Reviews of professor Karen Hallow

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very little feedback and email communications are difficult. However, lecture videos follow powerpoint slides and are easy to follow. Homework can be done with other students. Tests were open book. Quizzes for each unit were graded on participation. I thought the content was interesting!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Good professor. Labs take a lot of time. Not accessible outside of class and takes a long time to grade. It's a flipped class so sessions are usually for Q&A and she's helpful then but that's pretty much the only time you'll ever get a response from her. Very reasonable grader and is not interested in failing anyone

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Took EPID7010 online b/c that was the ONLY option for MPH. Her TA's are not reachable at all after hours. Sometimes, she herself is hard to communicate with. Your basically teaching yourself, along with asking your peers for help. My first time taking a class 100% online, never again. I don't understand the need of so much HW that has to get done.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is a fairly new professor. Her teaching style is pretty ineffective, but she gives good effort. Class time is spent going through a powerpoint or her writing things on the board. Labs make up the vast majority of the grade and you will need to work hard on them. She does not give you less than a C in the class. Good spirited person.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
In my opinion, this course was pretty difficult. I disliked the online format due to the course being EXTREMELY math/biostatistically heavy. The professor never answered emails when students begged for help or were confused. The exams were pretty hard even though they were open notes and homework took a long time to complete.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
It was very difficult to even know where you stood in the class as most things are not even graded until the end of the semester. Dr. Hallow did not give feedback and also did not answer emails. In this course, you teach yourself all of the material which is surprising because the material itself is not easy.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you are good at quantitative reasoning, you will do well in this class. If not, there is a learning curve. Class was online and due dates were clear. Several homework assignments, discussion posts, weekly participation quizzes, and three exams, but nothing too crazy. While her lecture videos are good, she is a pretty absent instructor.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Main assignments are partner labs and quizzes. Lecture isn't required and I didn't find them very helpful for the most part. Class mostly consists of lecture with some time to work on the lab/ask questions at the very end. Grading criterias are a bit hazy. Very difficult to communicate with her outside of class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The lectures do a good job at explaining the material, and the tests are fair to the material. I never tried reaching out, but it seemed some of my classmates had a hard time contacting Dr. Hallow. Overall, this is an easy online class in my opinion.