Reviews of professor Magdalin Swanson

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She makes you watch lectures and does two 20-question Pearson my lab homework before class. Doesn't teach you anything in class, grades harshly. She expects you to be a master at every topic in the class because, at the start of each class, you have to take a short quiz that heavily affects your grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Mrs. Swanson is by far the best math teacher I have ever had. She uses a flipped classroom and makes her own videos that are very helpful and go into detail. Quizzes every day (3 questions) to make sure you know the material. If you do your work and put forth any effort you will pass.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I took the accelerated course from her(half the semester was intermediate and the rest was college) and everything goes by very quickly. Every week there's a new chapter and is very quiz and test heavy. Every day there's a quiz, every Friday there's an exam, and there's so much homework every day. Plus this was at 7:30 am so yeah, it sucked.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Hear me out the WORST prof ever. She demeans students efforts and will not be empathetic and support her students. Despite selecting in person-lecture I somehow ended up with this class listening to pre-recorded lectures. There is a reason I chose in person over online but I suppose she didn't give a single care. DO NOT TAKE HER!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
The class itself isn't difficult; as long as you do the work and go to the 7 SI meetings you'll do fine. I think the only reason I struggled with this class was because it was at 7:30 in the morning. More of a me problem than Professor Swanson, but I would recommend her otherwise!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Class was only optional due to the hurricane. If you go to class everyday with your work/lecture notes done beforehand, it is very easy. The only thing I would say that is negative is that the tests are sometimes harder than the study guides and the TA grades very harsh.