Reviews of professor Monica Barra

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class is the biggest waste of money and time. No matter how well you know the material and how much you study its impossible to do well because the tests are filled with trick questions or material that we havent learned. No matter how well you know the material you wont make a good grade

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class is supposed to be an Easy A but she makes the tests unnecessarily difficult for a 101 class. If your looking for an easy A this is not the course.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Few exams, all online, one minute per question. She seems clueless on her lecture topics and her TA writes her lectures and makes the test.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I have no idea why Professor Barra's ratings are so low, she was one of the best teachers I have had so far here at UofSC. The class consisted of weekly discussion posts, a midterm, and a final. The work was never too crazy, but there were a lot of readings. The structure of the class is informal, and in-class discussion is very important.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Barra only has 4 tests and theyre all ridiculously hard. She says that iclicker points will be added as extra credit but doesnt know how to use it. Her TA makes her all PowerPoints and tests, oh and she also taught the class multiple times when Barra didnt show. Overall were all failing and miserable bc she doesnt know how to teach correctly

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class is not that bad. As long as you take good notes and have the book on you the tests are passable, and going to class gets you i-clicker points that improve your test grades. Didn't like how arrogant the professor was, and she hates when students use computers to take notes. The lectures are boring but it's not a hard class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Monica Barra is easily one of the best and coolest professors I've had during my time at USC and especially in the SEOE. Her class is almost entirely discussion based off the readings but the readings are interesting and the discussions and class have made me a better environmentalist but person too. If you can take her class, do it, its amazing.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I really enjoyed Dr. Barra's class. It's a pretty reading-heavy course, but for a 300-level class it wasn't awful. The reading also does a very thorough job of exploring both the history of environmental racism in the United States and the nuances of many arguments people have about what justice means.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I love Dr. Barra, she is super knowledgeable in all of the subject matter and really likes to hear back from students. She's very discussion-based rather than lecture, so participation definitely matters. She really cares about her students and wants to make sure that everyone is doing well in the class, and will work with you if you talk with her.