Reviews of professor Joanne Rondilla

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A very caring professor that is funny and passionate about what she teaches us. Class is mostly graded on participation, there is a good amount of reading but honestly you just need to read enough for her essays. Two essays, one final project and homework is just reading. She cancels class A LOT. Like at least three times a month. love it

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She's very nice but wants participation, she will stand there waiting. She doesn't want you to be grade focused but has a lot of assignments and projects worth a lot of points, and she won't show the grade so you don't know if your work is good. If you do ask, she gives very good feedback and will help expand your ideas.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I had this professor last semester, she gives an unreasonable amount of work, expect 9+ hours of homework a week. She cares about the material but doesn't realize when to stop giving work, this is a GE that has more homework than the rest of my classes combined and I am an engineering major. AVOID IF POSSIBLE/you want to go out on the weekends

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
You will NOT learn about boba, kpop, and anime. There is a ton of reading and notes. She warns you of this on the first day. Major semester long group project where you create a 5 episode podcast (10 min each) and a final 2000 word research paper on top of that. Regardless, she and her passion for teaching made the class interesting and worthwhile.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
despite having a hefty amount of readings/videos to watch for this class, i thought everything was really interesting and relevant. also, dr. rondilla is super caring and very accommodating, so just communicate your needs if you need an extension for something! just make sure to pay attention and participate and you should be good

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
though she may come off as passive aggressive, like when no one turns on their camera, its understandable. shes a passionate teacher who is also a human being that has valid feelings. instances like that make her despise online school just as much as us students. shes honestly super understanding and tries her best. very slow grader tho

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She has some very strict and bizarre policies. There is a lot of reading and videos; average of 40 ish pages of reading per week. You have to at least skim them because we turn in notes every week for credit. She treats this class like a major class. Maximum grade is 96%. She says attendance isn't mandatory but there are in-class ONLY assignments.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
She is super understanding about the situation that we are all in now. She made our class a safe space to talk about all the struggles we have been through that relates to this class. Her class is one of my stress free classes and I really enjoy going to it. I'm taking her again next semester!