Reviews of professor Hilary Bouxsein

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Out of all the Latin courses I've taken through St. Olaf, I liked Bouxsein's course most. She turned a class that I wasn't thrilled about into a class that I didn't mind going to. Overall I'm not super impressed with the classics department at St. Olaf but she made this course somewhat enjoyable.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Bouxsein is a great person, and I have had her for a couple courses and generally enjoyed going to class. But this class was insanely hard. There was SO MUCH HOMEWORK. And then we weren't even graded on it. Also, don't hang your grade on the papers, because you will most likely not get an A (probably A-/B+ if you put in decent effort).

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Bouxsein is a strong prof but is a bit dry during lecture. She assigns a LOT of homework, but they're usually useful and thought provoking assignments.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A very welcoming learning environment, very encouraging and helpful when correcting mistakes. Also really helpful during office hours, wish I had gone more.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Excellent communicator, well organize syllabus, reasonable expectations for homework, and factored a good number of assignments into the final grade. More than able to answer any questions about assignment specifics, grammar, etc. I don't know her from GCON but I'd highly recommend for Latin.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's such a good prof! I looked forward to her classes everyday, even though I hated great con in general. She's a very good communicator and discussion leader. I loved her so so much! Could not recommend more!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I loved this class!! Bouxsein did an amazing job online teaching in the first part of the first semester. I was excited though when we finally got to meet in person for class. Returned us our grades in a timely manner and was very helpful both in and outside class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She was nice and engaging in lecture but it is literally impossible to score well on her essays.