Reviews of professor Debra Arford

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Arford is a TERRIBLE teacher. She does not go over any of the content on the test. She spends all class working on one problem and does not explain it. When asked questions she does not know the answer or reply with "it's a made up world"?? There is no way to get a good grade unless you skip class and teach yourself. I would NEVER recommend!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class is the worst class I have ever taken. She will spend all of lecture on one problem or only answer other students questions the entire time. The content learned in lecture is not at all close to the hoemwork or exams. The homework is not worth enough credit. I would spend hours on the homework only for it to not bump up my grade AT ALL.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Arford is a very sweet lady however this class is ridiculous. Intro to chemistry did not have to be this difficult. I ended up dropping because the lectures were only confusing me and the only things I was actually learning was what I was teaching myself. If you need to take this class, be ready to teach yourself, and make sure to study.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
To state it simply if you aren't perfect you won't do well in this class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
When reading these revies I was very scared to have her -- she wasn't that bad. She is a very friendly person and will help/sometimes give answers if you ask. She does grade pretty tough but doesn't always dock points for it, just make sure to write out all the work.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
First of all, this has by far been the worst teacher/professor in my experience of learning. She grades so strictly it isn't even funny. She has this very passive aggressive tone when speaking and teaching and it comes off as very intimidating. She is not understanding at all and has extremely unreasonable high expectations for her students.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Usually, I am lenient with my teachers and I don't always have strong negative emotions towards them, but Dr. Arford's CHM 116 lab genuinely pissed me off. We had to print out our own lab handouts even though we pay tuition. She marked points off if the "right" type of work wasn't shown. I would rather drink HCI than ever take a class with her.