Reviews of professor Aya McDonald

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR IF YOU VALUE YOUR SANITY! She makes things unnecessarily hard for no reason. It's obvious she doesn't know how to work the programs she uses for the class because when something goes wrong she tells you to contact the help desk. Her lectures are boring and she'll ask you a bunch of questions you won't know the answers to.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Really sweet, but was confusing occasionally. There's a final essay and a final project, the only assignments are weekly quizzes and dbp, all super easy. Honestly, her lectures weren't even bad but she decided to make them optional cuz people complained about them being boring and only 10 people show up. Some students really exaggerate tbh.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Japanese Art is interesting overall don't get me wrong, you can really tell she's very passionate about the subjects. But, be prepared to write a 1000 word essay every week and on top of that, a research paper in chicago style. One thing that was really difficult is understanding the instructions and what she wants from a specific assignments.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
don't take this class. her instructions are unclear and isn't very helpful. I emailed her once to ask a question and she gave me the driest response almost as if she didn't want to be bothered. Tough grader, had to resubmit an assignment 3 times once until she was happy with it. avoid this class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I don't understand this professor. the reason why I rated this class as difficult is because her instructions are very unclear. You will not know what to do in this class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Avoid taking her class. She gives so much homework and lectures. There's a final paper and a final project which is heavy. She doesn't explain well and expects you to know everything. Everyone in class is always confused because her instructions are unclear for most of the assignments. So many quizzes and assignments it is hard to keep up.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
As much as I appreciate professor McDonald from previous class, took this in the summer and most stressful course. 5 1000 word essays each week and a final essay of 1500 words on last day. This is too much and unfair when we have work and other things to do. Plus read a book and another 300+ pages for our final. Not enough time for anything