Reviews of professor Melissa McShea

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She assigned the most expensive textbook and did not even teach. She assigned three chapters a week with a ton of work including a group project. Chapters are 40 plus pages. Yes, this is grad work but the workload is ridiculous and you cannot learn anything like this. All you learn is how to skim the work and survive until the next week. STAY AWAY!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I do not recommend taking this professor if you are not ready to do the work. The readings are intensive and assignments are always coming in, so don't expect a break. She gives weekly Blackborad assignments & short assignments, weekly quizzes (tough), midterm (expect a quiz, blackboard assignment this week), final paper and a final exam.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Easy laid back professor.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor McShea knows what she is talking about. A 15pg paper is due at the end of semester but she notifys you beginning of the semester. One group project 6pgs, easy. Midterm and Final is short answers, multiple choice. She is very fair in her grading, lectures are heavy, she does go through slides and reads off them but I did learn tho from her

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This was a summer class that she arranged as a full 17 week class. 2 and 3 text chapters, DiscussionBoard, a 4page HW essay, plus the 12 page final paper and group project. Group project was an economics assignment not public finance. She answers emails fast but her responses are vague and more confusing than the instructions. Do not take.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Honestly, this professor just reads from her powerpoint. The assigned book is very expensive. The midterm exam is like 45 question as well as the final which is accumulative. Plus, there is a group project of 6 pages, an individual paper of 5 pages, and a final paper based on your topic which is 15 pages. Don't forget the class presentation, quizes

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not take this Professor. I have not learned anything from reading the chapters and writing a bunch of aimless papers. She gives you a topic and says write 12 pages about it without any real direction or guidance. 12 pages for undergrad! If you don't want to be overwhelmed with no real help then stay away from this Professor.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I would not take this professor ever again! This entire course is both heavy on lectures, readings and exams. You will have no time for a mental break. Expect to do a lot of reading! There will be assignments (lengthy) every week, once one assignment is completed prepare yourself for the next one. Do the work and you might pass. Good luck

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Challenging class with very little direction from the prof. Her slide decks/lectures are copied/pasted verbatim from the textbook without any original material or explanations. She's responsive to emails but the course content itself is unhelpful. Course is also loaded on the back end with final exam and final report comprising 50% of the grade.