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She will curve the test. Map quizes are easy...she gives you the countries on the board. You NEED to study for the tests. She's really young, so she is actually excited about teaching and wants you to learn...Kinda ditzy
Great teacher...map quizzes are easy if you study...you NEED to study for the tests, they are hard but she gives you study guides...No attendance and she sends the notes online...Nice lady, wants you to learn and actually wants to be teaching...take her
Nice teacher. Very helpful and excited to be teaching. You'll learn a lot. Map quizzes are easy and the tests are hard but she prepares you as much as possibly can. Wants all her students to do well.
Great teacher, super smart. You'll learn more than you ever wanted to know & will sound really smart around your friend. Tests ARE hard & you DO have to study, so don't take her if you're a slacker! She's not ditzy - she's fun :)
good teacher overall, very friendly and fun... not much of an attendance policy make sure to study for the tests and you will do fine
knows her stuff, but doesn't clearly explain everything she puts on the tests. sometimes emphasizes things she likes, but those won't be on test. pretty funny too....i'd suggest to take her
She is a great teacher. She is always willing to help you and often cancels class. If you go to class, take notes, and pay attention the class should be an easy A. She is also interested in you as a person, not just as her student. BIG on World Events!
She is a good teacher but you really have to study. She wants you to memorize charts and pictures and like 4 chapters for each of 3 tests. If you are willing to study, you will do fine. She is very nice and is willing to help. Also has a sense of humor
Awesome teacher, the best I've had so far. Very easy, we just have "discussions" during class, she doesn't take attendence and the class is a joke.
Not that great of a teacher. Very boring class. Basically, don't even have to go, cause she emails notes to you for each class. Doesn't take attendance. Her tests are not graded fairly, she is very subjective. Should have been an easy A but wasn't.
This was one of my favorite classes. Very energetic and willing to help you if you need it. I think her grading is fair and if you come to the reviews (class before each test) it's very clear what she's looking for on the exams. Definitely take this class
great teacher - really wants you to learn stuff and will help as much as she can!
Great teacher, even for a class @ 8am. Emails notes; Does not take attendance, but I would recomend going bc a lot of the material on the test is said in class, and not allays in the notes.I loved her class and thought I got an A, but turned out to be A-
Complete sweetheart Very interesting class so I would recommend going to class although shes not strict on attendence. Emails the notes &gives some additional notes in class. Gave a COMPLETE and EXACT outline of the test before hand. Interesting & Easy!
A wonderful teacher!! She's taught me so much. She encourages alot of class discussions, and keeps everyone AWAKE. Great and challenging multiple choice and essay exams. Take her class she is out to help - does not discriminate!
very nice teacher!!! made class fun and enjoyable when it could have been boring. take her class if you have to take geography!!!
karna was a great professor, the first test really through a bunch of us off but I ended up doing really good on the others because I knew what to expect. Tests are just like study guides!! Do extra credit she gives and you will be fine...
I would honestly say that this Professor is THE best I have ever had. I would not hesitate to take any class taught by her. Karna Couch is a prime example of a person who understands the needs of her students and works hard to assure that when you complete that final exam...you actually learned a li
Great teacher! She gives you every opportunity to get an A. Extra credit, Exam study sheets, and all the answers. She's very enthusiastic. Weekly map quizes, no papers. I learned A-LOT!
Very nice teacher! She really takes the time to make sure you understand the information. She also gives REALLY easy quizzes and notes. She basically hands you the questions that are going to be on the test! Awesome teacher!
SUPER HELPFUL AND SWEET. VERY ENTHOUSIASTIC AND KNOWLEDGABLE ABOUT HER SUBJECT. MADE SOMETHING I WOULD NORMALLY HAVE HATED FUN ON A SATURDAY MORNING!
AWESOME TEACHER!!!! obviously loves teh subject, super helpful. our tests were multuple choice. gives extra credit. great experience overall
Her tests are fair. I studied my butt off and got a good grade so it is achievable. Map quizzes are a sinch. She gives u lecture notes and test is from notes and some articles. She is also pretty hot. She is really peppy so get used to talking a lot in class to make it flow.
Nice professor. Tests are from print out lecture notes. Easy map quizzes and lots of extra credit. Study for the unit quizzes, they're not hard if you know everything from the study guide she give you. Go to all the discussions, easy 100 pts.
Take her if you want a cake class or you're fulfilling a gened, but don't if you're a geog major. She's more than fair, with lots of ec opportunities. Her tests can be kind of tricky, but her quizzes are very easy. She's very nice and peppy, but maybe a little too much for a saturday morning. Take the class, do the work, follow guidelines, get an A
super easy and interesting class with a great professor. if you need the gen-ed, take this class with this teacher. youll learn loads and have fun. she gives extra credit, so its possible to get like a 120% in the class or something.
Loved her, i miss her so much, by far my favorite teacher in all of college. and soooo. soooo. easy
took this class online. the class is not that hard but if your not good with keep up with due dates its best you don't take it online. I enjoyed the class, everything was due by sunday no later than 5pm or it would be late. We had 3 discussion, 2 assignments, 10 quizzes. 3 exams. it really wasn't that bad
The class was supposed to be easy- I THOUGHT so, but I hate it now. I guess she could make it easier or something but it was the hardest class in my whole semester. The map quizes were the only relief I got, they r easy if u study. and she is sooo phony..brrrr..plus be ready to the stories bout her children and "I LOVE that pic!!!" kinda stuf..arff
she is real straight forward and cares about her students. Study everything on the study guides, do well on the map quizzes and state your opioions and you'll be fine easy A
Took it online-- a lot of work but easy A as long as you keep up with it.
easy teacher, great study guides. just come to class when there is a map quiz. very nice
No text book and all her power points were available on line. Great study aids and encourages feed back and participation. Fun lectures and projects. Labor intensive course but a little effort will get you good grade. Very fair and personable. Seeks ways to be a better educator.
Took her online geog class and it was awesome! She explains exactly what she wants you to do and when to have it in by. Keep up with the work, look over the power points and you are guaranteed an A maybe an A-. She is great with e-mails and responds right away! TAKE HER CLASS! Easiest online class you could pick.
took the online course, simple for the most part. She is a very tough grader on written assignments. Tests are a joke. You have a timed test but there is not chance in hell you can complete it in time without the help of someone else.
Online Geog. class was so easy except for the tests and most quizes which were impossible to finish within the amount of time given. It sucks to take the easiest test in the world and plan on getting an A but instead you can't finish it and end up with a C. Very frustrating class...not a fan
Karna is awesome. Online GEOG wasn't too hard but wasn't too easy. she's super easy to get in touch with and provides tons of extra credit opportunities. Don't need the book if you're happy with a B. Maybe she just started doing this, but none of our tests were timed, they just had to be taken in one attempt (that could last for 5-6 hours).
You don't use a textbook, just an atlas and some news sources. The only bad thing is that there were SOOO many articles she expected us to read prior to the exams! But overall the exams were easy (the writing is open notes) and she gives TONS of chances for extra credit.
Very interesting class! A ton of writing (4 5+ page essays). She is helpful and very clear with what it takes to get an A.
very responsive. helpful and understood students needs and worked accordingly.
Far more difficult than it should be. Professor is pleasant, but seems to have no idea how to actually educate. She gives too much work and is not very responsive to constructive criticism of the course. Exams require a minimum of 5 hours to complete, and exam questions are vague but require a specific response. I have not learned a thing!
took online, very easy. didn't need the book really at all.. except for maybe 2 chapters i glanced at. she provides powerpoints with notes which are very useful. she also responds to emails and wants you to do well. take this for easy gen-ed.
Took this as an online gen ed and it was so easy. Don't bother buying the book, she provides detailed powerpoints with all the information and anything that isn't on there can be googled. 3 exams, like 11 short assignments on the chapters and a final project which can be a powerpoint and it's really easy! Take this if you need a science class!
Her online class is great. It is very easy as long as you stay on top of your work. She does work with students well. I very highly recommend it
Pretty good online class. Not too much work. The first module consists of easy quizes once a week. Take with a friend! Not too difficult. The second module consists of journal entries which are time consuming but she does not grade hard. She likes long answers! One big 10 page paper on a topic. It is very annoying but not graded hard
The online class is great. Its fairly easy as long as you do the work. Stay on top of the assignments and youll do fine. I suggest you take it with a friend.
She was awesome. She was really funny, super helpful, and her lectures were interesting. She made life really easy- the books aren't required and finals are optional.
An easy online GenEd. The quizzes are easy and the discussions require a lot of writing, but are graded easily. The tests require a lot of writing, so start early. She grades fairly, however. The class teaches you about current issues and is very helpful. She cancelled our research paper and made the final optional. Take Couch if you can!
Good class, take it with a friend.
Ms. Couch was a wonderful teacher! I loved her! However, she gives A TON of work. I took her in the summer and it was way too much even for a summer course. She was very helpful, though.
Great professor and very helpful! Be prepared to put a lot of time into working on the tests, but it's not too hard, just very time consuming.
For the student who takes other courses/works/has a life- this course/prof is very frustrating. There is a bit of work, but its manageable. The issue is that the Prof does not stick to her word/syllabus- Exams/assignments are not posted online when stated and it becomes very difficult when your life is not centered around this single gened
This class is online but it requires A LOT of work! His online tests are very hard and requires a lot of studying to pass. This is not an easy online class I would suggest taking it in person. He is clear with his power points but you need to memorize all of the content. There is also weekly journal entries that take time as well as wikis.
Do not take with this teacher. She makes the class WAY harder than it needs to be. She assigns more work for a 101 class than I have ever experienced. The questions on the tests and quizzes are hard and not graded fairly. This class was more time consuming than my calc and bio classes combined.
Professor Couch is awesome. There is quite a bit of work and her tests aren't easy but if you study like you would for a non-online course you will do fine. She is very nice and will help you in any way she can. I work 45-50 hours/week and took 15 credits at the same time and still did well on her tests! I got an A and would take her again!
She's a super nice lady bit her lectures are unnecessarily long. All she does is read off of the slides so you feel like you don't even have to be there. Every 6 classes or so she'll go into detail about something and that's guaranteed to be on the test. Make sure you prepare for quizzes and do journals because that's what your grade depends on.
I absolutely loved Karna! She is SO SWEET! However, if you are not interested in Geography or learning about locations & civilizations DO NOT take this. Long tests & lectures. Friends in the class who werent interested complained, but if you study & pay attention you will be fine! The final is optional. Never used textbook. Extra credit often.
Karna was my favorite teacher at Towson. I took Severe & Hazardous Weather, Meteorology, and World Regional Geography with her. If you take an in-person class, you don't need to buy a textbook (awesome for broke college students). If you take her online classes, you will need the textbook. Karna is the only reason I stayed at Towson.
Extremely frustrating professor. She gives you one assignment per week, but takes literally an entire month to grade one ten point journal assignment. Her tests are extremely unnecessarily long. She tries to cover every single detail from every single powerpoint slide on one test. Class was easy overall, you'll get an A if you do the work.
She's awesome! Took her for Geog102 and got an A. if you do the work you'll be fine in the class. Not many tests, but they can be difficult if you don't study. final was optional. Definitely take her if you need this class or need to fulfill a core.
Karna's great and all. Very kind and willing to help, but the material is just TOO much. Powerpoints are way too long and you pretty much have to know everything for the tests. Tests are exhausting and usually take an average of 6 hours to complete. It's pretty much clear cut what you have to do, but it's definitely a lot of work. Good luck.
She was awesome! She gave a good amount of extra credit and everything is clearly stated either in the power points, emails, rubrics, or assignments themselves. She is great at responding to emails within 24 hours! A lot of work and time management is key but is easy to do if you read the power points given.
I loved this class and I learned a lot. The tests are very long but everything is in the Powerpoints and you have to do outside reading to pass. One blog post per week, four tests, the last one is optional (I didn't take it). She is very, very helpful when you have troubles in the class and she is very friendly, although I didn't have her IRL.
You'll need a lot of patience for this class. The quizzes are too long, 30 questions, and she makes the power points have too many slides. Tests are also long, but she copies the same questions from the quizzes. Gives these dumb assignments where you have to look up stats for a country. She's a nice person, just gives time consuming amount of work.
I took this class online and it was truly terrible. It was hard, extremely time consuming, and not at all organized. The assignments were not reflective of the material we were required to teach ourselves and the exams would take me 4-6 hours to complete. I didn't learn anything except how to to frustrate myself and stress myself out.
Great online class! Makes you work but you learn a lot! Not the best with emails but she gives you her number to get a hold of her. Very caring and grades everything within a week of it being due. Take her!!
You can tell she really likes geography. Her tests are long and she gives you way more work than I think is needed. Every powerpoint with notes has about 60-80 slides you need to look through. The class isn't super hard but it is time consuming. She does a good job of laying out your schedule and what all is needed throughout the semester
Extension of homework assignments.
WAY too much writing for 100 level class. No class should have 6 hour long exams, even it it is online. LONG drawn out intricate weekly quizzes. Assignments that are due on Friday night for no reason while all of the other work is due on Sundays. Too much work for 100 level gen ed class. Do not take unless you like writing a lot and love geography
She is one of the coolest professor in Towson, Pretty straight forward course, I enjoyed it a lot even though I took it online. She wants her students to pass with A. Very Accessible and response very quickly. I would take her class with no doubts.
love professor couch. this class was online, she gives you her personal phone number to text with any questions. answers emails within 24 hours. offers TONS of extra credit. didn't even buy the textbook and i got a B
I cannot say enough good things about prof Couch. She answers emails, but prefers to text her for quicker responses. She is helpful, funny, and knowledgeable about the topic which made me want to learn and earn good grades from her. If I had any questions she would answer them fully. She was also very understanding, which made me more relaxed.
Took this class as a core with intention to learn about general world geography, however the material was heavily in depth. The powerpoints were super long and so were the weekly quizzes. But the professor is there to help and has your best interest in heart. She gives good feedback and wants you to succeed.
This was a 100 level online class and it was so hard. She is not a fair grader for two of the three projects her comments were incorrect and I had to email her about changing my grade. The powerpoints for the quizzes are so long and cover so much information. If you are looking for an easy A do not take this class.
The class is not an easy A. There is a quiz every week so (15 quizzes) and they take at least 45 - 1 hour to finish because they are content heavy. They aren't timed but they are hard. There are 4 exams and they are hard. There are 4 assignments and she grades them really hard. Bottom line, I got a passing grade and Pass/failed the class.
Professor Couch seems like a really sweet lady, however this class is UNBELIEVABLY hard. So much work for a 100 level class it makes it feel like a 400. Extremely unrealistic expectations for assignments and exams. For example 1 out of the THREE assignments (not including the tedious exams or quizzes) is 3-4 page SINGLE spaced paper. DO NOT TAKE!!!
Easy class. 1 quiz due every week. All the answers are in the power points. 3 easy assignments. 3 total tests and a final. Overall super easy, the tests are questions from the quizzes, which you can access for the tests. I reccommend
Couch is easy and you can pass the online class with a B with little effort, but its very test heavy. She does not give a study guide for anything, and when asked if we could have a study guide for the Final, was told our 3 prior 75 question tests were the study guide, which you can't even see your answers to.
Tests are long with little time to complete. You cannot go back to questions so must answer before moving forward. Takes ages to post grades. Not great at responding to email. Had to get grades corrected due to her errors. Was not engaged in class like other online professors - almost absent. Paid for a class I taught myself.
For a 100 level class, it is difficult. I'm typically a straight-A student, and struggled very hard to get that A. There are PowerPoint slides every week, along with readings and a journal entry. There are 3 tests , a cumulative final, and a 5-7 page paper. She is available by email, and very kind when answering. DO THE EC IN MOD 1! It helps.
AVOID! this class is so extra for a 100 level course. I got all As in my upper level accounting courses, and got a B- in this ridiculous class. If that doesn't put it into perspective for you, I don't know what will. There are easier, IN CLASS, options that you should take instead.
there shouldnt be a reason to struggle so hard in a 100 level class, yet here i am. this class has a heavier courseload and exams than all of my 300 and 400 level classes combined. She seems like a very nice professor and she cares, but too extra for a 100 level class. If taking this for a easy senior year core requirement- pick a different one
Professor Couch is AMAZING!! You can tell she loves geography. The class is a LOT honestly, but there are a lot of extra credit opportunities. Take notes & read the lecture ppts and youll be perfectly fine! She is so nice & was so helpful during the pandemic. I would definitely take one of her classes again!
Professor Couch is probably one of the sweetest professors I've ever had. I took her for Climate Change and she really knows what she's talking about. She is so caring and wants everyone to succeed in her class. You will not regret taking her class. She responds very quickly outside of class and is willing to help in any way that she can.
I have prof. Couch for Meteorology and Climate Change (GEOG419), and I'll have her again for another class. She is SO nice! Very relatable and laid back. Work load might seem like a lot but I think is appropriate for a 300 level class. She is THE best prof. at Towson! 3 exams + final that is cumulative, weekly hw, weather presentation project.
Does the absolute most for a 100 level course. I took her summer class and she had absolutely no empathy with the amount of work she assigned. Loads of work with short amounts of time to complete it. Exams are 50-75 multiple choice questions and 4-7 essay questions. I would spend my whole day on her exams. She is nice but wild inconsiderate.
There is a lot of work in this class but she was easy to reach outside class and was very accommodating when I needed help about anything.
Professor Couch is amazing I personally think this class has a lot of work, 3 test, 8 exercises, mini project, mini project and final project, but she is willing to help you, not a tough grader. There is a great amount of opportunity for extra credit and her lectures a very fun.
Her online class was so easy to manage and I loved the consistency of her modules and map quizzes, you always knew what to expect. All the answers are in the power points and her map quizzes were a little more difficult but manageable. Take her, online or in person, she is so nice:)
She was perfect all year, I literally did not open up a textbook once so I don't know if there was one. For the final, she makes it optional and replaces your lowest exam's score if the final exam grade is higher. Very caring and accessible out of class, if you ever needed it. Great first semester at Towson with her!
This proffesor wasnt understanding at all and should not be teaching because her goal is not to help the students.
class has a HEAVY reading but light workload, the PowerPoints have the answers to quizzes and exams. Biggest thing is you CAN'T go back on questions. After failing 2 exams, I was still able to pass with a B because of the extra credit she does for the course surveys and course evaluations. Take if needed but know this class is A LOT of reading.
She is amazing don't get me wrong, super understanding and what not but the workload ???!?? for a core class??? and on top of that she doesn't grade lightly so you spend copious amounts of time on work and still get graded harshly. She expects you to read and has assignments due every week day which is bizarre.
She was nothing but a headache for this semester. On top of her unprofessional grading she has way to much work for such low level class. She needs to go teach history class or something. Anyways she was terrible to me please beware of this professor in any way you interact with her. Also she has an immature side to her with how she speaks.
The class is a lot of work, but using tools like Unstuck AI alongside the free textbook can really help. The professor is kind and available, just make sure to stay on top of assignments and exams.
Great professor but honestly way too much work for it to be be an online core class. I used chat the entire semester and thats the only reason it was smooth for me. She gives a lot of extra credit within her powerpoints so make sure to do them because they genuinely boost ur grade.
Too much to comprehend
gives too much work for a core class, her powerpoints and weekly quizzes are heavy with information. beware because the work load is a lot.
Great class, very caring and assignments are very simple
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
31%
Textbook Required
47%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B+
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-0.94 avg changeRatings by Course
WORLDREGIONAL
5.0
(1)GEOGOFINTL
5.0
(1)GEOG109
5.0
(2)GEOG373
5.0
(2)GEOG413
5.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
5869
5.0
GEO102
4.2
GEO102ONLINE
3.6
GEOG101ONLINE
3.4
GEOG
3.0