Reviews of professor Jennifer Verdolin

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Sweet lady overall, but this class is absolutely awful. I took it online as a 7 week course, so it's not her fault that she has to cram a whole semester into 7 weeks. However, she is not very responsive, some assignments don't come with examples, instructions are confusing, and the grading is extremely critical- NOT a laid back GenEd!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Graded several assignments differently to established grading criteria and then took a combative tone when asked about this. Did not announce an extra credit opportunity and then insisted she had after the opportunity had passed. The course is largely busywork, and expect no feedback as to why you receive a particular grade on a discussion post.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Verdolin seems to have a lot of interests, but teaching isn't one of them. Very difficult to get in contact with, lectures are just ppt slides, the whole course felt like a second thought. Deadlines change weekday every module, difficult to keep track of with an online course. WFSC447 was the same way. Plus side is the concepts are super easy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Cool teacher, easy A, it's an at-your-own-pace class 2 deadlines for each module, chats, and discussions are not hard just time-consuming would get them all done the day of the due date, Assignments and quizzes are a bit more challenging but still nothing to cause stress. Do the work early and you have nothing to worry about. Can grade odd.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Verdolin delivered what should have been interesting material very poorly. Her attitude toward students who were struggling with the workload was terrible and totally lacking in empathy. I will definitely not be taking any of her courses in the future.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I had to take Professor Verdolin twice, and I can tell you teaching is not what she wants to do. I believe she does not want students to succeed by being tough to reach, plus devalidating the work she didn't provide clear details on. Don't know why I took her twice, you should not even try to take her course once.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The grading for assignments was a bit variable but overall the material was interesting and you get to learn a lot about local resource mgmt issues. The class is very manageable so long as you pace the modules over the few weeks she gives you to complete them. Be sure to check the rubrics for detailed instructions for every assignment/discussion.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Definitely a bit more writing involved in this class for a normal gen ed, but overall not bad class. The quizzes are easy, if you just look back at the lectures, assignments aren't too bad but, can be bit confusing sometimes. As long as you put in the work and aren't bad at writing, it's not a bad course.