Reviews of professor Lucy Williams

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Loves karaoke, what more can you ask for. She helps with all the reading. A good example of high expectations and high love. It's a lot of reading but she said you're not expected to understand everything the first reading. That's what she's there for. The lectures are life savers when it comes to the readings so be sure to pay attention

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great class. You will need to know the material well, but understanding general ideas and forming arguments is more important than memorizing minute details.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Williams had really interesting and dynamic lectures, but if you don't do the assigned readings you will be super bored. Also, though she does not record attendance, she does have random pop quizzes to score your participation. The class had five grades: the quizzes, 2 papers, the midterm, and the final. Was super helpful at her office hours.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Williams is strict. TA's have too much grading power and too few criteria. You'll read non-stop. The quizzes were unrealistically hard, with all 5 answer options seeming correct. Essays are based on the grader's opinion. Some kids loved the challenge, but I did not. Liberal-leaning course.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Save yourself your stress and do not take any class from her unless it is last resort

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Williams is the best professor BYU has. She cares about students, she genuinely wants them to learn and succeed. She will do whatever she can to help you understand concepts. She gives hope and optimism to the world. You read hard texts in this class, but she encourages you through it. Taken any and every class you can from her.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great professor! She doesn't allow laptops or phones in class, which I didn't love, but aside from that, this was one of my favorite classes. She knows her material, involves students in class discussions, and is incredibly helpful in office hours (so are the TAs). Grade consists of two 5-page papers, 10 participation quizzes, midterm, and final.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class is hard for absolutely no reason. The grading is based on opinion. Your TA has an opinion on the topic, and if you do not write about it, you are screwed. There is no clear correct way that they want you to answer questions. It is opinion based and they grade extremely hard even though they claim they will not.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took Poli 201 because it fulfilled both a major requirement and a GE for me. Despite being able to kill two birds with one stone, I really regret taking this class. Professor Williams provides good feedback, but her tests are vague and the TAs are given too much control over grading. The class was a pain to both attend and study for.