Reviews of professor Magdalena Stawkowski

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Stawkowski was super interesting, has first-hand experience in the field and shares cool stories. She is very understanding and does her best to engage with the students. I loved this class, the material is fascinating. Grade is mostly based on two take-home exams, a final op-ed paper, and participation.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
For a 100 level course, this one was a struggle. she expects you to know everything about anthropology. tons of readings and the exams take about three hours to complete. she only gave two extra credit opportunities and curved nothing. the action period assignment was a hot mess.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Stawkowski is an excellent teacher. She made the material interesting and was very engaging. It was my favorite class of the semester!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lectures are really interesting and engages students in the discussion. Lots of reading for 5 question quizzes but if you read you will do well. Her exams are a little difficult but she gives opportunity for extra credit. Attendance and participation are a part of the grade. Very nice and understanding.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
My grade really only suffered because of my attendance, but this professor is really top-notch. The topics covered were absolutely fascinating, and she's very available after class for those who are more curiously minded.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Shes an amazing professor! Her lectures are really interesting and the TAs are awesome (especially Fallon). They genuinely want you to understand the topics being taught in class. I would love to take a course with her as the professor in the future.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Knows her stuff. Fascinating topics course! Highly recommend. No prior knowledge required. You WILL need to purchase the books she assigns though - required for papers. Very thought-provoking. Classes are mostly discussion, with some films/lectures scattered throughout. Applicable to lots of different fields.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I had never heard of this course before taking it so I was a little nervous, but it ended up being one of the best classes I took at USC. The class is very discussion based so if you don't like participation or raising your hand, this might not be the class for you. Dr. Stawkowski is amazing and has fascinating first hand stories.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I really wanted to like this class/professor. She is so nice, down-to-earth & caring. But the exams are ridiculous. Not so much the multiple-choice/true-false/short answer, but the essays. The essays make up the majority of your exam grade, and she takes off so many points for not reading her mind for every detail she wanted Very discouraging class

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Stawkawsky's course was fascinating. She is a good communicator, respectful to students (too many faculty are very rude even to high-achieving undergrads). I took her course as a freshman and did well.