Reviews of professor Sandra Sheard

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Really caring and wants you to do well!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. Sheard was an extremely poor professor, but the class itself was a piece of cake. This was her first semester at VCU, and it was painfully obvious. The class consisted of dry lectures, boring guest speakers, and needless group meetings. TopHat was used for attendance and questions. Dr. Sheard's class was an annoyance at best, but very easy.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Sheard isn't the best teacher but she cares. There's a lot of assignments due each week and she doesn't really explain at first so it might be overwhelming. Once you get the hang of it theres really little to no work involved, just busy assignments. You can skip the midterm and final if you do well on the 1st exam and keep up in class. Easy A!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She seems to be a nice person, but teaching methods are trash. Have her MWF, and every day it's something different. NEVER consistent with what she does. Will likely send the class tons of emails going over things already obvious or mistakes she's made. Don't know if it's because she's new to VCU, but would be better if she got her stuff together.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Its only the second week and so far its awful. She told us we must purchase a bundle with two access codes and a textbook. We later found out that one of the access codes gives you the textbook online so thats $100 wasted. Assignments unclear w little instruction and on material weve never learned. Nice prof but she hasnt taught us anything yet

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Unfair grader

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Sheard is a great professor, yes it was her first year at vcu so give her a break. She gives a lot of opportunities and is very helpful. As long as you do the work and come to class it should be an easy grade.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Doesn't really teach you anything in class, spends 30 minutes of a 50 minute class going over her emails. She is actually very nice and chill but she still needs to figure out to explain things better and quicker. You do the work and you will be okay. She just need to figure what works best for her.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
She doesn't teach the material at all. Dedicates every Wednesday to a guest speaker or video presentation and then gives time for groups to work. Mondays, she has 3 groups teach the material we read outside of class, then we break into more group work. Doesn't go over the assignments very well at all. It's gonna be a long semester. Do better VCU.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This class is tough the first couple of weeks because she throws a lot of different assignments at you. However, once you get the hang of things; the class isn't hard at all. Make a plan with your group about who will do what assignments, and your workload will literally be cut into fourths. She is very nice and caring, but is strict on deadlines.