Reviews of professor Elizabeth Braden

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She required students to access 8 books and only used one or two stories/plays from many of them. Mainly used PowerPoint during lectures and attempted to engage students by showing videos. Towards the end, she began having students discuss questions she created in groups, which made the class slightly more tolerable. Study guides are available.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Braden is only for students serious about translating Latin. I didn't practice over the summer and suffered. You must provide input in class. Students should be competent and confident in Latin translation and comprehension. Challenging reading material. Grades strictly and recognizes effort, but expects hours of work. She's a real G though.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
you get hw every night, but its latin so do the homework and dont cheat and youll learn so much. She didnt grade hw for accuracy but went over the correct answers in class and honestly the best way ive ever learned latin. Participation and attention required and be sure to be decent in latin, she will leave you behind if you cant keep up.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took two courses with Professor Braden and I loved her. She loves what she teaches and is incredibly knowledgable and engaging in course material. As fun as her courses are, however, don't expect them to just be fun, "easy A" classes. You have to have some sort of interest in classics and really care about your grade. love her!!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This class was really straight forward and even if you don't read all the assigned material (a lot) then you can still get by if you pay attention to the class discussion. Don't go on your phone, she likes participation

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She requires multiple textbooks. The readings are lengthy and written in classic English, so they can be hard to understand. The tests are in-person. Attendance is currently not mandatory due to Covid-19. Overall, the lectures and slides aren't very helpful. She also runs everything through Turnitin, even the homework discussion assignments.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great professor who 100% cares about what she teaches!