Reviews of professor Janet Rankin

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The content of the class is dry at times, but she appears to be trying to make the class interesting. Not all her methods have been successful, but i have appreciated her attempts. Overall, there is a lot of reading and work creating our own multiple choice questions, but I am satisfied with the class and have found her grading fair so far.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Rankin is a true gem! She genuinely cares about her students. She is incredibly fair and boosted everyones grades on the midterm exam if you could provide rationale on why you picked the answer that you did. She also marks papers reasonably & provides thoughtful feedback! She is truly a breath of fresh air :)

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The course content is heavy, and requires students to read, and memorize a lot. Instead of systematically explaining pertinent course content, Professor Rankin spends tons of time reading poems. Professor forces students to spend efforts on building questions. I found it's beneficial studying myself for this course than listening to her lecture.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This is a difficult class to teach because Canadian Nursing issues and fundamentals are constantly changing. Janet teaches you to be mindful about what you might encounter in your future profession so I believe it's useful! She is extremely fair in terms of exams and papers. She genuinely cares about you and wants you to succeed.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Her lectures are aimed more toward encouraging critical thinking about the readings than about rehashing the content (in general). The multiple choice questions are a lot of work but I think they are a good exercise. She did not mark my paper but I heard from others she is a hard marker. Not an easy A class. Personally I do not mind the poems!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Except for a midterm, the rest of the assignments are graded by Professor herself. So all your grades are subjectively assessed. She is very opinionated, and don't expect to get constructive feedback from Professor Rankin about your paper, because as long as she thinks your paper's theme doesn't interest her, she won't help you.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Janet does an excellent job of fostering a safe environment for class discussions. The content can be a bit abstract and dry at times, but she tries to incorporate different materials to be creative and engaging.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I find her very fair. I believe her methods of teaching or unique and allow us to learn and adapt. I think she truly cares about her students and is trying to be very creative in the way she teaches.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you like philosophy/poetry you will love Janet, there's a lot of group discussions. I can see why some love her, but I personally don't like her teaching style. She told us that she would never make us read content she wouldn't talk about, yet I have found that most of her lectures don't touch on a lot of the readings.