Reviews of professor Pauline Alvarez

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She was a newer professor and it is easy to see sometimes. A lot of reading required; hard to understand if you arent an AIS major. She has a kind heart and tried to adjust the curricula when she saw the class wasnt performing well. People were too hard on her, she will be a great professor on the next round, she just wasnt in her groove yet.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Highly expects a lot from us, yet all semester long she would come in with her boring pdf PowerPoint presentations. Lectures are boring and irrelevant just like her. If you can avoid taking her as the professor I would highly encourage you! The way she grades is crucial, but her class is worth out of 100 points in total so it makes it harder.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Really easy and interesting class! It was weekly write ups on her lectures or readings she sent out. You can tell she really cares about the subject and her students. I personally loved the subject and learning more. It made me declare AIS as my minor. Professor also is super accessible and caring about students and wants you to succeed.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is a nice person, an ok prof. She doesn't lecture, class consists of discussing the readings, don't participate you don't get the points, each week you turn in essays on the readings. She started giving us pop quizzes and assigning in-class group work/presentations. So if you dont like heavy readings, pop quizzes, and presenting, dont take her

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dont expect to learn anything unless youre willing to read and teach yourself. She wants you to participate in class, but if your answer is wrong or not the answer shes looking for youll feel extremely uncomfortable. Myself, and other classmates felt this way. Shes nice but I would not take another class with her.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Not sure about all of the negative reviews but her class is the easiest GE I have ever had at CSUN. Just turn in your assignments, read the stuff and you will be fine. Nothing out of the ordinary. Turn in weekly assignments on time, participate in discussions (very few) and that is it.