Reviews of professor Carmen Bowen

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She's really smart and wants her students to succeed but she just isn't a good teacher. Lectures are hard to follow, she's hard to understand, the labs are very hard and have questions about things that she doesn't cover in class. DO THE EXTRA CREDIT! The extra credit isn't easy but it'll help your grade a lot. VERY hard for a 1 unit GE course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Good Instructor. Quite a bit of busy work, but interesting material. Work can tend to pile up so don't get behind. She is willing to help and returns emails promptly. Class consists of Discussions, Quizzes and 3 Exams. Nothing to difficult. All online because of COVID restrictions. I enjoyed the class

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Bowen is really nice. I mostly turn my assignments in on time, but the professor would on several occasions extend the deadlines for students. A great mixture of weekly quizzes, exams, final and a few two to three page papers. The professor is flexible and I'd say down to earth.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Take Carmen Bowen if you want a knowledgeable science teacher. In her class you will be challenged by tougher material than with the other geography instructors but you will come away much better prepared for upper division course work. She is a lenient grader and gives partial credit but if you don't like math and science, go with someone else.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Not a bad class, if you appreciate an activism class instead of a Geography class. The teacher just talked about climate change the whole time. The tests were fairly easy. Lots of reading.