Reviews of professor Jessica Herdman

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
A lot of classes were cancelled, if you by chance get to do class work be prepared for small group work every class. Only one graded assignment all year and it was the final paper. Not worth it in the slightest.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She explains every terminology very well.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This was a frustrating class. Lectures (combo of prerecorded and live on Zoom) went well beyond the 150 min per week that was allotted on the university's timetable. Very difficult to reach her outside of class. She takes a super long time to grade assignments and tests, so you won't get feedback in time for your other assignments. Heavy workload.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Herdman is a great prof. She is passionate about what she teaches and truly cares about the success of her students. Lectures and course material are interesting and relevant to current social issues. Participation is important.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Seemed like she really cared. Loved the book and online resources she chose, for helpfulness and affordability. Workload was manageable. I liked that she gave deadlines for different aspects of the final project to make sure we were all on track. Forgiving with extensions. Great feedback, really helped my writing.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
the course was a writing course. there was homework everywhere and needed to purchase a book and one of those online platforms for more assignments.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Herdman is nice, but we didn't get assignments back in a timely matter, & she was overly critical when marking. It's hard to gauge how to approach assignments with extremely late or non-existent marks to compare with. Her exam was two 4-page essays, which don't work for a 3-hour exam time slot. Her expectations are too high for a 2000-level course.