Reviews of professor Marjorie Kruvand

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Probably one of the worst teachers I've had. I am almost done with my online class and she is a very critical grader but not in a good way. The lectures are just slides and very hard to learn from. The way she portrays her feedback is aggressive and rude. It makes you not want to ask questions. It feels like she is insulting you instead of teaching

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Easily the worst teacher I have ever said. I was the Editor of my school paper yet I still have over 50 comments on all of my articles. She is the rudest teacher, and will act like the information is obvious when she has never taught it to us. She always has another comment to add. I do not recommend taking this class with her as the profesor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Only 3 weeks into remote learning and all her feedback is extremely unconstructive. Unclear about grading criteria and feedback seems biased/opinionated. Seems to know what she's talking about but extremely difficult to please and will pick apart mistakes instead of helping you improve. Extremely rigid and her tone is often belittling.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Kruvand is very interesting. She can come off harsh, but if you make time to talk to her, she will come across a lot clearer. I took this class virtually in Spring and it was basically one giant group project- which was really hard to plan considering my group had to zoom to get anything done. The subject matter was interesting and useful

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Kruvand was probably one of the toughest graders Ive encountered at UCSB. She gives very detailed feedback on assignments. Some people might find this to be too critical, but she did help improve my writing a lot. Even though she might seem intimidating, shes always there to help, and is actually pretty nice once you get to know her

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This wasn't my fav class, but she's pretty nice and the lecture material is super easy. She tells you to buy the textbook, but you don't need it. She can be a bit of a harsh grader, but she lets you turn in rough drafts of the 2 heaviest weighted assignments and leaves feedback, which is super helpful. Workload is very manageable.