Amelie Hastie - University of California Santa Cruz

Professor: Amelie Hastie
Department: Film
College: University of California Santa Cruz
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: FILM120
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Hastie is/was my favorite teacher at UCSC's Film dept. In hindsight, it was the 2 classes of hers (Special Topics in Film [TV] and Film Theory) that have most affected my ideas about the subject. She takes a very dull, dense subject and does her damned best at making it learn-able, worthwhile, and FUN. I miss her (went to Amherst)
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: FILM120
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She knows what she is talking about, just what she talks about isn't interesting or relevant. Lectures comprised of sitting and listening to her rant about outdated theorists for 2 hours. Also had a final exam for no reason besides she was leaving that quarter. Not the worst teacher I had, but definitely not the best.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: FILM120
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Extremely helpful! Very approachable. Really passionate about the subject. Readings were a bit confusing, but she helped students understand them during lecture. Good screenings. Overall, great professor. Both midterm and final were take home essays.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: FILM160
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Took melodrama/screwball comedy from her. While it was a tad theory-heavy (it IS Hastie after all), the smaller class size was better-suited to her and she got us discussing stuff pretty well. She was REALLY helpful outside of class, too, if you took advantage of her office hours. She's really just a big film dork and very approachable.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: FILM120
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She does the best she can with a dull topic. Engaging lectures - sorta, and she's clearly passionate. Really, it's a miracle she's still teaching the class because the chips are stacked against her just because of the subject matter.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: FILM194A
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Love having her for a seminar. Hastie always knows how to get everyone talking, and she has a very fun personality that only seems to come out in smaller classes. Assignments were challenging yet creative and open-ended, and the reading - while heavy on theory - wasn't too difficult. One of my favorite professors in the Film department.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: FILM120
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Her teaching is great, though it would be better if she didn't outline her topics before giving the lecture. She knows what she is talking about, and is very passionate. I haven't been able to talk to anyone as knowledgable as her about film theory.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: FILM120
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Not hard. Super easy, but super boring. Very by the book. It's better to read the book than go to lecture. "I'm going to talk about this," and "today we are going to talk about this" were probably her most used phrases. She never got to what she was going to talk about, though. Just read the book. Lecture is useless.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: FILM120
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This "teacher"was absolutely horrible!!!She basically stands in front of the class and babbles on about "what she is about to tell you" but never really getting to a concrete point that you can write down and remember. She never writes notes on the board because nothing of what she is saying is worth your time and she should definitely be fired ASA
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: FILM120
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Really tough but worth it
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: 2002
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: FILM120
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Extremely dry personality, though she does try to warm up. Her lectures are very by-the-book. She sticks to the canon of film theory, so there are sections of the class that were excruciatingly dull, while others were fantastic. Really, its an overview class designed to introduce students to the foundational writings/analyses that more specialized theory classes build off of. The heavy workload is not for the faint of heart either, but is great prep for the advanced classes and senior seminar.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: 2CLASSES
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
confusing, but I blame that on myself. Interesting person and you can tell she enjoys what she teaches. Also one of the few teachers that took time to talk to me like a serious person. her favorite actor still confuses me a bit.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: 120
  • Grade Received: C
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
worst film teacher ever, anyone who likes her is a kiss ass.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: FILM185
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Best professor on campus
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: FILM120
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I honestly had no idea what was going on in the class most of the time. I'm sure she knew what she was talking about, but a lot of it went completely over my head. My TA was a lot more helpful in making me understand the material.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: FILM132C
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
the class was pretty good, she put the lasting touches on my altered view of the film experience (i am NOT a film major). also... um... pretty hot.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: FILM132C
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
out of the twin quasars of Gender and Global Cinema, Hastie was the one that was the nicest to look at. She was also the one I relied on to actually talk about film in a film class. She also made the readings easier to grasp in lecture, though still left alot unanswered.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: FLMTHEO
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I thought she was a very smart women, but I really have no clue what her class was about. My biggest problem with her is the fact that she has "pets" and she totally favors these students. If you arent one of them she wont waste a second on you.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: FILMTHEO
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Horrible, Horrible, Horrible. I cant believe this egomaniac is a professor. Her classes dont make any sense, because she is too busy "sounding smart", which totally confuses the students. I got nothing out of her course.
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