you heard the same information  twice, but it made lectures boring if you already read the assignment. Also, all of the tests are online and open note, which makes the class a lot easier. Makes you pay for tophat though","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1NDE4NTQ2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-11-16 00:19:14 +0000 UTC","comment":"Camal is one of the best professors that I've had. Went in not knowing what anthropology was at all and he made it easy to understand. Group project was a lot of work, and you definitely need to read the textbooks for the 4 online exams. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1MzM1NzA3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-11-03 19:26:48 +0000 UTC","comment":"Camal is a pretty funny guy and I enjoyed his class at first, but I got sick of him later in the semester. He has very strong opinions, and does not accept other outside opinions. He makes you go to lectures by giving quizzes on \"TopHat\" which you have to pay for. Overall, not too hard of a class if you can put up with his stubbornness.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1MjgzMzg1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-10-22 22:43:28 +0000 UTC","comment":"Lectures are so shallow and boring. And he seems to just plainly follow the textbook, which means for some interesting topics he doesn't even bother to dig further. Slides are not helpful at all: he won't type the key points but he'll say it and you need to take notes quickly! Pure western view of all cultures. Don't take it for ethnic study!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1MjQ4MjA2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-10-13 11:12:02 +0000 UTC","comment":"Worst class I've taken in my 4 years at UW. Awfully pedantic professor, asked to be addressed as doctor because \"he's earned it\". Skipped teaching a chapter in the book because he \"doesn't enjoy teaching that chapter\". Easy class but painful to sit through.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0OTczOTIw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-06-17 17:16:35 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class was a lot tougher than it should have been.  TAs varied with toughness of grading for ethnography projects and participation.  The tests were open book and online, but the questions were very nit picky and not always found in the book.  He was a very nice professor who played music before every class.  Mainly the TAs who made it tougher","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0MzExMzEx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2015-01-20 16:47:54 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Camal was absolutely hilarious. The lectures were all very entertaining but not necessary to receive a good grade. The readings all help and his tests are based on both the book and assigned readings. Both the mid-term and final exams were online and you were free to do them anytime and anywhere for a 2 or 3 day period. Great guy!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0MTM1NTY5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2014-12-18 16:06:39 +0000 UTC","comment":"I got tired of Camal by the end. During \"discussions\", anyone with an opinion that wasn't his was automatically wrong. He teaches straight from the textbook, so if it wasn't for the attendance, there'd be no reason to go to lecture.  This class had so much potential; the subject itself is very important, but he wrecked it for me.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0MTI5MzI3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2014-12-18 02:33:53 +0000 UTC","comment":"Should be an easy intro class - however, with Camal it is not. Although the exams are online, the questions asked are so specific it doesn't matter. Maybe for those in their first year of college he seems like a great professor, but having experienced many professors here on campus, he not a great professor, and quite possibly one of the worst.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIzOTIzMjQ0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2014-12-02 13:39:19 +0000 UTC","comment":"Great professor, class is super easy as long as you either read the book or go to lecture. Camal is hilarious, and one of my favorite professors! If you're looking for an easy class to satisfy an ethnic credit, Anthro104 with Camal is a great option. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIzOTEzOTk5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2014-12-01 14:26:50 +0000 UTC","comment":"There is a high participation grade with attendance at both lectures and discussions.  Very interesting class however, highly recommend taking it","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIzODczODQ4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2014-11-21 23:21:00 +0000 UTC","comment":"Very easy and fun class. He is a hilarious professor and the content is really interesting. The class is insanely easy and the exams are open book and online. There's really no reason to not do well. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIzODYyMjA0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2014-11-20 14:48:00 +0000 UTC","comment":"Overall, I would take the class again, and I would recommend this class to anyone considering it. I found the class very interesting! However, I was keeping up with the reading, and yet for the first test I got a C, so I gave up with the reading cause it doesn't seem to make much of a difference. But funny guy and very nice!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:04.727259+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIzODU1ODkz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1944189","instructor_name":"Jerome Camal","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2014-11-19 21:30:22 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Camal is amazing!  His lectures are easy to understand, follow the book almost verbatim.  He is a very entertaining lecturer, and has been known to be very hilarious.  If you need an ethnics course, this is a great one to take. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1944189","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:13.066179+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMzA3MTk2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:594532","instructor_name":"Katherine Bowie","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2025-05-16 22:30:12 +0000 UTC","comment":"Class was very easy and Prof. Bowie was a very interesting lecturer, only problem was she instituted a mandatory 150 question in person final which was very hard. Lectures were also impossible to take notes on due to how Prof. Bowie structured them. Due to how easy the rest of the class was though, it was still not that hard to get an A.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/594532","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:13.066179+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMjkyOTk1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:594532","instructor_name":"Katherine Bowie","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2025-05-15 15:45:36 +0000 UTC","comment":"Lectures were irrelevant to exam material.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/594532","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:13.066179+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMjAxMDU1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:594532","instructor_name":"Katherine Bowie","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2025-05-07 22:04:49 +0000 UTC","comment":"Dr. Bowie was not as bad as people say, but she does fall into the category of \"just alright.\" Tends to ramble, and lecture slides are impossible to understand if you are not present to hear the context. Readings were pretty long at times, but most all assignments in the class weren't too hard. Felt like busywork. Not an unsatisfying ethnic class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/594532","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:13.066179+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMTQ0ODcy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:594532","instructor_name":"Katherine Bowie","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2025-05-03 17:13:53 +0000 UTC","comment":"The class itself is easy enough; there's only 2 big projects & moderate reading each week. Prof. Bowie seems like a nice lady but her teaching style was terrible for me, lectures were unorganized and her slides were full of random pictures and examples that she went through in 15 seconds. I never knew what random details were actually important.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/594532","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:13.066179+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIxOTMxMDky","source_instructor_id":"rmp:594532","instructor_name":"Katherine Bowie","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2013-06-28 01:09:35 +0000 UTC","comment":"I thought I was going to hate Anthro 104, but it ended up being one of my favorite classes because of Bowie. Lots of reading, but she does a pretty good job at finding interesting readings.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/594532","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:13.066179+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIxNzUwMzcz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:594532","instructor_name":"Katherine Bowie","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2013-05-13 19:45:11 +0000 UTC","comment":"Very interesting lecturer, and humorous woman. Tests are fairly easy, but sometimes question on the smallest details from random readings. A lot of boring reading had to be done for this class, but discussions were always interesting.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/594532","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:13.066179+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4ODgwMDU=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:594532","instructor_name":"Katherine Bowie","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2005-05-19 00:27:10 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class is easy and interesting at the same time, but a fair amount of readings is required. Only 2 exams (all MCQs) and one enactment. Much of the exams are based on assigned readings, video clips, guest speakers, and of course lectures. This class will also help you broaden up your perspectives about other cultures around the world.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/594532","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:13.066179+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4MzA3NTY=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:594532","instructor_name":"Katherine Bowie","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2005-05-10 19:10:25 +0000 UTC","comment":"Pretty much just tells stories during lecture, tests are mostly readings, movies and guest lectures; good class","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/594532","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:13.066179+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2ODM1Nzg=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:594532","instructor_name":"Katherine Bowie","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2005-04-21 22:26:27 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Bowie is very interesting to listen to, however she talks more about Thailand than she does anything else.  It is very tricky to know what is going to be on the exams.  Read everything...some nit-picky details will smack you in the face on the test.  Other than that, fairly simple.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/594532","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:13.066179+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2MTY5OTA=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:594532","instructor_name":"Katherine Bowie","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2005-04-13 11:49:16 +0000 UTC","comment":"easy class, interesting readings, yet in lecture it is hard to decipher what is the important information.  hard to know what to study for on the tests, but they are still pretty simple.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/594532","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:13.066179+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1OTU1NzI=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:594532","instructor_name":"Katherine Bowie","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2005-04-10 20:30:00 +0000 UTC","comment":"Very little information that is tested on is covered in lecture.  One lecture period a week is devoted to film viewing.  Bowie talks about her field work in Thailand more often than anything that is applicable to her exams.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/594532","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:44.037654+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxMjA2ODg=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:148060","instructor_name":"Kirin Narayan","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2004-12-27 19:13:27 +0000 UTC","comment":"Very interesting lectures. Great professor. Only had complaints about the TA.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/148060","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:25:44.037654+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTE5MTk4MjI=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:148060","instructor_name":"Kirin Narayan","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2004-04-07 20:36:28 +0000 UTC","comment":"Really interesting course.  She's a great professor.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/148060","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:24:19.044742+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTExMzkwNjUw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:220059","instructor_name":"Larry Nesper","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2006-01-19 16:31:45 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class is really interesting, however no one makes anything clear.  Assignments are so vague that you have no idea what you should be doing.  Also, some of the TA's are pretty dumb.  My TA once thought out loud that Iowa was the state under Wisconsin.  I thought it was a joke of a class and consisted of way too much ridiculous work.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/220059","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:24:19.044742+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTExMjc0NTA1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:220059","instructor_name":"Larry Nesper","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2005-12-29 12:24:13 +0000 UTC","comment":"Nesper is a good professor. He knows his stuff and really cares about his students. The readings are definitely interesting, and all the material relates with KEY TOPICS from lecture. If you know the main ideas from lecture and discussion and apply them to the readings, youll have no problem in this class. I would definitely recomend taking Nesper.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/220059","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:24:19.044742+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTExMjY1MDM3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:220059","instructor_name":"Larry Nesper","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2005-12-27 13:00:41 +0000 UTC","comment":"Good teacher. Hope for a good TA though because it's a big class and you might need some clarification.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/220059","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:24:19.044742+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTExMTgwNTk3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:220059","instructor_name":"Larry Nesper","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2005-12-16 01:46:21 +0000 UTC","comment":"The reading for this class is very interesting (for the most part). Lectures can sometimes be very self-identifying, but sometimes opinionated. He has vast knowledge in his field.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/220059","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:24:19.044742+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTExMTQ4MTg1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:220059","instructor_name":"Larry Nesper","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2005-12-13 23:43:45 +0000 UTC","comment":"Larry Nesper is a tool. Lectures consist of him standing infront of the class and talking for 45min. Class topic are very vague and never clearly defined. Project lacks guidelines they pretty much just say go write a paper on fieldwork 60-80 pages of reading per week that is never really covered well in relation to the class. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/220059","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:24:19.044742+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTExMDY0ODYy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:220059","instructor_name":"Larry Nesper","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2005-12-06 13:24:26 +0000 UTC","comment":"I really enjoy going to his lectures. They make me question the makeup of my personality. If you are interested in sociology then this is a great course. If you are a good reader the class is incredibly easy but if your not I can see why it is hard because there is a lot of reading invovled. This is a fascinating course.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/220059","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:24:19.044742+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTExMDU2NTQ0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:220059","instructor_name":"Larry Nesper","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2005-12-05 17:13:07 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Nesper seems like a nice guy, but his lectures are so boring and kind of unorganized. I was very interesting in this subject before I took the class, but after all of the boring readings and movies, I have lost all interest. It has the potential to be a great class, but it needs a different professor.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/220059","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:24:19.044742+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTExMDEyMTY4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:220059","instructor_name":"Larry Nesper","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2005-11-30 02:19:05 +0000 UTC","comment":"Skim the readings, survive the lectures (they can be exciting but a lot of the time boring, so go with frequent speakers but get notes from others normal notes days), its in AG HALL so hot, cramped 500-person lecture hall... 2 tests on different cultures with easy details (remember stuff and basic concepts and you're fine) BUT BEWARE OF FIELDWORK!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/220059","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:24:19.044742+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTEwOTk4ODQ3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:220059","instructor_name":"Larry Nesper","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2005-11-28 20:19:43 +0000 UTC","comment":"It is absolutely ridiculous that Nesper forces us to write letters for a cause that is biased and that we may not feel passionate about.  It is like forcing us to write a letter to a political figure he endorses! Plus, his lectures are just a series of ramblings, there is no point in going!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/220059","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:24:19.044742+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTEwODUyNzc4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:220059","instructor_name":"Larry Nesper","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2005-11-08 14:45:34 +0000 UTC","comment":"I didn't realize when I signed up for this class that there would be field work!  I like Prof. Nesper.  His lectures are interesting, there are a good number of movies and he adds humor.  There's kind of a lot reading, but it's pretty interesting except the Robbins chapters.  Don't read if you're sleepy!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/220059","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:24:19.044742+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTEwODUwNTM5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:220059","instructor_name":"Larry Nesper","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2005-11-08 11:25:51 +0000 UTC","comment":"Nesper may go off on tangents during all his lectures, but nonetheless, what he says is very interesting. If you do all readings and generally remember what happened, you should be good for test. Nesper is very enthusiastic, and he definitely throws out some very subtle messages to try to make us better, more conscientious people.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/220059","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:24:19.044742+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTEwNzQwMTU1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:220059","instructor_name":"Larry Nesper","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2005-10-04 18:06:27 +0000 UTC","comment":"I found the reading to be the most interesting...lectures and discussions are extremely boring and you take notes on Nesper's personal opinions half the time.  Speak up in discussion!!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/220059","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:24:19.044742+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTEyMjU5OTU=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:220059","instructor_name":"Larry Nesper","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2003-10-27 16:47:22 +0000 UTC","comment":"Pay attention to the boring lectures or you will fail the test.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/220059","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:23:36.952269+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyNzkyODAx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2974974","instructor_name":"Leonie Schulte","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2026-04-07 18:31:02 +0000 UTC","comment":"class was very easy, all test content is from the textbook so her lectures are optional. she's very nice and funny, but she can go pretty fast in lecture. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2974974","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:23:36.952269+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyNjc0MTY2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2974974","instructor_name":"Leonie Schulte","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2026-03-06 19:03:26 +0000 UTC","comment":"Literally only went to the first week of lecture. In that week she was very nice and you could tell she really enjoyed teaching. My TA was really nice and the discussions were really easy. This was literally the easiest class of my life hands down.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2974974","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:23:36.952269+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyNjIxMjEx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2974974","instructor_name":"Leonie Schulte","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2026-02-18 02:55:59 +0000 UTC","comment":"She was geniunely such a refreshing professor to learn from. She always makes her lectures about interesting topics and her jokes were always funny! Wish I could take her class again :)","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2974974","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:23:36.952269+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyNTIxNjgy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2974974","instructor_name":"Leonie Schulte","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2026-01-20 03:27:17 +0000 UTC","comment":"Leonie is a very personable and young professor, who therefore knows what we are here for. Her lectures are interesting, however she goes very fast which makes it hard to note take especially when she does not share any slides. She learns names in big lectures and is open to any questions 24/7. Assignments/readings are manageable if you make them. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2974974","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:23:36.952269+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMzk2MDQy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2974974","instructor_name":"Leonie Schulte","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2025-12-25 06:01:29 +0000 UTC","comment":"Prof. Schulte is amazing! She is super passionate about the subject which makes listening to lectures really easy and entertaining. Attendance is not mandatory and the homework is relatively light, there are 3 main projects but they are more time consuming than difficult, and 3 exams which are open note/book including the final and are all online!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2974974","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:23:36.952269+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMzY1MzEx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2974974","instructor_name":"Leonie Schulte","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2025-12-21 04:25:32 +0000 UTC","comment":"She clearly cares about anthro and her lectures were interesting, but you don't have to attend lecture to do well in this course. Overall, this course was very easy, the three fieldwork projects were somewhat time consuming.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2974974","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:23:36.952269+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMzM5ODA4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2974974","instructor_name":"Leonie Schulte","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2025-12-19 02:00:04 +0000 UTC","comment":"This is honestly an easy class. I only attended lectures for the first 2 weeks, and still got a pretty good grade. All you really have to do is read the assigned chapters, participate in weekly discussions, do the homework, and complete the fieldwork projects. The reason I rated it a 4 is because almost all the homework is busywork and tedious.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2974974","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:23:36.952269+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMzMyMzAy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2974974","instructor_name":"Leonie Schulte","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2025-12-18 19:02:37 +0000 UTC","comment":"She's a pretty good professor, but the class is mainly busy work and is pretty tedious.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2974974","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:23:36.952269+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMzE1OTE0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2974974","instructor_name":"Leonie Schulte","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2025-12-17 21:22:48 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Schulte is super knowledgable and the lectures are very interesting. She makes an effort to remember names (and actually does) when theres 350+ people in the lecture and she definitely cares about the subject. The class is pretty easy to do well in. Would recommend! ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2974974","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:23:36.952269+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMjg2MDY2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2974974","instructor_name":"Leonie Schulte","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2025-12-16 17:37:11 +0000 UTC","comment":"Lecture attendance was not required and you didn't need to be there to understand what would be on the online exams. There is a textbook and weekly quizzes that were pretty simple. There were three projects and a few other assignments which were are very doable as well. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2974974","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:23:36.952269+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMjc5OTI3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2974974","instructor_name":"Leonie Schulte","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2025-12-16 06:06:23 +0000 UTC","comment":"Very easy class, one of the three projects is tricky because it requires you to find and interview an immigrant(international students DON'T count), lectures are optional and I would recommend just skipping.   ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2974974","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:23:36.952269+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMjU0MzQ4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2974974","instructor_name":"Leonie Schulte","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2025-12-15 04:33:45 +0000 UTC","comment":"She is a great teacher and I really liked the topics that we talked about. The fieldwork projects are also easy, though there is one about an interview with an immigrant that was hard, but other than that everything else is very easy. The tests are also online and open-note, so they are very easy if you take notes on the book and lecture. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2974974","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:23:36.952269+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMTU5NDU5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2974974","instructor_name":"Leonie Schulte","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2025-12-10 22:50:46 +0000 UTC","comment":"Anthro 104 is such an easy but interesting class. Lectures are not mandatory and few students attend. She speaks quite quickly and does not share slides, but lectures tended to be more application of the material, so I did not need to take notes during lecture. There are 3 open, non-proctored exams and 3 projects that were all easy.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2974974","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:23:36.952269+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMDY5OTYx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2974974","instructor_name":"Leonie Schulte","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2025-12-06 08:21:21 +0000 UTC","comment":"I think that Dr. Schulte is a great professor, however the class itself requires a lot of reading. It takes a lot of time to complete the chapter readings each week, but doing so will set you up very well for lecture discussions.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2974974","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:23:36.952269+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMDQ5NDUw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2974974","instructor_name":"Leonie Schulte","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2025-12-05 02:30:23 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class was very easy, and professor was very passionate about what she was teaching. Lectures were not necessary to attend, but you should/have to go to discussion, which most of the time can be pretty engaging and entertaining. There are 3 online tests and 3 projects, but other than that, there's really nothing to worry about.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2974974","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:23:36.952269+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMDA2Mzcx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2974974","instructor_name":"Leonie Schulte","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2025-12-03 03:12:35 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class was really easy and Prof Schulte was very passionate in her lectures! She did talk fairly fast, making it hard to take notes and didn't share her slides, but reading the textbook will help fill in the gaps. Projects are solo and were really easy/borderline busywork. Your TA will be the biggest influence on your experience, though. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2974974","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:23:36.952269+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxODg5NjE0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2974974","instructor_name":"Leonie Schulte","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2025-11-18 07:24:58 +0000 UTC","comment":"I like her a lot!! Sometimes rushes through lecture slides quite fast, and doesn't post the slides. It can be easy to lose attention for a second, and miss what she said on a previous slide. But, if you do the readings youll be fine!! Grading really depends on your TA, but for me grading has been pretty generous. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2974974","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:23:36.952269+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxODg0ODU1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2974974","instructor_name":"Leonie Schulte","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2025-11-17 20:55:48 +0000 UTC","comment":"Didn't often go to lectures (oops) exams are all online + not proctored. Professor is interesting and engaging but just not my thing as I'm not an anthro major. LOVED my TA she was so so knowledgable and such a good teacher so I actually enjoyed going to discussion where attendance is mandatory. Mostly just busy work not super challenging. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2974974","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:00:59.341347+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0MDc5Njc1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2617395","instructor_name":"Tyler Hook","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2020-12-15 07:24:05 +0000 UTC","comment":"Good TA. I liked the discussion sections.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2617395","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:35.971718+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIxODY2OTQy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:324747","instructor_name":"Yongming Zhou","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2013-06-05 19:53:50 +0000 UTC","comment":"The most boring really.  I don't know if it was Prof. Zhou or the curriculum for anthro 104, but it really was a snooze-fest.  The only plus side was that it covered ethnic & international studies.  Also, it was only two regular lectures and a discussion for 3 credits, so there wasn't a whole lot of in-class time.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/324747","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:35.971718+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIxNzk4NTAy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:324747","instructor_name":"Yongming Zhou","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2013-05-20 17:44:12 +0000 UTC","comment":"I recommend not taking this class for ethnic studies. I did all the readings and still did bad in the class. The exams are based on the readings and not on lecture, so it's pointless to go. This class is definitely too hard only for a gen ed course.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/324747","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:35.971718+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIxNjg4NDQ0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:324747","instructor_name":"Yongming Zhou","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2013-05-06 17:51:50 +0000 UTC","comment":"I like most people took this class for ethnic studies. It is not too difficult, tests are fair, as long as you have done all of the readings, his lectures are hit and miss but overall its not too bad of a class. The fieldwork project isnt very fun but very manageable. Lots of reading.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/324747","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:35.971718+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTExMzIwOTk4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:324747","instructor_name":"Yongming Zhou","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2006-01-07 21:07:39 +0000 UTC","comment":"Kind of boring, but you'll definitely do well if you just go to lecture and do the readings.  I didn't do much of either and I still got a B.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/324747","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:35.971718+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2NDU5MTM=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:324747","instructor_name":"Yongming Zhou","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2005-04-17 18:45:07 +0000 UTC","comment":"Thick accent, but a nice man.  Helpful; checks his e-mail often.  Very easy class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/324747","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:35.971718+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxNjQ3OTU=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:324747","instructor_name":"Yongming Zhou","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2005-01-05 20:22:46 +0000 UTC","comment":"le. le. le professor was ok. I couldn't understand what he said so I spaced out and/or never went to class. Still got an A. I found the class had no underlying theme or structure. pretty blah but easy A.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/324747","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:35.971718+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwODcxOTY=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:324747","instructor_name":"Yongming Zhou","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2004-12-21 09:18:48 +0000 UTC","comment":"No Comments","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/324747","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:35.971718+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwNzc3MzM=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:324747","instructor_name":"Yongming Zhou","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2004-12-20 04:23:56 +0000 UTC","comment":"Zhou is a great professor! He really knows his stuff, and enjoys teaching it. I don't know why people complain about his speech, everything he says is on the overhead. Maybe you just can't read? If anything it's entertaining. Give him a break. It's great to have a non-american perspective on things.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/324747","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:35.971718+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwNDA1NzE=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:324747","instructor_name":"Yongming Zhou","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2004-12-16 02:14:20 +0000 UTC","comment":"Easy class.  Thick accent, but he really loves what he teaches and tries really hard.  Throws weird jokes in there to liven things a bit, see if you can catch them through his accent.  Video every week.  I stopped going to lecture after the first two weeks, so I can't say much more.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/324747","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:35.971718+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwMzI0MzU=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:324747","instructor_name":"Yongming Zhou","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2004-12-15 15:21:36 +0000 UTC","comment":"Not only is it hard to understand his english but his lectures are very poorly structured.  The class is easy and the movies are somewhat entertaining.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/324747","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:35.971718+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5OTY1Mzg=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:324747","instructor_name":"Yongming Zhou","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2004-12-12 22:35:00 +0000 UTC","comment":"nice guy","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/324747","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:35.971718+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI5MTcyOTY=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:324747","instructor_name":"Yongming Zhou","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2004-12-06 00:31:53 +0000 UTC","comment":"very easy but somewhat boring class. tests are easy if you do the readings and memorize the key terms.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/324747","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:35.971718+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4OTI0NDY=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:324747","instructor_name":"Yongming Zhou","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2004-12-02 20:05:37 +0000 UTC","comment":"Sometimes hard to understand, but the readings are fairly interesing.  Lots of movies during class.  Lectures can be boring because he just reads from his slides, but the tests aren't too bad.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/324747","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:35.971718+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI3OTgxMTY=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:324747","instructor_name":"Yongming Zhou","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2004-11-19 22:09:12 +0000 UTC","comment":"give the guy a chance manz! sure, his english is bad and he wears his favorite green shirt every lecture, but the guy tries hard. could improve on his speech though. can't understand why anthropology became 'anthropol-age' and 'after' became 'aft' and 'the' became 'le'.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/324747","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:35.971718+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI2NzcyMzk=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:324747","instructor_name":"Yongming Zhou","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2004-11-08 16:32:59 +0000 UTC","comment":"he is extremely hard to understand, tests are easy but multiple choice, and some of the answers are somewhat debatable.  content isn't hard but you better hope for a good TA.  he is a smart guy but can't pronounce anything","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/324747","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:35.971718+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0ODUxMDI=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:324747","instructor_name":"Yongming Zhou","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2004-09-21 14:27:47 +0000 UTC","comment":"Yeah so he's foreign... but he is very understanding and the accent is entertaining.  I think he really does care about the topic he discusses and I think the class is worth having to try a little harder to listen... and he talks slow so it isnt that bad.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/324747","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:35.971718+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTE3ODI5NjE=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:324747","instructor_name":"Yongming Zhou","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2004-03-06 18:16:47 +0000 UTC","comment":"Ok, yes the class was easy, but come on the guy can't speak english! Can I just comment on the "le le le le..." factor? He can't say "The" he says "le", and he stutters. Oh man, SO glad my days in that class are over!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/324747","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:35.971718+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTE1Mzg0Nzk=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:324747","instructor_name":"Yongming Zhou","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2003-12-19 20:34:53 +0000 UTC","comment":"This was a very easy class.  Usually, he would lecture us one day, and then have a video the following lecture.  Very entertaining class, even though he's hard to understand at times.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/324747","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:35.971718+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTE1MzM1NDE=","source_instructor_id":"rmp:324747","instructor_name":"Yongming Zhou","course_label":"ANTHRO104","course_id":"ANTHRO 104","course_uid":"course_18420930f9ee0380350a345f","review_date":"2003-12-18 21:14:52 +0000 UTC","comment":"Easy class... sometimes he's hard to understand, but he's entertaining.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/324747","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0}]