Reviews of professor Karen Slater

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Slater is a good prof, her rubrics for assignments just such. These assignment and projects are worth so much of your final grade, but her rubric is just a checklist. She will still dock you marks even if you complete the checklist, which is ridiculous. I liked her in class, her marking just doesn't make sense.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Karen Slater is not a bad teacher but her lectures do get boring at times. The lectures mainly consist of her reading the slides. The class consists of 1 midterm, 1 final, journal assignments, and a group presentation. Karen is a tough grader and it is hard to get a good mark in the class. Midterm is all multiple choice but is tricky. I would avoid

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Textbook not necessary. Do the journals and do them properly; you will pass.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The midterm was hard, she included random questions that weren't a part of her lecture slides, which she reads from directly every class. The textbook was a complete waste of money, we didn't use it once. Would not recommend if you're looking for a GPA booster

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Not always clear about expectations for written assignments, boring lectures. Easy enough course where you can still do well.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Karen was caring and kind, but honestly I don't think she marked the class very fair. Her expectations were PRETTY high for a 100-level course. I was expecting the class to be only on fitness/nutrition but it's more broad than that surrounding "health of a person". I got higher in my hardest course than this class, so that's a bit ridiculous to me.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
TOUGH GRADER! WOULD NOT RECOMMEND! I followed all the points in the checklist properly but it still wasn't enough. Lectures are very boring. Don't get the textbook, you don't need it. All slides are posted online, so you don't have to go to class. No participation/attendance marks. AVOID!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Karen's good at teaching both classes, but she clearly likes teaching PERL 207 better. Her lectures were usually straightforward, but her exam expectations were not so clear. You didn't need a textbook for PERLS 207, but YOU WILL need one for PEDS 207. TOUGH GRADER! I'm glad I took PERL 207 with her, but I would not take PEDS 207 with her again.