Reviews of professor Barbara Powers

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Powers is such a joy to have a class with. She has made me appreciate ballet more than I did before. The only assignment is a journal with a few questions and attendance at one of the dancer concerts (which are very entertaining). Just show up to class and be ready to do ballet!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Ms. Powers takes an easy, enjoyable subject and makes you work for it. Her grade is a per-unit quiz, 2 essays, and a group final project. Offers weekly extra credit, but make sure to have your camera on during Zoom. If you do the work, you'll be fine in this class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The attendance policy is simply unreasonable. After 4 absences, you fail the course, even if you had a doctors note. It's a decent class but I did not enjoy my time around her at all. She is passive aggressive and acts like her students are very young kids which gets frustrating during the semester. We did learn some fun choreography though.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Only 4 absences allowed. No phones in class. She doesnt like having computers out. 3 quizzes which were kinds hard, over dance history. 3 discussion which are basically like essays. A mandatory dance recital we have to go to and write a paper on. She does not give enough time to work on final project, is so tedious about little details.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I got an A and didn't deserve it. The class is kind of a pain but she will give you a god grade. Open note quizzes that are kinda impossible. There's 3 or 4 dance labs and then a final group project where you choreograph a dance. I am not a dancer and I didn't know this until after add drop. Overall a fine class but didn't love it

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This teacher was one of the worst I've had. Has no patience for error, tough grader, and you can't give her any excuse for attendance/ confusion on an assignment. This class will have to be a priority for you because she doesn't care if you mess up at all. In labs, she teaches dances way too fast and makes you perform it.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Powers was overall a decent professor for Dance Appreciation. I feel that she sometimes made the class way more difficult than it needed to be. Some of the quiz questions can be unnecessarily specific, and she gives readings outside of class that are way too long. I did enjoy the lectures, dance labs, and final project.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
she's very nice and passionate about dance. you're only allowed 4 absences even with a dr note, however this wasn't an issue for me. not very many assignments- no quizzes/tests. assignments are discussion posts or essays.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Barbaras class was really enjoyable for me, because I wanted to get better at Jazz and dancing in general. Previously, Ive had little to no dance experience - I thought she didnt do the best at making sure we were doing the correct technique for a lot of the basics. Dont take this class if you skip a lot, youll fail.