Shauna Mulvihill - American River College

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Shauna Mulvihill - American River College

Professor: Shauna Mulvihill

Department: History

College: American River College

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: HIS310
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Seems like 5 unit course with 2 books to read, quizzes, 4 papers , graded discussions, plus videos from historians for more than 2 hours but better than her lectures. Very time consuming course. Never grade work on time, so you never know where you stand and when to put efforts to improve grades. don't take her if you aren't a history person.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: HIST311
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Level of difficulty in this class was expected from this course. Gives good feedback on assignments and gives plenty of writing assignments.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: HIST310
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Avoid at all costs- or at least try your best. Even my organic chemistry class was much more straight forward and easy to understand than her needlessly high expectations. Wayy too much work for a 3 unit history class. Should've listened to the previous reviews before taking her. Thought they were overexaggerating but were actually quite spot on.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: HIST330
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Mulvhill is one of my all-time favorite professors!! She is energetic, hilarious, knowledgeable, and also a perfect fit for anyone who isn't super into history but will learn it better if it is taught in a fun way! She always chats with the class, & she isn't afraid to talk about the controversial issues in US history and current events.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: HIST330
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

If you have a chance to take Hist 330 please do yourself the pleasure of taking Shauna Mulvihill. She is one of the coolest realest teachers you can have. Her class may ask that you do a bit more work but considering how interesting she makes it the course makes it easy to absorb.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: HIST310
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

So many papers that this class will be your focus for the rest of the semester. Do not take her online class. Extremely challenging unless you have lots of time or loveeeee to learn about history. Papers are pretty lengthy and only way to get through them is to read the long chapters. Not worth your time especially if you only want credit.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: HIS310
Grade Received: C+
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Readings are a must for this class since majority of the assignments she gives you are based of the physical and online textbook Participation is a must when it comes to seminars and the tests are pretty hard but the essays aren't so bad if you read the textbook overall id say shes an ok professor but be warned shes a tough grader

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: HIS311
Grade Received: B-
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

During her lectures she tends to stray off track, she often hopped around time periods and gave a lot of personal stories. Theres nothing wrong with that for some people but her style of teaching just didnt work for me. Also if you do not participate online and in class you wont get full credit. I didnt get full credit sometimes when I did both

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: HIST310
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is hilarious. History is not a strength of mine, and she helped me during office hours prep for test and exams. Nice person

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: HIS310
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

American History is not my favorite, and the last time I took a history class was in HS, a long time ago, but she is a great storyteller, & very passionate about the social aspect of history. There is outside reading in the book, as well as handouts, so you have to work for your grade. Also participation is HUGE to her. I really enjoyed her class!

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: HIS311
Grade Received: B-
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is very critical and is a bit intimidating. TOUGH GRADER.

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: HIST330
Grade Received: Audit/No Grade
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I don't support you to take women history or history 330 with her, she is so rude.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: HIS330
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Amazing instructor! She's extremely knowledgeable and passionate. With that being said she is a tough grader & assigns tons of reading. essays & tests count for majority of your grade. Email or drop in for her office hours & she will explain everything you don't understand. Highly recommend her if don't mind actually trying, not the easiest A.

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: HIST330
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This professor lectures on a lot of things but still pretty clear on what she wants you to know for the exam. Exam in bluebooks and you need to prepare like 3-4 essay questions at home. Read the material before class to be more on top of it. Not much assignments except exams which means you have to do good on those to get an A.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: HIS310
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Although she makes lectures fun, and you learn a lot, she is by far the toughest professor I've ever had! LOTS OF READING! 4 in-class/online seminars and 3 essay papers based on the text book and additional readings, and 3 TOUGH exams! She makes sure you understand the material! You're gonna work hard for an average grade! I hope you like reading!

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: HIST330
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Honestly I tried really hard in this class because I wanted to. She's a great teacher and is really passionate about what she teaches. Reading is a must or you will not pass. Her test questions are based off reading that she doesn't always lecture on. You're expected to have read the book. 3 papers and 3 essay exams so get ready to write!

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: HIS310
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Lots of reading and not much of readings explained or clarified in lecture. She is a very tough audience to write for which is especially frustrating because even the exams include in class essays. Most rigorous class I've taken during all four semesters.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: HIST311
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: Yes
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: Yes
Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Very inspiring & passionate professor. She expects reading before each class, and participation of discussion for given subjects. Easy grader if studied as suggested. Requires some essay writing on assignments and on test. She will give a good history lecture with bonus of critical thinking skills.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: HIS310
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

To people who say she's a tough grader, i haven't done history since HS in 08 and got all 90s on her papers, make your point clear back it up and don't summarize. good teacher, she summaries chapters during lectures, read the book chapters on the stuff and you'll pass, she gives out test study guides. And there's never any HW just lectures n tests

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: 311
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The worst history professor.

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