Can't work the overhead, overhead notes are vaguely intelligible, lectures to her left side of the room, lectures include fact recall questions from readings instead of information.

The worst prof EVER! Boring, fails to get the point across in a concise manner. She reads from a script but often gets lost stuttering. Lecture notes are hard to understand and there is no punctuation or anything. Horrible in every aspect.

Not helpful at all. Not approachable and reads the lecture off sheets of paper.

She doesn't use any punctuation in her overheads so you can't understand any of the notes. She is boring and incoherent in her lectures. Completely unapproachable unless you wanna be accused of blackmail. Horrible horrible teacher.

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This woman expects REALLY stupid levels of work - go read 500 pages per week. Then she does NOTHING. If you want so much as a "ok" on your work you'll be disappointed. No human sense (common sense), no academic ability. Should NOT be teaching!!!

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this website ask you to "rate" your professor - where do you go, as in Dr. Camcastle's case - you do NOT rate the professor. Dreadful! Unfair to students by letting talkers talk her round while the majority get on with it.

Her lectures are all skeleton notes and speaks so quietly, can't hear. Despite so many complaints by students, the prof never alters her lecturing style; it is almost like she does not seem to care whatsoever. The textbook only came in to use for the midterm and final when she gave us the definitive review. Also, she never answers anyone on Canvas.

Quiet, classes have never gone the full duration, an hour of class is group work while stands outside the room, poor reviews of the chapter, does not lecture

She gives women higher marks and the men low marks. She makes you do a final exam in class. What a joke!!!!

Avoid her at all costs. She has no idea what the heck she is doing.

Has no respect for men!!!

Would not recommend any Poli Sci students taking Cara Camcastle. Unclear instructions for how she wants things done, feels like a first year science course. Be ready to regurgitate useless information on tests and she deducts marks for personal beliefs.

Worst teacher in SFU. I have no idea how she can even be a professor? Feminism told her to hate men and strong independent women.

My Grandma can lecture better than this so-called Teacher.

If you already registered in her class then withdraw as quickly as possible. It is not worth the damage to ones GPA!!!! God bless anyone who will not take her.

If one wants to ruin their GPA, learn bias knowledge, marked unfairly, waste their time and money, take unclear lecture notes. Then this so-called teacher is the right person. The department even hates her marking scheme.

Terrible prof. I transfered to SFU from U of T to finish my Masters in political science and Cara was one of my first profs there. Super long lectures, and she didnt give clear instructions on the final paper. Ended up giving half of the class Cs because the question was worded so badly

If you're already registered withdraw immediately. Horrible Teacher !!

Cara Camcastle marks hard, provides little idea on her essay topics, she provides and spins the essay topics to confuse her students. She has a midterm and final exam IN CLASS !! Chose another professor if you want to have a good grade.

Does not take teaching very seriously. Does not give clear criteria for assignments, usually gives entire table groups the same mark/no feedback as if she hadn't even read our essays. Often puts on a movie then leaves the room to go on her phone for an hour, or dismisses a 2-hour class in 20 minutes. Issues low grades with no explanation. 1/5

This bimbo has no idea what she is doing. She marks unfairly and is biased with her marking. Please avoid her unless you want to ruin your GPA. Cara pretends to be nice but when it comes to lecturing and marking has no idea of evaluating students and the class topics.

Don't waste your money on her; you'll get more value spending it on a golddigger.

Only rating this class as difficult because of how absent and disorganized she is. Slides are terrible, misspelled, missing words. Lecture and tutorial is "get into groups and discuss the textbook questions" and then she' leaves. Actual quote: "First Nations don't just live on reserves, they live in urban areas too!" Yes, we are in your class...

Cara is a horrible lecturer! Her slides are the most useless thing I have ever seen made by a prof at SFU. She is so disorganized and the things that she lectures are not even on the slides itself. She has a script written for herself and she just stares at it and reads it off. Do not take it with her ever she will probably ruin your passion for it

oh my goodness, cara is the the worst prof i've ever had. her slides are so sparse and she reads off a script without looking up which she doesn't release. studying is difficult cause you have no idea what was even covered in class. this lady worships the textbook though so if you can somehow copy-paste it into your memory, you'll do fine

Cara is a quite an understanding and nice professor, HOWEVER her lectures are extremely boring, if you don't attend lectures her powerpoints will make absolutely NO sense and she LITERALLY just reads off of the textbook. It just feels like she doesn't know her own lesson plan well enough to teach it without reading the textbook word for word.

Cara's online lectures are very uninspiring. She reads directly from the textbook, often seeming uncertain about what she is saying. The whole class is taught directly to the textbook, with the odd question about guest speakers coming up in quizzes. Gives no feedback for writing, and is extremely disorganized.

To say Cara Camcastle is a mess, would be an understatement. I would not recommend any course with her. Shes knowledgeable, friendly and understanding but thats it. She knows her stuff, theres no doubt but shes never prepared for class and is constantly reading off her script. Avoid her if you can. Her marking? Tough and no rubric. Good luck.

very boring when teaching spend a lot of time in discussion without give enough context

Her English is fine and unaccented and yet she has never put together a coherent sentence. Her slides make no sense, and her words accompanying them in lecture aren't much better. Had to google most of the terms to understand what we were learning. She gives minimal assignment instructions and even though the concepts are easy, she makes it hard.

Cara's lectures were impossible to sit through due to her mumbling and incoherent slides. I found the topics in this class to be interesting but had no joy in learning the majority of them due to her awful teaching. Lectures do not matter, you will teach everything to yourself. 60% of my grade was based on Plato. Tough grader (not 1 A+ in class).

Camcastle is incredibly boring in lectures, and she reads off a paper when giving lectures which makes them feel very dry and hard to concentrate on. Camcastle does give good feedback if you ask for it, when grading assignments she does not provide a rubric, so it can be difficult to figure out what she is looking for. Lots of reading, beware

Camcastle's lectures are boring and dry. In order to learn the material, you essentially are teaching it to yourself. Be prepared to do lots of reading in this class. Marking is relatively easy, as long as you complete the assignment with the given requirements you will get a good grade. 2 relatively big papers are assigned in this class.

Cara is a very kind person. But she does not know how to address a lecture hall the size of pol 100. by the end of the term probably 1/10th of people showed to lecture for they were just that unapplicable to the course material. Exam questions were either given before hand or open book. Overall you'll rely on google and the textbook. Do. Not. Take.

Cara is a nice professor. However, she provides no emphasis on her lectures on what exactly we should study. However, for her three quizzes in POL 253 she does tell you what questions are on it beforehand. Very difficult to stay in engaged with lectures and basically reads off her textbook

Worst university-level professor I have ever met. She reads off her slides, causing so much confusion. She would have a slide titled "1927" and points such as "Women issues" and "Monumental impact", and not explain anything. Instead, she'd go on and on about random political issues, and explain information, completely unrelated to the course.

Cara is one of the worst professors I have come across. She reads off her slides, where there is little to no explanation of examples or concepts. The textbook single-handedly carried me through this class, as lectures were not necessary. Some class discussions helped in answering study questions. If you are good at self-teaching then I recommend.

Oh my god! Never in my life have I met a professor as boring and pointless as Cara Camcastle. Her lectures are absolutely useless - she reads off her slides, word for word, and expects us to understand what she means. Furthermore, her exams are impossible. She does not cover the information necessary to pass the exams. The worst professor ever!

Extremely poor at delivering lectures. Uninspired & unpassionate cadence in her voice (MONOTONE, CONGESTED). My impression is that she is, in fact passionate about what she teaches, but I wouldn't fault anyone who disagrees; her slide-reading habit makes attending lecture effectively non-imperative. She has gained a rep among POLI students for this