*COURSE CORRECTION*: PSYCH 2AA3 Child Development (option wasn't available). Unfortunately, I found this course to be really boring. I was expecting it to be fun and enjoyable, but the lack of expression when teaching was extremely frustrating. :( She was quite monotone and not accommodating to personal situations. Would not recommend.

Blatantly unfair grader! it's the first time of my life being this stressed and anxious about improving my marks! her marking system is just all over the place, smallest mistake would take you from a level 4 to a 2 with little to no explanation! so strict for no obvious reason!

Unorganized curriculum and lectures. No textbook but you must buy tophat. Many test questions have multiple right answers with only one being correct. Empty slides that force you to listen to her meandering lectures just in case something critical is not on the slide.

The course I attended was asynchronous, making it inherently pretty low effort. What makes it tough is her way of grading, although I didnt find her unfair or super difficult. The course content however is just not great, it's a lot of the same stuff, as the topic is very narrow, and the lectures are generally not very engaging and foreseeable.

not accomodating. test questions are unclear.

DO NOT take! She failed the class on written part of test because she told us if we used word for word definiton we would get a 0. But then says because it was not her exact definition gave everyone 0 on written. She boosted class 10-15% just to make the average normal. TA's are HORRIBLE. They gave everyone between 40-60% on assignments.

Absolutely Horrible!! She tries hard to be tough and to keep 'high standards' when teaching but she's doing the opposite. docking students an abnormal amount of points for small errors or oversights and never gets satisfied.

Would not suggest as marking is erratic often with minimal reasoning. Quizzes and assignments focus on material stated once in lecture, in brackets.

Very bland syllabus which she does not seem to really follow. Unreasonable late penalties even with 0 mention in the syllabus. Gradings are unpredictable and arbitrary. Both TA and instructor very hard to reach. They vanished for half a semester and most markings were held up until the final weeks. TA changes narratives when questioned about marks.

Professor finally got back to my question months later, but her response showed that she does not even know what she taught anymore. TA is the same unhelpful. TA responded to email weeks after, and her response is the opposite of prof's lecture. Very poor competence and academic proficiency demonstrated by both.

Class was not enjoyable, started to become a chore as there are so many things to attend to throughout each week. Summarizing key lecture concepts in 50 words is a pain. Her marking is seemingly arbitrary, and supposedly testing for knowledge midterm/exam questions were way more complex than they should have been. Would not recommend.

Very unaccommodating; she was my only teacher that gave me issues with my SAS this semester. Although the weekly assignments we had to complete helped reinforce class material, the way she writes her tests r more complex than needed. She never responds to emails and her marking is arbitrary/inconsistent. Biggest regret of my undergraduate so far:(

The worst professor I've ever had in my three years of university! Complicated and wordy exam questions, bad grader but does not provide you with an explanation to why u got such a grade! And never seems to care about students concernes or problems

Waste of my time, decent course but the professor extremely boring and made the course feel like it dragged on. Would recommend the course if any other instructor is teaching it, avoid MacGowan if you can

Exam was terrible, questions were not worded very well, the fill in the blanks were not clear at all. Her teaching is ok.

Zont zo it

Exam was horrific, not fair at all. Lectures are boring, very monotonous. Participation is mandatory and lectures aren't recorded. Didn't like her teaching style, would not recommend her courses.

Very boring and dull lectures, which are mandatory and not recorded. She is a very hard marker and the exam was very difficult (much more difficult than the midterm). Overall I did not like the structure of this course or her teaching style. I would not take one of her courses again and would not recommend.

Exam was god awful, fill in the blanks unclear, majority of questions ambiguous, allegedly cumulative, pretty much not. Class assignments fair, mid term okay. Lectures and textbook fine, boring, great content but makes you not want to learn it. Insensitive to topics that may be hurtful to others (eating disorders for example).

I wouldn't recommend taking a course by her to even the person I hate most in this world. She clearly does not care about the content being taught, makes lectures painfully boring to sit through (mandatory and not recorded btw), and does not prepare us whatsoever for the final. Exam was super hard to get through, 0/10 professor. Avoid if possible.

Don't take any of her classes, horrible experience you should avoid if you can.

content is easy but my marks aren't great bc her quizzes/tests are so hard. fill in the blanks are very unclear & she tests on content she says once in lecture (not even written down). also kind of unprofessional imo (like not knowing how to pronounce the names of researchers she teaches on). overall not a great class

She absolutely ruined what could've been a great course. Avoid her if you can.

Mandatory classes with no lecture recordings, only terrible to read transcripts. Exam was obscenely hard. Clearly doesn't care about what she's teaching. Avoid her.

Probably my least favourite prof I've taken

worst prof i've ever had. horrible at responding to emails and has no empathy or understanding whatsoever. will never take a class with her again

Fine prof I guess. But course is terrible. Two tests make your entire grade. Weekly participation worth under 1% each weekly. Literally a joke, avoid if can.

would not recommend this prof to anybody. quizzes/exams are unbelievably difficult and involve very ambiguous fill in the blanks and questions that seem deliberately meant to trick you. you need to memorize every study and researcher. lectures don't prepare you for the tests at all. worst class i have ever taken at mac easily.

Well well well... I waited until after the final to write this. Ambiguous questioning all semester, scare tactics, inaccurate exam breakdown, among other things. I've taken online classes before, none this disappointing. Do better! $600 class for spelling errors on the lectures ... I just expect more, especially when we are held at higher standards

Just dont do it unless u need it

Worst professor at MAC. Does not care about her students. STAY FAR AWAY IF YOU CAN. I made a mistake by taking her course

Their marking was so bad for the assignment and they had so many instructions for a 5% worth of an assignment and they had so many assessment for one course.

Testing is difficult for content that's so straightforward and easy (that you have seen already in child psych). I went to every class, took dilligent notes on what she said beyond the slides, and studied hard before each test/exam but still did poorly each time. She thinks 70s are phenomenal marks. Assignments didn't go much better.

Professors tests were extremely hard and often not based on learned content but extra things you would have to know. Expect to have to teach yourself all the material and be graded very hard.

DONT TAKE COURSE UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. Her tests are extremely hard and unfair. I studied so hard to get an A-. She puts screenshots of lecture slides and tells you to fill them up as part of the final exam, I was supposed to take another social psych course and when i found out she teaches it, I immediately dropped.

So hard to achieve passing grades with this prof. Lecture content is pretty straightforward, but then tests are extremely difficult. Weekly assignments are weighted so light that they hardly make a difference in the final grade. Studied for weeks for the final only to barely pass. If you can, enroll in literally any other course.

Extremely tough grader! I studied for her exams 2 weeks in advance and failed both the midterm and final exam. She doesn't record the lectures but posts the transcripts. This is my second class Ive taken with her and I did not do well on the first one as well.

just avoid her if you can

Just no. Doesn't know how to teach, is so insanely boring. Makes tests + assignments so hard and unfairly graded. Easily the worst professor at Mac

Taigan, you made this course so unbearable. Content could've been cool if it was any other prof. Maybe take this course if any other instructor is teaching it, but DO NOT if she is.

absolutely not. avoid.

HARD PASS. Just avoid her courses. I know she gets an ego boost going by "Dr. Mac" teaching at Mac. She does us all a disservice with her teaching. NO.

second course I've taken with her and I wish I had learned my lesson from the first time. shes on a power trip and doesn't want students to succeed. Her tests are very difficult and weirdly worded. she refuses to record lectures but gives useless transcript that have other students talking because she takes tons of questions. avoid at all costs.

The material could be so interesting with another instructor, but her tests make it discouraging. Even when you understand the content deeply, there's no chance to show it. Grades don't reflect your actual knowledge. Her tests rely on what she sees as "most right," even when it contradicts assigned readings or studies. If you can avoid- DO IT!!!!!!

If you don't have a photographic memory, RUN. Her tests are impossible; you have to study down to the exact variable names on graphs and diagrams. The content is interesting, but her testing is horrible, and she confuses her own content, so even she doesn't know what she's doing. Take this course if it's not her teaching, but otherwise, avoid!!!

If you see her name teaching the course, don't take it.

avoid this woman

taigan makes this course so unfairly structured. she is very boring to listen to, rambles about the smallest things (and then makes the tests solely based on those rambles), and is overall a horrible instructor. midterm and final are very large, with quizzes only being 1% each so they barely impact your grade. taigan you should find a new job.

def the worst professor I've had while at Mac. she is so lifeless and makes coming to class mandatory, it will make you want to rip your hair out. avoid her.

If you enjoy mandatory attendance, exams based on the tiniest, most irrelevant slide details, and a final full of fill-in-the-blanks that seem designed to confuse rather than test understanding, you're in for a treat. Otherwise, for the sake of your GPA (and sanity), you might want to consider literally any other option.

Horrible teaching, ridiculous testing…

Horrible redundant lectures. Testing is abysmal, the level of the readings and lectures is nowhere near the difficulty of evaluations.