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ARCH 481 5th Year Senior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 1:33 pm, Jan 12, 2010 Report Evaluation |
I have taken Sandy for Arch thesis class some time ago and to me it seems that she is far more interested in the show than in getting actual technical knowledge across to her students. I have selected her class wanting to learn more about sustainability but what I found was that there is only some talk in the beginning of the class but later there are not many concrete examples and specific advice for your particular project. During the whole year there wasn\'t a one time when she seemed knowledgeable about a subject and everything seemed like an opinion/speculation. During assignments (like video and energy modeling) she proposed some programs to use but she couldn\'t give any details or feedback and so learning and specifics were left up to the students. School should have saved money on her and just put youtube tutorials up since outcome would be the same. I also thought that there was a lot of time wasted on class meetings (at 9am) that cut into the project time. Many of these meetings were very unproductive and had to deal with things distant from actual projects. Of course, if you would like to hear other people talk about nothing instead of working on your project - go for it. What I liked about the course is making of the book (using lulu.com), which I thought was a useful experience, of course, you do the book in all thesis classes. Also, site video, some (very minimal) exposure to energy programs and relatively relaxed atmosphere were a good addition, altough site video (5 min) was scheduled in a way that it took all of my winter break... Finally, I gave Sandy \"C\"s - average only because I think that there are far too many Cal Poly architecture professors like her. I would only adivise to take this professor if you would like to either \"chill\" for a year, doing unnecessary things, or if you would like to \"self-study\". Otherwise, I would suggest taking real professors that make you sweat (Lucas for example) and although you\'re not going to be as well rested by the end of year you will take away a lot more knowledge and a project with substance (hopefully). | |
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