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CA 368 was really interesting- definitely reccomend!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1093879","quality_rating":5,"difficulty_rating":2},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:22:25.729352+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMjk0Mzcy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1093879","instructor_name":"Lyn Van Swol","course_label":"CA368","course_id":null,"course_uid":null,"review_date":"2025-05-15 17:43:29 +0000 UTC","comment":"Very knowledgable and passionate. She was funny and engaged with her students.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1093879","quality_rating":5,"difficulty_rating":4},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:22:25.729352+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMTcyNzE1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1093879","instructor_name":"Lyn Van Swol","course_label":"CA368","course_id":null,"course_uid":null,"review_date":"2025-05-06 03:32:59 +0000 UTC","comment":"Her lectures were structured terribly and often went on tangents, the class itself lacked a concrete structure and was very disorganized.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1093879","quality_rating":2,"difficulty_rating":2},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:22:25.729352+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMTQ1NDcz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1093879","instructor_name":"Lyn Van Swol","course_label":"CA368","course_id":null,"course_uid":null,"review_date":"2025-05-03 18:24:01 +0000 UTC","comment":"I had her this past sem, she is very spacey and did not give us much information for papers, assignments, or quiz/tests. 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