Reviews of professor Patricia Barnhart

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The majority of the class is a weekly test and a couple of good-sized essays. She is really nice and gives good feedback on essays. The writing center is important for credit on essays. Overall, great professor and class to take and I would highly recommend it.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Her lectures were a little boring and kinda dragged but overall she was very nice and she wants you to succeed. You have to do a discussion post and a journal entry pretty much every week so be prepared. The exams are open book and they're not too difficult.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Does not give clear instructions and harshly grades papers. Feedback makes no sense.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I would definitely recommend taking her in-person opposed to online, she's had a great number of guest speakers who work in the CJS. She has high expectations but if you put in the work you will do just fine. She is a genuinely kind and humble instructor which I personally haven't seen often at the university level.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class occupied most of my time because there were a lot of assignments. However, the materials were so interesting and she was readily accessible for questions if needed. Don't take this class if you want an easy blow-off. But if you are willing to work and are interested in the material, definitely take it. Really helped my writing skills.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Even though it was an icourse, Prof. Barnhart was very accessible and wanted to see her students succeed. It was weekly chapter readings and a quiz that were very straight forward as well as discussion posts on Yellowdig. Only 3 papers and they were graded pretty relaxed with plenty of feedback! Make sure you use the writing center for her papers!!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Overall the class is alright but if you don't show up, it really brings down your grade. Tons of guest speakers but when it is just her lecturing, it can be very boring. She tends to go off on tangents as well.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Prof Barnhart was the worst professor I have ever had in Criminal Justice in the last 3.5 years. (this was my first semester at ASU) Gives good feedback though most of the feedback is subjective and basically just tells you how she feels. Very tough grader. Quizzes and exam questions are all over the book. Would never recommend.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Barnhart is a very tough grader even when you have followed the rubric for the assignment. One of the most frustrating parts of taking her class is her discussion post. PAY ATTENTION TO THE SYLLABUS! The syllabus changed during my semester and sent emails with up to date changes, all last minute. If you don't read, you won't pass the tests.