Reviews of professor Elizabeth Reich

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worst professor I've ever had, do not take her classes unless you are prepared to do a ridiculous amount of work. No structure to lectures, schedules, or syllabus. Will ramble in class for literal hours on end. Adds onto assignments, including the final, WELL AFTER THEY'RE DUE! The whole class collectively didn't like her- never seen that before!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Total headache of a class

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Probably the most unstructured class I've ever taken and she could've done a lot of things differently. It sucked having a 4-hour class consisting of mostly just her rambling, but I can't deny her passion and intelligence. One of the most inclusive professors at Pitt who genuinely cares about Black studies and Black cinema.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Liz is typically nice but I would never take a class with her ever again. Her lectures have zero structure and she rambles every week for the entire four hour class about her random life problems. She sends a ton of emails that are as long as a novel and expects everyone to put in hours upon hours of work a week for this class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Reich is the most passionate professor I have ever had. She is incredibly smart, funny/relatable, and her lectures show her love for film and culture. The readings are dense and assignments take time. BUT... she cares a lot about her students, you will learn tons, and will never watch another film the same way after taking this class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The most confusing grading system I have ever seen in my life. Heavy use of discussion boards with WAYY too high of expectations out of them. Confusing assignments with little to no guidance. Do NOT take classes with them.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took FMST 0120 as a gen ed and Reich is a really knowledgeable, caring, and accessible professor. She does not grade assignments too critically and the class is relatively interesting. It should be a relatively easy A as long as you put in the time and do all the work.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Most disorganized professor I have ever had in my life, her lecture is just three hours of her unprepared ramblings. Never had a class where quite literally everyone had no idea what was going on. Made quite literally everything more complicated than it needed to be, I would love to see a lemonade stand run by this person. Last name tracks.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She's a great professor and really cares about her students. She had a vision to create something that the average undergrad student just wasn't ready to become as emotionally invested in as she was. She has a passion for the subject matter that is infectious, and she's not afraid to push her students to think beyond their comfort zones.