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Reviews (107)
She is such a nice teacher! I took macro over the summer, and for such a complicated subject she made it very easy to understand. There were 3 tests, 6 quizzes, and of course some homework to help with understanding the concepts.
She kept it pretty straight forward in the summer session and had a lot of extra points so the 2 lowest quizes (best 5 of 7) and lowest homework grades all got thrown out. You can get a C on all 3 Exams and still get a B.
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Very very nice teacher. Took her summer class. She goes over her powerpoint very quickly but is more than willing to repeat herself if asked. Tests are MC and pretty easy if you take notes and attend class. Id take her for micro too
She's a very knowledgeable teacher and knows her subject very well, but DO NOT take this class if you're hoping for an easy A. Very challenging. I've spent my whole semester sweating over this class. Come to class EVERYDAY, you will miss SO much if you don't. Take notes and study them every chance you get.
Her class is not easy if you don't pay attention or do your work. However, she is a good teacher if you are a good student. Show up to class, complete your assignments, and you'll be gold.
omg. she talked like she was depressed about America all the time. she looked at us like we were stupid when we didnt understand.
Took this class and it was a nightmare, no matter how hard I tried or studied I still failed her class and she goes to fast and her lectures and if you ask her to repeat herself then she looks at you if your stupid. Don't take her!
I regret taking her, her tests are very difficult ....She goes way too fast...lol and always says"if you remember " when she refereing to certain matter..hahah and every one in class just looks at each other thinking thinking "uuhhh no i dont" and if you ask her to go over it again she explains as if she just trying to sound smart
Hard Class.. :(
I failed this class eventhough i studied really hard for it..:( :(
I took her class and it was very difficult! She doesnt help students and talks about her son way to much! Worst worst worst teacher I have ever taken!
1. Sloppy organization & appearance. 2. Says "mkay. alright." too much. 3. I'd previously taken this class w/ another teacher and that's the only reason I knew half of what she was talking about which still didn't help. All I learned was "Ceteris paribus" means all other things equal. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!
Honestly, She is a nice woman but incomprehensible accounting teacher,be prepared to find someone to teach you, aunt uncle, NW Campus accounting lab. Show up for tests only and days after tests she gives reasonable extra credit after tests. M'Kay is a staple in her vocabulary 14 times on avg.in one minute, the class counts and bets for fun.
She was thrown into teaching this class at the last minute and it was very obvious. She spends 90% of class writing exactly what is in the book on the bored. She does very few examples and when she does it just makes things more confusing. Her tests vary from easy to impossible. I wouldn't recommend taking her for this class!!
It is a shame to spend your money to learn and get a teacher that will never be a teacher. Take tutoring from other teacher's because she has no idea how to be a good Pofessor!!!!!!!!!!!
She is hard but very willing to help!
Very fast paced teacher, though she is helpful if you ask about anything. She gives loads of review material, maybe too much to really study from. She does give sample exams and the answers to them before each test. Constantly says "as you remember" and continues: just ask what it is you should be remembering. Also loves acronyms, keep a list
Decent teacher and always willing to Help. For Accounting, if you show up to class she is extremely grateful and willing to help. She makes the material slightly difficult, but read the book and study a fair amount and you'll do alright.
Wasn't the best. Very knowlegable in her subject but didnt convey points well enough...
recommend to attend class everyda. Most of her testing are on her notes and book reading assigmnets. She answers to everything you ask. She applied plenty of examples to nderstand the material. Hard class though just study hard
Lectures, lectures and lectures. Moves at a quick pace and if you don't understand; ask! She'll move on and assume you know what you're doing. Few examples of formulas and you are expected to read outside of class. Tests compose if lecture/books/review. Somewhat easy if you like/love economics, but if you don't; she'll be a difficult professor.
I don't understand the bad reviews. She is really nice and more than fair. Tests were really easy. Only one was difficult but everyone did so bad on it that she let us re take the same exact test open book! gives extra credit on tests as well and drops 2 hw and 2 quiz grades. would definitely recommend for accounting! dont need the book either!
She was very giving. You just have to get the class behind you and she will give you extra credit or even a test DO OVER!!!
She talks too fast to take down all the notes, I believe she also has some incorrect information that she teaches about in class.
Would not recommend. Showed up late almost daily. Very confusing. Could not convey her message well. Handwriting was unreadable.
Cant read her handwriting, dresses sloppy, annoying voice, doesn't teach you anything, I use the book to teach myself, says mkay too much, speaks way too fast. Awful teacher don't take her.
WORST TEACHER EVER. NEVER ON TIME. TERRIBLE HANDWRITING AND IS NEVER CLEAR ON ANYTHING. SHE SOMETIMES EVEN GETS MAD IF YOU ASK HER TO REPEAT STUFF. DO NOT TAKE HER YOUR GONNA END UP TEACHING YOUR SELF.
Difficult class but great teacher! Must attend class and study. Everything she talks about in class is on the test.
Took Macro during the second summer session 2013, easy class if you show up, take good notes, and pay attention. Quizzes were almost all partner/open notes and were easy. Homework was easy and answers could be found online. Tests were fine if you pay attention to her review. If you don't do well in this class it is not the fault of the teacher.
I took her class online and the homework assignments were easy but the tests and quizzes, not so much. The few times I communicated with her, I didn't really like her.. I would not recommend her class unless you are willing to read the book and put in work, it's not an easy A at all.
Handwriting isn't great and she will show up a couple minutes late just about every class. That being said, I can't imagine an accounting class being much easier. She keeps the mood in the class light and is very willing to listen and work with students if they have a problem with a question on the tests. Do the practice tests and you're golden.
Eva is a great woman, she's super sweet and has a good personality. However, her instructions are sometimes broad but she expects specifics. Her tests are difficult (Not the first one don't be fooled). She seldom shows up on time or do what she says she will. Would have had an A if she'd replaced the right grade and included my extra credit.
I think the past reviews are reallyyyyyy harsh unless maybe she has relaxed a little? She's very sweet, she shows up a few minutes late (so dont rush to class), she drops the two lowest homework and challenge questions, her son is a glass blower (makes pipes), and she goes to electric daisy carnival! I would take her class again anyday!
Best Economics Professor at TCC. You will have 4 semester exams and a group project as your semester final. Homework is easy as long as you take good notes and study. Tests are kind of hard but you will do fine if you study. She gives a practice exam before the test which helps a lot. Ms. Schaffer is really sweet and laid back.
Sweet lady, but not an easy class. Some of her content is contradictory. In lecture she says one thing and on the test she'll say another. You will sometimes be tested over content mentioned for a brief second, or not even at all. READ THE PRACTICE EXAMS. The ones she posts online are EXACTLY like the actual test, just different numbers.
She is a nice and fair teacher but her class is not easy. it is a lot of self studying because her notes and tests are contradicting. be prepared to do a lot on your own and don't be surprised when during half semester she gives you 10 huge packets to do on your own. I suggest that you do all the practice tests that are provided. They help a lot.
She is a very sweet lady and she loves economics, however, she not a great professor. She is a very boring lecturer, and only uses the examples found in the book rather and anything with specific real world application. Her class is not difficult if you do the homework and study, but be ready to be very bored.
This class was very disorganized. Does not prepare well for her lectures and will not cover the information thoroughly. I am very good at economics so getting an A was not a problem, but I do not know one person in my class that thinks she is a good teacher. This is a just a job to her. She is not very motivated to get people to understand econ.
Sweet lady, but most confusing class I've ever taken. Doesn't explain things. Uses long academia definitions. When you ask her to explain, she'll just repeat the same words in a different order. No examples. Often when you ask a question, she'll just respond sarcastically of derogatorily. Don't take class unless you can teach yourself economics.
Avoid this teacher!!!! Terribly unclear. Goes off on random tangents that are not connected to the notes then tests on those tangents. Unorganized, and seems to not know what she is talking about. I feel like i learned more from google than in her lectures. You might as well skip because you learn more from quizlet anyways.
Overall a fairly good teacher who made the class as enjoyable and interesting as possible. However, during lectures she just reads definitions out of the book and isn't very good at breaking it down for students. The extra credit really helped my grade, and be sure to study the reviews as they are jut like the tests.
Terrible teacher. Teaches you "this is how it is" with no reasoning, but then expects you to be able to analyze economic problems and give solutions with the reasons behind them. She's unorganized and likes to not show up with no warning or email. Waste of time. Everyone is confused and scoring badly. Made a high 80 with a ton of outside studying.
She is the best professor EVER!!! :D I've had her not for one class but for two and I'm about to take her again for accounting! She's very helpful and available during office hours. If the class doesn't get a concept, she'll stop and go over it. More than happy to answer questions in detail. Makes traditionally difficult classes easy. Five stars!
She was a nice lady but I really struggled in her class. It was disorganized. She moved due dates all around and made up a group project for the final exam, cancelled class last minute often plus she had awful handwriting making it hard to take notes at all. I was lucky to get out with a B.
Hardcore liberal. Spent the whole class bashing whites for trump being elected. This is economics, not government. Very off topic almost every class, don't expect to learn anything in class. You must study on your own. Not very knowledgeable in her rants.
Always late, has been on time for class 4 times the entire semester. Very unorganized, but it can be to the student's advantage.
Would not recommend taking her online class as there was no guidance, she only posted 1 lesson guide the entire semester. Ive taken this proffesor for both 2301 and 2302, better luck to take her on campus all though it is a bit unorganized.
First and foremost, she is disorganized. She also does not teach the material very well. However, she made up for it by making most of our tests take home, and giving us curves. I would not take again simply because I found it hard to respect all the handouts she gave us, and I didn't learn much. But she is a nice lady and far from the worst prof.
Mrs. Schaffer is a good person, but a mediocre teacher. Her assigned homework and quizzes are easy, however the hardest part about the class was the tests. Mrs. Shaffer only tests over her lectures, but her lectures are full of holes. Many times she would lecture about a concept but leave out key details so the students would become confused.
Ms. Schaffer is the most unorganized professor I have had in my 4 semesters at TCC. She was my only professor to not post anything before class starts, took over a month to post a calendar which still had incorrect dates, and the homework is sometimes due before she even lectured over the topic. She had homework due DURING FINALS WEEK.
Ms. Schaffer is one of the best Online teachers I have had. She posted everything at the beginning of the semester. The test and quizzes are pretty simple as long as you do the homework. I would recommend her online course to anyone. Don't worry about the rating on her profile she is awesome and quick to respond to emails. Its easy to Pass.
Goes over material briefly, barely scratching the surface. This is microecon but my macro teacher had this way easier on us by providing math shortcuts and memory techniques while the professor does not offer that. She also expects you to go beyond and know material for a homework before learning it in class. What?? Better not go to school then
Was I supposed to learn anything from her? I sincerely hope not... unfortunately there's no economics tutoring at my campus so I was out of luck. If you have any other option, take it. Literally any other option would save you.
She doesnt use any of her own notes or resources for online classes, she only gave a rough outline and the chapters of the book. (Something you can find yourself). She gave no review for tests, and all assignments were from cengage. While its fairly easy to pass, dont expect to learn much from the teacher, you must do everything on your own.
Professor Shaffer was unorganized, messy, and she didnt even use the book! She is a nice lady overall but she is really not a great professor. If you want a class where the class is organized, please do not take her! She is not worth your grade or credit! OR TIME!!!!!!!!!!!
She is very disorganized. If you have to take her, be prepared to read the textbook because you are going to have to teach yourself. In her lectures, she goes over a little bit of the material. If you read the book and take notes in class, you will do well.
I have never had such a disorganized professor. She is very sweet, but not a great professor. We had an exam and she didn't post it until after the due date and takes FOREVER to respond to emails. Says you don't need a textbook, but then expects you to get information from two different textbooks. IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THIS PROFESSOR: DON'T!!!!
This class is extremely hard. Straight up hard. I worked full time and took 2 other classes but still managed. The professor cares for the student. So if your having technical trouble, you will be okay. Honestly the professor them self cared and thats all a student needs to succeed.
Read the chapters twice. Did all the necessary work. I understood the material, but had the worst time passing the exams. Barely made a B. I believe a majority of the online students dropped the course.
She is a great professor. Dont mind the online review. I took the class over the summer, very fast paced. Everything on MyAccLab. Covered 12 Chapters, with 12 HW assignments, 2 Comprehensive Assignments and 3 Exams. The HW & Comprehensive assignments are very time consuming even if you read. She is straight forward, would take the course again.
She doesn't actually teach. She does a couple examples on the board then expects you to know everything. Book was necessary, but also pointless since she doesn't use it. I needed the book just to try to teach myself. Don't take her if you don't have to!!
Read the Powerpoints and you will do good.
This was the worst economics professor I have ever encountered. She cancels class out of nowhere and does not give a notice besides a note on her door. When she gives lectures, one can infer that she is not qualified to teach economics. Please do yourself the favor and find a different professor.
she expects you to know the answers before we even talk about the subjects. Also don't expect any help on the reviews.
She really doesnt teach her online students and be prepared for her to call you out online when she sends reminders. you could knock out all of the homework but if you dont pass the 4 exams she has. dont bother taking the class. we had alot of people drop the class. probably one of the most irritating classes ive taken
Very difficult teacher. Does have reviews handed out before the test, BUT they are never on the test. She does feel very disorganized and during lecture can be hard to follow sometimes. I'd suggest going with a different teacher
Terrible class. She is very disorganized, and is not aware of what she is doing. She doesnt understand the material that is being taught. Please go with a different teacher.
terrible lectures and does not review
Mediocre lectures, tough grading, and seems completely unorganized. I'm an A/B student and I barely got an A. Look into other teachers but it's not the end of the world if you have her. Just do the HW and study the power points prior to the tests.
I am normally a high B low A student and this class definitely changed that. I worked really hard in class and took diligent notes, but none of that seemed to matter with this professor. I did all my homework and got great grades on them, only to come and fail the exams. The reviews and examples do not relate to the tests at all. Dont take her.
Shes very unorganized and was late to class every day. Her material she covers in class was very brief and had nothing to do with the homework or tests. I would not recommend taking this professor.
If class is cancelled she does not send an email out or tell anyone in advanced, she just leaves a note on her door. She gives reviews before tests but they are nothing like the tests. She treats her classes like they are high school classes. This is the first time I have ever got a C in a college class and she is a super tough grader.
I have never gotten a D in a class until this course. I was in her online class, we used myeconlab, and my life revolved around finishing her assignments. Her online test were proctored, meaning that your screen will be recording you while you test. I recommend looking for another professor.
Unfortunately, Professor Schaffer had a personal issue which took her out of class often. However the days she was there she was a fabulous teacher. Very thorough in teaching. I absolutely loved her class it was just a simple lecture class and you just take notes and pay attention. There is homework online but it easy if you pay attention in class.
She gives lots of homework. The things she teaches in class do not help on the test. She gives test reviews that don't help because her tests seem like they're in a foreign language. You can study and know the material but the way she words her questions make the tests 100 times harder. Please do yourself a favor and find another teacher.
TON of homework on MyEconLab, certain questions (ones where you have to draw a graph) are unclear and confusing. I often have to get an answer wrong just to know the equation I needed to get the answer. Her lectures are bad at conveying info, she had a personal family issue and was often absent and we learned more from the sub. Take someone else.
Probably one of the worst Econ teacher's i've taken. She had a personal issue and was out of class for a while and i loved the sub he taught us more than she did (Mr. Thompson). Homework get two chances for each question and their tough. Her lectures are not very detailed and most of it is not like the test reviews she gives. Wouldn't take again.
I was actually very worried because of the so many negative reviews, but perhaps she had a change or realized what's being said; Alot of studying and learning you must do on your own. However she wants you to pass and was always eager to help. She's extremely kind and would def take her again. Welcome to COLLEGE!!!
She doesnt explain how to do the math or fully explains the graphs. She just focuses on vocabulary but then will put these math equations that you have never seen on the test. She also makes the tests worth the majority of your grade but assigns homework that is barely worth anything. And her paper at the end of the semester wont be explained.
I took ACCT2302 for the Spring 2020 semester. I did not start on time because my mom was in hospice care and eventually passed away. I told her I would catch up ASAP. She reset my due dates for my missed assignments and allowed me to catch up. She also offered extra credit on the end of the semester. The class is hard and need a lot of study time.
Solid choice. Our class was disrupted due to COVID-19, but I liked her in-person lectures. She was dedicated to ensuring that students understand the concepts, and she seemed genuinely excited when she could answer somebody's question. Of course it's a hard class and you have to do a lot of studying on your own, but she will help you.
Originally supposed to take another professor, but luckily he was gone and she took his spot. Out previous professor used a grading method that involved Cengage (Online Book) to take an average of 3 Tries, but she changed it for us. She did not require us to show up for lectures online. Discussions were there and easy. PLEASE IGNORE THE Negativity.
One of the worsts professors I have ever had. She is quite mean and terrible at explaining. Her exam reviews and lectures don't even help you with the exam. I highly do not recommend her class. TCC you can do better.
This professor was so rude and insensitive please please please never take her if you actually want to be successful she doesnt give much extra credit doesnt explain assignments wont help you and insensitive to anyones tragedys other than her own
Shes very rude and doesnt explain well she doesnt even cover the graphs she puts on test smh
If you're looking for the exam to look like anything you've been working on for months, don't count on it. The work and the exams don't match up and in adversity you won't be given any mercy. I was unable to access the website used for all of the classwork and was told to take those 0's. The only good thing is the extra credit she gives is easy.
I literally don't know why TCC hasn't fired her already. What she teaches in class and MyEconLab will not help you with the test. I studied the Practiced exam and still failed hard because they are 2 very different things. DO NOT TAKE HER.
Worst professor yet! A shame for a professor to be snarky in emails and have very little respect for her students. If I could give her a zero I would. She does not try to work with students as hard as this course is already. please do not do not take her!
Started out great then as the semester went on she becomes not helpful and stopped responding to my emails, My Econ Lab was useless and did not teach me a thing. Do not take her.
Worst professor Ive ever had. Not only are we in a pandemic but doing online school at the same time! She shouldve been more sympathetic to people who are still trying to get with the program. She assigned too many assignments on MyEconLab and would lecture SOO slowly. None of the stuff we were assigned was even on the test. DONT TAKE HER.
worst professor ever. the tests were nothing like the homework or the things she covered in class. She is very rude and has no care for her students and doesnt care if you have OTHER things to have done in other classes. She also doesnt explain any lecture. TCC you can do better smh.
Horrible Professor, don't waste your time and money on this class. She does not respond to your emails. She uses proctorio for her test. She is careless for her students. Tcc add better professor for econ!!
I took her class during a summer session and found it to be somewhat easy. If you do the homework (you can take it 2 times) and the chapter reviews, you can make enough points there to supplement doing bad on the test. Her formula to passing the class was simple and it was all online which made it very easy for me to follow
Before taking this professor. I heard she was a awful professor but when I register for class she was the only option. Everyone was right. This professor is AWFUL. She literally burp in front of me (when I went to her office hours). She gives too much homework and sometime humiliated his students.
Her course was the most frustrating one I've had. Attending the lectures felt pointless because none of the information given seemed to translate to the homework or tests. The tests in this course are so confusing and include material you cannot find in the given notes. Please do not sign up for this class. It is a waste of time.
In order to pass any if her classes, you MUST read and teach yourself. She starts every class by handing out a packet of terms basically and spends class going through those. Once that is over she then goes and has a spreadsheet that she has made and will just keep talking all of class as she fills it out. There is no hands on class interaction.
She gives you all the material to succeed, you just have to put forth the effort.
Probably the worst professor I've ever had. She did some favoritism in her class and you can tell if she liked you or not. It was clear to me that she didn't like me and was an ass the whole semester and I'm unsure why, but at least I passed though. Just make sure you do the hw and practice filling in the excel sheets because excel is 70% yourgrade
Had no choice but to take her class for my degree. I read everyone's reviews and I agree she is the worst professor/human being I've ever met. Her lectures are just terminology when most of your grade is spreadsheets which she barely teaches on. Shows alot of favoritism and sometimes makes fun of her students who struggle. Hope she gets fired 1 day
First of all this class is already difficult and it makes it a little more difficult online. I would say I am fairly good at learning from any type of way like written notes or videos ect. When I say this teachers notes were bad, they were bad. lots of mistakes and very little explaining on how to do some accounting concepts. basically teach myself
i dont really understand the hate that she gets, she's very caring and willing to help
She explains the work to be done.
I have nothing nice to say about this professor. She constantly bad mouthed at her accounting professors on the campus and did not even use a textbook. She has no business teaching accounting. Extremely unprofessional and political. How is an economics professor the HoD of accounting at TCC?
Took Econ-2302 online. Not a great professor. Homework is lengthy and honestly doesn't prepare you for exams. Exams ARE proctored. 4 total exams one being dropped. Posted the final exam the day it was due. Pretty much there are insufficient resources when preparing for the final exam. Advise you pick a different prof.
her lectures and notes did not help much with studying for the tests since she passed through them quickly. there were a tons of assignments that must be done via Cengage, and most of them required at least 90 minutes to complete. You can take your tests at home and the final was optional if you already have enough points for your desired grade.
The class is tough, but using unstuck study and the textbook helped me get through it. Professor is hit-or-miss, so be prepared to teach yourself.
Class Info
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Attendance Mandatory
68%
Textbook Required
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