Anthro 265 was way too much for an elementary course. We had book chapters assigned with 30 page readings every class. There were assignments due every week. She wanted a power lecture of 75 people to discuss out loud what we thought of readings. She seems like a sweet person, just a bad elementary professor. She would be better teaching a seminar.

Although she is genuinely a nice person, she is a bad professor. The readings are unnecessarily long. Exams aren't hard at all if you study the concepts given out. She treats the class like a high-level anthro class with all anthro majors, most people are premed however. Content is interesting but not worth having her.

Is the content interesting? Yes. Is it presented in a logical or introductory way? Absolutely not. Professor Thao presents slides in such an scattered and incomprehensible way that lecture content too dense to gather all tested information from. Readings have repeatedly exceeded 100 pages in a week and most assignments feel like are busy work.

Dr. Thao is a nice professor, but her class is not one that I would recommend to others. Lots of readings are assigned every week and due dates/the syllabus often had errors and were unclear. The lecture slides are paragraphs long and the content was usually thrown out and hard to understand. You have to teach yourself the concepts before tests.

Though very nice, her class was a mess. The lectures were unclear and often incoherent with lots of reading. Communication was also hard, as due dates changed often, there were some errors in the syllabus, many assignments lacked clear instruction, and email responses were rare. Not a hard class content wise, but a hard class to deal with.

Dr. Thao teaches this class as though it is not an elementary level course. The lectures are dense and make no sense, and you have to teach yourself the class concepts entirely on your own before the exams which barely relate to the lectures at all. She would be a good professor if the class was an advanced level for Anthropology majors.

Dr. Thao is a smart professor, but does not treat this class like an introduction to anthropology whatsoever. Do not expect to leave class with any understanding of the content. Tests aren't horrible, but you have to figure out the terms on the study guide on your own as the lectures do not help. Would be much better teaching actual anthro majors.

Do not take this course. It sounds easy in theory, however, you have insane amounts of readings every week. Dr. Thao structures her lectures like a seminar, which is unrealistic considering that there are nearly 100 students. She is extremely unclear, provides copious amounts of busy work, and poorly structured exams. Overcomplicates everything.