Reviews of professor Sonia Seeman

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Significant amount of writing including 2 papers within the first 3 weeks of class. Rubrics were inconsistent and unclear. Lecture material insufficient for the 5 required papers, excluding midterm and final; outside research ended up being needed. Very high workload for a lower division writing flag. Take a different UGS class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Seeman and the TAs expect way too much out of the students. Considering this is a non-major course and it's mostly taken for the writing flag, there is really a lot of work; it's not the hardest things, but it takes up a lot of time. The expectations are unclear so they take off points for things they didn't even about. take something else.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Seeman is a sour woman. She often keeps students in class past the end sometimes for over an hour. When students are absent she says nasty comments about them not being present, which creates an uncomfortable and stressful environment for the rest of us. Avoid Dr. Seeman for your own good. She does not want her students to succeed.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Seeman seems very passionate about her class. However, her class is quite lecture heavy and almost always require a pre-class assignment, there are a multitude of essays throughout the course, the rubrics are not clear, she cold-calls students, the course is unorganized and the grading is inconsistent.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class is a LOT of writing. You will have to write four 3 page single-spaced essays, along with a 8-10 page single-spaced midterm and a 15-18 page single-spaced final. There are also short paragraphs that you have to write before each class period. Don't take this class for a UGS credit there are lot of easier ones.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Seeman is very knowledgable. Her pedagogical techniques are strong. But, she is disrespectful of students' time.  She wants to cover lots of topics within a short amount of time. It is hard to keep up with class readings. In addition, she scolds students, which makes the class even more difficult.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Seeman is a very particular grader and her TA's are as well. They say if you write to the rubric you should get an A but writing to the rubric at best I would get a B. She expects first years to write at a graduate level when this is a UGS. I would hope in the future she is more attentive to all cultures and respect them.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Seeman can be a very hard-to-tolerate person. She is very passionate about her work but expects everyone else to be as interested in the topic as she is. Her TA's were very helpful but she is very harsh when grading, and expects too much. Do not take any class with her if you can.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I have never felt the need to write a review for a class, but that was before I took this one. You might take a look at this UGS 303 class and think it's an interesting topic in comparison to the others. Do not take this. Really nice professor, terrible course.