Reviews of professor Melissa Swisher

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
tests are in person, if you do badly then the APA paper will help boost your grade, it is a large part of the class percentage. Lectures posted online, don't have to attend class. Exams are pretty straight forward. This class can be done fully online. Shes an alright grader, there's opportunities to make ups.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I haven't felt strongly enough to write a review on here, but I HATE this class. She seems like a nice lady, but her class is unbelievably boring and hard to follow. She reads directly off the slides the ENTIRE time and does not cover topics fully. She does not interact with the students at all during class and has attendance quizzes. DO NOT TAKE!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class isn't exciting, but it's simple. I completed every lecture online, except labs, which (most) can also be done online. I understood the material and did well on exams with minimal studying. The final paper is done in increments with feedback, she is very helpful and open to questions. Swisher is one of the sweetest professors I've known.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dull lectures but with repetitive and easy content. Lectures are recorded and attendance is online and can be done without attending class (except lab, which varies in requirements for attendance). Most of your grade is the tests (50 mc in person, very easy and a lot are questions from the attendance). Easy class. Would recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Some of the reviews are unnecessarily mean and are nitpicking things that have nothing to do with the quality of the class, lecture, or content. This is one of the best professors I've ever had and I would take her classes again. I took PSY201 + PSY203 concurrently in the same semester, and she was super helpful and accommodating. I got two A's.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
One of the least enthusiastic and engaging professors I've had. Her way of speaking is in a monotone-Kardashian style voice that gets irritating. Teaches the material like she is going to fall asleep, drinks beverages loudly over recorded lectures. This class might as well be online, she just reads off the slides. She needs to be re-evaluated.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Swisher is a great professor. The lectures did get a little tedious at times, but that's because the material itself is not very flashy. Dr. Swisher made the lectures fun to listen to. You can tell she really knows a lot about research and psychology, and she is very accommodating. Homeworks and quizzes are very straightforward, as are exams.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She was very monotone and not a fun teacher. I have never scored so low in a class. I'm an A and B student and this is the first class I have ever gotten a D+

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
i really liked dr swisher's lectures, but it is intense content so be prepared. i never used the textbook she told us to buy. exams were super hard so study a lot. she was really nice and understanding if you get behind. lab activities are easy and you can watch lectures online for full credit