Whoever said she dedicates herself to students must have never had her. She is the worst teacher in a horrible math department. I suggest you take math anywhere but the U of A

Awful class. No tests, but points come from one project and posting on daily forums and creating a class "wiki" site. Not a math class as much as a website editing class. This class is a waste of time, tuition money, and brain power. Whatever you do, do not take this class unless you want to gouge your eyes out due to boredom and frustration.

hopeless teacher, Calc II is already hard, but she makes it extra harder. She probably hate students, her tests contain questions that are not taught. Wished I look through ratemyprofessor before taking her class.

What she assigns in class an what are on her tests are completely different. They are really hard.

worst class ever

Don't take this class if possible. She explains everything so differently and it makes me more confused. And I've already had calculus. She doesn't care about the answer, she wants to see the work done "her" way. It's ridiculous

She will purposely make tests to trick you. AVOID HER AT ALL COSTS! Even if you think you know calculus, you don't know HER calculus

Dr. Woodland is so complicated in the way she explains things. If I hadnt had calculus in high school i would have failed for sure. I averaged a low D on the tests but did all the homework and managed to squeak by with a C. Do not take her under any circumstances. I dont care what anybody elses review says, do not take her!!! Take anybody else!!

Dr. Woodland is the worst teacher I have ever had. She thinks she is the smartest person ever, and if you don't get something that you are stupid. She is awful at explaining, and the tests were ridiculous. She also does not respond to emails if you try to ask her questions or meet with her. Do NOT take this teacher, you will regret it.

She is horrible. I've took calculus in high school and still have a bad grade because she is that picky about how your answers should be. She says you don't have to have taken calculus in high school but assumes everyone has. She doesn't explain anything, she pretty much just writes stuff on the board and the whole time she cracks the lamest jokes.

Avoid her at all cost. Im a math major, and I graduated in the top 3 percent of my high school class, got a 5 on the AP Cal test. I had a 4.0 my entire college career and got a 95 in Cal II. I got a C in her class because she sucks at teaching and makes the tests impossible. She does not have internet in her home so you can't even email for help.

She's a nice enough person. However, for someone who wants to actually learn the material and understand it, she is not the person to take. Not only is she confusing, but when you try to get help, she does not respond to e-mails, and is almost impossible to find in her office. I would avoid her.

She was a very intelligent woman; however, she seemed entirely uninterested in teaching us the material, and it was nearly impossible to get a hold of her for help.

She is the worst math teacher I have ever had. She is semi helpful if you go to her office but in class you are always lost. Get the textbook and try to read it before class because it is the only thing that might prepare you. Try to get a different teacher.

I had AP credit for cal1 but decided to retake it for an easy first semester- big mistake! I got nothing out of her lectures and if I didn't already know the material so well from AP, I would've struggled tremendously. She's not a terribly harsh grader and all quizzes are announced and not too hard but prepare to teach yourself the lecture material

Avoid avoid avoid. I am planning on minoring in math but this class has really dissuaded me from doing that. She mostly explains theory and gives very few concrete examples in class. I have never taken calculus before and am having a very hard time following her lectures. She can be very condescending and is generally not helpful.

Possibly the worst math teacher I have ever had. Avoid at all costs.

She is talking much more than teaching, I did well in this class because I had a good Drill Instructor.

She doesn't explain nothing and zooms through the lectures ended up dropping the class

I got an A in the class. Don't even bother emailing her she wont respond. Lectures are confusing, scattered and don't seem to be planned at all. She doesn't even make her own lecture slides. Doesn't provide answers for study guides. Her tests and quizzes are fair but this is because she doesn't make them.

Dr. Woodland is by far the worst professor I have ever had. I am a 4.0 student and I got a C in her class. Her lectures are all over the place and she doesn't ever explain what she is doing. She is super disrespectful to her students. She always yells at us because we are "stealing her time" but she shows up late EVERY SINGLE DAY. She is awful.

I would avoid Dr. Woodland. Her lectures are very scattered and hard to follow. She focuses on practice problems rather than teaching concepts. One thing that drove me crazy was the fact that she doesn't put in grades. I dont mean she puts them in late, I mean it is currently the week after finals and not a single test or quiz has been entered yet.

She is awful at explaining everything she teaches. She goes through a powerpoint and doesn't explain why she's doing anything. She will often tell you that a certain topic won't be on the test or you won't need to know it, don't listen to her. The tests are always way harder than the class material. She's awful and you won't learn anything.

There is a reason Cal2 is known as the hardest course taught at this University. Woodland is by far the hardest professor I've had, and made me count down the days until the last day of class. Demands you only ask her questions and will get mad in front of everyone if she deems it too simple of a question. Avoid at all costs.

Awful professor. If you asked her a question in class or in office hours that she thought was too simple she would tell you "you should know that" or "why are you taking this class." She was frequently up to 15 minutes late for class or ranted to us about her parking situation instead of teaching. Horrible attitude about teaching. DO NOT TAKE!!

Professor Woodland made math way more difficult than need be. Quickly flies through lecture powerpoints that are hard to follow and don't really teach you anything. Exam reviews aren't like exams and exams are always harder than homework and in class problems. She randomly has a quick temper and will yell at you if she doesn't like your question.

Terrible at explaining things in a way you would understand. You will learn more in the drill. Nothing prepares you for the exams really, she doesn't make them, just grades a question or two on each exam. Don't take this class unless math comes easy for you, or you don't mind studying a ton.

She is terrible. I could not stand her at all. My peers who had another prof in the same classes were doing things so much easier. She likes to test you on the hardest version of the concepts and is not forgiving!!!

Maybe in person she would be ok, but online is terrible. She doesn't know how the technology works, took forever to upload the syllabus, seems to constantly have an attitude with students, her lectures usually don't make sense but if you ask her a question she will catch an attitude.

This teacher is awful and should not be allowed to teach another class again. She consistently ignores all and any emails sent by students. She won't give you a syllabus or exam schedule. She says she'll post something and just "forgets." She takes off random points with no real explanation. Her lectures are all over the place.

She is the absolute WORST. I highly recommend to stay away from Dr. Woodland. She is unprofessional, unorganized, rude in during lectures, and is very bad about replying back to her emails. If I could give her no stars I would.

Avoid Dr. Woodland at all cost. She didn't post a syllabus until a month after class started, takes at least a month to grade tests, skips Friday lectures very often, is not good at teaching, doesn't put in any homework grades until the end of the semester, says she will do something and then doesn't.

Do not take Dr. Woodland for CALC III - there are plenty of other great professors. Dr. Woodland is very unorganized, wastes class time, cancels lectures without additional help. If you are moving on to higher level math/engineering, steer clear of this professor.

I genuinely don't think that Dr. Woodland is a bad professor. She knows how to explain things pretty well, to my experience. Although this is true, I have genuinely never met a professor so rude and bitter. Her side comments are terrible, and she treats questions as if they are stupid (even though she asks for questions). Take someone else.

Janet is not only a bad professor, but also a terrible person. She told a special needs kid to ask about her mouse clicks after class when it was giving him a sensory overload. I would rather put my pp in a toaster than take her class again

Bad Professor Overall. Does not get grades in on time, and does not cover content most of the class. Woodlands online teaching is a mess with constant sloppiness when teaching. Admitted in class once that she was lazy.

Her lectures are pointless and don't explain anything within a reasonable time. She speaks in typical gaslighting tropes, such as how she will protect her students from the rest of the math department despite being inaccessible outside of class time. She rarely updates grades, so it's impossible to gauge where you stand in the class.

Dr. Woodland is very unorganized, inaccessible to students, and wastes a large portion of lecture each day. Deadlines are always shifting. As for the actual assessments, they arent terribly hard. Avoid at all costs if you want a deep view of the content.

It has been three years since i took cal 2 with janet woodland and i just woke up in a cold sweat from having a nightmare about her

She could care less about wasting your time (shows up late or spends half the class time talking),not efficient in any grading, a lot of the time is unsure about important dates for tests,quizzes,and her lectures are hard to follow. Most likely will not respond to your email either in the span of a day. Not a professor that has frustrated me more.

She is probably one of the most frustrating teachers I have had. She complains to use about how none of us ever complete the reviews days before the test, however she refuses to spend the time to put all our grades in one spot, so therefore no one in the class knows our grade. She gets angry when we ask to know our grade.

Had her 3 years ago, Spring '20. I am a math senior now, so I can confidently say that she was the worst math professor I've had. Rude; unclear expectations. Would rant about tardiness and then be tardy (oopsie!). When the pandemic started and classes were cancelled/online, we received no word from her for three weeks. Avoid her if possible.

this chick doesn't even go off the slides. she has a bad habit of ranting on and just writing random information on the board.

I thoroughly enjoy learning and doing math. Regardless, by far the worst math teacher I've ever had. If you're not particularly interested in learning the subject, and the grade you earn means nothing to you, then her lectures can be very entertaining; those of you who have an appreciation for situational irony will definitely enjoy her teaching.

Coming to class is worthless. It was a waste of time because she doesn't go through examples and she is very scatterbrained, comes to class late, and goes over time. She skips over important content and encourages you to watch the other professor's video. I made an A, but not because of her. She is helpful one-on-one, but not everyone has the time.

She is a fun person, but not a good professor. She is inconsistent with homework, constantly changing due dates and problems. My class did not have any grades posted until the Wednesday before stop day. The whole semester, she was ontime to class probably twice. She made the class and content more complicated than necessary.

actually one of the weirdest and rudest professors ever. she has no compassion although she acts like a chill and nice person she is rude and has a lot of attitude. she gives an unnecessary amount of homework and teachers the class like the students are 5 years old

The class is in its second week. And for some reason she can go from playful to borderline irate. She's smarter, and because of that she gets short when we don't understand, and her instructions aren't clear. Certain behaviors in class make her angry easily, and after she didn't give proper instructions, emailed us upset for not reading her mind.

I didn't get my grade in the class until the Friday before finals and thought I was failing the whole time and was going to have to drop the class. Lectures were confusing and she takes really long to get into them. I also didn't learn anything from her lectures and taught myself the whole course. She is also pretty mean. I would not take her.

She is scattered and all over the place. Everyone always seems lost during the lectures and I have to teach myself everything on YouTube. There was no syllabus, assignment or topic list, or important dates calendar. Without these things I never knew what topic we were covering, what direction the class was headed, when tests or quizzes were.

I'm sitting here dwelling on the strong emotions I'm feeling. To put them into words is difficult. Anger? Malice? Hatred? Janet doesn't teach. Instead, she stands in the front of the class writing and babbling, turns around, then goes back to the board. She post some help for studying, but overall she's just a mean old lady who needs to retire.

This lady is hands down the worst professor I have ever had. She just comes to class 5 minutes late, throws random stuff up on the board and rambles, and then leaves. She was so bad it makes me think that all of the positive reviews on here are left by her to boost her rating. Avoid this lady if you can help it, she is horrible.

Janet Woodland is the opposite of the kinda of math teacher you need. She gets distracted during lectures and tends to talk about anything but the required material. Very hard to access through email, and has a short temper. Taught myself almost everything through the homework and youtube. If you can skip this professor DO IT!

PHD AND FOR WHAT? MATH IS A WHY PROBLEM. "WHY AM I MAKING THE EXPONENT (-) ? WHY AM I MULTIPLYING THESE 2 NUMBERS TOGETHER?" JANET WILL NOT EXPLAIN WHY YOU DO SOMETHING. SHE WILL ONLY TELL YOU HOW TO DO SOMETHING. EXTREMELY RUDE CREATURE AND COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW A CLICKER WORKS, PHD BTW. ROOMATE HAD HER FOR CAL 2 AND SAID THE SAME THING. AVOID.

She is so rude and awful at teaching. I would have to go home and reteach everything myself. She writes so fast and erases everything and if you ask for help she says you should've been paying attention. Barely got a B. Do not take her

Just do NOT take her if you have the choice.

do NOT take her class, attendance is mandatory, she lectures but is horrible at explaining things. You have 2 projects to do and she gives you 0 class time. she has a short temper and is so rude.

I had to teach myself all the content. No extra credit. You have to go to class there are lots of clicker points. Tests are hard. If you have no previous calculus knowledge you are pretty much doomed.

Don't take her unless you have no other option. When she explains things they make no sense & she would show up to class quite frequently saying that she did have anything to teach us today, and just start writing random problems on the board. She can be a sweet woman, but she also has a temper & seems to not care if her students succeed or not.