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MIE201 - 2.0 rating“Worst professor I have ever had”
MIE310 - 1.0 ratingClass Info
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Attendance Mandatory
55%
Textbook Required
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Reviews (98)
She is great! I would definitely recommend her over the other MIE 201 teacher. She actually responds to emails and doesn't look at you crazy when you ask her questions which is very helpful. The smartbook and PackBack assignments are easy 100s if you do them. The test are fair, just be sure to review your notes and study.
You don't necessarily have to read the textbook. Discussion posts are easy and good source to boost your grade. Tests are not hard as long as you pay attention to the powerpoints and most material is common sense.
Just a mediocre teacher overall, gave tests with some info from lectures, but you had to know every little thing she taught from lectures to pass. Had discussion forums which were good grade-boosters, but didn't do much near the end of the semester. Homework involves the discussion forums and Connect assignments. Just avoid taking her class.
I think she is a newer professor so towards the beginning it she wasn't great, but by the 2-3 unit she was great. Very lecture heavy, even though it was optional in-person I would just go to class she helps you understand a lot more than the textbook. Tests are difficult, but I got above an 80 on all of them by studying so you should be fine.
Tests try to trick you and are very different from PPT & HW. Random, tiny details are always on the tests. To see the questions you got wrong, you have to meet with her during limited office hours and she doesn't have time to go over 300+ tests. She gives very minimal effort (AI grades everything), but easy HW & not too hard to get a B.
Her class is fine if you put in the time. Material is easy, but what's covered in lectures doesn't line up with exams so you'll need to study the textbook to do well. Grades come from 5 exams, weekly Packbacks (only 10/14 required), Smartbooks for each chapter (graded for completion so easy 100s), and attendance (percentage of classes you go to).
She is not a considerate professor at all. During her lectures, all she does is read off PowerPoints slides, making it not useful at all and a waste of your time to be in class. Your smart book assignments do not match her tests, so good luck studying. Study review sessions are held by grad students and aren't organized well and do not help us.
I'm taking this class right now. Honestly a lot of students seem to not like her, but I think she is fine. If you do your work and go to class you'll be just fine. She does read off the powerpoints all class and the PackBack assignments are quite pointless, but its a free grade so just do it. If she's your only option you'll be fine.
Don't take her class. After tests you can't even find out which questions you got wrong. She also doesn't give extensions on anything.
Only reads off of a PowerPoint during class with minimal engaging examples, also she speaks very quickly so you cannot type notes easily during class
Test are hard which do not correlate with lectures. Gives good opportunity through homework to get your grade up. Attendance is mandatory everyday and there is no absences.
This class is very hard and test heavy. You have a total of 5 exams and they are worth more than 60% of your grade. Even if you study there is no predicting what you get. She isn't lenient at all and there is no type of extra credit.
Professor Smith reads directly off the slides and is not a lenient grader. Every assignment is automatically graded, and she is unwilling to make exceptions if you are sick and miss a test. Enjoy getting a 0. Tests are somewhat difficult; the best way to prepare is studying the Smartbook notes.
She tends to only read off of her PowerPoints during lectures so they don't help much even though attendance is mandatory. If you are going to take notes do it before class because she goes way too fast to do them in class. There were 5 tests and no final. Overall, the class is okay but probably wouldn't recommend her.
A Packback is an automatic 100 if you score 55+ and only 10/14 need to be completed. The bookwork is easy. There are 5 tests and to be successful review the slides. The last test actually required studying. If you want a high grade actually read the book. The professor does not teach, she just regurgitates the slides and talks about her businesses.
all assignments are weekly packbacks and smartbooks. both are EZ 100s every time. classes are just her reading lectures off a powerpoint. pro tip: just copy all the notes verbatim into a doc and then just overview the notes a bunch 1-2 days before each test. 5 tests and the only challenging one is the last (actually study). show up for attendance
Though the class was harder than others, I did not mind the class. You can tell she cares about students. class mainly consisted of her reading off a PowerPoint. The tests were not that bad, as long as you put in a lot of outside studying before the exams. To do good in this class, you will need to study a lot, other than that the class was fine!
Professor Woodhull-Smith is a good professor and does take the time to help any students who need it. The lectures were mainly reading off a PowerPoint, so you don't really need to be fully attentive to what she is saying at all times. As long as you study outside of class and put in the effort, you should do fine.
- 5 tests with no final - tests are mildly hard - uses online textbook which has pretty much all the info from the powerpoints - i rarely paid attention in class since i did textbook readings ahead of time and score pretty decently - everyday lectures with guest speakers time to time - put us into groups midway (we only talked for like 5 mins)
Professor Woodhull-Smith was pretty much the definition of an average professor. She seems like a decent person and is knowledgeable, but can be boring to listen to. Doing the homework on time is honestly the most important thing for doing well. Be prepared the though for a very difficult accounting exam at the end of the year.
She isn't a bad professor but talks about herself and her experiences a lot which got annoying. Tests aren't hard as long as you study the textbook and definitions. Don't really need to pay attention to lectures as long as you study and read the textbook. She puts you in groups which was a good way to make connections in a freshman class.
Im not sure why professor W-S doesn't have a 5/5 rating. Her online MIE 480 course (summer) was so easy and straight to the point. This class consisted of case readings & quizzes, lectures, a mini group project, and a final project. She is very quick to respond when emailing. I would highly recommend. You seriously won't be stressed with this class
Take a different professor, she makes you take quizzes and class is mandatory even though its once a week.
Tests were hard and a very boring class overall.
WOULD NOT ROUND MINE OR ANY OF MY GROUP MEMBERS 89.5%+++++ LIKEEE as if it hurts YOU at all!! She is the ONLY MIE 210 professor that requires tests. Dont take her. Waist of time, and not empathetic toward students at all.
WoodhullSmith wasn't amazing or anything, but I disagree with some of the negative reviews. The class wasnt bad but it definitely got more boring as the semester went along. You often get let out early tho. She also was very knowledgeable about the topics, which I believed were very practical. The exams are mildly difficult and require studying for
Read the textbook; the tests are based mainly off of the textbooks. Attend lectures, TopHat counts toward your grade and some lecture videos/guests may show up on tests. Content is broad but easy and simplified. Jenn wasn't the most entertaining professor, but class and grading criteria were lax and she explained things well. All around easygoing.
INSANELY picky grader. She will literally make things up to take points off for as she's grading. More than half of your grade is a semester-long group project. Pray that you get a good group.
Very manageable class, Professor Woodhull-Smith made lectures very entertaining by covering interesting Entrepreneurial stories and problems faced in the real world. Make sure you have a good group for the project as this is essentially your grade in the class.
Jenn has changed the tests date at free will. I had to change other tests for different classes because she constantly changed the test dates. Also, her test is a majority of the grade which you will fail btw because she makes her test so specific that you have to be her herself to know the answer. she makes this class too hard then it needs to be
The assessments lack clarity. There are no study guides provided and Exams are 50% of your grade. The test questions tend to be excessively specific, drawing from obscure paragraphs in the textbook and arbitrary topics covered by guest presenters. the semester project is graded very harshly and you're penalized by the lack of directions.
Her lectures are not useful, she goes over 10 slides with very minimal information on them. Also she cancels one class every week. The class is test heavy, the questions are so specific and random that you will not get them right no matter how much you study the information. People were walking out of the test yelling yes!!! I only got a 40.
She recently changed her tests from on your own time to in person when the tests are unnecessarily specific making them impossible to study for and do well on. Do not be fooled by her previous ratings as she has changed her teaching style and feels the need to make it as hard has possible to do well in this course.
I wish I could give a good rating as I have had her twice, but I have never been more disappointed by a professor. She changed her teaching style and despite going to every class and studying hard for the tests (worth 50% of your grade) it's impossible to do better than a D. They are so specific despite her presentations being so short and vague.
Provides a lack of support for students. Does not clearly explain what materials to study, the materials that are covered are very vague and so exams feel too specific. Expected to memorize the whole textbook due to the specificity of the questions. Exam difficulty shot up without warning.
This class is very lecture heavy and there are very few actual grades. Furthermore much of the material in the textbooks is not factored into testing, and testing often has material not in the text or lecture presentations
One class per week as she designates "work days." A group would only need a few days to finish the project, so she is just lazy. Exams, called "knowledge checks," are near impossible. Lectures are an embarrassment and that of a graduate student, not someone who has real-world experience. Be ready to teach yourself from the textbook :)
Worst professor had at NC State so far. Does not teach hardly anything and has quizzes called knowledge checks that make up for half of your grade and are extremely vague and difficult to study for.
Tests are extremely vague based a variety of random material scattered throughout the class. Some of her advice and guest speakers have been good, but she has a hard time directing that to students as the class is poorly structured to engage students on a regular basis. The class needs much more of an engaging atmosphere from the professor.
Not sure what MIE 310 everyone on here took before me, but there's no way on God's green Earth it's the same one I'm taking right now. Jenn switched textbooks this semester so get ready to read and take vague in-class tests with no note sheet. No curve on tests and her lectures loosely relate at best to questions asked on exams. No longer an easy A
If you have to take entrepreneurship next semester DO NOT TAKE HER!! Everyone I talked to before taking the class said that it was an easy A+ but I would be lucky to get a B in here. I literally have a 4.0 and have gotten A's in both accounting classes and all of my other bus ones. Exams are so hard and vague, projects graded very harsh.
Worst. Professor. Ever. My GPA has been at 4.0 until Jenn's class, will lower if I manage to pass. She is completely void of empathy for students. Lectures are short and uninformative, projects are graded harshly despite vague instructions, and exams worth 1/2 of grade ask arbitrary questions pulled from the most obscure passages of the textbook.
somehow this class is harder than accounting. also this professor doesn't care about ur grades and doesn't want you to get an A. She does type of professors who think As are not important whatever that means. just a textbook example of a bad professor
Worst professor at NCSU. It is mind boggling that this class I've received my worst grades when other people with different professors got A+.Tests which she calls "knowledge checks" are so unfair. She doesn't even teach you the questions she asks. No matter how much you study it doesn't matter! I would rather take accounting 5x than take her class
Difficult and demanding for an entrepreneurship class that is meant to be an easy A. Exams cover content that is obtained from random paragraphs on the textbook. When asking for help, she gives vague directions and expects you to remember the textbooks, lectures and guest speakers for a very specific exam. Avoid this professor if possible.
While Jenn has real-world experience in the world of entrepreneurship she lacks in class structure. Her exams which are "knowledge checks" are incredibly difficult for no apparent reason. She has switched exam dates twice now this semester and it makes it hard not only to study but to plan accordingly.
She decided halfway through the semester to change her tests from online to in person because of "cheating" but literally what did she expect making an online exam with no proctor... Her exams are way to complicated for entrepreneurship and there is little to study off of, she picks the most random things to test you on. If you want a C take this!
Where do I start? To anyone who need to take this class: DO NOT TAKE IT WITH HER. Her grading criteria and instruction is horrible and gives little to no feedback. The only easy thing in this class is the perusalls but other than that... just don't take this class with her. Knowledge checks are just the bane of my existence.
Do not take this professor! The work shouldn't be hard but she makes it almost impossible to do well in this course. Her ego is through the roof and is very condescending when you ask her anything. Try to avoid her if at all possible...
On paper, this was the easiest class on my schedule this year, yet it was the hardest. The tests are impossible, even if you attend every class and pay attention. There is no guide or structure to the exams, and they are impossible to study for. I feel as if I am no better a business student after this class than I was before this class.
Struggling to obtain a B in a course previously alleged to be an A-A+ course. Changed the way exams were taken due to "cheating" done from back home. Test questions are incredibly specific and not an open book test. If you value your GPA, DO NOT ENROLL WITH HER AS YOUR PROFESSOR.
Worst professor I have ever had. Not only will you not learn anything, but she is a very harsh grader for a class that is supposed to be easy. Earning my second C in my entire academic career in an ENTREPRENEUR class. She should not be a professor. At least not at a reputable institution such as NC State.
Most appalling professor, with ridiculous expectations. Thinks students can memorize everything she says and expects students to devote hours of unrealistic studying to an entrepreneurship class. When asking for help she grins and says its not that big of a deal. Has no regard for student success and GPA, grades unfairly for a class of this caliber
Prepare to read critical points from the textbook thoroughly. Class is conceptual in nature. Instructor practically reads from the slides the entire lecture. Criteria from group project is extremely vague, leading to easy mistakes. Will not disclose but made a condescending comment towards my group. Lost my respect because of that.
The professor made this class the most un-applicable course as she is incompetent in her knowledge. Attempts to relate her amateurish experience but exposes uneducated qualifications. The professor does not understand any business concepts in the real world. She grades to meet quotas for grade distributions rather than properly grading students.
Harshly grades a group project with a very vague rubric that is worth nearly half of your grade. Test are very strange and don't pertain to the overall concepts and lessons taught in the class and more so are just questions from random paragraphs in the textbook. Lectures are optional and useless. To say I learned nothing is an understatement.
Say what you will but perusing the chapters and watching the lectures makes tests super easy (92 avg with minimal studying). No class Wednesdays. She was very understanding when I came to her and her rubric is VERY clear on what she wants. If you can't understand it, ask her, she'll explain. Also willing to look over projects to help, fast response
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR GPA. The knowledge checks are exams worth half your grade, it contains so much information and if you can't memorize every concept, vocal word, what the guest lecture said, then expect to get Cs on these. She is a harsh grader on projects as well. Why did I do better in accounting than this class?
MIE 201 was a challenging course and the tests were hard. Textbook assignments, packback, tests, and in class textbook activty make up grade. This class was challenging but she has real world experience in business which made it easier to understand things. Go to class take notes to understand concepts and you will be fine
DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR! The tests contains a lot of info that are random from the textbook or guest speakers. Lectures are boring, short, uninformative, as her slides barely contain what we are expected to know to take her extremely hard tests. Makes us do a stupid group project, so if you get assigned a bad group, prepare for the worse.
This class was online during the summer for me. I thought the workload was heavy for a summer class. There are two exams, a group project that lasts the entire class, and a reading/discussion activity each week. The textbook is free which is nice but exam questions can be tricky. She has videos as well which should be watched to do well on exams.
You've seen the other reviews, just stay away from her man
Made an easy class difficult. Rubrics were unclear, and if you weren't graded by the TA you were screwed. Woodhull made one exam so specific the majority of the class got below a B-. It's a class you can tough out but you won't really enjoy it.
This course is absolutely catastrophic. My studies are primarily focused on entrepreneurship, and the mere fact of having taken this course has made me reconsider pursuing a concentration in entrepreneurship. The entire course is nothing but nonsense. The topics covered are superficial, and the concepts are contradictory. Extremely disappointed.
This course is absolutely catastrophic. My studies are primarily focused on entrepreneurship, and the mere fact of having taken this course has made me reconsider pursuing a concentration in entrepreneurship. The entire course is nothing but nonsense. The topics covered are superficial, and the concepts are contradictory. Extremely disappointed.
This class was extremely difficult for no reason. The tests were textbook and lecture based and the professor put completely irrelevant information as questions. The projects weren't too much work but the professor and TA grade them in a very unfair way. They used their own personal opinions to grade the projects rather than the rubric.
This professor is strict for nor reason. For a class that's this introductory and superficial, there is no reason the exams should be this difficult. I have learned absolutely nothing of value. The lectures are meaningless, even though attendance is mandatory. Perusall forum assignments are graded unfairly by an algorithm. Avoid at all costs.
For an intro-level business class... it was too extensive. We had exams frequently and there seemed to never be a great way to study for them. Do the readings, but personally, they did not help with the exams. Attendance is mandatory and you should probably go anyway because she sometimes adds questions based on what she said in the lecture.
Genuinely one of the worst teachers I have ever had. Lectures are dreadful even though they are only once a week. Talks down to you when you ask questions. Makes you question if you really want to go down the entrepreneurial path. Not a hard class, but the quality is subpar at best.
Her lectures aren't even that bad they are honestly just pointless because the tests don't reflect anything we study. I get that the questions are extremely application focused so if you truly know the material it wouldn't be too hard but it would be nice to be prepared to understand the material to that level. She just covers the surface.
I think some of the ratings on her are harsh. Biggest problem with this class were the tests, which were though McGraw Hill (she doesn't make them). I found class lectures to provide some helpful real-life information, but significantly less helpful when it came to exams. If you read the textbook chapters and use common sense, you'll do good enough
The lectures were fairly easy for this class but the exams reflect nothing from the lectures just the textbook. She does not make the exams which makes it very difficult know what to study. There is weekly homework of smartbooks and perusall. There is also interactive activities that we do in class which can be difficult.
I am confused on why she has many poor reviews, I had a very positive experience with her as my professor. She wrote her own textbook for the course so it is important to reference that for assignments. Overall, it was a very easy class and I liked having her as a professor.
She picks irrelevant things to include on the tests. I would review the textbook, and I attended every lecture, but the tests were awful. The major project is a group project, and there are detailed peer evaluations, but the peer evaluations are 3.65% of your grade so my deadbeat group members ended up getting loads of credit for the work I did.
Class and material was not difficult BUT the exams are very iffy. I felt like 50% of the stuff on the exam wasn't covered in class nor in the textbook. Otherwise, she's a good professor and cares for her students but the class is boring and attendance is graded.
not sure why all the negative reviews, she was an OK professor. only issue i had was how harsh the grading was, compared to what she was communicating in class. gives good feedback though
Lectures were sometimes boring but very helpful with studying for exams, Straight to the point, even though some material you are tested on isnt in her powerpoints, so I would advised doing the smartbook readings more in depth or going over the questions once more before her tests. Overall good at explaining information for this course.
Try to take this class online if you can. Overall very easy, 3 noncumul. tests, weekly quizzes, and group project. I had more trouble with my group than the class itself. I wouldn't say this is a bad class, just quite boring, I felt very similar to 201. If there is another prof. you could take, go for it, but I wouldn't say she is the worst option.
The one thing that I think she did great on was her selection of great speakers and the lectures weren't incredibly boring like a lot of other classes. However, the reason I rated her so low was because the way the tests are. The test questions are so stupid, multiple answers make sense so unless you remember the exact definition, you got it wrong.
Excellent communicator. Most of the time, what you read in the textbooks or assignments will be on the tests. There was only one instance I can think of when there was a concept we never discussed on a test, but it was only one question out of fifty. If you go in with a good attitude, grin and bear it, and not get lazy, the class is easy.
Professor Woodhull-Smith is not the most boring lecturer, and is a generally likable person, but her class wasn't amazing. The tests are arbitrary with little to no practice provided by her. The group project was graded very harshly, and the feedback given appeared to be taken straight out of ChatGPT. There are weekly Perusall assignments as well.
This class was not difficult, the tests I felt like were not as hard as everyone says but the biggest problem is the grading on the projects. She expects everyone single information down to the bolt on what needs to be in each product and expects you to come up with 3 newly created ideas out that helps the SDGs which in itself is impossible.
man she was bad, expects perfection yet she struggles to teach anything on what she is talking about. Topics were so basic I really did not learn anything new in a college level course. Waste of time and money.
I feel as though a lot of the hate given here is really to the course, not the professor. It's textbook heavy, but if you read and take notes, you'll be fine. The homework is never difficult, but class itself is a bit boring. Pay attention to guest speakers - questions about them will come up on exams!
I had taken her for MIE 201 and she was fine but MIE 310 was a different story. No clear direction on what we would be tested on for exams. Changed our first exam date in the syllabus without notifying us. Would not accept any late work even if for an excused reason. Should have been an easy class, it was easy material. Avoid if you can.
I don't know why Professor Woodhull Smith gets hate!! The class is simple, exams are straightforward and there is no cumulative final. Attendance is mandatory but I never dreaded going to her class. Guest speaker's were always interesting and this class didn't give me many problems.
I took her for MIE 201 and 310. MIE 201 she was bad at explaining questions asked, and you had to rely on reading the textbook a lot. For 310 she had a TA, Riley Culver, who was a super tough grader. In 310 her tests are way more straight forward, and she gives you a study guide on what to study. Overall, I wouldn't suggest her for either class.
She was a nice person and tried her best to educate students on concepts of entrepreneurship but often simply read off a slide for the hour and fifteen minutes of class. MIE 310 was not a hard class and the workload was light but the TA, Riley, was a tough grader and not very helpful when it came to asking questions. Overall, you will be fine.
Avoid this class. Professor is more focused on enforcing strict attendance and grading policies than actually teaching or inspiring students. "There is no rounding of grades, extra credit, make-up work, etc, so please do not ask." - real quote from her.
The exams are ridiculously easy, mostly just common sense. There's really no homework besides weekly discussion posts and her lectures aren't that engaging or useful, but attendance is mandatory. Make sure to focus on the Ideation Project and include tons of information because she grades it pretty seriously, but besides that super easy class.
Took the online class. Group project was a MESS and everyone gets credit REGARDLESS if they helped. HW is easy but there are random questions on the test that are about ONE sentence in the textbook - tests are obviously computer generated. Course videos never worked. Professor doesn't actually grade the work. Class is easy, just a hassle.
Second time taking Woodhull-Smith, this time online. Very small workload besides the group project, which was a pain. I don't feel like I learned much from the content each week. Most of the work was discussion posts with an occasional 25 question exam.
She is a great teacher and a great person. She is very understanding if you are up front with any issues that you have. The classes can be boring but the test are very easy. You can get a 100 on the project if you follow the rubric. I do not understand the hate for her class.
Not good at communication, grades very tough. Would not reccomend .
One semester-long group project that can be a pain, but if you follow the rubric, you will do fine. Read the textbook and slides, and you will be fine on the exams. One weekly discussion post. Attendance is mandatory. This class is not as bad as people claim if you keep up with the material and put some effort into the project.
Test heavy, and no resources to do well on tests. Lectures never include information that are actually on exams.
Professor Woodhull-Smith has lots of experience, but a lot of her lectures are not relevant to exams. The exams are weird, and questions seem to be relative. There is a project that helps bump your grade up, but it can only do so much. She is a very nice person, but just not the best professor in the world.
Dr. Woodhull smith seems pretty nice, I never met her inperson, but very accessible over email, and understanding. Assignments are clearly graded and easy to do if you pay attention. textbook is free, and one big group project that is pretty easy. Easy and straight-forward class
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
55%
Textbook Required
0%
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MIE480
5.0
(1)MIE201
2.4
(40)MIE310
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(55)MIE209
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MIE209
4.0
MIE310
3.7
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3.2
MIE480
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