Reviews of professor Jeannette Kartchner

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The homework was kind of use less and same for the textbook. Her teaching style was mostly just reading lecture slides, then giving us labs.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Kartchner is personable and often extends deadlines (because no one knows how to do the assignments), but she is a very poor professor. The class is definitely an afterthought for her. Her lectures are lazy and she does a very poor job explaining concepts. If you had previous experience youll do fine, but if not take a different prof.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Kartchner assigns textbook reading for homework, then her lectures consist of just reading the same textbook chapter that was on the homework. For other HW, she will show examples of ways the problems could have been solved, but they almost always contain glaring errors that the students have to point out. I do not recommend her class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
(Took both CMSC313 and 331). This professor is such a nice and caring teacher, but not the best at explaining course material. I would skip majority of the lectures just to learn everything on my own (especially when we were learning assembly). Rated 4 stars though cuz of all the curves that were given and sometimes due dates were extended.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Kartchner is amazing. CMSC 411 is a tough class and there is a lot of reading. Throughout the semester Prof. Kartchner was always supportive and she offered extensions for assignments when students asked for it. Her lectures are based on the book, so do your readings and ask questions during class.