Reviews of professor Emily Engel

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. This class is not an easy GE. Ridiculous amount of reading. 3 papers that have the all are the same prompt and equally terrible. Must go to lecture to be prepared for exams. Subject matter is actually interesting but the papers and overload of material to learn make it unenjoyable and overall wayyyy to difficult.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took this class in Spring of 2021. TA's are very nice and are willing to give you extensions, but the Professor is so hard to understand. She took mid-way surveys and knew that her teaching wasn't working but she didn't listen or change from her feedback. It's unfortunate that this was my first interaction with LAIS at UCSB as a Spanish major.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Engel is a great teacher, as long as you go to class. Most of the content on the midterm and final is spoken during lecture. The exams aren't too hard, but take good notes. There were large amounts of reading for section, but most of it was interesting so it was manageable. I learned a lot.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Just no. If youre hoping to take this for an easy GE you are out of luck. It seems like her and the TAs make it their goal to make this class more difficult than it should be. This class has ruined my life and has a ridiculous workload. I do not recommend this (taken online)

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
i took this class in the fall and i got bored during every. single. lecture. she just shows a powerpoint with a picture on it then reads off a piece of paper. tests include multiple long essays, and the 3 essays due throughout the quarter are worse.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Emily taught this class as if it was art history--we had to memorize tons and tons of artists, dates, artwork, and quotes. She provides study guides but they are HUGE and unorganized considering there are only 20 multiple choice questions on the midterm/final and the rest is writing. Writing prompts are confusing, annoying, and pointless. Don't.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The lectures are bad, the essay prompts make no sense, theres too much reading, the professor has no sympathy for the students needs under COVID, this class is unnecessarily hard and soul crushing. Dont take it, you will regret it. And Im sugarcoating things so this post doesnt get taken down.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I'm taking another class for the same credit and this class is 3 times the work load. Her exams are long and all her essay prompts are the same. The entire class brought up concerns about the first exam being long and vague, so she made the second exam longer and harder (took me 8 hours). She is unreasonable and does not listen to student feedback.