Reviews of professor Melissa Halford

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I had to take the class as a requirement before summer Architecture. I was very scared bc I never took Physics in hs. This professor works in favor of her students if you allow her to. If you have questions she will make the time to answer them. She helped me do everything I could to make a B in her class. Very understanding and knows her stuff.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Halford's lectures are pretty fast-paced but she does explain the material pretty well. She also gives opportunities for you to ask questions and a few problems for you to solve each class time. Also does test corrections. You are given an equation sheet you can write on and use during tests.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Halford was a pretty decent teacher over the summer semester. Although she spoke very fast during lecture and sometimes seemed anxious to talk to the class, she does really care about her students. Corrections on the tests were very helpful and the class was curved so getting an A is very viable if you're willing to put forth the effort to.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I was nervous about taking her based on her reviews, but she was honestly a great professor. Her lectures were easy to follow and were broken up with lots of practice problems. She also gave practice exams for every test and an easy extra credit opportunity.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Physics is just a hard class overall, but I believe Halford is one of the better professors for 1500, she lets you re-do the long work questions on exams to get back half credit which is nice to get your exam grades up. She checks in during the semester to improve lectures, so definitely be honest if you need more examples during lecture.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I did not learn one single thing from any of her lectures. They were just not helpful in any way. Having a good lab TA helps because they'll go back over stuff if you don't understand, but that's just up to the luck of the draw.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She provides studying material and homework to prepare for exams but the level of difficulty covered in the lectures is not representative of the exams. There are extra credit opportunities before each exam but they are graded harshly. She will also replace your lowest exam grade with the final but the final is insanely difficult.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Halford was one of the worst teachers I have had during my time at Auburn. She is a horrible teacher and you can tell she is uncomfortable teaching in front of a large class. She makes problems way harder than they need to be, the LA's were more useful than her. She does give out extra credit but she grades hard and it barely helps your grade.