Reviews of professor Layla Karst

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dont take her. This class took up so much of my time and it wasnt even my major. So much reading and annotations, and she grades them so tough. Classes are so boring and she just lectures the ENTIRE time. You really have to put in time and effort for no reason. Avoid taking her!!!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Karst is a good professor, but her class is not easy by any means. You will have a lot of assignments, but they are completely doable if you know how to manage your time. There are lots of opportunities for extra credit and if you follow instructions and put time into your work, you will get a good grade in the class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Karst's class is tough (lots of reading and group assignments) but she was a great professor. In my experience in her Catholicism After Vatican II class, there wasn't a time when she didn't offer outside resources and help with assignments. Be prepared to work, but her personality makes up for it!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I come from a conservative catholic high school in Texas and this was still the most biased, conservative, and ridiculous Catholicism class I have ever taken. There is so much work including quizzes and journals every single class. Much more work than I have had in any of my other classes. Terrible feedback too leaving you on your own. DONT TAKE!!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Uncompassionate professor.  Seems ironic that she teaches theology.  Her syllabus does not match the class and the course description does not match what she teaches.  Does not care about what her students go through as an individual.  I hope the department starts looking into her reviews and makes changes because she is awful for the department.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She was an awesome teacher. Just be prepared to have to read, but it is all doable. Show the effort, and you will see it reflected in your grade. She gives many extra credit opportunities and makes you critically think about American Catholicism. Also, you do a storytelling project about an American Catholic, that is fun.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
What hasn't been said about this class lol. She also often assigns so much work that she can't even handle grading all of it so she gets incredibly lazy when doing so. Two months in and we haven't gotten a single grade back. She often made jokes about how professors have a big ego yet she never changed things based on constructive feedback.