Reviews of professor Javier Calleja

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Never had a professor care about his students so much. Gives great life lessons, no bs, and truly inspirational. show up to class, participate, and you'll be fine. easy grader. He's awesome! One of my favorite professors I've had here. his life story is incredible

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Overall, he is a very nice and good professor. He can be annoying at times (with having required attendance and talking about the same stories over and over), but it is easy to do well in this class. I recommend taking him if you are looking for a 231/232 Spanish prof

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
hands down one of the best professors ive ever had. im taking him next semester for spanish 232, he's been a lifesaver for me in spanish. i love him as a person, he is one of the most humble amazing people i have ever met and he tells you exactly what you need to do to do well in his class because he does not want you to do poorly. love this guy.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
While it is a pretty easy class, I feel like I didn't learn a lot and wouldn't be prepared if I were to take a higher level. He tells you on the first day that his class is not about learning grammar and vocab and he def lived up to that. There are weekly quizzes, online hw, few exams, and 2 group oral projects. Often talks about unrelated topics.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Easy class for a Gen Ed, but it wouldn't prepare you well enough for higher-level Spanish. If you're just taking this for degree requirements you should be fine. Quizzes are online, open notes and multiple attempts, tests are multiple choice and super easy. There's weekly homework online and you will have to buy a physical copy of the textbook.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Great speaker, but class lectures often had nothing to do with Spanish at all; sometimes he talked about fincance, careers, etc. That said, the class was actually very easy if you listen, as he is very clear about what will be on tests and homework. If you don't give him 100% attention, he will call you out for the next 10 minutes (seriously)

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
While Javier is a very kind and dedicated person, his teaching was subpar at best. Class time was spent talking in English about random things in life (mainly his life might I add) that did not relate back to the subject. When he did try to teach material it lasted for 2-10 minutes and was fairly confusing. Does not prepare you for higher level.