Reviews of professor Alexandra Pettit

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She is a very caring professor, very accessible, knowledgeable, and her lecture style suits me. BUT you do have to put in HOURS of work. The open-book exams are extremely tough and can catch freshman off-guard, because it's not about memorising facts. You have to think outside the box. Outside of the room even. Google and office hour r your friend.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The exams barely reflect the material learned throughout the course. Taken out of context and makes it difficult to understand what youre expected to write on exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great teacher! She was really understanding and listened to our feedback on the exams and the workload.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
You can get a decent mark but you will have to spend copious time on this course. Course content does not prepare you for exams and the specific grading criteria feels like they have no interest in helping students succeed. Any reweighting she claims to do is useless as the final was harder than both midterms combined. DO NOT TAKE THIS PROF!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
All I can say is that this is one of the worst profs I have ever had. Would mark me wrong not because my answer is incorrect rather because it did not match exactly what she wanted (which was very infuriating). She should not be allowed to teach and should be under review as I am not alone in my struggles. Avoid at all costs!!!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Ok, I got a pretty good grade. But I really had to work for it. This class was so hard. I mean, the lectures were fine, but I totally felt bamboozled during the tests. You really had to have a super specific answer. Honestly, I wish the tests weren't take home and just tested us on regular stuff. She is definitely one of the nicest profs tho!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
switched to engineering because of this class lol

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I did not do terrible in the course but The online midterms/exams are take home and very difficult. She will say it takes max 2-3 hours but in reality it takes 8+ hours for most students. Based on the amount of effort you put in just to get a decent grade its best to take another prof for online. Class just brings stress and lowers the GPA.