Reviews of professor Maria Marchand

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you're serious about learning Spanish, take her. If you just need the credits, take someone else because she will make you work for your grade. She gave us way more pop quizzes than outlined in the syllabus. She randomly picked up homework so if you hadn't done it the night before, you would receive a 0. A lot of busy work in this class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very nice professor. Grading expectations can be unclear so ask questions! before submitting assignments. Two essays, two exams, and two group projects + weekly HW. Attendance counts towards final grade. You'll have to present projects without reading off a script. My Spanish improved more this semester than in any other class. Not hard to get an A

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Great professor, we never had surprise quizzes. She warned us days in advance. Cuts irresponsible students who don't know how to read class schedule lots of slack. Gives lots of context and background information on language structures/vocab. Probably one of the better Spanish professors based on the bad experiences my friends had with others.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
nice and helpful professor, but the process for grading/turning in homework was confusing and unorganized at times. would recommend other than that

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
From the start of this class, the format was very chaotic and confusing. Nobody in the class knew when homework was due and professor Marchand was very unclear on directions and grading criteria. Later on, clarity improved a little, but there was still much confusion throughout the entire semester. Very hard grader and test cover a lot of material.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Marchand is a nice professor, however her class was not easy. It was the most time consuming class I have taken a OU. There were at LEAST 1-2 assignments due everyday (M-F). She also calls on you purposefully in class even if you don't raise your hand or if she can tell you don't know. She is the hardest Spanish professor if I had to guess.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Marchand was there for me when I needed her outside of class. She is an entertaining lecturer. If you do the homework, the lectures are excellent expansions of what you just did. But there is a lot of homework. McGraw Hill is strict on deadlines, but Marchand is not so much. I have taken almost 7 years of Spanish, but this was actually educational.