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“SHE RUINED EVERY PASSION THAT I HAD FOR THE MAJOR”
11709201 - 2.0 rating“Boring class, boring material”
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Reviews (90)
Boring presentation of material, endless transparencies and moves through them pretty quick, tough to keep up sometimes. But class is pretty easy if you do the readings and concentrate your studying on the notes.
Quantity Foods is the worst class! Not only does Tangel put you to sleep with endless transparencies and monotonous lecturing, but the material is so boring! There are A LOT of notes to take and the exams are based entirely on them.
This class is easy if you study the notes given in class. dont bother looking in the book. the endless transparencies are annoying, but the exams are based entirely on them.
WHAT A DRAG. Definitely not what you think it is. Thank god I never bought the 80$ book. Just get lecture notes from first class if you miss classes.
Who said learning about food was easy?! Def. not her. Soooo many notes, and her lectures drag on. (5 minutes= 15) She also expects you to listen to her while trying to keep up w/ the slides. Tests are tricky and based on endless notes. :/
i will never take another note after that class
This class filled up my whole five star notebook with notes. Material gets boring after a while and exams are so tricky. Thought it was going to be easy. She's boring. Definatly thought wrong.
Monotone lecturer, very unfriendly if you have a question. Never missed a class and always paid attention, studied the night before tests, and got a B though, I thought it'd be an easy A, some people did really badly overall. If you go, you can do ok
wayyyyyyy too many notes...she goes way too fast also.
Very knowladgebale about the material.
It took 2/3 of the class to fill up my notebook then come to find out that she posted the notes online. I made flashcards for an exam, wrote 100 of them and still had 20 pages of notes left. You can bet your bottom dollar I will never take one of her classes again. Don'y make the same mistake I did.
the teacher does not encourage discussion. the text book is better than the lecture.
Very nice woman and very helpful. These classes should be for Nutrition majors only. You get to know her better as you move along in Nutrition. There are a lot of notes but you learn a lot. This class is mostly based on projects. Worked hard and got a B.
She hired a grader for the class, because she didnt have time to grade the work herself & the grade didnt know s*** bout nutrition... Thanks tangel
She was not very helpful at all. Never returned emails, and she favors people that kiss her butt. Horrible teacher, and thinks she is funnier than she really is
terrible class...posts notes online but gets mad if you print them out instead of copy them from her 1000 overheads. test questions are often irrelevant and if you have a problem, she will never email you back. Caveat emptor!!
this class sucked! she is a horrible teacher. gives NO review for exams whatsoever! exams are extremely detailed and difficult. all notes are online, which she just reads in class. the topics are not interesting. DONT TAKE THIS CLASS! (at least with her)
She is a terrible teacher! Her tests have nothing to do with classes or notes, so many irrelevant details, even if your interested in nutrition. She says the best way to get in touch with her is email, and then ignores them. gives extra credit, but its not worth it! NEVER take her
she is very help and very down to earth and easy to talk to in person. she is generaly kind hearted. Oh you don't need to buy the book for intro to food and nutrition. She offers extra credit and offers her note on line.
Notes were online 2 download b4 class which is a good thing. She reads straight from the notes. Tests weren't that bad but u have 2 think! Go 2 class b/c she sometimes mentioned some ?'s that were on the exam. Gave easy extra credit. Got a C w/o the book and barely studying.
It's hardly even worth going to class, simply download the notes from online. She does give out extra credit quizes on occassion, so that is one good thing about showing up every now and then. All of her information is old and outdated, and she totally ignores anybody who has an opinion that is differernt than her own.
This class is soooooo much information that you are not tested on. It doesnt fulfill a requirement so I suggest not wasting your time. Book is not needed and her lectures are online.
Textbook is not needed. The slides are online and she goes over them in class. Have extra credit quizzes in class and extra questions on the test so you have the opportunity to earn up to 15 extra points on each test. I got an A, material wasn't that hard, sample exams are almost exactly the test. She can be quite snappy if you ask questions tho.
TEXTBOOK NOT NEEDED... SLIDES ONLINE... exams partially have nothing to do with slides... but practice exams are basicaly the same exam... easy
She is a great teacher. If you go to the class and take notes, you are OK. Her quizes give you an extra credit too. Class is very interesting.
craaazy curve. Failed all 3 exams and got a C.
YO I GOT A 102% in this class. So it is def. possible to do well! Go to class, you're paying for it! In return you get crazy extra credit. Textbook not needed. Lectures online. Just don't take her seriously because she can be kind of a snob, and get that A! easy.
She is an arrogant lady and doesn't help any students, so if you send an E-mail don't expect a response. Material is extremely overwhelming(notes available online), so when you study you don't know where to begin. On the positive side,I never went to ANY classes, failed all three exams, and still managed to pull off a "C"...the curve is insane
Class was extremely boring, I could barely stay awake none the less pay attention. However,if u do attend class you can get extra credit which may come in handy because the exams are quite stupid. The slides are online however the on the final I had this past semester a good amount of questions came directly out the book from the end of the chapter
So much extra credit, but you gotta go to class for it and all the notes are online. 1st test is a joke, but from there they're impossible. Take a different class.
go to class, don't need to pay much attention, not the most interesting, but a majority of the questions on the exam come from the sample exams she puts online, i read over the lectures that i didn't attend never opened my book got less than half of the extra credit and pulled an A without much effort. NOT A DIFFICULT CLASS.
It is a lot of material. A lot of memorization, and reviewing. The test is based soley on the power points, the book is secondary but you need to study both intensively. If you are taking this as a free elective I recommend that you don't take this class.
Easy A!! honestly with all the extra credit you have to be really lazy not to be able to pull off an A. I didnt even buy the book. Just print the lecture notes and GO TO CLASS. If you take good notes and just read over them and the review exams the day before the exam, you'll do fine.
terrible class, took it as an elective and regretted it. on the first day she tells you that a good portion of the class gets over 100%...but its BS. the average grades on the first 2 tests out of a class of almost 300 were a D and a D- respectively. she gives out 2 extra credits per test (around 8 pts total) but you have to cheat to get points
horrible horrible horrible. tests are all from the book, nearly impossible questions and there is absolutely no curve. good portion of people fail the class
Terrible class. Took as an easy elective, BAD IDEA. Study guides are USELESS, tests are impossible and consist of all scientific stuff. Most of the class is currently D or below.
this is the worst professor at rutgers. she is so hard and not helpful at all. the tests are so hard, and none of the information on the tests are gone over in class. people leave with in the first 10 minutes of her speaking because she is so boring. if your NOT a nutrition major do not take this class.
I finally got to take this my senior year, and I took it pass/fail. that's probably the best move I ever made at rutgers. I've always been interested in the topic, but she flat out killed it. Horrible. I know I barely had a C, and I would have been livid of that ended up on my transcript. I stopped going to class after 2 weeks. Not worth it.
I'm a senior and took this just for the credits. I have not been two class since the second week, I never purchased the book, and I have a 97% average. A just read over the posted slides the day before class and am fine on the exams. She gives a lot of extra credit which gives a nice grade boost for very little effort.
I don't understand why people are complaining about her! She is boring and her slides are long, but attending her class is all you need to get an A. She gives out extra credit assignments and pop quizzes that can only boost your grade not deduct from it. And her exams are easy if you just go over her slides which she posted online.
As the director of the program you would expect better but she scoffs at questions & aggravates misunderstanding. Outdated, out of the loop with clinical dietetics, and verbose. Math is horrific and it's her way or the highway (which is terrifying). No extra credit - Save this class for senior year and your internship won't see the grade.
arrogant.
such an easy class. i took it just for the easy 3 credits. I honestly didn't even try and i got a B. you don't need the textbook either, just read the slides she posts online. she also gives out a bunch of extra credit!
Horrible!!!!!! I get straight A's!!!! My senior year she gave me my first D in a class I need for my future career! She is so boring and her class is 120 mins of random facts about food and only 10 mins of nutrition. DON'T TAKE HER CLASS! I sometime ignore ratings...trust me even though you don't know me! She needs to be fired...
Tangel is a nice person but the class is hard for an intro class. I advise not taking if you just need credits. You are required to memorize alot of material. Overall the class was boring and horrible. NO CURVE! There is extra credit quizzes with a catch if you get 2 out of 5 ?'s right you dont recieve anything! she take points away 4 wrong answers
I don't know why everyone complains about Prof Tangel... I thought she was really clear and wanted to see you do well (hence the abundance of extra credit). Intro to Foods was easily my favorite class this semester. I loved it. Easy exams if you study at least two days prior.
She's got alot of knowledge to share. I got an A only because of the extra credit but if you study its an easy B. If you want easy credits this isn't for you but it's not necessarily difficult.. just alot of memorizing. And go to class because like i said my grade went from an B to an A just for that.
Disregard any negative comments that you read on this page. If you pay attention, if you study, IF YOU ACT LIKE A COLLEGE STUDENT SHOULD, you WILL get an A.
Ugh. awful. don't take this if you don't have to. her slides are sometimes over 100 slides a lecture, and she makes you study the most ridiculous things. I was expecting a general overview..you know, considering its an INTRO class, but no. you basically have to memorize every specific detail, because she'll ask you really specific things on an exam
She was a good professor for Intro to food and Nutrition. The class is very interesting and can be practical in everyday life. She really swayed me to major in dietetics. She can be a little intimidating but she is approachable and helpful. Knows her stuff and provides her powerpoints and give extra credit sometimes. Expect pop quizzes!
If you are not a nutrition major, don't take this course. It's harder than people say it is. The lectures are 100+ slides of information that she gathers from the book. For the tests she provides no direction; all she does is give you a practice exam that is nothing like the real one. She expects you to memorize everything, and it's a lot of info.
She is really rude about answering questions. She always mentions that new things are being learned about nutrition everyday, but whenever something "new" is brought up, she says she "doesn't believe it" or "blames biotechnology". Many of what she teaches is WRONG. Whenever I communicate with her, she just tiptoes around it or flat out ignores me.
The material on the exams are not what you would expect for a class not intended for nutrition majors and the professor is extremely boring.
1. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS IF YOU DON'T NEED IT. She gives ALOT of info and doesn't review. 2.You don't need the book. 3.YOU DON'T NEED THE BOOK 4. not the most approachable prof As a nutrition major, obviously I needed this class and since I actually have an interest in the material, I am doing well. If you dont it'll be hard
The class bored me. I never knew what she wanted us to know for the exams. The 1st exam was easy b/c it was basically the practice test she provided and she also told us what to study. For the 2nd exam, the questions were ridiculous. She didn't tell us what to study and everyone studied a lot using the practice test which didn't help at all.
I hate this woman. She was not helpful at all. She basically forces you to go to the lectures with the hope of getting five points extra credit on her pop quizzes. The lectures bore you to death. The only reason I went to class was for the extra credit, believe me you'll need it. 3 hourly exams, 100 ques each, mult choice.DONT TAKE THIS CLASS
Wow, she really isn't that bad. They second exam was tough, i got a 68/100 in it, but I still got an A in this class. Do the extra credit, it helps and don't even bother buying the textbook you'll NEVER use it.
she is the worst professor I've ever had. Her exams are tough. She is probably the most unapproachable person in the universe. Do not take this class and if you have to take it with someone else!!!
I got an A in this class but I went to EVERY class and read the book because I'm really interested in the material. I've talked to Dr. Tangel on multiple occasions after class and she was very easy-going.
EASY class, especially if you have prior knowledge about food/nutrition. Look at practice exams and slides, and getting an 'a' should be cake. Extra credit definitely helps, too.
This class SUCKED!! i have never taken an intro class and struggled so much in my life. Her exams are based off of lecture, which would be fine if she didnt give you a practice exam (that wont be on the test) and back of the book questions that arent there either. Worst class ever. Dont take if you DO NOT HAVE TOO!
my favorite class at rutgers by far. she is a little dry but is very smart and really knows her stuff. gives tons of extra credit so go to class! don't need the book. study and its an easy A!
really easy class as long as you follow along with the ppt slides (which are provided before class). you don't have to read the book if you don't want. she provides a practice exam before each test in which she will use some of those questions. there are a lot of extra credit opportunities as well.
This was the worst professor I've ever had at Rutgers. I'm surprised I didn't fail her class. She ruined my first semester here and it was because some brainiac told me she'd be easy..NOT. When I approached her about picking up my grade, she made fun of me for failing her class. I'm surprised she hasnt been fired yet.
Professor Tangel was alright. I never asked questions after class, but for some reason, she didn't seem approachable. I also never used the book and showed up to class just reviewing the powerpoints that she put up on Sakai. Quizzes are just bonus points (won't count against you). Not an easy class (a lot of studying material) but not difficult.
Class is actually really easy don't see why people complain. If you read the notes and check out previous exams from previous years really no way you can fail. Professor Tangel is very nice and approachable.
I was really excited to take this class, but was overall disappointed by it. She gives extra credit quizzes, but they are difficult, and end up not helping much. Her exams are quite tricky- make sure to find a previous exam online to help let you know what kind of questions she asks!
I was really excited to take this class. I though it would be informative. It was not. Barbara had a weird way of trying to make very simple things such as the heat transfer in a stove seem like rocket science. Idk... would I do it all over again with Prof. Tangel? Not a chance.
I wish there was another teacher teaching the class- she's the only one who teaches it and she does not do it well. Her tests are ridiculous, with most of the questions just random bits of facts that she mentions in class. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!
Not an easy A but an A isn't impossible. I went to every class and took very specific notes. I then used the ppt she puts up and memorized my notes and barely ended up with an A. Take notes/record lecture and pay attention! She is not too interesting but material itself is pretty interesting and she's not a terrible lecturer.
I am extremely interested in nutrition and have a studied it a lot on my own prior to the class. The slides are a joke and while the class is easy it never ceases to feel like a waste of time. Tangel's knowledge comes off outdated and she seems to think that her misguided maternalistic instinct is sufficient reason for her nutritional opinions.
This professor's "facts" are often completely incorrect or are personal opinion. She will contradict the book and say that things it says are wrong. For instance she states that the most flavorful way to cook and eat meat is to cook it to well done. If that is her personal preference so be it but that is not fact and she asked about it on quiz.
She's really not as bad as everyone below is making her out to seem, although her tests often include random questions you didn't expect but are not impossible. She literally just stands there and reads off of her slides so theres not much notetaking
Not a bad class. There are no written assignments or anything, and she gives a lot of extra credit. All powerpoints are posted online. Be sure to read over them multiple times prior to the tests because some questions can be pretty specific. And make sure you go to class. She tells you some questions/topics that will be on the tests.
Easy class. I didn't buy the book and I missed atleast 5 classes and still recieved an A in the class. If you study and read the slides, you'll do fine. Yeah she is a little mean herself but its a big lecture class so it's not bad. The class definitely was not as bad as other people below said,
Not a hard class at all. She puts up all the slides online and gives extra credit pretty frequently. I bought the textbook but barely used it. The final uses the textbook a little more but you could probably get away with not buying it. Overall pretty easy class and you get a general overview about the subject.
The class isn't as hard as people are making it seem. The lectures can be very dry and boring at times but she gives A LOT of extra credit opportunities. I had 17 points extra credit. DO NOT BUY THE BOOK. You do not need it. As long as you take good notes on the lectures and study you'll be fine. Dont take this class if you dont need it!
Don't take this class unless you need it for your major. Her tests are EXTREMELY tricky. She gives E.C. pop quizzes that are rarely helpful. Don't need the book. Gives 3 MC tests. Attend class b/c she explains the slides in detail. Important to study every detail.. I would try to take someone else if possible
I'm interested in nutrition so I chose this class. This professor is not a kind one. She never replied my emails about questions and never answered people's questions on sakai in the chat room! Her exams were frivolous and her personal opinion about nutrition were sometimes ridiculous. DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS!
Boring class, boring material. she reads off her slides, which are posted online so no need to go to class except for when she gives random extra credit quizes. do no waste your money on the textbook, you will never need. Her exams are not easy, but it's easy to pass the class. don't take this class unless you really need it for your major.
RIDICULOUS. MEMORIZED THE LECTURES INSIDE AND OUT AND I STILL COULDN'T GET A GOOD GRADE ON HER TESTS. SHE. IS. IMPOSSIBLE. SHE RUINED EVERY PASSION THAT I HAD FOR THE MAJOR. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.
Don't buy the book. I never used it. All her exam questions are straight from her slides. Hundreds of slides to MEMORIZE for each exam. If you aren't good at memorizing things, you will not do well in this course. She's not approachable either. Gives alot of extra credit opportunities, which speaks to the level of difficulty of this course.
Go to class bc she gives a lot of extra credit quizzes that are WORTH it. Her powerpoints have conflicting info. 3 exams- two 80 question exams worth only 70 points (gives 10 free questions) and an 100 point final. DONT NEED TEXT just memorize slide but there are a ton to remember so focus on what she focuses on in class.
Nice professor, she gives a TONS of extra credits during lecture in the form of quizzes. Lectures are interested when you are willing to learn about food. Memorize the ppt slides and study base on the study guides and you will do fine. Easy A.
Nice, hard to talk to, gives a ton of EC. Average without EC would've been 76 and I did 8/9 of the EC opportunities and got a 91 average. Know the lectures inside and out
Reads straight off the powerpoint and is the most dry lecturer I have ever experienced. Tests are insanely detailed and specific. This entire class Is based on your ability to memorize, and completely turned me off my major. Consists of 2 hourlys and a final. She does give a lot of extra credit wish I recommend doing or you won't pass.
I don't know what people are going on about. She's very passionate about the topic, and I found the class somewhat interesting. The lectures are a bit slow, but there are constant opportunities for extra points. While she isn't my favorite, you really can't go wrong with this course.
Her exams are SO hard. Do not be fooled by the name of the course, "INTRO to Foods and Nutrition" because this might as well be an advanced course the way she teaches it. Pop quizzes every so often, and definitely buy a textbook. The exams have extremely detailed questions!!!
Exams are extremely detailed. Far too difficult for an intro level course. Extra credit quizzes are really hard too.
Initially failed this class then retook to get a C. Honestly the worst professor at Rutgers, completely killed my passion for nutrition. I only passed cause she offered extra credit for food donations. Do not take this class ever. Makes you memorize tiny details and lectures are completely dry and unhelpful. Just save yourself and don't take this.
Class Info
Attendance Mandatory
43%
Textbook Required
89%
Grade Predictor
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