one of the worst professor I have ever seen in my life. took her ENGR class and all she did was just go over the slides and expect you to know everything. There are a lot of other great professors in ACC, and they will teach you the material rather than just reading the slides. The quizzes were over something that we never ever covered in class.

Shana is a disorganized and rude professor. She doesn't demonstrate examples and her lectures are powerpoint, which are also very disorganized. Her lectures come off as if someone else has made them for her, because she repeats, verbatim, what is on the powerpoint slides, without explaining what is being stated. Choose a different prof, if you can.

A disorganized lecture resulting in a poorly taught class. Concepts are superficial, not thoroughly discussed towards students. Quizzes are arbitrary and are at times not clear in detail. Have to work hard in order to pass class and you must have time to complete the assignments and projects in class. Lots of busy work, I wouldn't recommend to any.

Shana is a nice lady although she is not a great professor. Her teaching style is to repeat the powerpoints and she knows absolutely knowing about coding. Their are instances where her experience may leave you questioning why she is engineer without a engineering job. Probably wasnt a good engineer. Her real world experience is failure

Will basically give you only a few seconds to read the slides and doesn't explain what shes teaching just says it. Gives quizzes over material you haven't learned and will give absolutely no curve or extra credit.

I would pay to get a different professor to teach!

She is the worst of the worst. I agree with other people and no surprise she has such bad ratings. She either cant teach or doesnt want to teach. Id never take her again. Her class could be useful if she wasnt the one teaching. She almost made me hate engineering I feel sorry for her next students so stay strong!

By far the worst professor I have ever had with over 80 credit hours. She is completely useless as a teacher and you should do everything in your power to avoid her. I think that she single-handedly makes the TAMU engineering academy at ACC not worth it.

I had to take her for A&M Engineering Academy, and I wish I had another option. She was the only professor for the class, so I stuck with her. Being in her class was torture. She only shows presentations and not teach at all. I'd say her teaching skills are bad if she had some. Good luck if you really want to learn something cause she's the worst.

Do NOT take the A&M Engineering Academy with her as the teacher. She will purposely tank your GPA at TAMU. I have over 70 credits, she is a total and complete fraud who does not present the material that will be tested in a organized and professional manner.

Do not get into the Academic. The academic is a rip off. Her classes are a joke. If I were you I would just apply to A&M and take your classes there, with Shana you are going to learn failing the class. She is expecting you to know things that she never mentioned in 50 minutes lecture. I wasted my money with her and I have bad start GPA at AM. Run!

If you are getting into the Academic with Shana, I just want to let you know that be ready to expect the worse semesters of your life in college. Good luck

She is the worst. Terrible class, I can't even tell you what the class was actually supposed to be about. It was terrible. The grading criteria was unexplained and inconsistent. It was unclear what expectations were. Assignments were frequent and difficult. I do NOT recommend this class unless you have to take it.

This class is unquestionably the worst class I have ever taken in my entire life. It is garbage. The material is half common sense and half useless information. Not only is the class terrible, but Shana is not a good instructor for it. She will assign a project in a random sentence in class, and expect it 2 months later with no reminders. NOTGOOD

Awful teacher. Takes off points on homework for things not even mentioned in assignments. Gives absolutely no curves on tests even if everyone in the class fails. Has literally made me lose all interest in engineering as a major. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS.

Shana is, by far, the worst professor and teacher I have ever had. The majority of students, struggle to pull anything above a B on project/homework grades, and believe me when I say it's not for lack of trying. Shana, whether it's intentional or not, does not clearly convey her expectations, and because of that, many students suffer. Steer clear.

quizzes over material we have never learned, grading over criteria never mentioned, 0% if 1 second late (even if it is a large grade) meaning you can lose a letter grade in the course if you try to cut it too close, unorganized lectures, often ridicules students who ask questions, will use "in industry" excuse to justify destroying your life :)

Doesn't seem to understand what she's teaching. Unclear instructions, said blatantly false things, contradicted herself multiple times at the expense of students' grades. Not a good introduction to A&M at all. She means well but fails in so many ways that it's just awful.

This is a 2 credit class. I spent more hours per week on this class than on my 4 credit classes. Prof Shaw insists it's not a Python class, but It is. She doesn't teach the material because you are supposed to read the slides before, and she will make you feel stupid if you ask questions, and the book isn't good. She contradicts herself a lot.

She is obstinate and rude. She does not give clear grading rubrics. She is in no way caring or understanding of any situation. She has many pop quizzes, the tests are long and hard. She doesn't seem to understand what she is teaching sometimes. The assignments are mostly left to you to figure out with very little help or instruction.

Professor Shaw is not the best professor. Each week there are group assignments. Lots of people in my class were accused of academic dishonesty which can be detrimental to your college career. Does not give direct answers when you ask questions. Sometimes will not even answer questions at all. THIS IS A CODING CLASS. She says other wise.

I wish I could give her a 0 but 1 is the lowest I can give. Gets mad at you when you ask questions she doesn't know the answers(Which happened very often). She made the A&M academy not worth it. Unclear grading criteria, takes off points of things never mentioned in class, pop quizzes that count as much as HW grades. Tests long and hard. AVOID!!

Every week you have to write a long python program plus a group python lab. For some reason she says this isn't a python class though. The two exams are also quite difficult if you haven't gotten python down yet within the third month. She overall made a very hard class that many people failed/cheated in without helping her students much.

The class average for our exam was a C+. Exam had material not covered yet for a question worth 30 points. Did not have attendance as a grade, but then told us the last two weeks of class that only those she thought "looked" attentive would get their grades rounded up and the "bad" students wouldn't. I think that about explains how this class is.

One of the worst teachers I have had. She just expects you to know how to code and it is very frustrating asking her questions. She preaches to ask for help, but when you do she makes you feel dumb for asking any type of question. Do not take this class unless you have to and if you have to them God bless you and good luck!

This class has been designed to lower student's GPA. Grading for labs are completely unfair when compared to how the lab is graded at College Station. Shana is terrible at grading homework and Larry is very harsh at grading labs. My group put in so much work just to get B's .A very stressful class that has been designed to weed out more students.

Worst Professor I have ever had in my college career. Nothing is clear, you have to constantly figure out what she wants and how she wants it which gives me so much anxiety. Her classes consist of only reading slides and assuming everyone knows everything, then giving you unnecessarily hard hw. She is rude and gets annoyed if you ask questions.

Her courses are easy, but there is lots of busy work and the lectures are worthless. Tough grader and unclear grading criteria. Very little material is covered, class seems like a waste of time and money. This is the worst professor I have had to deal with.

Worst professor I have ever had. Taking her 1 credit hour class on pointless engineering reflection assignments. She has vague rubrics and then grades 10x more harshly. Avoid taking this professor if you can. She approaches the classes that she teaches with a very harsh, closed off, and strict attitude.

Basically, she assigns you to work that she doesn't take any time to discuss how she wants it and instead rambles about her previous job for half of the class and then grades insanely hard, especially for a 1-hour class.

Prof Shaw is extremely frustrating to work with. Her instructions are vague and and she contradicts herself regularly. She grades extremely harshly and takes weeks to grade anything. I recommend avoiding at all cost

Professor Shaw might possibly be one of the worst professors I've ever encountered. She takes points off for small things and is over-the-top harsh in borderline insignificant areas. Shaw requires an amount of work that makes this class seem like a 4 credit hour class instead of 2. Absolutely ridiculous.

"I struggled with this course. It was hard to grasp how our work was graded because the system was vague and inconsistent. Standardizing and clarifying grading criteria would help. Lectures were lengthy. Shorter, more entertaining lectures with pauses may improve comprehension"

DO NOT TAKE

I wish to have a negative ranking here. I learned everything by myself with the help of friends who could teach me. She thinks of herself as superior & doesn't consider students as humans. She disrespects, stays unfair in her judgment, and criticizes everyone. She probably doesn't recognize that she needs to work on her ethics and professionalism.

If you have any respect for yourself and your GPA you should steer clear of taking any class with Shana Shaw. Be prepared for unlimited headaches, unfair homework and unclear grading policies, no partial credit, and is extremely unwilling to work with you on mistakes. If you submit an assignment 1 minute late it will be a zero. (DONT DO IT).

Steer clear of Shana Shaw as a professor. During class Shana is probably the worst professor you will encounter. She will never make her requirements clear and concise and will grade you harshly on these. You will struggle to figure out the homework standard operating procedure and will get a 0 if you turn in an assignment 1 minute late. No redos.

I hope prof Shaw isn't intentionally trying to ruin everyone's spirits, but she really gives off the vibe of 'I didn't do well in school, so neither will you.' luckily she doesnt grade the lab reports or everyone would be failing

Avoid her at all costs. You probably won't be able to do this since her and O'Pella are the only teachers. But hopefully A&M will review her soon to spare future students.

Favoring certain students while ignoring others. Assignments were returned late with vague feedback, and her office hours were useless—she rarely showed up. When exam scores tanked, she blamed students instead of her poor teaching. By the semester's end, many felt unsupported and frustrated, relying on peers to learn what she failed to teach.

No computers allowed to opened in a coding class...

Shana is a great mentor but terrible prof I've ever had. I hate that she treats an intro level class to SW class as a class to discourage you. Her assignments are awful, the final project was a disaster. She grades harshly she takes points off for minor things a possibly 40 points can be taken away which is sick. please avoid her for your sake

Terrible professor. Unknowledgeable. Never helpful. Made homework unnecessarily difficult.

Acts emotionally as a professor, frequently unclear, and often doesn't listen to reason. One of the most frustrating things was that she would say one thing in class then have something else marked on the assignment. If there is ever a conflict of instructions the best thing to do is email her.

I have so many negative things to say that it won't fit in this box. Most importantly though, her communication is bad and she makes knowing what to do a headache. Plenty of times I have missed assignments or lost points purely because she didn't tell us what to do. I will say this class is mandatory for the Engineering Academy and is worth it.

Do everything in your power not to take this professor.

Instructions always unclear, heavy work load, terrible experience. If you ask for help, she'll tell you it's up to you, and then deduct points because it's not up to her standards. Be prepared to get humbled, because you're more than likely not getting an A with her assignments.