Lisa Mills - University of Central Florida

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Lisa Mills - University of Central Florida

Professor: Lisa Mills

Department: Communication

College: University of Central Florida

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: FIL1007
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

An absurd amount of reading. Quizzes and tests get very specific, and often won't tell you what questions you got wrong, so good luck learning for the next one. Not the worst, but there could be a lot of work and the films could be pretty boring.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: FIL3102
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Get ready for a mountain of busy work and some dull / condescending lectures. For such easy material it's unnecessarily bloated and complicated and makes me hate script writing.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: FIL4301C
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Unnecessarily hard, but a great teacher. I would say avoid this teacher if you can, but it's not like you can actually pick and choose in this major.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: FIL1007
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Tons of tedious busy work in this class. Good luck sitting through the hero's journey for a third of the class. Overly specific test questions too. Wouldn't take again.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: FIL3363C
Grade Received: A-
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Mills is a sweetie, but I thought as far as online classes go this one was pretty messy. There was a lot of reading and many of the films didnt appeal to me personally. After a while I kind of just skipped the films and the reading and went back to look for specific answers. I did ok with that. Not as well as I would have liked.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: FIL3363C
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This was the first time she's taught this class online. It's very theory driven, with two books that you go back and forth reading. Didn't care for them, it's a lot of information to process. She chose documentaries for us to watch every week and some of them were interesting. Test can be deceptively hard. The class might get changed up, not sure.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: FIL3102
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Mills is pretty nice and has some good industry information but sometimes her assignments can be pretty frustrating. Could do worse as far as professors go. Class itself involves a pretty big group project in the form of writing a television pilot. Typical group project drama ensues.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: FIL1007
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Took this online. She had a great setup for the online modules and selected movies that were both entertaining and technically impressive. Very helpful and responds quickly to emails. Requirements for assignments were a literally unclear at times but basically just write complete stories with good characters. Skip the reading if you want.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: FIL1007
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 2.5
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I took FIL1007 online with Mills and here were my problems: She delayed my financial aid by 1 week, Very disorganized and random, she continually changes the due dates of assignments and expects us to get them done on time in a short amount of time, doesn't respond to emails!, Lots of pointless readings and movies to watch. Don't take her class!

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: FIL3930H
Grade Received: A+
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

This class started out fun and was a breeze and an easy A. But she was so confusing as a professor and was kind of mean sometimes. She is a nice lady but would shoot down people's work if it wasn't up to her standard. It was frustrating because multiple times I did a task, was told it was incorrect, then she redid it the same exact way.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: FIL3363
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Dr. Mills is cute, intelligent, and helpful - everything you want in a professor. There are people on here who just want an easy A and don't care about learning. If you don't like to THINK then maybe her class, or college in general, isn't for you. She's expanded my mind on film in so many ways. And her films are good.

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: FIL1007
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

For an online class you must purchase 3 books and somehow attain several films of her choosing. Her only advice is withdraw if you don't like it. 3 exams & 4 quizzes scheduled. Summer courses do the same amount of work.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: FIL3363
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is very nice and helpful, and very knowledgable about the material she covers, but lectures and screenings sometimes tend towards pretty dull. The class is still good and I feel like I'm learning a lot. It is a bit harder than I expected, but it's not impossible.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: FIL1007
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I took this class online and did not even purchase any of the books required and still received an A in the course. Majority of the films are interesting and the material tested on is pretty easy to go over. She is great with communication and quite helpful if you need it. Only did 1 writing paper besides the quizzes/tests. Definite recommendation!

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: FIL1007
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I took Dr. Mills's class online and found it to be the perfect level of difficulty. Not to easy yet not as time consumingly hard as my other courses. Her web page is better than that of other online teachers I've had. The books she requires aren't as boring as they seem and are quite readable. Can't say how good she is face to face, but online's A+

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: FIL1007
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is by no means a terrible teacher. Enables students to learn the material but is rather dry in character and monotone in speech. It's a fairly easy class. If you read the required material you'll have no problem in the class.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: FIL1007
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Alright so this teacher his horrible. First off, she made us buy 3 textbooks and that new clicker for the class, all this for a 1000 level course. She rushes through notes, and most of the material is un-studyable for the exams. And her documentaries are awful, all of them. Take anyone else you can for this class if you can.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: FIL1007
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

BORINGGGGGGGGG. Easy A.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: FIL1007
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I dont know what these people are talking about, Mills is a great teacher, really nice and fun. She didn't make us order NY Times or talk about TV shows..

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: FIL1007
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Means well but is pretty spacy and repetitive. The class is pretty boring, even for a film major. Too much theory, not enough help with our own stories. Movies are usually a stretch to what she is talking about (we watched an episode of West Wing...) Random and disorganized, wouldn't recommend but Film majors have to take it...

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