Reviews of professor Lauren Norman

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Norman is an outstanding teacher and the content that she teaches really makes you think. Her classes aren't an easy A but you will leave the class feeling like you were challenged and that you actually learned something.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Did not give clear expectations for the two papers due in this class. She ruined my 4.0 by giving me a C on a well written 10-page paper on a topic I was extremely knowledgeable about (I'm a true crime junkie). Followed her rubric and because I missed one talking point I get a C?? She took all the interest and fun out of the class for me.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is one of the best and most caring professors I have had here at UNCP. Read the book and supplement articles she assigns and you will pass with flying colors. Dr. Norman is such a great professor and has conducted research and studies of her own, which we sometimes get to review in class. She is not only a great professor, but a great scholar.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Norman is very nice and thoughtful but I did not learn a lot and was very confused about almost every assignment.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Norman is very kind. This class was somewhat difficult; study for the tests! She does do a lot to try to help you succeed, such as providing review class sessions. Very interesting content. Theres one group project at the end, which she graded kinda tough on. Theres also a paper to write and 3 exams. Weekly Canvas quizzes. I liked this class

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I didn't appreciate that the only real avenue for learning was via reading 500+ pages of the text book. Tests didn't test on actual learned content but instead on stupid small facts/statistics buried in the 150+ pages of reading. It won't help me in the future to know that the BJS had a .5% increase in crime in 2011 vs 2012.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Will NOT take one of her classes again. She gives an outline for the entire chapter and its too broad so you have no idea what to study. She is very obvious about who her "favorite" students are in her class. One point away from a C and she said she couldn't do anything for me or to help, but there were 3 more days until grades were do.