Ruth seems to be a very smart woman, though she refuses to listen to her students. She stresses the importance of feedback (as a manager) yet she refuses to explain her feedback (aka: grades.) She responds to e-mails without reading what was asked, and even SHE doesn't understand her own grading scales. Too bad-she has potential to be a great prof

I strongly discourage you from taking this class with her.

The worse instructor I have had at UW.

Absolutely the worse professor I have ever had. As long as she is cashing checks from UW, I will never donate a penny to Foster.

Do not take this class if you care about grades...This professor cannot deliver a comprehensible lecture. She is all over the place. A scatterbrain. Trying to take notes is useless. Grading is biased. Be forewarned.

Worst professor I have had at UW.

Tests were challenging because she makes a list of new articles & youtube videos and expects you to know every single one of them, on TOP of textbook and class materials. However, what frustrated me more is her attitude. She becomes extremely rude when she is in a bad mood. Definitely the WORST class i've taken at UW. Trust me & DON'T TAKE her!

She is rude, unprofessional. She once mocked a persons religion and down plays it by acting like she is joking but she really is not. She is unorganized and changes subject due dates and content at the last minute. She is picky and if you don't do something how she likes you will get docked points.

If you're the type of student who reads these reviews, you're the type of student who should avoid Ruth at all costs. Take it with anyone else.

Focusing too much on reading. Not practical stuff. Gets students to teach classes through presentations basically. Ignorant to many important issues and topics. Couldn't pronounce Xi Jinping which is important. Plugs her Morocco trip way too much - I would hate to be on a trip to another country with her. Grading criteria is not good.

I've always been on the dean's list at foster, so I feel qualified to state that Ruth is the WORST professor I've ever had, by far. She's unable to even structure a lecture, and her tests are based on using both the readings and lecture notes- even when the readings contradict what she says in lecture. Gives condescending answers to questions.

She is extremely condescending and spends a good part of every lecture boasting about her unimpressive accolades and experience. It is very off putting. She is also rude when answering questions. Her exams test how well you can memorize her flawed perception of the world with many of the answers being highly debatable.

Rude, arrogant, learned nothing.

She is super disorganized and does not know how to use basic softwares correctly. I tried to like her as a professor but her lectures are just so boring. Learned everything by reading the textbook, and nothing from her. She is rude and condescending when answering questions. Very impatient!

She is all about herself. Super disorganized and arrogant. I learned everything from reading the book, not from her. Class is easy to follow if you just read the required materials. Yet, her lectures contradicted some of the materials that the book stated. She made us turn on the camera during exam, that just pushed my anxiety to another level.

If you're going to UW, you know that classes are going to be remote. Avoid Ruth at all costs. She doesn't know how to use basic technology, doesn't use canvas, and everything is unclear and the class is pointless. Save yourself the added stress because she doesn't know how to teach remotely.

For class actives, she gave us a list of names and made us email those people and set up our own Zoom meeting (during class) to complete the in class work sheet. This was extremely hectic, confusing, and frustrating. You might be thinking, oh maybe she just doesn't know technology. No. I informed her about breakout rooms and she get upset at me...

Ruth didn't want to teach for the full period, so you have a fair amount of reading outside of class that you need to understand to do well on exams. The lectures and course structure jumps around and is disorganized. The types of analyses that get tested on are never demonstrated in class, it's really up to you to figure it out on your own.

Her class structure is AWEFUL. Ruth doesn't explain concepts well in class, junps around topics, and usually ends discussions and class with no conclusion. There are pop quizzes on reading assignments, but they are time limited so you need to know the big picture. Her projects have no clear rubric and expectations. Worst class ever taken at Foster.

I took MGMT 320 online and it was infuriating. All of Ruths assignments are meandering and incredibly confusing. She does not prepare students for exams and then does not provide enough time to compete them. Her lectures are incredibly partisan as she complains about conservatives and rambles about current news. For your sanity, find someone else.

Worst prof I ever had since I've been in UW. Super boring and confusing lectures. Does not take other people's contrasting opinions. Her exams are so long only 5 people finished on time. Tests on lots of minor details like why is this course a Foster core. Reading quizes poorly formulated. Avoid at all costs.

Unfortunately, Ruth's personal biases are much stronger than her desire to evaluate students in a fair and reasonable manner using clearly defined criteria. She will trash your grade over minor grievances and is famous for nitpicking to make you lose points over nothing. My favorite subject is MGMT and she made it horrible and depressing. Stay away

Confusing lectures full of off-topic anecdotes. Pop quizzes are timed (3 min) but uber-specific to 40pg. readings. Canvas site completely unorganized which makes keeping up with course work very difficult. She has no tolerance for ideologies outside of her own - used almost every class exercise to bash slightest non-liberal thinking. Terrible.

I tried to be open-minded about this class and about Ruth from the beginning, but her class & project feedback tended to be very rude, rather than critical and helpful. She also tends to almost mock beliefs that she doesn't agree with, whether it's conservative or more left of her. It made it hard to enjoy and feel invested in the class.

Ruth is easily one of the most condescending professors that I have ever had. Her course guidelines are VERY general which gives a false sense of flexibility, however if you do not do things her way you're going to get penalized for it. She belittles students during class, and doesn't consider opinion that don't align with hers. Very disappointed.

I always look at Rate my Professor when I register for a class, and typically I find to take a grain of salt on the ratings. With Ruth, I advise the opposite. All of the ratings you see are pretty accurate, she is intelligent, no doubt, but is condescending, rude and in my eyes does not care if her students succeed. Good luck...

Im so sorry if you have Ruth. Ive never had a Professor more difficult to work with. She does not know how to use technology and shell make that YOUR problem. Shes so condescending, she will blame you for her own faults. Class isnt difficult if you read, just please dont run into issues with her, she will not help you at all.

Inflexible. Says participation isn't required but every class has a participation grade that cannot be made up. Barely uses canvas, makes you turn in hard copies of papers in person, no technology allowed in class. Grades subjectively on most assignments, rubric really doesn't matter. Lots of reading quizzes. Have to memorize a lengthy skit.

She's not really difficult or evil, but I super hate her teaching. I had her winter last year where she banned all of us from using laptops (the first half of the quarter was online for omnicron, so everyone's notes were digital). She is condescending, opinionated, and mean. She "cares about taking care of yourself" but you only get two absences

It's only day 1 of the quarter and she's already the rudest professor I've interacted with at Foster by far.

The quarter just began, but I already received a condescending and rude email back from her regarding a simple question. She contradicts her instructions and blames it on the student.

I have never once written one of these reviews, however ruth stands as my catalyst. This class and course content has the potential to be extremely interesting and informative, yet she stands as the antithesis of the aforementioned. Her ego stands in the way of most everything, whether its questions or productivity within the class. Good luck...

I took this class last Spring and it was by far the worst class I have ever taken at Foster. Testing material is vague. You have to show up to class bc she takes attendance and examples/class activities will show up on the exams. She is also by far the rudest professor I have ever encountered. Definitely don't recommend.

Ruth is my least favorite professor at Foster. She is rude, condescending, and has a massive ego. I stepped out once for 2 minutes because of an emergency to deal with and when I got back she made it a point to tell me the class wasn't at a good time for me. On email she is responsive makes the simplest answers sound passive aggressive.

She is just a rude person. Her classes were very boring and she did not let us take notes on computers. Her tests are difficult and are vaguely based off of class material. Attendance was mandatory. She mentioned she worked for Boeing at least twice per lecture. Take this class with Todd instead.

This is the one and only professor at Foster I strongly do not recommend. Unreasonable and unclear grading criteria and a lack of respect for students.

Ruth, is by far the rudest and worst professor I ever had in the Foster. She did not listen to you. She shows no respect to students at all. Moral story, do not take her course.

Disorganized and does not give clear guidelines in syllabus (so she can "reward those who pay attention in class" but during class time she also goes on tangents and is hard to follow). Class content is not hard but trying to read her mind because instructions are so limited makes this class so difficult. Don't take this class.

She is by far the worst professor I have taken in Foster. She is incredibly disrespectful to students and has terrible grading criteria. She calls students out every class and is very condescending towards them. I would not recommend taking her class at all. All my classmates complain about her daily. Avoid her if possible.

the worst and most disrespectful instructor ever. She calls out very often and offend them in front of the whole class. Always talk about ethics in class but she even did not apply it to herself

One of the if not the most unreasonable professors I have taken a class for at UW. Would highly not recommend.

One of the most disrespectful professors I have ever taken in my entire life. She is so unreasonable and unfair. She does not care about her students. I can honestly say this class made me hate UW. I am so sad that I had this experience and I can see from the reviews that I am not the only one.

THERE IS A REASON WHY THE RATING IS THE WAY IT IS. Her reading quizzes aren't based on understanding. She would pick one small line from a reading or graphic to quiz you on. Not to mention her hypocritical attitude when it comes to teaching and technology. Spare your self the headache and do not take Ruth, she's similar to Francis for BECON.

the most awful and karen instructor i have ever met. 3 words to describe: cruel, harsh, and impolite to students. No respect at all she will come and snap at you for small things that she find it ‘disturbing'. really regret taking it with her

so many case studies that are useless to be memorized for the quiz and exams. felt like i only study to pass the exam, and not learning anything.

Dissatisfied with the structure and their attitude to questions. There were times where something is genuinely confusing and she would get irritated. A lot of reading aside from that, with memorization being the main objective.

only way to get a good grade in this class is if you have photographic memory. will pick the most random unnecessary sentences out of 40 pages in a textbook and quiz you on it (biweekly) + when school was delayed for snow, she discriminated against commuters and expected us to risk our lives for a 20 minute class for a quiz. ATTENDANCE MANDATORY

By far the worse prof at UW. Unclear instructions, lots of reading quiz and asked the most random questions, passive aggressive when you ask questions or feedbacks, things she wrote on the syllabus are for looks, she changes when she wants to. Skip this professor if possible, otherwise good luck.

Extremely hypocritical, reading quizzes tests you on the smallest things from entire chapters worth of reading, harsh. Really don't understand how she is still at UW. The ratings are the way it is for a reason and DO NOT AND I MEAN DO NOT hold on to that little sliver of hope that she's not that bad based on the very few 5 star ratings on here.

Do not take it with Ruth!

She is the rudest professor I have ever encountered in my entire life. She has no consideration for students unless you are her favorite. She tries to gaslight you into thinking her forgetting to grade your quizzes is your fault and is so rude in every email she sends and in person. She needs to be fired. Save yourself wait for another prof.

DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS! 1.Terrible Quiz (have to read about 20 pages for quiz, but sometime it just test the first 2 pages, or pick the info in secretest corner!) 2.Extremely Unclear instruction 3.Rude and hypocritical attitude 4.Unreasonable and non-disclosure presentation criteria. 5.Unclear syllabus for exam 6.LEARN NOTHING.

I would say sometimes the RMP reviews are over exaggerating and the professor isnt even that bad, this is not the case. She's the rudest prof I have ever met at UW, publicly shaming student for anything. Let alone her useless and tough exams that require you to read 40 pages and her absurd final of 100 Q's! Just save yourself, pick another prof

Attendance required/graded. Discriminates against commuter students, gives a reading quiz on the delayed snow day. Reading quizzes have 20-30 of readings with oddly specific questions. Exam content is far fetched from the study guides and lecture. Harsh grader on written portion of midterm (expect 50%-70%) with NO leniency. Hostile prof do not take

Quiz questions are dumb with 20-30 pages of expected reading of cases and defintions just to have inappropriate questions like “out of black, hispanic, or white men/women, who makes the least”. Extremely rude over email. Unorganized study guides - tells you what's NOT on the exam instead of providing clarity. Condescending demeanor to students!

She doesn't prepare you for success at all. I've never had such a hypocritical professor. She says attendance isn't required when it LITERALLY is. Her exams are so broad, the only way to study for them is to rewatch every lecture, and to top it off she doesn't give any practice problems.

She yelled at me for a minor mistake i made. Do not take this professor, even if she is the only option then wait till winter to take tod begstrom

Awfully rude professor, do not take

Condescending and rude. Tests don't require any critical thinking, just random memorization. In class exercises are fun and engaging, but apart from that the class is awful. No clear expectations for presentations or exams. Her exams don't demonstrate how well you learned, but rather how well you memorized useless facts.

Does she even like students? Seemed like Dr. Huwe was constantly annoyed and looked down on students. I often felt put down in her class. This class was ambiguous, lacked direction, and felt like a waste of time. I cannot say I learned much that I was not already exposed to through ethics classes. Just a hoop to jump through for graduation.

Worst professor ever. Very condescending and found any and every instance to be patronizing (even on email). Reading the textbook once over carefully is not enough for the quizzes despite her saying quizzes are just to make sure you did the readings. You have to memorize it basically. Midterm and final heavily based on what was done in class!

Genuinely got nothing out of this class- These reviews may seem exaggerated, but she generally does not seem to show compassion for her students and midterm/final exam are on everything discussed in class and attendance is mandatory despite her saying it is not (appears to have extreme difficulty even for intelligent students)

I never take the time to write a RMP review but Ruth was worth emphasizing how poor MGMT 320 was structured this quarter. Despite positive reviews in the past, both exams lacked critical thinking but more on useless facts that are not relevant (same with quizzes). In class activities were about the only good thing in this class if ever

Dropped the class after the first day due to over 10 people telling me not to take her. Also she was very rude on the first day, which is an automatic sign to me that she is not going to be friendly over the quarter. I have never dropped a class this early.

Do not take her, take any other professor besides her

The way she treats her students just disgusts me. She is the least qualified to teach an ethics business course.

Worst class + worst professor I've ever taken at foster. Don't know why I didn't drop her class in the beginning. She is not charismatic or helpful in any way. Just thinking about her brings my mood down!

Not sure where to begin but she is very rude and hard to work with. She makes so many mistakes which makes it hard to keep up. Such an awful professor, I really wish I could drop this class and take it with a different professor but I need it to graduate:(

I seriously don't understand how people give her a 5-star rating as she is anything close to it. She is extremely rude to students and always bringing up personal stories which have nothing to do with the content. Her exams are very hard and she doesn't provide any practice tests.

Just rude overall

Just super subjective vibes based class. If she likes something it gets points if she doesn't it wont. This was embodied one day when a student raised there hand to answer "low wages" which she claimed was wrong before showing a list of answers that contained word for word "low wages". Disorganized, unclear expectations, makes an easy class hard.

I refuse to call her Dr. Huwe, but Ruth seems to despise students and be irritated all the time. In her class, I always felt devalued. This was a confusing, aimless, and time-wasting class. I can't claim to have learned anything new from my ethics classes.

Easily the worst professor I've ever had. Ruth is incredibly rude and condescending toward students, tests you on complete nonsense from lectures and readings, and overcomplicates a basic course. I've learned absolutely nothing all quarter except how to memorize random, irrelevant facts. Please take this course with Todd instead.

SEVERAL midterms, a major presentation, and a final exam + Quizzes weekly. Course concepts are incredibly easy to comprehend, but her grading lacks any standardization and is highly subjective - side-by-side midterms proved it. 0 flexibility on absences, questions met with hostility, Canvas a mess, and due dates moved earlier with almost no notice.

Don't take her, you will 100% be better off taking tod bergstrom.