Reviews of professor Iccha Basnyat

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Can grade papers very subjectively. Responds to emails and requests to meet, but class was basically all asynchronous which made a class based on a semester long group project very challenging.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
No textbook. No exams. Two presentations- one individual and one group presentation. Two papers- one individual and one group. Can miss up to 3 classes. Lectures are centered around readings that are posted on canvas, not necessary to read, but makes lectures easier to follow/ participate.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Iccha is one of the sweetest professors I have had at JMU. She genuinely cares about you and if you are doing well. The first half of the semester is individual based and there is a presentation and paper due as well as weekly reflections every tuesday. The second half is group based. Such an easy A she is awesome and the class is interesting

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I loved her online intro to health communication class! It was a simple weekly schedule, with a week break for students to take care of mental health during the pandemic. Pay attention to the assignment rubrics & youll do great

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Man does this class lowkey make me wanna cry. It's the hardest elective I've ever taken. I wish someone in the reviews would've mentioned how many ASSIGNMENTS+PAPERS are due every single week (no exams tho). I don't even get this much work in my gen ends or major classes :/ Basnyat is sweet and clear nothing wrong with her it's just the course load

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She seemed okay, but her grading and lack of direction are her faults. Reads from the slides in her videos in a tough accent. Grades in a weirdly subjective manner. Her class info is inaccessible because she doesn't just use regular CANVAS. She has different info in the syllabus than on CANVAS assignments. She doesn't communicate yet, teaches SCOM.