Reviews of professor Kay Sanford

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class is all lectures with questions at the end of each lecture. The only grades for this class are 5 papers, a group debate, and a group presentation for your final project grade. The papers are easy to write because they are topic summaries. This class is an easy A if you do the work, but the lectures can be boring at times.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class gets very repetitive and can be boring but you learn a lot of cool things. You have 6 papers but you can drop your lowest one and they are easy because they are just two page summaries. You have a group debate and a group project but if you do the work you get an A. Very nice professor and very passionate about the subject

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Sanford is a very nice person who is very accessible outside class. She is hilarious, but gives too much work for a first-year seminar. The class is graded by 6 papers, 1 debate, and 1 final project basically. If people have time in their schedule to devote to this class, I'd definitely recommend it.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Kay is passionate and knowledgeable, and quickly replies to emails outside of class. However, grading seems to be pretty subjective with few expectations given and little advice on how to improve. Most of class grade is based on a group debate and group final project. Even with a lot of effort not a guaranteed A. Wouldn't recommend for FYS.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very unclear on grading and no feedback. Never understood why I received the grades I got and she gave little to no clarification about it. Her lectures are super boring too, but she expects you to participate. Participation consists of asking questions in the last 3 minutes of class, while the lecturer presents for the rest of time.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Kay is such an amazing person to take a class from, she is truly an expert in her field. She has done so much in the drug field and brought about real change. Her lectures were inspirational and super interesting. Definitely do a paragraph of the paper right after lectures and include as much info as possible and make your margins small!!!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
A truly inspirational professor. During the class, you need to complete 2 big projects and 6 mini papers, but it is very doable. She is extremely accessible and answers emails quickly, while giving remarkable feedback for improvement. Overall, enjoyed all of the lectures and discovered a new passion. Definitely recommend Prof Kay and this class!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Sanford is clearly very passionate and knowledgeable about the subject, but this class is WAY too hard to be for college freshmen. If you are looking for an easy A or even an A at all, steer clear.