Reviews of professor Janice Iwama

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Amazing interesting lectures, but if you miss even one without a note from the dean she will doc points. Tests are weighted heavily and she grades very harshly. Weekly online quizzes, but answers can not be easily found online. Lots of reading, you must STUDY the textbook. No final exam, but three major non cumulative exams. Lots of memorization

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
WILL LOCK YOUR GRADE TILL THE END OF THE YEAR SO YOU DON'T KNOW YOU'RE FAILING UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. No use of the textbook even though it's required.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
took her for JLC- 280 (Intro to Justice Research) the worst professor I have had at AU. does not except ANY late work including if you have an illness. made us write a 16 page paper for the final. boring, mean, and unaccommodating do not take

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There are 3 big exams that make up a big part of the grade but she gives study guides and they're easy to study for. The quizzes were super hard even when I did the reading so that was annoying. There were also 2 short papers but they weren't bad. Attendance is very important.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
There was a lot of homework: reading quizzes, research paper, 2 exams, etc, but wasn't too difficult if you put the time in. Everyday, class was heavy lectures with 1 or 2 participation activities, kind of annoying. Brought in good guest speakers and overall seems to care about the students. I thought that she was a lil above average as a teacher.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Iwama is one of the most knowledgable people I have ever met. She makes an 8 am block quite interesting. Lectures can get a bit dense, sometimes she uses 1 hour and other times she uses all 3. 60% of your grade is based off of 3 tests which are relatively straightforward. She doesn't budge about grades/crediy