Reviews of professor Diane Martichuski

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I'm not sure why this professor receives such poor ratings. I found the self directed course to be both fair and informative. There is a weekly quiz and discussion, and you will actually need to read the assigned textbook chapter in order to do well. No final but two 1000 word ish papers. You just need to actually read the assigned material!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Be prepared to read! Weekly chapter quizzes, in which she takes her own questions from each chapter and creates the quizzes. They are 5 questions long and you get 10 minutes to take them. 2 papers (easiest part of the course in my opinion). No midterm or final. I took it because I needed an additional course. Informative course though.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Expects a lot from her students even though she is not clear on what she wants. syllabus changed multiple times through the semester which mad it hard to plan for anything. I do not recommend taking her unless you like headaches.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
It's frustrating because I enjoyed the content... Weekly discussion posts were super easy and based on the chapter(s) that week, but the quizzes were DIFFICULT. Only 5 questions, so passing it was on a wing and a prayer. Exam/quiz questions are made by her, so looking for outside help (besides skimming the entire textbook while timed) was HARD.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The professor DOES NOT respond to any emails you send. I've sent exactly 8 emails throughout last week for help on an assignment only to receive no reply and a C on the assignment because we have to teach the entire subject to ourselves as a result of COVID-19. I would not recommend her at all unless you can teach the topics to yourself.