Reviews of professor Amanda Devitt

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
No essay in the course, just midterms and an exam. Lots of Greek and Latin words to learn but she always explained them well and she even gave out term sheets to help study that cut out terms that weren't important! Each class was a different topic and super fun. She's very friendly. Didn't need the textbooks (not on tests). Hope to have her again!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I like this prof. Im not in Classics and this was an elective. I didn't think there was going to be so much history and lit. involved but it was neat. The prof spoke fast and covered a lot of stuff in class but she was always willing to help after if I missed something. Sometimes there was discussion which was cool. She got us involved.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Way too many definitions. Needed to know 60 Greek and Latin terms for both midterms. Plus, the exam was accumulative. No tutorials and only graded on two midterms and an exam. Very reliant on textbooks; we needed two textbooks for this course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
LOVE HER! She is a young prof and super passionate about the subject. Not a typical history course (memorize dates and names), more about everyday life for Greeks and Romans. Lots of reading etc but if you do the work it is SUPER easy to do good in the class. She is so nice too. I went to her office for help and she was great.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I had her as a TA a little while ago and she was amazing then and still is as a prof. shes really funny and really great at her lectures. shes got a great way of addressing the class that makes her feel like a friend than a teacher. really lover her 10/10

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The lectures are really neat as we cover more than myth (history, religion, comparing cultures). I've gone to her office more than once and she's been really helpful getting me situated in the course content, even giving suggestions to adapt how I study to the subject matter. I'm in JPPL but she's really made me think of minoring in Classics! <3

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Devitt is clearly passionate about her work. She puts a good spin on the material so it isn't just watching movies. You need to come to lectures because she covers a lot of other info in class. She also does some discussion of the movie with the class which I like. Prof. Devitt was also very helpful when I went to her office hours.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Three hour evening classes suck, right? Nope! Myth with Prof. Devitt was so much fun. I legit have never kept up with my readings so much for a class. I wanted to follow the stories she told. Full of energy right through to the end of class and kept everyone engaged. She also thought on her feet well (esp. when there were crazy tech issues! lol)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Best. Professor. Ever.