She's so MONOTONE. I hated this class. Attendance is mandatory. She's a tough grader. Textbook is a MUST! If you can, take it with someone else. I was excited for this class, but it was just not the business.

DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS. HEARTLESS. AND NOT UNDERSTANDING ABOUT MISSED ASSIGNMENTS/MAKING THINGS UP. HATED HER.

SO RUDE. She was not helpful and very disrespectful. Because it was an online class, had to email her all of my questions, but her responses were not very helpful, and she was rude and unable to help with my concerns... would NOT recommend if you want an understanding and nice teacher.

Worst experience I have ever had with a professor. Never felt like a teacher genuinely didn't care about her students. Dropped me in the first week because I "hadn't logged in" to the online class, though I had many times and hadn't missed a single deadline. When I emailed her I got an unrelated auto-response, and my other emails were 100% ignored.

this is my worst class I have ever had

This condescending and disrespectful teacher had the audacity to respond to a THREE question email in all caps--slandering the questions I had. Professor Irwin also does not follow a 10% grading policy. Every single point counts. DO NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER.

A 93% is a freaking B for her online class. I get that it's an online class but there were barely any powerpoints to go along with the text. It's just you and the book and the 5 tests. (For my other online class, the professor had plenty discussions and interacted with the students a lot). DO NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER, even for an elective

Online tests are almost impossible to pass and the grading system is garbage. She provides no lecture for online courses so you have no idea what to study for. The tests have honor lock and the questions ask pointless tiny details, not even covering main points. Dont take this class you will fail for sure.

This is the most uninteractive teacher I've ever seen. The only thing the course consists of it tests, and there is very little guidance for studying. Especially since the tests consist of minor topics discussed in the book instead of major topics. Nobody in my class has ever received higher than a B- on a test . This class is terrible on your GPA

Even excellent students will struggle with this class. No studying criteria, or guidance. 3/4 of her class was failing the exam and sent out and informational page on "test anxiety". This is a begginer course and the highest grade in the class should not be a B-. For your GPA's sake pass on this class.

I took her for an online US history course. She's the worst professor I have had. She made so unnecessarily hard for an elective class. She didn't provide any study guide for the test and just told you read every single page. The test were poorly designed for you to fail. She's not helpful and doesn't care if you pass or fail.

Worst teacher I've ever had. Period. She doesn't communicate well and her feedback is condescending. She's not helpful nor accommodating. Her tests are easy since they are open book, but the essays are incredibly difficult. She will bend the rubric in whatever way possible to ensure you do poorly. 93% in this class B. Do not take this professor.

To start her grading scale gives you a 5% room for an A. She IS disorganized and blames her students for it. You just read and write papers that she grades pretty harshly. You are not allowed to see what you got wrong on the quiz unless you meet in her digital hours. The times I tried she said she was busy. She is very condescending and short.

Terrible. If you value your GPA and are looking for an easy course, this is not it. Her online classes consist of homework, essays, peer response. No exams. For a subject that is mostly of knowledge she makes more of critical thinking course. My critical thinking course I took for my GE was easier. The essays prompts are vague & she grades tough.

This Professor was horrible. I'm so sorry, usually I love my professors but this one was something else. She graded all assignments so hard and you literally have to do the same assignments throughout the semester over and over again. I wish I dropped the class when I had the chance too. Now my GPA is definitely hurting.

She don't explain anything.

Mary Ann Irwin, a professor who really does not care about your grade, she will send sloppy responses back. I hate how we had to me monitored by a program that checks your search history and demands an identification card. I wouldn't recommend this teacher to anyone and I regretted the decision enrolling in week 3.

When I took her class, this is the toughest teacher I have ever had a problem with her comments are rude she seems like she cares more about the assignments then the student. It's her way or the high way.

So many quizzes I'm convinced some of the answers aren't even in the required readings , and she doesn't tell you what you got wrong. she responds to emails in one word like "Nope." and her lectures are just picture slide shows with no explanations. Very confusing course lay out, very confusing proff.

Professor Irwin is the worst teacher I have ever had and I've had many bad ones. She does not teach. All the "lectures" are photos from the book with no dialogue. All you do is read the book and Answer questions. She is also the most rude professor I have ever dealt with please please do not take her for your own sake. She literally does not teach

Professor Irwin makes zero attempt to engage students and recorded lectures are a powerpoint with no sound. At the semester she made a comment that a student told her six years ago that she should not be a teacher. This was meant as an anecdote as if to say..."and here I am". Perhaps she should consider this comment as constructive criticism.

What a sad excuse for a professor. The lackluster communication paired with no empathetic responses. The audacity of this professor is worst I have had in my DVC career. She does not respond to emails on time and does not even teach the class. The Paleozoic era called Mary they want you back to teach the primitive humans how to count sticks again.

This is not a professor I would recommend for any student. You could get an A in all of the assignments all semester, and one B on an essay will drop your A to a B. A 94% is considered an A as opposed to all other classes being set at 90%. Just save yourself some time, energy, and effort, and try a different professor. Good luck!

I had her my first semester which was Fall 2023, She was mean and careless about my learning disability, she accused me of chatgpt on my essay but I did not! She gave out weekly quizzes, 3 essays in total and 3 classmate peers. The textbook literally has nothing to do with the quizzes. Avoid!

So condescending and unkind. Would say things like, "You should double space your assignment so I can provide feedback, or would you not like me to provide comments." Grading was unclear, no assignments were provided until after the drop date, which feels intentional. She is milking the system and should retire. Do not recommend.

Legitimately the worst teacher I've ever had. She doesn't teach and assigns readings followed by quizzes, which are all derived from Quizlet. Grading scale is horrendous. She doesn't care about her student's situation and doesn't grade her assigned essays. All is done by your classmates. Also when I emailed I would always get a facetious response.

The quizzes were frustrating because they didn't align with the textbook material, and you could only take them once, making it hard to prepare. Professor Irwin's teaching style was rude and pretentious, and she lacked understanding of students' personal matters. the class was taking up too much of my time for a GE, I dropped, Take Sullivan instead

I will come back and rate differently if I feel different by the end of the semester but I doubt it.This professor does not understand students or take the time to even help come with a solution. She is mainly just very horrible with her grading standard and doesnt recognize effort. cannot stand this teaching style.

Bad, bad, bad. Textbook doesnt even match assignment material. Very rough and harsh grading.

I had to drop last week. This professor is evil and has no good intentions for her students. Sets very standards for assignments, barely any assignments on top of that so if your late on even one quiz she doesnt allow you to take it after that. even if ur one minute late, even if you have health issues. I am disgusted and will be reporting her.

Iam A student and this teacher wanted to give me a D just cause I was a minute late on one quiz... I even had an excuse. How does one get a D even though they put in all the effort?ridiculous. This teacher ruined everything I worked hard for and I hope she gets a taste of what she dishes out. She has no regards for students with home/health issues.

Hi, a lot of these reviews are very harsh. I just wanna come on here and say I do think professor Irwin is just very specific with her grading techniques. She has quizzes through out the semester and a few blue book essays that are hard but doable. Sometimes it just doesnt match whats in textbooks, which throws everything off.

I tried several times to contact her; she said I didn't use the 24-hour window that she never said was needed. i had waited a day and sent another messege I requested a simple exam to be opened early, as she said was fine in previous messages.

but would only give me a few hours to complete it if it was opened earlier and not have 2 full days and began to actually behave immaturely and argue with me. It was extremely childish and a disgusting display of a power grab.