Reviews of professor Jacqueline Monkiewicz

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. M is so incredibly kind and is an amazing person. She is understanding and really cares about her students. She makes sure that we have the resources needed to succeed. There is quite a bit of homework and the exams cover A LOT of material but overall I would recommend Dr. M as a teacher if taking this course.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
They revised the class from AST111. There are now weekly tests instead of the 3 exams. Much easier to digest information, and the tests align with the course material. This new updated course is definitely better, and I think they are using this format for the rest of the AST courses.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class is extremely hard!!!! and the material is difficult to grasp. I struggled all year. Tests are very hard. Closed note. Final was 71 questions and I almost ran out of time. Absolutely insane workload. As a business major, do not take this class you will regret it.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Absolutely don't take this class if you aren't a science or astronomy major. There are 12-23 assignments due every week and is just busy work that takes forever! Take a different class at all costs, everyone else I knew that took astronomy did not have this much stuff to do. Meaningless class do not take if you just want a science credit like me.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took Professor Monkiewicz for AST 111 and I am now taking AST 112 with her. I absolutely loved this class. It was very hard, there was a lot of homework and the tests were super hard but the content for me was super fascinating and I loved it. She is very responsive and easy to contact. Exams are curved heavily. Loved her and this class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
AVIOD AT ALL COSTS. This is not your typically 100 level course. The work load was ridiculous. I have a 4.0 GPA and I am very good at studying yet I still had difficulty answering homework questions. The professor is very understanding and helpful. Just not worth all work for a 100 level course.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Terrible teacher. Refers to herself in the third person: "Hey everyone, Dr. M's office hours are going to be starting late today (I'm running behind)" -An actual email I received from her. She doesn't do any actual work. lowkey don't know how she's a doctor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
SES 230 is an intro class. Some people had little to no background in coding. She breezes thru lecture slides, but never simulates the content into work examples. We have a lab class, but it's hard to do labs when we don't know how to use the codes we learn. The small textbook we used had better explanation than she did. Slow grading as well.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
do not take this if you are looking for an "easy A". There are at least 10 usually way more assignments due per week, and they can be pretty difficult. There are online labs that sometimes took hours to complete. Nice and understanding professor but would not recommend based off work load unless you are genuinely interested in the topic.