Reviews of professor Ellen Matson

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Worst class you will take freshman year. She is really passive aggressive, creates difficult tests, and chooses super inconvenient times to do attendance. She speaks at a level that shows she doesn't fully understand what she is teaching, and is kind of rude when people ask questions.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Her lectures are easier to follow than Knowles'. But I don't like how she talks down to us like we are 5yo. She says things that rub me the wrong way sometimes. But not a hard course, lots of extra credit to get an A. Points system. EC is graded harshly but attending class gives you points. Lecture is recorded. Final is optional.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Matson started out the semester looking promising since she's super enthusiastic and has passion for what she teaches. However, her grading criteria are super harsh (gives out zeros often and doesn't give partial credit on exams under since the class was a point bucket system). She was also not accommodating and brushed away student complaints.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I think Prof Matson was the better 132 prof, but she was still very hard. Goes through lecture slides very fast, but is very helpful if you ask a question or go to office hours.