Reviews for Sabrina Alcorn Baron
Average Rating:| Anonymous Course: HIST431 Grade Expected: A May 6, 2011, 12:40 pm | Dr. Baron is simply amazing. Her teaching style is somewhat old school, lecture-based with room for questions. Just the way this sort of history should be taught. If you're not a fan of lectures, don't dispair. Because she has such a comprehensive understanding of the material, class is both engaging and (quite often) amusing. She's not the world's fastest grader, a fact which she herself admits, but she's very fair. She's also flexible with students regarding paper deadlines, exam dates, etc. If you're looking for a solid history class that will provide you with a wealth of knowledge and is taught by a genuinely wonderful person, take as many classes with Dr. Baron as possible. |
| Anonymous Course: HIST235 Grade Expected: A January 5, 2011, 1:31 pm | She is an interesting teacher and is really nice. You get two five page essay assignments and two exams. The essays are analytical reviews on a primary and a secondary source. Take these paper to the writing center because she doesn't like grammatical errors. Her tests are kind of hard because she picks random 25 words and you have to write why they are important in historical times or something like that. She wasn't really specific on what she wanted on the test, so a lot of people didn't do so well. But she gave us a generous curve. She is really a slow grader, she went over our midterm on the last class. Also, you have to go to class, take notes, and talk in class to get a good participation grade. Her power points are only pictures and your notes are based on what she says. This class was really interesting, so I would recommend it to people who likes this kind of history. |
| Anonymous Course: HIST219A Grade Expected: B May 23, 2010, 7:23 am | Dr. Baron knows a lot about the course subject, which is great. However, her class style is a bit annoying. It is very straightforward yet not very focused on techniques to improve your grade. For example, I attended every single lecture yet still ended up with a B in the class despite getting an A on the midterm. I had a 4.0, so this was very frustrating. We had to write two 5 page papers during the semester, but I only know my grade on one. She does not utilize Blackboard and takes forever to grade. All in all, take this class if you are really interested in the subject and you don't mind getting a B. |
| aralchen Course: UNIV101 Grade Expected: A May 16, 2010, 7:55 pm | She takes herself too seriously. I mean, this is a boring, idiotic, useless class, and she has to make it seem as though it actually makes some difference to students. It doesn't. She's a nice woman and I'm sure she's a decent history teacher from all I heard about her. But for UNIV101, just like any other teacher, she's a 3. |
| jme Course: HONR239M Grade Expected: A May 12, 2010, 4:10 pm | I really like this class and professor. She is very understanding and down to earth, and she also really knows her stuff. |
| Anonymous Course: HIST235 Grade Expected: December 27, 2009, 5:30 pm | Take this class! The only downside is that it takes awhile for her to get grades back on assignments but she is a very good professor and her lectures are interesting. She spends every class lecturing so make sure you take good notes. If you can't write fast, I recommend bringing a lap top. As long as you go to every class and take notes, you don't need to read. I wouldn't even buy the books unless you want to read them for yourself. She goes over all of the material in class that you need to know. Her exams are ID questions so they really aren't very challenging and she doesn't try to trick you. She is also very helpful in office hours so I recommend taking advantage of that too. This is one of the best classes I have taken at UMD and I recommend it to everyone. |
| Anonymous Course: HONR239M Grade Expected: A December 17, 2009, 9:35 am | Really good professor...thoroughly enjoyed the class. There is a somewhat large amount of reading but the grading isn't too bad. Overall good choice for a honors seminar. |
| Anonymous Course: HONR239M Grade Expected: A December 8, 2009, 2:28 pm | Outstanding professor. I generally do not like history, but this professor has made it very easy interesting and easy to understand. Extremely knowledgeable, and any questions you ask in class that she does not have an answer for she will look up right then and there. Great sense of humor and extremely understanding of your schedule (will make adjustments to deadlines as needed). Fairly easy assignments, and is a just grader. She assigns a lot of reading for this class, but if you don't have time to do it, you can still succeed by attending lectures and taking succinct notes. Best history teacher I have ever had by far, and a very interesting and good-hearted person. |
| Anonymous Course: HIST235 Grade Expected: A January 21, 2009, 5:55 am | Excellent professor. She lectures the entire class but does so in an interesting way, and her lectures are so comprehensive that if you take good notes you don't really have to read all of the assigned readings. BUT, it is imperative that you attend pretty much every class to get these notes, and attendance factors into your grade (she takes attendance at the beginning of each classs). I only skimmed the books before tests to find any information I was missing from my notes. The class has two papers, and a mid term and final. The final is not cummulative. Overall the class is interesting and mananagable. Not a super easy A but if you put in the effort you can definitely do well. |
| Falco15 Course: HIST430 Grade Expected: A June 17, 2008, 7:46 pm | A very smart and fair professor. You should attend lecture and you should be fine on tests. You have to write a 15-page paper, but you have all semester to do it. I strongly recommend Professor Baron to all history majors. |
| blf123 Course: HIST235 Grade Expected: A April 15, 2008, 9:52 am | She is a wealth of knowledge and really interesting. Her lectures are formatted as kind of a story and she tells the history that way, which was really helpful. Great class and professor for someone who is not very into history, because she makes you become into it. |