Reviews of professor Laura Zimmermann

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Attendance not mandatory but in class part. is worth up to 5% of grade. Tests are short/long answer only and contain a lot of information from readings and videos.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Zimmermann is wonderful. This class teaches you a new way to think about international affairs and international development. If you try to apply a traditional intl affairs thought process to this class, you will not do well. But if you're willing to think things through from a new perspective, you'll gain & learn so much!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
she was so sweet and was really great after class about telling you how to improve your grade. she is a tough grader for sure. write more than you think you need to. 3 hw assignments, two midterms, participation, and a final are the only grades. it helps to know someone in the class bc the hw is longgg. easy to understand the material.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Toughest grader of all time. If you are looking for a high grade, forget about it

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
She is very nice and caring. She has been to many places in the world about which she teaches in class, so she has real-world knowledge with theoretical. Take her class for your Intl course, you will enjoy the material. Go to class, take notes and you will do good in class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Her lectures are super boring but it is an easy class. she gives lots of partial credit on everything which is nice. 3 homework assignments and 3 tests. everything is short answer.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
While I liked this class and the subject matter, it was not as easy as anticipated. Tests were difficult to study for - I could be very prepared and still not do 'well.' This said, I do think Zimmermann is a fair grader. Textbook use is only to supplement what we learn in class; (I used it as a reference, not reading anything for completion).

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There's no reason not to take her. Her lectures can get a little dull, but she posts everything online, so studying for the exams is a breeze.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Doesn't teach you about development. Is more concerned with research designs and trying to use models from economic classes to explain things. Most of the class is spent trying to understand frameworks and models rather than development. Test questions are written horribly and often based on small parts we barely covered in class. She's nice though

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
It is obvious that Professor Zimmerman cares a lot about the topics she teaches in the class. Her tests are fair and easy as long as you listen in class. This was definitely one of my favorite economics classes I've taken at UGA.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Zimmermann is incredible, esp in office hours- go talk to her! The toughest part of this class is that it's lecture heavy and 75 minutes, which can get a little boring. Development economics is everything, so this class will touch on whatever other part of econ you're interested in, whether it be ed, macro, political economy, etc!