Reviews of professor Beth Harnick-Shapiro

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I have no clue why she has such a low RMP score- she is very kind and a good teacher. Instructions are clear and youre pretty much guaranteed a good grade if you follow rubric on assignments. Lots of hw so you have to keep up but most is graded for completion only. very understandable about extended deadlines/absenses as long as you communicate

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I rarely ever do RMPs, but I wanted to do one for Professor Shapiro because she was a great professor! She was really sweet, and seemed to actually care about her students success. She gives great feedback for the papers you have to write, because you have the opportunity to turn in drafts before the final paper is due, and is very considerate.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I found her teaching style very engaging in spite of the topic :). She provides a lot of support for students. For each paper, Beth assigns multiple graded drafts with peer reviews and teacher notes before the final draft so there is always an opportunity to learn, and I feel that I learned a lot!

 Quizzes were unfortunately quite repetitive tho.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Beth is one of those professors you want to avoid. I made the mistake of signing up late to ENGR 190W and that's all that was left. If you want to do well, this class will take up more time than all of your other engineering classes combined. She is constantly reminding (or threatening?) you of how students failed to graduate. Mandatory Lectures X

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I didn't get my first or second choice of writing professors based on RMP.  I was pleasantly surprised with how entertaining this class was and heard horror stories about the other 190W professors. Class is not weighted so as long as you do your assignments you should get an A! Harnick-Shapiro's class is useful professionally.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This professor is good if you tend to be a B-average writer since there are a lot of busy work assignments to pad your grade. The workload is a lot and office hours are key, but rubrics are straightforward. Try to take in a lighter quarter and it should be manageable. Class is 2.5 hours at a time but the lectures were interesting mostly.