Reviews of professor Gretchen Lawrie

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She's okay but I wouldn't take her again. She is taking over a class so she hasn't mastered her lectures and can sometimes go off topic and talk about her life. The lectures are very easy, but she can be a hard grader with the papers. You will need 95+ to get an A. And there are 2 long papers that she doesn't tell you much about

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Everything but the HW is based on her PPTs and lectures. The HW requires Cengage, which is timed. The exams are the same as her quizzes, which is good since there are no trick questions, and they are exactly like the material learned. Her lectures and PPTs are crucial to learning the material instead of the Cengage textbook.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I enjoyed learning about taxes in Professor Lawrie's class! She's really friendly and her lectures are easy to understand. Exams are open book and her homework is pretty simple. She shares jokes in the middle of class which is also plus! Also no textbook needed because she creates her own pwerpoints.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The only reason she would get a high grade is how easy her class is. Everything is open book(midterm/final/quizzes) but don't expect any help from her at all other than sarcasm and "google it" Recommended for an easy A but don't expect to learn anything from this teacher. She's too busy complaining about her life to actually teach.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Her lectures are clear & straightforward. I didn't need to buy the book b/c her PP slides were more than enough. Test are Open notes, & clear. Quizzes are not to hard either. Tax project was also straightforward since shes very clear about requirements. Has good sense of humor & makes material easy to understand. 1 of the best ACCT Profs. @ CSULA

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Amazing lectures and provides great feedback on the homework and take home quizzes. The homework may be challenging, but she is able to explain you most of the problems. She let you to use some notes for the Mid-term and Final exam. Hard class, but she helps you to understand the material and provide great examples

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Took this during Covid and it's very slide-heavy. There were 8 assignments and 4 corresponding quizzes all were pretty easy. 4 major HWs, all were easily done with online resources. 2 exams mid-term/final she curved the MT because of poor performance. I barely attended class and didn't get marked for it. Will take corporate accounting if avail.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took her for both Individual and Corporate Tax. She's very straightforward with her teaching, as most of her problems on her tests are on her slides. She lectures very well and her tests are not too difficult. Textbook wasn't needed due to the recent tax reforms, but can change when the new year of books comes out.