Reviews of professor Lauren Pilcher

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I thought that Gender & American Cinema would be a boring class, but Dr. Pilcher made it very interesting. You have to read a lot, but the textbook is easy to understand and fascinating. You write several analysis papers, but Dr. Pilcher makes it very clear what you should do and grades very fairly. Definitely one of my favorite professors so far.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Took for Into to Documentaries, thought it would be an easy A class, it is not! A lot of weekly reading, discussions in class weekly about the reading. Four papers and a group film assignment. Grades the papers as if an upper English class. Used text book for all papers. Would not recommend if English class is not for you.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There are only a few papers in this class, but they're graded harshly. There is a decent amount of reading, but nothing too crazy. I didn't like the focus of the class content, but it was manageable. The class kind of felt pointless and I didn't really learn anything, but she's very nice and funny.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Pilcher is excellent at facilitating and encouraging really thought provoking discussions. It's so great to be involved in a class where the professor is so passionate about what they are teaching and I would consider myself lucky if I had the opportunity to take another class with Dr. Pilcher. If you really participate, you'll learn so much.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took my GC2Y with professor Pilcher and loved the class so much. We watched extremely interesting and thought-provoking documentaries. Attendance is mandatory but I genuinely enjoyed coming to class. The grades are based on weekly discussion posts, 2 papers, and a final project. The class discussions are engaging and you will want to participate.