Reviews of professor Kara Van Cleaf

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Wanted to like her but didn't. Papers, Group work, and lectures are fine. Tests are what's insanely difficult, not from the content but the structure. The use of "all of the above" for half the questions is what causes many to lose points and dropping our overall grade. Even full scores on papers won't help you, though she kept insisting they did.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I like her a lot! I can see why people say she is kinda disorganized, but I don't think it really effected my enjoyment of this class. Honestly, I found her class to be really easy and interesting. You do have to take notes though because she doesn't like powerpoints. I would recommend her class. Very low stress.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class was very easy but I still learned a ton about design justice. We had a midterm, a final, and a final project, but all of them were super easy. Prof Van Cleaf is extremely accessible and she gives great advice/feedback. Easy but insightful intro class for NMDD majors/minors!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Van Cleaf's class was really easy! There isn't a lot of work at all, and I found all of the tests and projects very easy. This class is so chill and very low stress. I would definitely recommend taking her class!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I absolutely love Prof. Van Cleaf. She is so bright and bubbly, and always makes class fun. Taking good notes on what she says is important, but she does occasionally write on the board. If you think her class sounds interesting, take it, because she will make it worth it. Super amazing lady, would absolutely recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Absolutely loved her class! She's big on participation, but it isnt difficult since she makes the lectures engaging, like just a bunch of people chatting. Very relaxed class, only graded by few things. She takes a little while to grade, and her test questions are worded a little confusing. But, take extensive notes in class and you should do fine.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Kind of disorganized and doesn't use blackboard whatsoever. Very nice and caring and gives good lectures, easy to follow if you don't do the reading. Easy and solid prof

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She is an amazing professor and the class work load is very manageable. Never felt overwhelmed and always knew what was expected in class. Not that hard to get an A in this class

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I love Professor Van Cleaf! She is very easygoing and understanding. Not many assignments and the assignments given were very short and easy. Interesting lectures and she is a very knowledgeable professor. Highly recommend her!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is a lovely teacher and is open and receptive to all feedback and opinions in her class. The class goes over a lot of different topics in regard to design, and you have a lot of freedom to research design that interests you. There is not a lot of HW: one solo presentation, a note-heavy midterm, and a 15-minute final group presentation.