Reviews of professor Dana Billings

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Billings is very kind and understanding. There's an interview assignment, 1 research paper, 6 journal entries, and a group project. Her classes are lecture heavy and her voice is a bit one toned, which can make it hard to pay attention in class. Overall, this class is pretty easy. Plus we eat food too!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Truly the worst professor I've ever had. She clearly does not like teaching and is extremely rude to all students. She fails to teach at all, then grades harshly, and fails to provide meaningful feedback so you can learn from mistakes. She can't operate Canvas and clearly does not want to be in class. I can't imagine taking this in person.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Billings is no-nonsense and understanding. Although course material can be self-taught by skimming slides at home, it is important to show up to class because of random in-class participation points (5 times in the semester). 5 paper assignments, 3 exams that can be tricky (not cumulative), 12 hours of community service, 1 extra credit opp.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This professor was one of the worst professors I have in SJSU. Not only does she not lecture, she also grades harshly. She doesn't allow any room for improvements and comments negatively when you ask about what you can do to improve your score. Dana teaches nutrition education but fails to set an example to be an empathetic teacher to her students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Good professor. Her tests/quizzes are literally based off of her lecture slides. Essays are bearable and easy to understand.