This professor is terrible..

I don't recommend her... mainly because of the same reasons mentioned below. Run away and don't look back!!!

She just re-teaches what was learned in SOCI 100, with less detail and clarity. BRUTALLY slow marker, very little social skills and experience for a sociology prof, she does not understand the concept of THEORIES & tired of hearing about her endless supply of "friends"...

terrible prof. loves to hear herself talk. no use of any technology (does not use blackboard at all). overly picky, looks to take away marks. brutal research papers, random questions for marks throughout term. absolutely boring useless class. only attended in order not to miss a question. worst class ive ever had due to the professor.

One of the worst professors I have ever had the displeasure of encountering. She accuses 3rd and 4th year students of plagiarism with no proof, and threatens to give 0's unless you take a "mandatory" class on how to reference. Picky, likes to hear herself speak, and extremely rude to her students. Her in class questions are also a joke. No purpose.

An awful teacher....most likely an often human being. Very condescending. Acts like she is the smartest person in the world. Is probably taking out her "losernish" on students.

After 3 2000+ word papers (one of which she compained was "too long"...wtf?), 2 plagiarism accusations, a plagiarism workshop, countless "supplementary readings" that were actually mandatory and a take home final that was truly another 2000+ word essay, I can safely tell you that if you have any self preservation at all, you will run far far away.

Terrible teacher. I learned nothing from her. Her poor attitude and demeanor make me question how others can learn.

In three years of university, she is easily the worst instructor I have had. Half the class receives a 0 on any given assignment. She is extremely condescending and rude. The best advice I can give is for you to drop any class where she is the instructor. She will single handily put your GPA in the toilet.

Okay people save yourselves! If you want to keep your GPA DO NOT TAKE HER CLASSES. I usually get Aâ??s; in this class, I am struggling just to get a D. She gives SO much work but does not give you good marks, most people got 0â??s. I have done more work for this class than any other class that I have ever done, yet will probably just pass?!!!!?!?!

Terrible teacher. I wonder if she even got her degree to teach at grant Mac. I caught her making grading mistakes on several papers! When I confronted her with challenging my grades, she folded. She is late providing feedback and she grades more on spelling than content. Terrible teacher, avoid her classes altogether.

I read these reviews on her at the start of my semester and decided to ignore all the negative reviews and give it a try. She is extremely rude, no help at all, she barely gives any lectures, her classes are just fellow students explaining what they got from reading the text book. She handed out 0's to everyone in the class. DO NOT RUIN YOUR GPA!

I should have listened to the reviews - what an awful prof! Her lectures are nonsensical & confusing. Her notes/visual aids suck. Midterm was 50 minutes, nobody finished on time, didn't prepare us for the questions. Won't help you if you go to see her during office hours. GPA killer, I had to drop mid-way through the semester to salvage my 4.0.

Anastasia Kulpa is a terrible professor. She bombarded us with history in Soci 101, and did not discuss relevant sociological theories at all. She is rude towards her students and has an arrogant attitude. I get the impression she enjoys hearing herself talk more than whether or not her students understand. I should have listened to the reviews.

Kulpa is very vague in her lectures, and oddly specific for exams and papers. She frequently asks pertinent information as a question, leaving you feeling like you have to figure out the material yourself. The grading criteria for papers is very open-ended, yet she grades on specifics. Even with extra help its hard to know what she wants.

She is an unnecessarily tough marker! On the first case study paper the whole class was worried and complained when we received our marks because some failed and majority did poorly. I usually receive A's on my papers however in her class I was shocked at my low grades. Avoid this prof If you want fair grades and a good GPA.

Impossible marker. Had a 4.0 in every other class I've taken all academic year, she sabotaged my GPA. Pretty sure she failed majority of the class on a paper only worth 10%. Would absolutely never taken her class again. Switch profs while you have the chance ... I wish I listened to the reviews on here. Also waay too many readings. 0/10

One of the worst profs at Macewan. I've never been graded so harshly on my written work. Even on a questionnaire for bonus marks pertaining to our personal opinions on our essay, progress she critiqued my answers. I didn't know a prof I barely knew could know more about myself and my thoughts than I do. Not afraid to fail her class. Avoid this one!

Bad at replying to emails, slow at grading, when you finally receive your grades prepare to amazed at how poorly you did because she gets off on giving low marks. No matter how great you do in your other courses if she is your prof you will have a low grade and your GPA will be ruined.

She's a very smart person but she was a very tough marker and her lectures weren't clear. The midterm was open book, and I got 75% on it. I'm usually an A- or B+ student until I took her class. I got a C in her class. Would not recommend taking her class. This was also a 100 level course. I'm in my 4th year...

Open book tests but don't let that fool you. Her tests are impossible and you barely have time to finish after guessing all the answers because the lecture wasn't clear. Good luck if your taking and may god have soul.

Her powerpoints on blackboard have max 60 words on them. She talks all 50 minutes of lecture & yet doesn't give you definite points to write down. Exams are open book but that doesn't help you. Exams are long. I didn't even finish my midterm & we had extra time. Written assignments are marked hard. Entire class failed an assignment. I dropped it.

Extremely difficult marker. The outlines were specific enough to make you nervous, but vague enough that you had to email her to clarify - not that that helped. Her lectures aren't specific, and the powerpoints had next to nothing on them. She also looks for 'input' from students in lecture, so you learn the students' families instead of content.

Anastasia seems like a nice person but as a teacher she is awful. It is December 1st and we still don't know the format of our final exam for this class. I am usually an A+ student and I'm maybe at a B. I work hard as this is my 3rd year and its so unprofessional the way she teaches. you don't get ur grades back for weeks. save urself, bless up

Before taking this class I read these reviews but decided to have an open mind about her. I should have never done that. She is a nice lady, but I have never seen such a hard marker in my life. I worked my ass off for this class, but my effort was never reflected in the grades I received. Half my class dropped, take with caution

As many of the above reviews said this is definitely a class to avoid. I don't usually write reviews but thought you guys should know everyone is right about her. Extremely tough marker evident in the fact that I can get 90s on my multiple choice then completely fail my written. I regret taking this class and advise to avoid at all costs!

Anastasia is a nice woman, however the sarcasm is unreal. It is not clear as to what is expected of you to do well. Her lectures do not correspond to the textbook. Her midterms are written (lecture) and MC (text). Hope you're lucky enough to finish! I worked my butt of for a B+. Know the work that's coming your way! I wish you luck. God bless.

With many of the other reviews, mine follow the same style. Anastsia Kulpa shows no consideration for having a set format when it comes to teaching and or grading assignments. Her classes are unstructured and dont provide clear content. Save yourselves the hastle and find yourselves a more suitable professor.

Open ended questions are given in assignments, but are marked extremely hard- seemingly by her own set of standards. Would refer to her as an overly picky marker. Her liberal bias in class also makes you take everything she says with a grain of salt.

random unclear assignments. horribly boring and confusing lectures. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND.

seems like a friend, grades like a senior class

I should have paid attention to the reviews.. like another I chose to giver her a chance. She does not teach the material clearly, it is a theory based course and she does not give clear examples of what she is talking about. I met with her after failing 3! take home exercise sheets and am still not clear on what EXACTLY she wanted to see.

I was expecting radical feminist vibes at first, but it didn't end up being a problem. She however, was unclear about the assignments she gave. Some of her assignments aren't marked, but she won't tell you which ones are/aren't - so do them all, lol. Ambiguous questions, so just copycat the things she says in class to do well.

She sarcastic and makes you feel like garbage

simply the worst sociology prof.... overcomplicates everything. assigns group projects in the middle of a pandemic when there is no possible way to actually meet your group members. If you don't over engage with the material you will not meet her standards of "substantive contributions" and you will lose a lot of marks. I would give a 0 if I could

Professor Kulpa is very intelligent but the questions she gives for major assignments are unclear and she marks very hard. I did not feel as though she cared about how her students did in her class, and I found this class to be quite overwhelming. She is much more lenient when grading discussion posts, which saved my grade.

Her expectations for assignments are not clear ... she gives way to much for a online course... long unnecessary group projects makes it very difficult to understand what she even wants her answers to questions are vague so dont bother asking! Would never take her again

save yourself the trouble and avoid this prof. she is unclear on assignments and gives horrible feedback. she seems to enjoy arguing. i would give a 0 if i could.

Final is tomorrow and I haven't heard from her in 2 weeks. She consistently pushes back due dates for the modules because she doesn't give us access to it when we are supposed to be doing it. The papers were really easy though and the bonus assignment was simply sending her a YouTube video of a topic we learned about.

If you want to save your GPA, DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. She was very disorganized, doesn't respond to emails, pushes back deadlines, doesn't provide proper resources to ensure the students' success, and has repeatedly gone MIA on us throughout the class. This was the worst class ever; I didn't learn a single thing from her.

She wasn't able to finish the course, which I can't judge her on that, but taking her asynchronous class was so stressful. Everything was based on the textbook readings. Even though I read each chapter, the quizzes still felt extremely difficult and there were a lot of questions that were not even mentioned in the textbook. She was disorganized.

Kulpa was not able to finish the course and another instructor was assigned to the course; which I can't blame her for. The class structure was very unorganized and the assigned readings did not match the quizzes and tests. Modules were posted late/not at all. She was also difficult to contact if she did respond.

She obviously had something going on in the fall sem 2021 because it was awful. The course itself was already difficult. SO much reading, yet I found the tests to be unrelated. And then getting your marks back on assignments took forever. I didn't even know what I had in the class until after the final. Disorganized, wouldn't recommend ever.

Her lectures were often boring and uninspiring, making it difficult to remain focused and motivated. The perception that the opinions and contributions of international students were not as valuable as those of domestic students led to a hostile learning environment and a widening gap between the student body.