Amanda Paskey - Cosumnes River College

Professor: Amanda Paskey
Department: Anthropology
College: Cosumnes River College
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH300
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Took her last semester. Overall easy class to pass as long as you review and take notes. She makes it easy to understand the material, so it is on you if you fail. Learned a lot about species and the relationship between animals and their relations with the ecosystems. Loved the class.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH323
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
GREAT teacher. Not your typical watch an 1970's movie about anthropology and give your opinion type of teacher. She gives a LOT of reading and challenging quizzes. Be ready to spend some time reading. She takes the time to explain things and offers a ton of extra credit.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH300
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Best professor, really chill and understanding(especially during these times). Just do the work, read and take notes and you'll excel.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH310
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This was honestly the best class I've taken in my three years of college so far. She's super understanding, engaging, funny, and really taught me a lot that I still retain today. There's one or two papers, but they're about cool topics. A few required readings and plenty of documentaries in class.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH300
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Excellent teacher, put together a very organized class to cope with Covid-19. I gave about 90% effort and received an A-, your effort in the reading, discussion boards, and assignments show on your grade.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH300
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
The class overall was relatively easy to understand but her online exams would be occasionally be oddly worded or ask extremely specific questions. I think its to deter cheating but I'm pretty sure it led more people cheat. Other than that the lessons were easy to follow and the Professor was pretty nice. You also get 5 discussion freebies to use.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH300
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I took this class during the summer for six weeks. The class was asynchronous, so stuff was done at our own pace and we never saw her face. Each week we had to read the textbook and articles. Then, we took a quiz and participated in a discussion. Sometimes we had short writing assignments. The class has a lot of work, but it's easy if you read.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH300
  • Grade Received: C
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Took her for summer. Way too strict and non caring for others during this pandemic. I feel she needs to be more better, discussion posts are easy but really over an 100 point reply or non clear, changing announcements..
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: ANT300
  • Grade Received: F
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
So she was kinda confusing on the first assignment after our intro to everyone in canvas. Told us in email we had two options for an assignment I did one. I was not the only one confused by her. My grade dropped very quickly. She seems cool. I saw 4.5/5 before I wonder what happen.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH300
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I took Anth300 and really enjoyed it. One of the only classes Ive taken that I didnt want to end. Got me really interested in the study of Anthropology. Pretty good amount of homework but its not tedious! Highly recommend taking a course with Paskey!!
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: ANT300
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Such an awesome professor! She really cares about what shes teaching and wants students to succeed. Tests arent too bad and you get a notecard to use during the tests. Highly recommend taking her for ANTH 300, and for the lab too.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH310
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This professor is very kind and understanding. For this particular course Cult Anth. there was a good load of work to do but all doable if you just sit down and do it. Make sure to read as she gives pop quizzes exactly on the reading, and she fairly states that only some chapters have quizzes.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH323
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Prof. Paskey is knowledgeable and supportive in class. Her lectures are great and she can help you connect with career opportunities in anthropology if you have a passion for the information. However, she has reasonably high expectations for her students so don't expect her to have patience for people looking for an easy grade.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH300
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Tests are really hard when it comes to short essay portions, focuses on how specific our answers must be way too much, and missing reading sources that can impact our performance on tests and lectures which is a big deal. Took her class to learn about Anthropology, but I cannot learn anything if we do not have any sources we can learn from online
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: ANT323
  • Grade Received: C+
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Paskey is decent. Her lectures can get boring but that's usually because her material is. She is funny with quick one-liners to keep you awake. There isn't a lot of grading here, so make your assignments count and DON'T turn them in late, or you'll get a big penalty. There is one group project that isn't fun with bad teammates. Made our final easy!
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: ANT300
  • Grade Received: B-
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Mrs. Paskey is a snake and does not care about her students. Her grading scale is horrible. Would not recommend to my worst enemy.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH310
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Hey everybody, Took this teacher for ANTH 310, and the class wasnt bad at all, it was the teacher that was horrible. She is hands down the worse teacher i ever had. Whenever i would reach out for help, she would give me sarcastic responses and would tell me to check the syllabus. On top of that, she changes grades last minute without telling you
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH300
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Awful with Canvas. Typos galore, misspellings, exam answers out of order. Doesn't answer comments inside Canvas, must email her. Doesn't correct wrong information posted by students in discussions. Lots of reading, ALL texts req'd - exams are largely from the annual editions. Virtual zoo - big group project - is a pain.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH300
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
I took her class over summer. I showed up to every class(8am) and took pretty decent notes. The only extra credit I did was an online orientation quiz for Canvas. I ended up with an A. I did pretty well on the exams. She's fun, knowledgeable, and encourages classroom discussions. I would take another class with her.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: ANTH300
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I took the online class and it was fairly simple. Just do all the assignments and discussion posts each week. The only difficult part of this class was the tests. Just make sure to study for them since they basically determine your grade in the end. There is one group project that is fairly graded, just do the work. Make sure to do extra credit.
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