Reviews of professor Sarah Snyder

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you are looking for a professor that will genuinely challenge you, you should take one of Prof. Snyder's courses. She has high expectations, but she provides enough structure and feedback to make the experience beneficial. I had lots of late nights writing essays, but I really grew in her FYS class. She set me up to succeed in my other courses.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Snyder is very knowledgeable in what she teaches and is able to facilitate good lectures and discussions. However she does assign a lot of work for a freshman class and is a rather tough grader on essays even though she gives good feedback.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Please take any other prof. For someone teaching a capstone, she has no real regard for whether students graduate. The class itself has more work than other capstones, and had overall way less excitement from the students in it (than friends in other classes). She is strict & class is three hours long where she solely asks questions on the readings

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Snyder obviously knows a lot about her field but the class is a discussion for three hours straight. There was also a lot of readings due each week and four essays throughout the semester. She gives good feedback on these essays. If you really love the field and want to work hard, she's a good professor for you.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
You will learn more from class discussions. Readings are great but could be unrelated at times. Participation in this class is important. A major gripe is that its a history course and if you do not answer the way she wants you to answer, particuarly papers assignments, she can be really hard on you. Take HIST-661 as your alternative.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
My advice: take someone else. Don't leave AU on this note, she was a stain on my last semester.