Reviews of professor Maria-Tania Weingarden

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Grades based off of what she likes, homework/assignment instructions are not clear and she marks you down for whatever you submit. Makes insensitive comments and expects everybody to laugh.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She reply emails in ways that does NOT follow the University of Washington's professionalism criteria, regardless of a kind and organized message sent by her students. The homework given are extremely difficult to navigate, which often causes misunderstanding and confusion.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Weingarden shows proficiency in explaining course material, though she is often very rigorous when it comes to grading. In an acting class where students of varying pre-existing acting skill are put together, the group projects either sink or swim depending on the commitment of your partner. The assigned reading is not very informative.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is probably one of the toughest graders known to man. If you see a free response question on a quiz, you better be spot on, or otherwise you'll lose points. No partial credit either on these questions. She's not that terrible, but if you need an A&H course (and a decent GPA), please consider another professor.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lots of reading, you need to be there for slides as they are not posted on canvas. A personal amount of spending money on plays, books, and movies.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Usually a nice professor, but can be really unfair on big assignments. She sometimes lowers your grade based on things you have no absolutely no ability to control, or that she didn't even write in the requirements for the assignment. I wouldn't recommend taking her class unless you can read her mind to know exactly what she wants on every project

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Plan to be in class or take a different course. Professor creates a welcoming safe environment for acting. She gives lots of opportunity to ask questions and answers them well. Professor seems to actually care which has a big impact on student success. 10/10

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There were three group projects, and a monologue to memorize, there were also outside of class assignments, like attending a play. The class is pretty easy, as she gives you the answers, you just have to attend class for notes. As a person she's pretty great, really sarcastic and funny, but don't take her for a push over, she grades a lil rough.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr.B is a great acting teacher. She is very understanding of almost every student and you can tell that she just wants you to succeed. She is very passionate about what she does, but understands that people who are taking her classes are likely not theatre majors. She is tough on grading thesis' for papers, but she lets you know that early on