Reviews of professor Melissa Swisher

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
People here are so dramatic with these reviews. Dr Swisher is very sweet and her classes are not very difficult. In PSY 201 there are vocab words, multiple choice questions, and math by-hand type stuff. Her lectures are monotone and a bit dull but she records the lectures. You have to put the effort in to learn the content, but it is not that hard.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She doesn't explain anything in class and will blow by important topic points only to come back to them later after explaining their application when she'll finally explain what they are.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DO NOT TAKE HER. Rude over email. Reads directly off lecture slides in a monotone voice that puts half the class to sleep. Worst brightspace organization I have ever seen, and I have taken classes where the professors are 50-60+ years old and are not very good with technology. This class will take something from you.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She was alright. The lectures got a bit boring, but writing them regardless of her method of note-taking helped. The APA paper wasn't hard, and the exams were push-overs. Perfectly adequate professor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Swisher has a very monotone voice, she never tries to change to make lectures more exciting. Tests are multiple choice but really hard, she never explains hard topics fullyand expects you to understand it. The APA paper at the end it terrible. Take another professor for this class, no one else has to write this absurd research paper by themselves.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Super sweet gal but the lectures are so boring. You sit there for an hour and 15 of her just reading slides and doing one example of the criteria she just read off. If you have the chance to get another professor, please do. She just doesn't explain things all the way and expects you to know it.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The lectures and labs in this class did not help with learning the material at all. She reads directly off of the slides during the lectures, and the slides are not well organized. Many of the definitions and explanations of topics are not complete, either, but you have to memorize her version of the content to do well on the exams.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
- lectures are monotone
- boring lectures
- does not keep up with the syllabus posted
- random changes with schedule
- typically a straight A/A+ student, but I have a C in her class
- if I knew she was going to be the professor, I would not have taken the class

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Overall a good professor. While attendance is "mandatory" you can also do the attendance for the lectures online if you don't go to the class. Some of the labs are also accessible online but not all, depends on the week. She has very clear communication and is willing to answer students' questions without looking down on you.