Federica Deigan

12 reviews

Average rating: 4.83

This professor has taught: ITAL103, ITAL203, ITAL475, ITAL478B, ITAL478D, ITAL478L, ITAL478T, ITAL498B, ITAL499T, MUSC448L

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Federica Deigan ITAL103 Expecting an A admin 05/03/2016 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.	Professoressa Deigan is the best Italian teacher you can ask for. She engaging, cares about her students, and is just an excellent teacher. The course is laid out really well and very straight forward. If you do the homework and study, you will excel in this class. Honestly, all you have to do is want to learn Italian, and you'll do awesome. seriously a great teacher, if you don't take her for italian, you're missing out.
Federica Deigan ITAL103 Expecting a B Anonymous 08/21/2015 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.	Wonderful teacher. I learned a lot of Italian and the course was engaging and nicely taught. She is a very understanding professor and is willing to make time to work with students if you are having trouble with a certain chapter.
Federica Deigan ITAL203 Expecting a B+ admin 01/13/2013 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.	I loved this class with Professoressa Deigan. I was coming into college with only a minor Italian knowledge from high school and she really helped me blossom into what I consider myself in partial fluency. She is a bit different from other professors in that her syllabus is very loosely structured and just decides to change things at certain times. But overal I highly recommend her as your professor for ital103 or ital203. I even decided to take another advanced level ital class with her this upcoming semester
Federica Deigan ITAL203 Expecting an A- admin 12/17/2012 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.	Professor Deigan is great. If you put in the work and just study the book for ten minutes everyday, you'll get an A. She loves to give A's you just have to work a little for it. Also, she really hates it if you talk and be rude in class. Because I was polite, sat in the front, and always payed attention to her, she told me that she wanted me to redo a part of a test that I misunderstood the directions on. She did not have to do that at all, and she took her own personal time t do it. I would definitely take her class again if I could.
Federica Deigan ITAL103 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/19/2012 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.	If you're willing to put in the time necessary, take Professoresa Deigan. Great personality, really nice and helpful professor. The class is hard though. Lots of memorization, which is necessary. I mean, it is a foreign language. Take her if you can!
Federica Deigan ITAL103 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/04/2011 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.	She is a good teacher, and I learned a lot, but the course is very difficult and moves fast. That being said, it is a college language course, and that should be expected. The grading is fair, but it takes her a very long time to return tests and compositions. The worst part of this class is that you don't have any idea of the grade you have. I had to bother her incessantly to give me a current grade, and didn't get one until right before thanksgiving break, and even then it was just a percentage. Besides this, she is a very good teacher. When she says don't save the workbook for the last night, she's not lying. Also, the amount of crocheted clothing in her wardrobe is impressive. She is very sweet and understanding.
Federica Deigan ITAL103 Expecting an A Anonymous 10/26/2011 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.	I am not surprised that I look up reviews for Deigan and all I see is 5-star reviews. I can't compare her to any other language instructor (since she is my only), but she is a great professor. She teaches straight out of the book and the quizzes and exams are very straight-forward. I suggest you go to class since it is in class that you can truly understand the concepts, and study before quizzes/exams. Obviously, if you actually learn and practice the language, you will do well.
Federica Deigan ITAL103 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/17/2011 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.	I totally was not expecting an A+ because I had been doing great on the quizzes but mid-high Bs on the exams. I think Dr. Deigan is an amazing teacher and she is so so so nice and really funny! This class wasn't that hard at all and they definitely curved even though the syllabus said they don't, but I speak Spanish fluently and the other people in my class who spoke Spanish/ French definitely did better/ thought it was easier.
Federica Deigan ITAL103 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/20/2010 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.	Great foreign language instructor. She is committed to seeing that her students do well. In order to succeed in this class, regular attendance is necessary. I am going to go out of my way to make sure I have her for the ITAL203.
Federica Deigan ITAL103 Expecting an A admin 05/20/2009 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.	Fantastic Professor. She is by far the best foreign language teacher I have ever had, definitely take her if possible
Federica Deigan ITAL103 Expecting a B+ admin 04/23/2009 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.	She is very dedicated to students learning italian, but she can be intimidating because she likes to say as much as possible in italian and I rarely understand. I really enjoy her class and I'm far from the best at italian.
Federica Deigan ITAL103 Expecting a B admin 04/15/2008 This review was automatically imported from OurUMD. It was not manually verified and may not follow our review standards.	She's nice but kind of hard. Participation is essential to doing well in the course. I didn't miss one day but still got a B.