Reviews of professor Heather Hurwitz

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
As long as you look at the reading materials and study her lecture slides you will do fine on the exams. The final isnt cumulative either. She uses an iclicker to take attendance every day so make sure to go to class. Great class, interesting, and a pretty easy A.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This class was awful. It was an easy A but it was so boring and you could tell that she's a new professor since she treated us like high schoolers. There's no point in going to class since she just reads off the powerpoints which are available on canvas. Her exams were always so poorly formatted. I would not recommend any classes with her.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Super sweet and really cares about her students. Understanding especially when it came to the pandemic. The readings are all pretty interesting (sometimes a little long but manageable). Essays are graded fairly and the drafts get good feedback. Logs and discussions and book quizzes are easy points so make sure to get them in.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Hurwitz tries really hard, you can tell. However, the way she lectures is ineffective (at least for me), the readings seem irrelevant at times for a SOC 101 class, and she makes us do an obscene amount of small group discussion. This is never effective for me because it seems like no one knows what is going on, therefore no one can discuss.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
3 exams but only worth 30% of your total grade. Everything else is weekly participation, online quizzes, discussion. She is accessible and cares about her students. Highly recommend taking her class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. Hurwitz is very caring and attentive to students. The lectures are clear, though they are not always the most engaging. Definitely come to class. My advice: focus in class and you won't need to study too much, use her study guides, and complete the Logs sooner rather than later