Reviews of professor Michele Watkins

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
While it does not seem like she doesn't take attendance. She does! And was not trying to be understanding at all when it came to letting me make up work I missed. I did miss a lot of classes but the attendance policy dropped my 90 average to a 80. If I had known attendance was mandatory I would not have taken this class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I appreciate Dr. Watkins. After I told her about French being my first language and how difficult it was for me to rightfully understand the lectures, she emailed me a transcript of the lectures in French and English! I have never had a professor go out of their way to check in with me so I can feel more comfortable in the class. She cares a lot.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Religion and Hip-Hop was way more reading than it should be for a lower division course. I'm a freshman and I am completely off in terms of what to expect but this class required more reading than my Bio class. It isn't too bad though. We had reading partners and I need all my classes to be set up that way. Either way, it was an okay class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Watkins is exceptionally well-spoken, knowledgeable and passionate about the course content, funny, and understanding. I'd retake her class. If you're engaged in the class, you'll learn a lot!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I loved this class! Ms. Watkins was very accommodating. I'm an athlete and our volleyball team did really well this season so I missed a lot of the classes but all the lectures were online and I did not miss as much as other classes. I wish more of my professors understood the madness of trying to hold down five classes and be a "scholar-athlete."

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The class requires a lot of time to do the reading, watch movies, and then add the music and it seems like a lot but we I had a lot of fun. What class requires you to go to a hip hop concert???

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Michele Watkins is one of the dopest professors at USD. I thought this class would be too much because there is a lot of reading needed but it pulled together two subjects I did not think to be compatible. There were a lot of freshman in the class complaining about the structure but I appreciated that the professor shortened the readings.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The material of this class is very interesting and Dr. Watkins is very intelligent and passionate, however, she is extremely inflexible and pretty condescending. Her expectations in this class were unclear and there was a ton of reading. The classroom environment was very uncomfortable and I honestly dreaded coming to this class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A good course to take for the theology credit. It's something due every week and straightforward on exam content. Interesting lectures with fun personal anecdotes. Study your notes from her lectures, along with the videos for the quizzes and final and you'll be good to go.