The class structure made it extremely difficult to earn a good grade. While the professor was nice, Top hat was graded on correctness in lecture, rubrics were overly strict, discussion was harshly graded on participation, and a few exams determined virtually your entire grade. Not recommended.

Truly one of the most frustrating classes I have ever taken. A concept that should be relatively straight forward and obvious is made to be immensely difficult. Grading never matches what is said by professor or rubric and they find any way to take points off. Lectures are unorganized and mind-numbing. Needs serious restructuring.

The lecture content is interesting, but was overshadowed by the terrible structure of the class. The exams were not representative of the learning targets at all, and the professor refuses to give any study material (practice questions, study guides) The discussion is annoying and everything is graded very harshly. Tophat is graded on correctness.

Professors' lecture slides are very information-dense with no structure. Discussion is completely unrelated to the information from lecture. Many group projects with poor formatting and instructions. No practice material or rubric provided for exams. Exam format is unnecessarily difficult and a poor way of assessing students' knowledge.

Professor makes simple tasks quite difficult. Lecture slides are packed with information and she wont tell you what information is needed to pass the class. A lot of assignments lack specificity which leads to a lot of students doing it wrong. Id say that the exam structure is not the best way to tests the students knowledge.

Conceptually easy class made needlessly difficult. Exams rely on details barely mentioned. Discussions are irrelevant, and she refuses to provide any resources beyond slides. Other points are deducted arbitrarily to spread grades. Overall an exasperating professor who expects far more from students than she puts into her one weekly lecture.