Reviews of professor Estela Ballon

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Taken Fall Sem 2018. Online readings to participate in class discussions. Participate so you get a good grade. The "S" means service, so outside service hours are needed. She offers several places. 4-5 online responses on your service hours. Offers extra credit as well.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Ballon is very sweet, and her coursework is not hard. She is not extremely accessible outside of class, however. But I would take her course again.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
If you can read a chapter, read an article, go to class, and post to the discussion board weekly youll pass. The service project was the hardest part because anyone who procrastinated is dealing with 20 actual hours of work to do. She was cool though & included a lot of literature from POC and AAPI authors! That was a welcomed perspective!!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Estela is a great professor who is very passionate about her subject. She is always there if her students need anything and makes sure her students feel comfortable.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Sweetest lady ever. Her class is always revolved around relevant topics.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Ballon has been such a great teacher throughout this semester online. Her assignments are simple and are actually interesting to read. Only one big project at the end of the semester that she has laid out week by week so it is easy to follow and complete. Super kind and caring.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Taken Spring Qtr 2018 Easy going and relatable. Gives online articles/movies to watch and discuss in class, super easy (sometimes you don't even need to read it all). Online discussions every so often. One project, super easy.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
She was very passionate about her teaching. One of the things that I liked about this class was how much we were able to work in groups for various activities in class. For the final in this class, it's just one big project that takes several weeks to do, but it shouldn't be difficult. Overall, this professor was great.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
While I admit that her lectures lacked student interaction, the assignments she gave helped out as she prepared us for our future senior project by assigning a small section of it each week. By the time we had to set up our proposal we already had the information we needed! She also made us do a group project, and a video speech of our proposals.