Reviews of professor Shirley Roburn

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Literally the worst professor at York University. Thats all that needs to be said. Absolutely terrible. Dont take any class with her.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This professor is a very slow marker. Does not explain the concepts in class well and has no power points. This class has way to many readings that are way to long.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Thousands of readings. I can tell Prof Roburn is intelligent, but she did not clearly explain the materials to us. I never knew what the 'main themes' were in the course. Her lectures were hard to follow because they were mostly just audio recordings. When she provided us with slides, she included blocks of text rather than the main concepts/points

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Roburn includes very interesting topics and provides interactive ways to learn the materials. Her lectures are clear in terms of what she wants you to remember. The structure of the course gives you a good foundation for good grades. Would love to have her again for another course!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Horrible teaching system during these times. Made the tests to confuse you, her questions are SO tricky be aware... she doesn't want her students to succeed.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
She is a very sweet lady and does her best to make lectures fun and engaging by incorporating activities and games. However, her slides were in paragraph form making it very difficult to copy notes and study from. Her assignments were fun and hands-on though, so this is a good class overall.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
JUST BAD PERIOD. NEVER GIVES ANYONE A MARK ABOVE C+. SO BAD PEOPLE AVOID AT ALL COST

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She made the exam extremely difficult as it was all multiple choice. The other COMN courses were take home exams as our degree usually calls upon us to read and write while evaluating different concepts. I have yet to receive any other marks for the course so my peers and my self have no idea where were at. I wish I didn't have to take this course

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Roburn is a sweet woman who seems to really care about her students. She even does a weekly check-in and is very clear with her instructions. My only complaints are that she assigns a ton of readings and sooo many assignments. Would take again tho.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Has zero connection with students and has the TA's take care of everything. Can be really good if you get a good TA, otherwise, you are responsible for all your learning and comprehension. Roburn's videos are very dry, and the monotone voice she uses for the videos doesn't help.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I have had a horrible experience with this course and as well with my tutorial leader. Professor Roburn has not returned any marks for the course and has made the learning experience extremely difficult during such a hard time that were all going through right now. I really hope she can try to put more effort into her students and their learning.