Reviews of professor Christine McCown

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Her tests are extremely hard for no reason and not open note. Homework takes forever because you have to watch full on 2hr documentaries to answer discussion posts. Could be a cool class but just too much busy work. She is pretty nice but does too many classes so takes awhile to respond. Gives an insane amount of extra credit: 10% of total points

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr.McCown was an awesome professor who really cared about Sociology. The class is extremely interesting, if you are into true crime. If you go over the powerpoints the class is not hard, the exams are tough but not impossible.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There's frequent homework, usually discussions or padlets that are due almost every week. She publishes study guides for exams onto canvas, and they tell you everything that's going to be on the tests. Definitely study and attend every class, otherwise the slides wont make sense. Dedicate the time, and you'll get a good grade.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Not very friendly

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is exceedingly rude for no reason. Has questions on exams that could have multiple answers and refuses to hear arguments for why the question is bad. Absolutely terrible at answering her emails. Assigns an excessive amount of work that ends up feeling like busy work as the content is overall basic.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. McCown is an excellent professor. She shows up to classes on time, organized, and communicates information in an accessible way. She is friendly and willing to meet with students on a regular basis if they are having any trouble. Her class was quite lecture heavy, so attendance is a must. If you put in the effort, you will have no problems.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
very lecture heavy and required lots of noted to be taken so attendance is important.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not recommend this professor at all, very difficult to learn the material. She does not lecture, she wants you to teach yourself with the slides. Insane amount of back to back group projects that you don't even understand what to do and if a member does something wrong everyone gets a bad grade. exams are very hand, especially long answer ones.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Actually probably the worst professor I've ever had here at VT. I've never written one of these but I wanted to warn other students to avoid her at all costs. She is terrible about answering emails and when she does is beyond rude, assigns group projects and gives everyone the same grade regardless of who did what, im running out but could go on+on

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The class is really interesting, and Dr. McCown is an excellent lecturer. The tests are not as hard as the other reviews make it seem -- it just requires a little bit of studying before the exam. She is really heavy on the homeworks -- there is at least one discussion or reading assignment due every week. She gives lots of extra credit.