Reviews of professor Petra Jelinek

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Jelinek was not an active participant in her classes, I did not speak to her or even see her face this entire class, that being said it was online and I did receive an A with minimal effort, so whatever she's doing she must be doing it right!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
The class material itself was exceptionally easy and pretty interesting. However, the class seemed always mildly disorganized and was filled with boring group projects. The group projects were particularly frustrating as they relied heavily on getting good group members pulling their weight. She was pretty reasonable when it came to group issues.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor was easy to contact and always asked if any material needed to be clarified. She always encourage students to ask questions and to see her outside of class if they needed extensions or were interested in any topics that were discussed. There are a couple of group projects, however, there is minimal public involved.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The class was structured very well and the teacher was exceptionally kind. I had some trouble with sickness and she was very accommodating and helped me catch up! Great and passionate teacher.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If the class is taken online, go to the discussion solely for extra credit(which is recommend). The TAs grade your PBLS as if you were majoring in anthropology which isn't fair to a student solely taking the class as a gen ed. The quizzes are very hard, you must read all the reading its not just general information that you can find on the internet

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Pretty mid, the material was pretty interesting. There was a lot of group projects.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Amazing class. Dr. Jelinek is passionate and cares about what she is teaching and her students. The final project was fun and allowed for a large amount of creativity. All readings were provided and while there was group work, it was clear that you were being graded on what you did rather than what your group did as a whole.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Partial online and lecture. Taught by TAs. Attendance is not mandatory but there can be surprise extra credits during the discussion section that is only earned if you show up that day. 1 or 2 assignments per week. Easy A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you even remotely like anth this is a very cool class. She genuinely cares about students and teaching the material, and our TA was great. There were some group projects and you definitely need to study for the tests, but it was worth it in my opinion. Pay attention, take notes, and study at least a little bit and you're good. Highly recommend!