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I loved how applicable the content was to other classes and my everyday life.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1073677", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:25:22.503484+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwNzg0NTg5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1073677", "instructor_name": "Kristy Burkholder", "course_label": "CS501", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2025-03-18 17:32:09 +0000 UTC", "comment": " Me and my partner had the understanding that we didn't need to attend the lecture times due to us attending a lot of meetings. She then went behind our backs with our grades after telling us we could make us the \"missing assignments\" for attendance points (we attended meetings during class time) even though other peers said there were none.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1073677", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 1 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:25:22.503484+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwNDE3MjYy", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1073677", "instructor_name": "Kristy Burkholder", "course_label": "INTERHE201", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2024-12-22 20:35:27 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Professor Burkholder was very kind and lectures were interesting. Only issue with this class is that the two exams were substantially more difficult than any of the weekly quizzes, journal reflections, etc. Would recommend that students dont underestimate the content as exams are multiple choice & short answer formats.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1073677", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 } ] ``` ### total 50 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ---------- | | course\_1012e0b6bce4bdda46f01fbb | HDFS 253 | | course\_215d003d56fbaa10ddadbf86 | HDFS 469 | | course\_28dbea4f7188b1dafc920d31 | HDFS 471 | | course\_a072e557ffebf8877670ca10 | HDFS 501 | | course\_e831b3ccc019624cb0424eb3 | HDFS 650 | ### matched true ## social Image true