Reviews of professor Janette Goodridge

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I loved having Janette as a teacher. Finance 3200 with her was very relaxed and I spent maybe like 20 minutes doing homework for her class every two weeks. She posts notes and walk-through problems on Canvas after every class. Easy quizzes. Fair tests. Super nice! Super willing to help.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Goodridge is amazing. I took her online corporate finance course and I was expecting the worst. She is always accessible through email and you can ask her any question on the homework and she is ready to help you. She really ensures that you're ready for homework and tests. Tests are open note too! Can't say enough good things about her.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I struggled with my previous finance class and was worried about this class, but she made everything so clear and easy. The homework/weekly quizzes were the same so the workload was pretty easy. I always struggle with tests, but she gives you all the resources and open book (not notes) so it helped a lot.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Tests and quizzes are fairly easy if you watch the lectures and do the homework. Janette was always good at making time to meet with me if I was struggling, however, her lectures caused that because sometimes she just says "and then you do this" without explaining why. I feel like I just followed a pattern rather than learning the concepts.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I think her lectures would pretty good. I did have to teach myself some of the material, but I think that's part of an online class sometimes. There are 4 tests, she gives you 3 hours, and they are open note. The weekly quizzes are just the answers to the homework assignments and you get two tries at the quizzes.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Goodridge is very good at answering questions and her grading criteria could not be more straightforward. With that said her online lectures are not very helpful. I didn't buy the book and that was a big mistake. You might as well just teach yourself the material because she does not explain things very well.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Janette cares about her students, but the lectures, powerpoints, etc are nothing like the homework or the tests. I ended up spending so many extra hours trying to figure out the homework because it covered things she never mentioned or taught. Very frustrating.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Do NOT take this class. Professory Goodridge is very nice and great at getting back to students, but she is absolutely terrible at teaching. The concepts in this class are not that difficult but you're way better off reading the book or watching YouTube videos than her lectures. She cannot explain these concepts at all. Don't waste your time.