Reviews of professor Melissa Vives

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great professor. Enjoyed that she offers a variety of perspectives, and considers all sides. Makes tough subject matter easy to understand and approach. She asks great questions in discussion forums to help you.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Vives is an awesome professor. I enjoyed the class a lot, but get ready to read a ton of material and 1000 word papers due every week. The last paper is a research paper that must be a minimum of 15 pages in length. There is no extra credit, but she's a fair grader, just as long as you put in the effort. I'm looking for my next class with her!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Class started off a little rocky with some confusion on the assignments. Professor made up for it by bending herself, rather than creating extra work for us. I don't really think it was her fault. Professor was very smart, though and offered insightful feedback.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Vives is a mind reader. She has an uncanny ability to solicit logic from you if she sees you are up the right alley.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Fun elective. Prof Vives is easily accessable. I oopsed on one paper she reached out and suggested that I resubmit. life experenses with EM is very helpful. 7 forums 300 words with 2 replies at 100 words, 7 worksheets that build up to the final project. 10/10 would take any course with VIVES again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Lots of reading but coursework was easy and understandable. Dr. Vives is quick to get back to you when you have questions and grades quickly.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great class. Dr. Vives will respond to your emails and work with you, but be prepared, there is no excuse for late work -5 points off for every day late on papers. Required reading materials provided. There are 500 words forum assignments each week and 4 papers. Dr. Vives was a great instructor and she graded fairly. I recommend taking her class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Vives is a good instructor; however, some of her instructions for assignments and forums were difficult to understand and required a direct email to get clarification. She also had a no sympathy rule for missed homework and will take away points for every 15 mins late. Other then that, her class is simple. Attend and turn in homework on time.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Class required lots of reading but professor Vives gave got feedback on discussion posts and assignments.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I recommend Dr. Vives if you want to dig into FEMA/ICS and learn from someone thats actually in it as a responder. Many "professors" are SME's in textbook applications but Dr. Vives lives EM in real-time. However, If your a "course hero" student then this may not be for you. Dr. Vives reads and grades more on your plans then on exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. Vives is a great professor, the class was fairly easy if you do the work. Tests were right out of the text and Power Point presentation was simple if you followed the direction. If you do the work and participate, easy to get an A+