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Gollnick, Susan

Cumulative GPA: 3.00/4.00 with 13 evaluations
Presents Material Clearly: 3.15
Recognizes Student Difficulties: 2.85

Food Science and Nutrition Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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FSN 210 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 4:39 pm, Aug 18, 2006 Report Evaluation		Good class, gave alot of extra credit oppotunities, as long as you show up to class. Study hard for quizes and tests and it should be an easy B or A

FSN 310 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 6:33 pm, May 23, 2006 Report Evaluation		susan gollnick is a joke. she is unwilling to admit when she is wrong and when she is questioned about something she will research and research until she finds something to back up her claim (ie. outdated statistics)...she constantly says she is not trying to trick her students and then will mark questions wrong on the exam because they "werent exactly what she was looking for"...even if they were the answers provided in the book, from a previous nutriton class (with a much more qualified instructor, ie DR susan hawk), or sometimes even in her lecture notes but just under a different section. the class is easy if u are able to forget everything u know, take her word as gold, and have the willpower (because beleive me it takes a LOT) to sit through the two hour lectures. i definitly would have got an A had i gone to class, however i'm pretty sure i would have lowered my IQ a few points had i gone to every lecture. basically she's an idiot and arrogant and has no place at this prestigious university. she is an embarassment to the Food Science and Nutrition Department at Cal Poly and is the reason i am changing out of the major into Biology.

FSN 210 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 3:49 pm, Mar 27, 2006 Report Evaluation		This was a really cool class because you learn stuff about nutrition so it matters. She was pretty good, very fair and nice. Sometimes she seemed hard, but it may have been because we were such a huge class. She makes you work hard, but an A is definately possible. She presented material well, but sometimes it just got really boring to me, but it may not have been her fault just the subject matter. She really was good though!

FSN 210 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 4:14 pm, Mar 26, 2006 Report Evaluation		Gollnick is a sweet lady who cares about her students. She makes class go by fast and normally lets you out early. Overall the class wasn't bad, just easy quizzes and three midterms. Just memorize your notes and you'll be fine.

FSN 210 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 2:16 am, Mar 1, 2006 Report Evaluation		Gollnick is a very fair person and at times quite entertaining. Any two hour lecture drones on, but she knows what she is talking about. Plus every now and then she throws in an outlandish story from her personal life. All questions on quizzes and midterms are applicable, even for those who are not inclined to the sciences like myself. The material is extensive, but readily available in the power point lectures (print them off or you will be copying a ton). Be prepared to memorize a lot. There are multiple 20 pt quizzes, two 100 pt midterms, a Diet Analysis project (which is worth the effort), and a 100 pt final. Also extra credit for those days when no one shows up aka just before/after holidays, exams, etc. Thankfully nothing is cumulative. Take this class, it is worth it!

FSN 310 5th Year Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 12:17 am, Jan 14, 2006 Report Evaluation		She is a horrible lecturer, just retelling old wives' tales and her personal stories. She picks out students she likes and ones she dislikes. This prof made my quarter horribly miserable. I got in a really bad car accident and missed a test. She made it nearly impossible to make up the test. But, when she finally did, she docked me 10%. Then, later, I found out she didn't even give me the whole test, so I missed 30 more points. I ended up getting a B, although I got A's on everything else after that. Be careful. The tests aren't too tough, just study the material she gives you, even though not all of it's factual. Make sure you print out the Power Point slides. But, the text is not neccessary. Also, make sure you answer the quiz questions with as much detail as possible, i.e. not "calcium" but "100-200mcg calcium" or else she'll take points off, or not "age" but "over 35 years of age".

FSN 210 Junior Grade Earned: A General Ed 10:22 pm, Jan 4, 2006 Report Evaluation		Gollnick is really a great teacher. I learned a lot in this class, especially considering the minimal work load she assigned. Grades are based off a few exams, including a non-cumulative final; a dietary analysis project, which can be tedious but is helpful and fairly easy; and some in-class stuff and random assignments, but nothing too bad there. For our class we did some presentations on vitamins and minerals that were really unorganized, but it was easy, just like the rest of her assignments. For lectures, she posts all the notes on Blackboard, and though some of them may be slightly incomplete they are still incredibly helpful for note-taking. To get an A just come to class with the notes printed out, fill in the blanks she leaves on the sheets and the stuff she didn't include in the notes, do the easy few assignments and the project, and review the notes a time or two before the test. You don't even need the textbook for this class - I never studied or read it whatsoever and the time or two you do need it as a reference you can just get it at the library or use another student's copy. Better yet, just look it up.



FSN 310 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 6:38 am, Jan 4, 2006 Report Evaluation		This teacher is awesome. She knows her stuff and conveys the information well. She is willing to work with students and is flexible. Be sure to print out thte ppt lectures and study them well. The book, while interesting, is not necessary for success in this class. The tests are not cumulative and are based solely on the lecture material. She gives a study guide before the exams so be sure to review them. Overall, this is an excellent class and proved to be very interesting and useful.

FSN 210 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 9:05 pm, Dec 14, 2005 Report Evaluation		She is a great professor. The class was so easy! All of the lectures were in power point presentations and she really knows a lot about nutrition. I learned a lot of useful information from the class. The midterms are very straight forward and the quizzes are so easy. The diet analysis project she has you do is cool because you get to track your diet and analyze it. I would definitley recommend her!!!!!!!

FSN 310 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 3:56 pm, Mar 28, 2005 Report Evaluation		Susan is very approachable and loves to see students suceed. I would recomend her in a heartbeat! I appreciate the effort she put into answering questions, many times classmates asked obscure things that only half-way related to Maternal and Child Nutrition, she was more than willing to tell the class she didn't know the answer yet she would find out. Any question she couldn't answer on the spot she wrote down and came back next class with a researched answer. Be sure to know specifics for her test, they are not too difficult, but she does ask a lot of specific numbers and or examples.

FSN 310 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 4:07 pm, Nov 19, 2004 Report Evaluation		I've had Golnick for two years now- in three classes. She is one of the most sincere and honest teachers at Cal Poly. Her class is fair- and her tests are directly reflect her lectures. She is also understanding that shit happens and you cant always make it to class. Take her, you'll learn a lot and she's great.

FSN 315 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 3:00 am, Jun 2, 2004 Report Evaluation		I do not recommend this teacher.I have had her for two FSN courses(310& 315), and I don't think she is qualified to teach either course. She is a nice person, but can be moody at times. She does have experience in dietetics and is organized. Her courses are not difficult. Every lecture is a power point presentation, & is posted on Blackboard, but go to class to fill in the blanks. She has a grader grade her test/quizes/assignments so don't try to ask her about it because she'll tell you her grader did it. She is a poor teacher because her data can be irrelavant and repetative (she rephrases the exact information, but will change it's context, instead of just getting to the point.) She will give statistics that aren't valid because she fails to include demographics. (example: 30 million pregnant women don't get the recommended amount of folic acid.) which means nothing because she never backs it up to say who was surveyed, or when and where it was done...china? the US, Florida...you get the point. Some of her data and articles are outdated. Nutrition has changed since 1996. She can't answer questions. She'll answer by avoiding the question, then says she'll have to look it up and get back to the student but never follows through. She plays favorites. She does not seem very bright and at times you may wonder if you are still in high school.

FSN 310 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 3:16 pm, Apr 5, 2004 Report Evaluation		I have had this teacher for three classes already and she is wonderful. Her tests are fair and she curves the grades if the class does bad. Her lectures are interesting and she tries to get you involves. She's great- if you can take her.

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