Lauren Newmark

ANTH101 · ANTHRO101 · 12 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 68/100
RMP rating: 3.8/5
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Difficulty: 3.4

The decision

Worth taking for ANTH101 if you will study hard and use office hours, but avoid if you need a low-effort requirement filler.

Best fit · Effort For RewardPassionate lecturerHard written testsLots of readingOffice hours helpfulExam-heavy grade

Passionate, approachable teacher who breaks down heavy anthropology content.
Grades often hinge on a .
Strong fit if you will study and use office hours; poor fit if you need an easy GE.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

42/100

As are possible but require serious studying, note-taking, and paper work; several call the tests very hard.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Heavy anthropology content, lots of reading, and .

Is attendance flexible?

WorthIt

66/100

Most praise passion and help, while a vocal minority warn against taking her for an easy GE.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

Point grading can award partial credit, but she is also called a .

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Workload

Moderate

40/100

Regular reading, article summaries, quizzes, and .

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Teaching experience

Good

74/100

, and office-hour help are common; a few say material is not explained well.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

grade more than daily work.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

12 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person ANTH101 is informative and passionately taught, with , and strong help if you seek it.

Main concern

Entire grade can rest on a .

What students said

“Her 1st exam seems scary bc her testing style is all written but by the so bad.”
ANTH101

“ and its difficult to know what to study more in depth to be prepared for the test.”
ANTH101

“Your ENTIRE grade depends on your performance on 3 tests (which she does not believe in study guides and thus does not offer) and .”
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Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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Written exams and a ; study guides are often absent and tests feel hard.

All-written examsNo study guidesPoint gradingResearch paperHeavy reading

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person testing is all-written and paper.

All-written examsNo study guidesThree major testsResearch paper

“Her 1st exam seems scary bc her testing style is all written but by the so bad.”
ANTH101

“Your ENTIRE grade depends on your performance on 3 tests (which she does not believe in study guides and thus does not offer) and .”
ANTH101

“ .If you try, dont miss any classes,ask questions you'll learn a TON of information.”
ANTHRO101

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“To those saying your whole grade depends on three tests- yes, this is college, that's kinda how it goes with a lot of teachers. She preps you really well for 4-year style learning.”
Voice snapshots generated from 12 , and passion. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

74/100

“She's good at explaining concepts, really friendly and knows her stuff.”

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42/100

“Your ENTIRE grade depends on your performance on 3 tests (which she does not believe in study guides and thus does not offer) and .”

📚 Workload Reality

40/100

“LOTS of reading and artcile .”

👍 Recommendation Split

66/100

“If you need an easy class to fill a .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

First off, I think her dorky jokes are so funny. Second, she's very passionate about what she teaches.
and helped me understand anything I didn't get in class.
and passionate.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

Going into the .
She is a thorough teacher, she expects you to work hard but if you put the time and effort in you'll do well in this class.
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Theme 3

📝 About Exams

Her testing style is all written
NO STUDY GUIDES provided.
She goes by a !

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

70/100

Evidence confidence

12 in-person reviews over several years with mixed but detailed and and passion.

Inside 12 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56

4 out of 53

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2 out of 50

1 out of 51

Course coverage

1016 reviews

ANTH1015 reviews

ANTHRO1011 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

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A 6

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B 2

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Lauren Newmark

Worth taking for ANTH101 if you will study hard and use office hours, but avoid if you need a low-effort requirement filler.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Recommended

WorthIt

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Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

🎯 Teaching Quality

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📚 Workload Reality

👍 Recommendation Split

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

📝 About Exams

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Quality ratings

Course coverage

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