Reviews of professor Kaitlyn Goldsmith

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Goldsmith is pretty ok, the content is interesting, but very heavy. Even on exam days we would still need to watch a recorded lecture. Every lecture is recorded though, so that's good. No assignments, just 3 exams. I thought this would be a "common sense" course and I would get an A, but it was far from the truth, the class is hard!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Goldsmith's class is by far my favourite class I've ever taken at UBC. The lectures are long, but she is super passionate about the topic so they are engaging. The guest lectures are really interesting. Exams ask about minor details from the textbook, but overall fair. Dr. Goldsmith is also very responsive to email (even right before exams).

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
One gripe is that she loves to test on percentages even though she says she won't.
My way of doing well in this class was reading the textbook and taking note of the things she said that was not mentioned in the textbook.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Kaitlyn is super knowledgeable and friendly! The course is structured with 3, non-cumulative, closed-book exams. The exams were relatively fair (not too easy, not too hard). There is a lot of textbook reading, however, and you'll want to read the textbook to do well on the exams. Overall, amazing prof and an amazing, interesting course!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
only graded on exams which is unfortunate for such an interesting course that could be opportune for interesting and fun projects or papers. lectures are very long and exams are difficult. would not recommend unless you are good at keeping on top of textbooks (for this course it was a dense textbook)

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
shes super sweet but the lectures are so hard to get through theres so much material and her slides are quite empty. She said she would never test on percentages but SHE DOES on specific % ranges. She cancelled classes and didn't show up to an exam. Also took a huge chunk of time during class for Qs which lead the lecture to go past class time.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
When Kaitlyn was present during lectures and exams the course was very engaging and interesting, however there were numerous times she cancelled classes or didn't show up to an exam with little to no explanation. She made all classes online but the exams in-person which was a little strange to me. Overall a good class but wish she was more involved

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I loved this class! The lectures were always fun and the content was actually useful. I felt like she really cares about her students and she is always available for office hours outside of class if you have questions. The guest. lectures were really interesting too.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
graded only on 3 exams! 33% of each!!! Although she is a nice lady, her 350 is still too hard! too many things needed to memorize!