Reviews of professor Teresa Stephenson

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Nice lady. Be prepared, it's a lot of work. You have either a research memo or tax return due every two weeks, on top of a weekly prequiz, in-class assignments every other class, and four tests (final is comprehensive). However, she replies quickly to email + is willing to help. Tests are 50% of your grade, everything else is 50%. Attend class!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I'm sure that she might be a pleasant individual outside of education, but her teaching style and the way she grades assignments is absolutely horrible. Ask simple questions and you will get a condescending/rude response back. Grades harshly and expects too much from her students. It's such a shame she's the only instructor that teaches this course

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Weekly quizzes and homeworks are doable, not too difficult.The research assignments are not too terribly difficult but does take a lot of time. The tax returns are dreadful, completely on our own and need to access the instructions from the IRS websites. Majority of students failed, if the class is not mandatory I would recommend a different course

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She is the worst teacher I've ever had and assigns bogus tax returns that are CPA-level difficulty, even though 1/2 her students have never done taxes before. Our class average was failing. I have never seen a professor fail so many students and then blame it on the class. The tests are easy but the homework is impossible and takes 8-16 hours/week.