Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Class was easy, didn't do the readings and had no trouble on the midterms with minimal review.Rate My Professors ↗
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Elizabeth Lapina
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Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Professor Lapina is great. Her lectures are super engaging, and she's obviously very passionate and knowledgeable on her topic. As long as you actually pay attention in lecture then you'll do well.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Engaging, loves participation, understanding about conflicts and extensions. The TA is also wonderful and very sweet. Slides sometimes bare bones but lectures are enough for understanding material, tells you what readings will be on exams, others I skimmed.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 2/5
If you take her Medieval History in Film course, be ready for it to be more a film class than history class. The entire semester is working on a big final paper, so be on top of that. Most homework is to watch movies for the first half of the semester. Interesting if you like the topic.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 2/5
Overall, I did not find the professor engaging. After the midterm, it felt easy to skip or be on my phone in lecture because the slides had little content on them. I only had to go over select readings in order to complete the assignments, and I learned a lot more from the TA. The professor is knowledgeable, but I felt the class was not for me.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 2/5
Had her first semester of freshman year for History 115. No exams, only papers, but there were a lot of mini writing assignments in class that help you get a feel for what her grading criteria is. She will cold call you if she sees you distracted in lecture, so at least pretend to pay attention.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Elizabeth Lapina
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