TONS OF READING. She may be one of the worst profs I've had here at UWL. Rarely uses board or powerpoint, she just lectures in monotone and it's impossible to keep up with notes-I gave up after the third day, now I just listen and try to retain the info. She announced the final is essay, cumulative, and NOT take-home. I'm screwed.

Absolutely the worst history professor I have had here at UW-L, and that says a lot becasue there are a number of really bad ones. I have never written on here but I needed to warn funture students. She is bad. Expects you to read like 7 novels and a ton of other reading. Trying to listen to her lectures is impossable. Nice woman, horrible tea

She really shouldn't be teaching a 100 level, gen ed history class. I typically have no problem with lecturers, but hers are practically impossible to follow. I found little meaning in her lectures and assigned readings. Although I feel as though she means well, I do not recommend her as a professor.

Every class was a very boring and hard to follow lecture that made no sense. She had a very monotonous and quiet voice that was hard to hear a well. All tests were essay and she never handed back any of our graded work such as tests or other essays. I did not enjoy the class at all! I would not recommend her!

She was very nice, and obviously interested in the subject, but was not exactly a gifted teacher. She assigned tons of reading (2 novels, plus lots of packets - I did little and still managed an A), only handed back one graded assignment the duration of the semester, and gave uninspired, difficult-to-follow lectures.

Horrible teacher. She's is a frail old lady who happens to be a radical feminist. She comes off as very atheist and alienates Christians and those of other beliefs. STAY AWAY.

Boring boring boring. She gives out a bunch of reading that does not relate to what she talks about. Rarely uses powerpoints, just talks

Only write about fact. Don't write about your opinion. I found that she mumbled the majority of the time making it very easy to fall asleep. If you get stuck with her. Good luck.

Lybeck comes off as your average run of the mill history teacher. She is very hard to hear even sitting in the 4 row, she seems very neverous teaching and often will throw in random material that has nothing to do with the unit. She mumbles a lot and has lots of material that must be read (the majority of the test is on this). Attendance mandatory!

Professor Lybeck definitely knows her material. However, the class is VERY dry and sometimes confusing, I personally didn't like it very much, but it's not hard to do well. On the papers and essays, just find historical context, quotes from the sources, and a simple message and tie them together. Also, she loves participation in class.

Professor Lybeck is very nice and knowlegable..but I hate to say it the other posts are pretty accurate. Class not hard but can be drag. She is monotone and has old school style of lecture...but u get out what u put in,do the readings and answere questions in class, helps class go by faster..college isn't suppose to be easy sorry to say..

Lybeck was not a very good teacher. She takes attendance every day yet you can barely hear her when she calls your name. She has lots of reading assignments and her topics jump around quickly from day to day. She told me I had a solid paper only to find out I got a C. Very boring lectures

She talks super quietly and mumbles a lot. Class is sooo boring, and you're supposed to take notes on her talking. However, using the textbook will help you a lot in having a clearer understanding of the topic. After I looked at the text, I understood it better. You can use the reading assignment to help you on quizzes

She mumbles alot and it's difficult to stay alert and awake in the class. Taking notes from her lectures are sort of difficult. However, if you read the material and take time to write good essays, you'll be fine.

I didn't enjoy this class, she jumps around a lot and it is kind of hard to follow what she is talking about. Basically if you relate every essay to Gender you will get an alright grade. She takes attendance every day, and class is extremely boring

She was an awful teacher. She mumbled a lot and it was required to take notes on just her talking. The papers were fairly easy, but there was a lot of readings to do for the class that were generally long. She made the class boring and she jumped for subject to subject quite frequently. Very hard to follow. I would absolutely NOT recommend her.

Boring! Her history classes work more like a literature class. You read novels about fictional characters and settings in a historical time period, but that's as far as the history part goes. I learned a lot about fictional characters, not so much about actual history.

This was my worst class ever!! Seriously hated it with a passion. There are no tests and that is the only positive of the class. Lectures are boring and you have to take notes on just her talking. You have to write about 7 papers! If you're an okay writer it would be easy to get a B or C, but I worked too hard to get an A for a 100 level course

Such a boring class!! She is very monotone, and do the same thing every day. Read an article, come to class and discuss the article. She doesn't give quizzes or tests though so thats very nice. Its an easy Gen Ed but super super boring.

Don't take this class unless you have to. She is very monotone and hard to listen to. She makes you read at least 50 pages a night. She also makes you take notes off of her talking. There's no powerpoints or any guidance. It's very hard, as well as the class in general.

Listening to her talk is the worst thing in the world. VERY monotone & dull/drab. Readings for every class period and a paper due at the end of each unit. So about 6 or 7 papers I believe. If she doesn't agree with you she kind of tears what you're saying down, but pretty easy though.

I never really liked History. But after hearing Dr. Lybeck drone on in her monotone voice about gender and family made me hate it. There are a lot of readings that you have to do. The only good thing is that there are no tests. Just a quiz at the end of the chapter. I dreaded going to class, and participation in her class is a grade.

In all honesty, this was a pretty challenging course. I had to spend a lot of my time preparing for chapter book quizzes. Her lectures are suuper long and sometimes very complicated to understand. You should definitely show up, because she covers a lot of material. It is super helpful if you visit her during office hours, she'll proofread papers!

Professor Lybeck is a terrible teacher. She does not respect students. In fact, multiple times throughout the semester she called on students and laughed at their responses. Her class is extremely boring and useless and her tests are difficult and unclear. Her papers are do-able, but not easy. AVOID THIS CLASS AND PROFESSOR AT ALL COSTS! RUN!!!!!!!

Marti Lybeck is a very unclear professor. Get ready to read boring stories and have to write about them in historical context. If you don't read, you won't know what is going on. It is nearly impossible to get a 100%. 5 quizzes, 5 in class writings and 3 papers. She is boring to listen to and easy to tone her out. If you can, don't take her.

She really struggles with trying to explain things in class. She is an extremely low talker and it is hard to listen to her, I sit in the front row and I can barely hear her.

Dr. Lybeck has not been that great of a professor compared to the many amazing ones that we have at UW-L. She would often ask the class to answer difficult or complex questions and laugh when students answered incorrectly. She also mumbles and it is hard to follow what she says. Overall, a tough situation for any student that I would not suggest.

In lecture, make sure you read the chapter before class. You do a lot of in class work with groups, but she only gives about 5-10 minutes to share ideas. Tough class. Very boring.

If you are looking into doing a lot of learning on your own and putting in a lot of work to be shut down when it comes to your grade, I recommend this class. At times Professor Lybeck can be alright, but for the most part , she is very hard to follow and her lectures don't help much in the grand scheme of things. Nearly daily quizzes also included.

She will let you know how upset she is when you get an answer wrong in class, and will sometimes laugh at you for it.