Reviews of professor Rebecca Plack

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Plack is an amazing lecturer, and really shows how much she cares for all of her students- this class is easier with prior music knowledge but if you are willing to listen to her lectures and study outside of class, you will do fine. The class is a bit of work but not unmanageable. Would take a class of hers again in a heartbeat!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
My favorite class I've taken in Davis. Dr Plack is so passionate about music and that comes across strongly in her lectures. The assignments were 1 midterm, 1 essay, 1 creative assignment (which was super fun, I did a music video), and the final. All of them were relatively easy as long as you paid attention. Her TAs were also amazing! I recommend!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Plack has been the best professor I've had at UCD. She is an amazing person and lecturer. Her bubbly attitude is contagious and made me look forward to attending office hours. The course is a fair amount of work, but TA's and herself are more than willing to help. Definitely is a fun class, but may be a bit harder for a non Beatles fan :)

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very hard and unhelpful. Not appreciative of work. No constructive feedback.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Despite being a GE, she does expect you to work for your grade. If you don't already have a grasp of music theory it'll be more difficult. However it was a fun class, and she's obviously passionate about the subject. Lectured have a loooot of information to retain. Discussions were meh. Make sure you memorize the music for the tests... Tricky.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Plack was an amazing lecturer and made this class enjoyable. Very fair grading and great TAs made this class a lot more digestible. Take good notes and don't procrastinate on the listening assignments/project. Make sure to listen to feedback, especially if you have no prior music experience.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Plack has been my favorite prof at UCD so far. This class was so fun, but be weary as it isn't an easy A. There is a lot of information to memorize in this course. The prof is happy to help outside of class and is very very understanding. She gave me an extra credit assignment when I didn't do so well on an exam. Lecturesinteresting!