Reviews of professor Andria Smythe

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Shes understanding and will accommodate you. There are reading and grading assignments due every Sunday. Some of the answers are online.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Smythe is definitely a good and caring professor. She was extremely attentive to students' needs during the pandemic. Attendance was not mandatory and recorded lectures were available on Blackboard. She also accepted late work and was understanding so assignments. The material in Microeconomics is difficult, but she does a good job explaining too.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Lectures were boring as she has a monotone voice and often drones on about economics. I just bought chegg for the semester and used it for all tests and homework assignments and got an easy A. There is also extra credit every week if you fall behind. Class is "mandatory" but you don't really learn if you are not paying attention. Pretty easy A imo.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This is hard class to do online, and just didn't seem to translate very well. The lectures confused me more than anything, so I did most of my learning by myself with the textbook.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She isn't a bad teacher. Sometimes she goes through the material pretty quickly. But she honestly wants you to learn and do well in the course. And she provides the materials for you to succeed. But Econ, in general, is a hard class so you have to try. Make sure to go to class, she counts participation. AND DO THE EXTRA CREDIT.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Smythe is by far the best economics professor I have ever had. I have never been strong in econ but she used real-world examples to make complex concepts understandable. Economics is never an easy A, but of all the courses I took at Howard, I learned the most in this class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This course is no walk-in-the-park if you're not interested in economics. You have a graded assignment due each week, a lot of tests, and participation/pre-class assignments due too. The professor is very considerate and passionate as well.