Reviews of professor Sahara Ibarra

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
she was a REALLY tough grader. she also took forever to grade stuff. like it is December and there are assignments not graded from October. Tests are really hard and have short answer questions. notes are for a grade and labs are hard too. notes and labs dont really help with tests. no test review. study the quizzes for the tests.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took this class online and sadly have not done well but she has been amazing in trying to help. I would take her again for anything but Geology. I could not grasp it for anything.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Regardless of whether it is online or not, she is going to get her time out of you. Weekly Skype, lectures, hand written notes, I wrote anywhere between 5-10 pages of notes per lecture which were about an hour to two hours long. This class was by far my hardest one. Still got an A though.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She teaches like you are a Geology Major. Her class is hard and the test are hard. There is no review for the test, and she tells you to "study all of it". Her lectures are painfully long and you have to take handwritten notes and draw pictures and diagrams for each chapter and they are graded. VERY slow and hard grader. I dropped to save my 4.0!!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very helpful and understanding. Guides you through the lab, basically doing 70% of it for you. I would recommend attending the weekly once a week video meeting and ask her anything you do not understand. She will not hesitate to help you. She is very communicative and will work with you. If I did not procrastinate I could have gotten an A.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Her class is hard. Test are very hard and there is no study guide. Her lectures are very long and you have to take notes that are scanned and submitted for a grade. You do have to draw diagrams and pictures in your notes as well. She is also a very slow grader. She seems passionate about geology, but the class is way too hard.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Took course as an elective and as we got started I was very wary of the format. There are lecture videos to watch and take detailed notes on that you must scan and turn in. Unfortunately, tests are pretty difficult and I did not receive higher than a 75 on any of them. (Normally all A student). No study guides, just told to study all material.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Geology 1403 8 week- work load is extremely heavy but shes a very fair grader. She mostly grades based on completion or effort. The class is hard there's so many assignments but they're all passable. She gives you two tries for labs and three attempts for quizzes. She goes on webex once a week to answer any questions but its not mandatory to join.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
You are going to have to put the work in. The homework can be a bit much, but only if you procrastinate, it is doable if you mange your time wisely. She does WebEx sessions to go over everything, so if you don't pass you didn't put the effort in. She is also more apt to help those who turn in everything and participate.