Reviews of professor Amy Battles

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Class moves fast & prof teaches as if you already know physics. Lots of labs so I would encourage attendance!!! There is often homework. Grades take forever to be put in, and grading criteria is sometimes unclear. Class is hard and professor is hard to reach by email. However, she is always happy to help if you ask her questions in class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She teaches really fast. Doesnt matter if your A fast learner. All tests are online but the multiple choice questions are unpredictable. Dont take if you suck at math. Her grading is unpredictable. Takes forever to grade stuff. Otherwise shes helpful until its time to do the next example problem.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Refuses to work out problems on the board. Teaches as if you already know physics and doesn't really teach. Labs every class period with a discussion post every week, grades these just on participation. Tests are often on material that hasn't been taught or not in detail. Waste of my money, effort, and time. 30% of ppl dropped.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I enjoyed taking Dr. Battles class for physics one and two since she gives many examples in class and is willing to go over key concepts when students are confused. There are multiple questions and written sections in all of her tests including the final exam. Pay attention to equations in class and practice problems.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lab-heavy and lecture heavy, she goes really fast, but she does upload the slides online. If you take in 2nd semester, you have to do a science fair, which is 15% of your grade. Will explain things if you ask, but she explains it as if we should already know what she's talking about. Can use notes on all tests & all tests are online.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She did not write any problems out on the board so I dont get how were supposed to learn if she doesnt practice any math with us. Dont expect to pass. Avoid her at all COSTS.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She's ok but when she teaches the harder things in Physics, she explains it as if we should already know what she's talking about. & then when you ask for help, she'll explain it THE SAME WAY. Other than that, we teach the class and she sits back and doesn't do anything or pay attention. All quizzes ans tests are online, even the final.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Disclaimer: I took this class hybrid setting during COVID. Ms. Battles isn't a bad professor, takes forever to grade and she didn't "teach" us, she mainly did examples. All of the material was online so we had to teach ourselves. I was struggling throughout the entire semester, but she dropped a good amount of my grades (68 to 84). She's a maybe.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Confusing content with little guidance and instructions. Takes forever to grade anything. Don't take her unless you want to be stressed out the entire semester. The only good thing about her class was that attendance was not mandatory.