Reviews of professor Melissa Foster

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
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Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
For an online asynchronous class, it was more work than my other classes. Quizzes every week which were okay and then writing assignments due every week and the essays are super toughly graded. I didn't really feel like I learned anything and the class was strangely political

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor is stuck up and extremely difficult to deal with. Class is very liberal oriented in the beginning then levels out to a non partisan view. Assignments lack clarity. Rubric is arbitrary. DO NOT email her at all. Quizzes are free 100%. Discussion posts are mini essays. This class is easy if online and if you are a quality writer.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Context, her late policy is clear, no late work, no exceptions. Sent a quick, "Can I retake a quiz", expecting a no, which is fine.

Her response was that I, "may not be accustomed to the current college environment." Just felt very disrespected, if this is how she responds to all requests that are out of her norm, I wouldn't have taken her class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Course was easy overall and I ended with an A w/o having to put in too much work. Weekly quizzes are easy if you just skim lecture videos. You have a two pages/ 4 minute video discussion due every two weeks does not take long to complete but she grades them unnecessarily tough. Even if you follow the rubric she'll find places to take off points.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The discussion posts were graded very hard, without a lot of feedback. I took the asynchronous class, which involved weekly quizzes and about an hour and a half of online lectures each week. She is very open about her political views, which was odd considering the class is supposed to teach us how to be objective when evaluating sources.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Foster is a great professor, if you do what you are supposed to do. Most of her courses require a decent amount of writing. However, they are not painfully difficult. Watch the lectures and you will do fine. She answers emails fast and is happy to respond to any questions you may have.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The class is fine overall with easy-to-understand lectures and quizzes that directly come from the lecture videos. There is a two-page discussion post due every week which is a lot for the topics that are assigned for each week. If you do not have a lot of free writing time, I do not recommend taking the course during a busy semester.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Run! She is a very strict grader. If you do not want a GE course to hurt your GPA, run!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Overall watch the lecture videos and you will get an A there is also is also 40 points of extra credit