She is horrible!!! You can barely hear her or understand her! This is her 1st yr here and she sucks!Her tests have so much material that is not covered by her. she messes up her slides and then refuses to go back after she messed up and got out of order and says that we should have noticed it. she is ridiculous! avoid her if you can, wait a semeste

Terrible. She is clueless and says, "ummmmm" way too much. She has us analyze literature rather than understand history. She smiles and laughs whenever she messes up, and is very unfriendly to everyone. Tests are difficult. Avoid this teacher.

This teacher is the WORST teacher i have ever had!! Im surprised she got a job here because she cannot teach at ALL. Her lectures are filled with ummm and mumbles half the time so no one can understand her. Tests are over tons of information and you have to study it all or you wont pass. NEVER TAKE HER!!!

Did not do well for us at all....

one class more than 23 people walked out, I know because she mentioned the amount next class. That about says it all. Nice but unorganized and not a good teacher

She is TERRIBLE! Try to avoid, unless you are like me and it is the only option.

Wow... Ive been in this class a total of 4 days now and I um, pretty much, um want to um, uh..like shoot myself in the um...head... This lady can't spit out a complete sentence without adding in um 50 times. One thought turns into 3 diff. ones and she messes up and loses track and sorta giggles..It's impossible for me to listen to any longer. BAD!!

Wow. Literally THE WORST teacher I have EVER had. the 1960s must've really been rough for someone. NO complete thoughts, NO teaching ability, NO CLUE!

cant understand anything she says because she butchers everything and just doesnt know how to explain anything. also is a very hard grader on papers that are only worth 5 pts.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS get a new teacher i hate this lady more then i have ever hated a teacher before not only does she grade incredibly hard she expects you to just know things quizzes are impossible and there is just something about her dike voice that make you want to stab your eyes out UGGhhhh she sucks

WORST TEACHER EVER! Do not take this class with her. She is horrible. She grades so hard and acts like we all should be pros at this stuff. Class is so boring. Power points are useless and she says um ever other word in class so you cant follow what she is saying. Tests are essay tests and way harder then need be. This lady should not be a teacher!

This teacher needs to stop teaching. She is a horrible teacher. Her power points are so bad and don't help at all. Her lectures make no sense and she says "Um" every other word if not more. Her tests are 10 times harder than the material she teaches. If she actually taught us the things that are on tests maybe students wouldnt hate her as much.

This teacher was the worst professor I have ever had. I can usually put up with a bad one every once in a while, but she was unbearable. Quizzes=impossible, says "um" after everything and changes topics in the middle of sentences. Her voice makes you want to drop dead. If you don't write what she wants, it's wrong.. no arguing. SHE IS TERRIBLE

I am SO glad I'm done with this class...she was one of the worst teachers I have ever had. Her tests were impossible. Notes were impossible to take because she rambled on and on about useless things. Listening to her was impossible because she said "um" every other word. I do not recommend this class to anyone and I wish I had not taken it at all!

WORT TEACHER EVER!! I'm a 4.0 Honors Student and taking her class made me lose my 4.0!! She just rambles and loses her place all the time! Her exams are too hard because she hasn't taught the material to anyone!! Reading the textbook is a must if you want any chance in this class; except the textbook is extremely boring!! DO NOT TAKE HER!!!!!!

Literally the worst teacher I've had at any level. I'm not a person to complain about something like that, but she is beyond awful. Avoid this teacher like the plague. If you do what I do, and read the comments on this site, and then think you'll be fine anyway, you will remember comments like mine. AVOID THIS TEACHER.

I loved my past history teacher so I came into this class expecting high expectations. She is very hard to understand because she is so unorganized. She gets caught off guard when asked a questions and you cant understand her. She is so boring I cant even function in her room and she is a tough grader. 2 page essays in 20min without the book.

DO NOT TAKE ANY CLASS WITH THIS WOMAN. She is a complete moron. I seriously don't know how she still has a job teaching. Her notes don't make sense and she stumbles through her lectures. Class is mandatory, she takes attendence and she grades ridicously hard... trust me do not take ANY class with her you WILL regret it.

She sucks. She babbles on and on and no one understands her. She can never finish a sentence without using UMMM or EHHH. Extremely difficult to understand material and she's just dumb. BUT its easy to get attendance points just have a friend sign you in.

She is hands down the worst teacher I have ever had. Lectures are mandatory even though they consist of her stumbling through her useless power points and saying um every other word. She grades ridiculously hard and gives impossible quizzes. She sets her students up to fail and gets an attitude when someone calls her out. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.

Words don't serve the justice in expressing how horrible of a teacher Dr. McCarthy is. Her lectures are mandatory and she talks like the first time someone gave a speech in high school. Although the lectures are mandatory, the class is mostly based off of papers which are graded terribly. WORST TEACHER I EVER HAVE HAD/ WILL EVER HAVE

You, as a person, do not matter to Dr. McCarthy. She will do nothing to further your knowledge in any subject that she "teaches." I took her class because I love the 1960s and miraculously, by the end of the class, I never wanted to hear about the 1960s again. Do. Not. Take. Her. Class. You will regret it with all of your being.

Dont take this class, if you value your gpa you wont have anything to do it. Every other word out her mouth is "like" or "umm" so its really hard to pay attention and learn. Powerpoints are vague, you'd have a better time just teaching yourself.

I think her 1.6 rating explains it. If you value the money you pay to go to this school, dont take this moron. She has no clue about general writing properties and grades as if it was a 300 level capstone writing class. Find another gen ed in this area to take, she will make your life a living hell if you care about your grades at all.

She is the worst teacher I have ever had, she reads directly off the power point and it takes her five minutes to collect her thoughts. If you ask a question she will ask you the exact same question back. She grades papers super hard and just likes the see her pen on paper. Do everything you can to NOT take this class because it is miserable.

God awful teacher. Has to be the worst professor in the history of isu. Don't take. U can't type notes. If u breath too hard you will get yelled at. Seriously awful do not take!

I've had some bad teachers here at ISU and this is by far the worst. She is unbelievably unorganized and stops talking mid sentence cause she loses her thoughts so easily. At one point she even said copying down the notes wont help you... She reads directly off of her notes, and half of what she says isn't in the book so you cant learn it later.

Worst teacher ever. Says umm 200+ times in 50min. Can't accept the fact it is a gen ed and no one wants to be there. Can never gather her thoughts. Will ask questions, if no one knows answer she says to look it up, b/c she doesn't know the answer either. Always looking up to her brain to remember what she has to say then says anyways and moves on

Tough grader, made even worse by her handwriting, which makes it near impossible-to tell what she's saying. Can take up to ten minutes to get her point across. Doesn't care about the students or how well they understand it. Wastes class time expounding on irrelevant topics.

I'm a Junior in the honors program here with 3.9 gpa. this class is going to kill my gpa. AVOID ANY CLASS WITH HER! She is by far the WORST professor I've ever had. She doesn't communicate what she wants you to learn. In person and directions won't tell you everything she's looking for and will mark you off for things she never said you needed.

Very difficult class! Does not explain anything! She thinks you should no stuff without her even telling you what to do or what to know. Takes 5 minutes to get a word out because she can not process the information in her head. Never take a class with her. If you are in one with her drop it now! Worst Professor at ISU. Good Luck with her.

Katherine seems like she tries... However she sometimes forgets that this is a general ed course. None of us know this information, none of us want to know it, we just want to get in, get a grade, get out. She turned all of our quiz grades into extra credit so I can't complain too much, but over all just a really boring class. Do not recommend.

This class is not worth it. She makes no sense when she's teaching. She makes her powerpoints too long and rushes through them in the last minute of the class. She also wants essays in a very specific way that is not explained well. She also talks to us like we're all stupid. She also takes attendace every day so you have to show up and participate

This class will make you want to scream. She is incredibly picky and particular about every assignment. She gives no clear directions and has awful handwriting so it is impossible to read her feedback on assignments. She will correct you even if you are right because she wants you to say everything exactly how she would say it.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. literally the worst professor I have ever had. she is very unclear about assignments and what she expects. her lectures never make any sense and are hard to follow along because she is so frazzled. she doesn't post powerpoints but expects you to remember all info from them for papers. a gen ed class should not be this hard

She is the meanest person i've encountered. she makes you feel so stupid for not knowing something. she should not be a teacher she should be a witch for a living. i hated her class and having to see her every other day. also shes straight up boring and hard to listen to

The WORST teacher that I have ever encountered in my life. The class is filled with busy work and will feel like you are in high school. Her lectures are long and boring but you are forced to go. Shes not good at explaining things so youll have to teach yourself. Ive never posted on this website in 3 years but she is so bad i needed to.

If your taking her class for a gen ed... Don't. For a simple history class this felt the near equivalent to one of my major courses. Attendance is mandatory. Be ready to sit for the entire 75 mins multiple times a week. Lectures are boring and don't always apply to hw or assignments. The only good thing I can say is that the tests were easier.

Her lectures involve her losing her train of thought constantly and then stopping class because a few people out of 100 are using their phone. She even took three minutes of of a quiz as "collective punishment". She will constantly stop class for something silly and then rush through slides. Timed quizes have questions not covered in readings.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS PLEASE. She is very rude in some of her comments. And the beginning of the semester she said we werent allowed to go to the bathroom during class because it would be disruptive. She reads straight off the PowerPoint screen and doesnt explain at all. Textbook is required. If you dont read you wont pass.

She takes this class way too seriously and grades so hard for a gen ed. I did more work for this class than any of my major classes. She's also extremely rude, avoid her at all costs if you can.

She is the Worst teacher I have ever had in my entire life. I have taken advanced level classes in the past, and none were as challenging as this one. Never take this class under any circumstances. If you have to take it drop out of college!!!!!

Rude and makes you feel dumb when you try to answer her questions. Tests are confusing and asks questions you never went over in class.

McCarthy is THE worst professor I ever had. She is incredibly rude, her assignments are not clear and when you ask her she makes you feel dumb for even asking. You do one big paper at the end but leading up to it she makes you do nonsense assignments for it. She makes rude comments towards her kids including one about suicide. Do not take her

her assignments are so unclear no one understands the work that needs to be done and she words everything harder than it needs to be. she's such a hard grader, But is understanding when it comes to extensions.

No one would understand her assignments or papers. Would post a few notes to look over not all of them.

I'm a junior who couldn't get into HIS200 before now, and I'm changing to a University Studies major because of this class with this prof. Assigns SO MUCH reading & SO MANY irrelevant assignments, all while expecting you to research/write your paper. Unorganized, inconsistent, stuck up. Get your override in early so you don't have to take her.

Dr. McCarthy and her lectures are unfortunately very hard to understand. She methodically goes slide by slide, is very disorganized in her thoughts, and delivers the information in a confusing manner. Any questions the class ever has she is usually unable to answer clearly. She seems like a nice lady, but she does not lead a class very well.

Be prepared to listen to mind-numbing lectures which consist of McCarthy talking for 50 minutes straight. Seriously I cannot remember a class that has bored me to this point. She's also very old-fashioned and doesn't allow the use of any "battery operated" devices in the class. If you don't like to listen for long periods of time I wouldnt take her

Extremely rude and so out of touch with the world we live in. Does not have any sympathy or compassion towards her students. She doesn't have lectures, but has you read lengthy chapters in a textbook and expects you to just know all of this information without ever teaching it. When you ask questions she makes you feel stupid and laughs at you.

I am in the honors program, and I struggled with this class. No computers are allowed during class, only hand-written notes. The material is hard to understand if you are not an auditory learner because it is taught through lectures only. This class would be suitable if you have a prior knowledge of European history. If not, I don't recommend.

Terrible prof., very inconvenient and does not directly answer questions you ask. Bad at lectures but very tough grader. She is not good at teaching at all, but she expects students to go above and beyond on essays.. also SUPER inconsiderate.

I don't recommend nobody taking this class! She act like can't response to emails when you have a question. The papers you'll do in this class she be picky about the stuff you put in the paper. She don't like when people use any type of device in the class. She slow in the lectures, attendance are a grade, and have a quiz every Friday.

Never rated a professor before. She is a god awful teacher. Don't pack up early, she expects you to be there until SHE finishes talking. Doesn't matter if you have another class on the other end of campus. She got confrotational with a student with a minute left in class and told him to sit down. Do. Not. Take.

It's not an option but I took her 20th century Europe class, and I knew it would be a rough semester when we were already behind by the end of the first week because she fixated on the Balkans instead of actually talking about what was on the powerpoint. Avoid her at all costs, you'd have more fun and probably learn more staring at a brick wall

She rants during lectures about things you don't need to know, then she runs out of time to teach the notes that she assigns and doesn't posts the slides for you to look at. She does give preparation for tests however they are still hard. The homework she assigns half the time don't make sense and she grades them poorly. DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR

She grades all of her assignments ridiculously hard. Exams are hard. Confusing class.

NEVER TAKE THIS CLASS. Students take useless notes and she lectures about things that aren't on the slide. She gets off topic VERY often, which makes her lectures confusing. VERY boring class because she speaks in a mono-tone voice for 50 minutes. Assigns homework that doesn't go with what were learning about and grades them VERY harshly.

Shes not straightforward be a good note taker. Lecture boring. Textbook is $40-$170. Grades attendance so don't miss 3 days. quizzes are online, exams are in person. DO EVERY WORKSHEET or you won't pass with a C. Learn Chicago style citation. Does give extra credit questions on quizzes and exams (not much). NO PHONES OR COMPUTERS even for notes.

I think my comment from a few years when I had her got deleted but she is a horrible person and professor. Only one I've ever reviewed on her because she's that bad. She also dropped the n word during the middle of class when reading a newspaper with it in it. Not sure why she's still at ISU tbh.