Reviews of professor Patricia Herman

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Herman is a very old school professor, meaning all notes and handouts are only given by paper and not much of the material is posted online. This makes it crucial to go to lecture. Grading criteria are good, but sometimes things are confusing/overwhelming for it being a 2 credit course. Easy to do well, but the midterm/final are graded too heavily.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I was a single point away from an A in the class and Herman was not willing to scale my grade. Doing bad on one assignment can seriously tank your grade. Offered only 1 point of extra credit. They were really strict on what must be included in the lab reports and would take off a good chunk of points if anything was missing. Must do well on quizzes

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Simply asked about her policy on bumping up student's grades and got a very aggressive email back. I ensured in the email I said I was not asking for her to bump up my grade I just wanted to know the policy. I spend hours on the lab reports and got docked for stupid things. Ended up getting 100% on one of the reports. Super easy to lose points.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not a fan. Toughest, most unreasonable grading I've ever seen. Ridiculous amount of work for a 2-credit class; I spend more time on this class than most of my 4-credit courses. Also just downright rude to students, does not welcome questions or free thought. Otherwise she does put together study guides for the exams, which was nice.