Reviews of professor Mary Madeira

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Interesting lecturer, keeps the class engaged. Grade is entirely composed of tests.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Her lectures are very easy to understand, content was great, posts the PowerPoints before every lecture. However, if you don't do well on any of the exams (all MC), you're basically screwed. MC tests are great until the options all seem to blend with each other. Confusing. Take at own risk -- if you can assure your test grades will be high.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Madeira is an incredible lecturer. One thing to watch out for, though, is that your whole grade depends on a quiz, two midterms, & a final, so if you don't prepare effectively for those, you won't do well; even if you've been understanding the lecture information. She leans more towards economics-based multiple choice questions.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof Madeira is a good teacher. The entire class is lecture-based. The first quiz and exam are pretty easy, but the second one will surprise you. Just do the readings, and go to class. She says stuff during the lecture that is not in the book or the slides and will be on the test (about 3?s). Learned a lot and built a good foundation as an IR major

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
One of my fav professors. She is really caring & wants students to do well. Lectures are easy to follow (slides always online - but she mentions stuff in lectures that are not in them). Very accessible. The textbook is unnecessary since tests will be based on slides that are based on the book (got A+ w/o using the book ). Would definitely recommend

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Exams make up the whole grade, but it's based off of her lectures that are easy to understand if you just study them. She gives out examples in her lectures that show up on exams so go to her class. She's cracks jokes & is very interesting. Really pretty & great fashion sense. She's a great professor who cares about her students. Take her class!!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Her slides are from 2018. She is not very helpful toward her students. She has no homework assignments just three exams and one quiz. Doesn't give ways for you to change your grades through the course. I would not recommend ever taking this class. It was a waste of time and I wish I withdrew because you don't learn anything

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
If you go to class and take notes every day the tests are so easy. The questions are all multiple choice and concepts are directly from the slides.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took IR010 with Mary. Attendance was not required and she pubished all the PowerPoints on Coursesite. The 100% of the course was a quiz (10%), two midterms (30% each), and the final (30%). She mentions details on the class that are not on the slides.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took IR010 as an elective. It is interesting, but the lectures are a little long and boring. The readings as well. The exams can be a little tough if you don't read the slides and can't apply the terms to examples.