Reviews of professor Barbara Ericson

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I wish all of my coding instructors had been as great as professor Ericson. She is able to break down confusing concepts so students can understand it, slides are very clear, concise, and easy to follow. So long as you attended all the lectures, did every assignment and went to office hours there is no reason you won't get an A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Awesome job

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. Ericson is a wonderful person. Smart and a good lecturer. A great lecturer, actually. But the course is terrifyingly disorganized and I dispute many of my grades. SI 206 is the wild west of learning. Exciting and depressing at the same time. COVID may be a factor in this.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Receiving participation credit for attending class is really easy, she is a really nice professor who doesn't discourage students from getting things wrong. There is also a lot of opportunity to improve your grade if the tests or projects don't go well.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
i dont even go to this school but i use the picture of this women for every picture coding assignment ive ever done her picture was provided in our class and i cant name a single time i didnt pull out barbara dot jpg for an assignment

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
SI 206 was a great class because it exposes you to a bunch of different useful topics, while it doesnt go super in depth, its a solid introduction for everything given the length of class time available. I did find that the lectures were sometimes not that prepared in the sense there was downtime sometimes due to issues.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I have seen some rate my professor talking about grade disputes but if you make valid disputes Professor Ericson will hear you out and she definitely listen to you, she is a great professor and truly cares about her students

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Ericson was not a very good teacher. She knew the information herself, but that doesn't mean she knew how to explain it to students - especially people who are beginners or don't understand the concepts very well. She often just showed slides without explaining them and when asked questions gave very vague, unhelpful, sometimes rude answers.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Barb is very sweet and I love her as a person. She is very passionate about teaching, but the class feels like a zoo at times with how unorganized it is. The GSIs mostly run the show, but it seemed like there wasn't much communication between the whole instruction team. Class is an easy A (if you at least try), and there's TONS of extra credit.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This professor is among one of the worst professor I have ever had if the class is not required for you do not take her course.