Reviews of professor Kathleen Fitzgerald

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr F gets a bad rap but she is an amazing professor, knows her stuff & doesn't take bs.This is the 2nd class I have taken w/ her & I would take a 3rd. Her coursework is interesting and she cares about students! Her book choices for 273 are incredible I would read them again. Produce well-written work + use the study guides and you will get an A

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Rudest professor I have ever had at UNC. If you don't agree with her, she will fight you, and her lectures are the most lengthy, nap-inducing lectures I have ever attended. Grades harsh, little feedback, unavailable outside class, first ever C in my life because of this professor. Do Not Take. These is a reason her classes are always open.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Fitzgerald cares about the success of her students and wants everyone to take something from the class material. There is quite a bit of reading, but she provides students with a study guide before exams. We didn't get to interact with each other and openly discuss as much as I would have liked.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Kathleen was a wonderful professor with clear expectations. If you do the work, engage in class, & follow the study guides you'll do well on the exams and the course. She is understanding when it comes to personal matters and very open to feedback on course materials. If you're looking for an easy A without critical thinking, she's not your prof.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very strange grading scale that left little to no room for mistakes. Participation/attendance wasn't graded, but the lectures are basically mandatory if you want to do well. Grades papers extremely harshly and is not very considerate of student circumstances. Also, a lot of reading if you want to do well.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lucky for Kathleen RMP is censored! This woman eats puppies for breakfast. My first class with her, I thought she would be a nightmare and I was right. I really liked the assigned books they were so interesting and informative but she is so rude which makes it difficult to enjoy her class. Don't even THINK about sending her an email with questions.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor relied heavily on the textbook, as well as few studies/films only discussed in class? While attendance was not mandatory or recorded, missing the wrong day could mean failing a test.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The professor was incredibly rude and snappy. While the content is not difficult, the guidelines that she has in place and the subjectivity of her grading makes it difficult to get an A. Would not recommend for a introductory sociology course.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Please listen to other reviews. She is abrasive, and does not seem to care about actually learning anything, which shows in the manner of her exams. Questions all worded horribly. She asks random things to seemingly prove you wrote down her every single word, rather than absorbed info. GPA drop for sure