Reviews of professor Karen deVries

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Karen is anything but a karen. She's kind. She's a leftist. She's a legend. It should be noted that its a 94% to get an A (as opposed to the standard 93%), attendance is mandatory, and classes are discussion based.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is the best professor I have ever had in college, and it's my senior year. There's a good amount of reading to be done, but you discuss everything as a group and she's very understanding and flexible. She cares a lot about the material she teaches and it shows. 10/10 would recommend, and I purposefully signed up for her class next semester!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Does more preaching than teaching when explaining the ideologies in class, and did not value the entire time that was allotted to the class. She would begin every class by wasting 15 minutes just talking about the weekend. She is not afraid to express political beliefs during class, when she should remain objective and unbiased.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Wasn't a fan. In a class that was focused on seeing multiple sides, it seems that she was only ever focused on one side of everything. If you see a different side on something than her, her classes will not be fun.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. DeVries ignores the explaining any sort of nuance within the topic she is discussing and preaches so much. If you have any differing opinions with her you won't feel good about her class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
SHE IS THE BOMB. She is really relaxed and passionate about what she teaches, so it makes it really fun to be in her class. While you probably need the textbook for a group project, she does not grade you on the readings and goes over the readings in class. This class was an easy A while also still being really interesting.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This is a discussion based class. If you aren't in class it will take a toll on your grade since it is a big chunk of it. You read every week, with multiple different readings to do before the lecture. In class discussions will contribute to your understanding of course material though, so speak in them and listen to your peers. Be open minded too.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Karen is super kind and caring for her students. She is eager to help and will give deadline extensions if needed as well as various extra credit opportunities throughout the semester, often for visiting events from the UCCS philosophy department. Intro to Ethics was very discussion-based with lots of weekly readings and a weekly discussion board.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor DeVries is such a kind, genuine person. I took her political philosophy course in 2020, and it was super adaptable to an online format for COVID-19. I enjoyed the reading, and her grading techniques were more than reasonable, and she gave out extensions to everyone who asked. I would definitely take a class with her again.