Reviews of professor Shona Adams

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very straightforward and interesting class. 13 quizzes, one paper, and a final exam. Final exam consisted of exactly the same questions from the take-home quizzes. 30 multiple choice questions and 6 short answers. Powerpoint slides are very detailed and useful although they sometimes too detailed. Don't hesitate to take this class, prof is amazing.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Shona is passionate about the work, she's not ready to teach yet. No midterm, easy class overall (untimed test bank quizzes, heavy participation marks, etc). Course curved. Class average was so high a 69 would get you a D. Shona's system assisted with this problem. Lecture lacked relative info, time spent on slides that "won't show up on the exam".

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Most boring class I have ever had. Literally no need to go to class other than to get the participation marks. She's a nice person but, she definitely can't teach. She also had a quiz due after all classes ended and papers are graded pretty harshly.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Your ATTITUDE determines your ALTITUDE. Not with Shonas class unfortunately. The class curved and was too easy, scaling very high. You can go after participation marks and study test banks for word for word exam. Shona is passionate about the material but someone else needs to structure it so a 70% wont be a D. Working smart > attitude.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Avoid, seems easy but class is curved and average is high. 70% and below is a D lmao. 40% participation/open-book quizzes, 30% paper, 30% final. Only the learning objectives/weekly quizzes on the final. Lots to cover, lectures are boring and she covered material not on the final. Only attended for participation and left. Would not recommend :(

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
A very nice new professor from Great Britain! I love her accent. She is very passionate about the subject. The course is very well articulated. The only thing is final exam is cumulative which worth 40% of your mark. There are tons of things to memorize so make sure you study and work hard. Powerpoint slides are very informative and useful.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
One of the best classes I have taken at SFU. Lecture material/slides are detailed, she also made sure lectures were recorded, and gave us everything we would need to be successful in the course. She explained everything well, and gives her students opportunities to get good grades. Grading is through participation and online quizzes, no midterm.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Possibly the worst professor I've encountered at SFU. The slides are just like the textbook and all she does is read the slides Felt like high school. She made the course too easy and didn't have a midterm so the class average was high, so people with 70 failed the class. She then sent a super insulting email telling us we should have worked harder