Reviews of professor Michelle Rainer

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Before quarantine happened this is what her in person class was like. She reads directly off the powerpoint slides during the whole class so it's not very engaging. Makes you sign in at the beginning of each class. Public Health in Action assignments are confusing and she does not explain the requirements well. Overall, would not recommend her.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Would not recommend. Grades way too hard and is very passive. Her lectures are not engaging, she just reads off the slides. She is a tough grader and her assignments are unnecessarily hard and pointless.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The weekly assignments for this class are SO much work. So many assignments took hours and ended up doing 10+ pages just for 10-20 points. Exams are very tricky and include lots of short answers. She is extremely passive aggressive and stand off-ish and will make you feel stupid for asking a question in class. Avoid if you can.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Class is ridiculous for a lower division class (harder than a lot of my 400 level classes). She makes u do ridiculous assignments. Some consisted of going to two grocery stores and finding prices and another one was calling hospitals and finding prices of drugs & services (EVEN DURING A PANDEMIC!!). LET ME JUST SAY, STAY AWAY FROM HER !!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took professor Rainer for PUBH 201, and it was the best decision. It's a introduction class so there's a lot of information to know but its very manageable. I would recommend her class. There is a small presentation and five weekly assignments plus a midterm and final.