Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
Tests are not well written and is hard to meet with outside of class. Does not respond to emails timely and is late. Reads off of slides and not particularly engaging or easy to followRate My Professors ↗
Historical instructor
Karie Cherwin
What students say
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Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
81% is an A, I don't need to say anything elseRate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 2/5
Dr. Cherwin seems like she is very knowledgable and passionate about the subject but lectures are fairly boring because she reads her slides rather than presenting them. She is not super involved in the course which makes grading and announcements pretty delayed and disorganized as most of it relies on the TA's. The class itself is great though!Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 2/5
Not the worst lecturer I've ever had, but the lecture sequence was incredibly disorganized and often lacked direction; the class is basically a myriad of guest lectures chopped into different "units." Content is easy though, and discussion is solely led by students which wasn't ideal. Tests were fair for the most partRate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Lecture is disorganized and hard to follow, discussion is led by students, mandatory but not useful. Reviews were also useless. Lots of assignments but no rubrics and TAs are not on the same page with each other or the professor.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
Professor Cherwin is nice, and topics are interesting. However, lectures are very disorganized. Grading criteria is very unclear, and super picky. Nearly impossible to get full points on anything. There are a lot of assignments, which is okay as it balances out your exams. Discussions are not helpful for your exams.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Karie Cherwin
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