Reviews of professor Margaret Buchanan

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is kind of odd. She has high expectations, but doesn't follow up those expectations with any sort of attentiveness. She doesn't promptly respond to e-mails. She contradicts her syllabus constantly, and grading requirements are not clear. If you show up you should be okay, but it's a painful class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
-first part memorization-heavy
-textbook helps- read it ahead of the class 
-moves through her slides super fast
-lots of outside studying
-allowed to use notes on online quizzes- timing was unlimited
-second part of the class harder and more confusing
-final is an 8-page paper incorporating the articles & readings you did throughout the semester.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She doesn't answer questions in a helpful productive way, She becomes rude if you ask what she deems as "too many" questions and then will hold it against you the rest of the semester. She has clear favorites and if you aren't one she makes your life extremely difficult. She jumps around and assumes you understand concepts and moves on rapidly.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is difficult to understand, it confused me more when I go to class then when I don't. I learn more from just reading her powerpoints than I do from going to class. She moves through her power points (the only thing that makes sense) too fast to take notes and often too fast to read them. There is also a very ambiguous grading scale.