Reviews of professor Sierra Petersen

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Intro Oceanography is not the easy NS course you are looking for - lots of time required for end of week quizzes, HW, and studying for exams if you are looking for an A. Lectures are incredibly detail oriented as are exams. Prof Petersen knows a lot about the subject, but exams are not easy and math is required. Only take if necessary/if interested

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Super unaccommodating for those with illnesses etc. Told me it was policy to email before class to get illness related absences excused. When I told her I was physically unable to email her any earlier, she never responded. Did the same when I was admitted to the ER.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
In multiple instances the professor would teach a concept in the exact opposite way it showed up in homework. Our first exam grades took almost two and a half weeks to come back because everyone would have bombed it, so they had to "reevaluate" the grading guidelines. Concepts quickly discussed in lecture become relevant on exams so watch out.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
this class was a breeze. gradecraft made it easy to pick and choose which assignments to do. exams were straightforward as long as u put the time in to study and go to the review sessions led by the GSIs. there's also plenty of office hours and GSIs are super helpful. pay attention in lecture, do work on time, and study and its an easy A