Reviews of professor Taylor Nygaard

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
REALLY hard grader. Feedback is good but even if you follow feedback she gave on previous assignments, it will not help improve your grade the next time around. You will most likely not get an A on your projects.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Nygaard is expecting something different than what she states in her requirements. Her grading is ticky tacky and it is difficult to get a higher grade on her critical analysis papers and finals. She is detail oriented to the course specifics and you get the idea she has a pre-determined response she wants to see.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
On average I lost at least 1 point per assignment because my writing lacked what the professor was looking for. In assignment feedback, however, she wants you to go beyond what the writing prompts ask for. You will be lucky to get an A. I doubt many of her students get them.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The professor was easy to get ahold of and the grading was clear and fair.  It was easy to understand and get a pretty good grade as long as you follow along and have good participation.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Woke and takes things personal.. vindictive and prejudice.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Not sure why this professor gets a ton of flack. The class is very straightforward with a balanced amount of weekly reading and screening activities. Class discussions take place on Yellowdig, and scoring the necessary points is super easy. Just take good notes, print out the readings to refer to (quizzes are timed/open note), and you'll be golden.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
You will spend your semester fighting for an A. In assignment feedback, she demands that you go beyond what the writing prompts ask for. How am I supposed to get a good grade if I don't even know what you are looking for in the assignment?

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Unclear grading metrics. Exams require students to complete 1500+ word essays and multiple choice sections within two hours.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Nygaard was willing to help when you reached out and provides constructive feedback.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
You will be lucky to get an A in this class. There is no grading rubric for the two 100 point critical analysis papers you have to do, just vague points she would like you to address. She grades discussion posts & papers as if she has an answer in mind already, you are judged off of your ability to read her mind and agree with her on topics.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She did not make it clear but vague on how the essays would be graded.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The class is mostly discussions, then one big midterm test and one final essay. The discussions aren't too hard to get full points as long as you meet the minimum word counts and do your responses. The essay writing is where it gets tough, she's a tough grader. But, she is very flexible and kind when it comes to grading discussions late, just ask.