Mary Shepherd - Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO

Professor: Mary Shepherd

Department: Mathematics

College: Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CALC1711
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She helps me with well writtens and still gives me a 1 out of 10

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PREC117
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She is the homework Nazi, if you are crazy/nerd like me please take her class!!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PREC117
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Get ready for a lot of homework if you want to take this class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PREC117
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Just lots of homework be prepared!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PREC117
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Shepherd is a great teacher. Her class is easy as long as you spend a lot of time working for it. Be prepared for at least 1-2 hours everyday for her reading guide that is due the next day. As long as you can adjust yourself time you can spend on doing her homework, the content would not be hard. I've learned more in her class than my high scho

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH1711
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Not intrested

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PRE115
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Shepherd is the most respected professors I have met. She is so nice and friendly. When I go to her office hours, she smiles and teaches me patiently.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PRE115
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Believe it or not, people in Shepherd's class generally get better grades than in the other professors. Shepherd will be one of the most defining professors you'll have. She'll either break you or make you, and in most cases she does a little bit of both. She's horrible regardless. Worked through a HW problem with her and she gave me 0%.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH117
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Shepherd's class is incredibly hard. You should expect a ton of homework every night. Passing isn't impossible, but it is incredibly challenging. GO TO HER OFFICE HOURS.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CALC2
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Mary Shepherd is the most helpful teacher I have ever had. You will work your butt off in this class, but you will appreciate what you do in this class for the rest of your 4 years. She is probably the busiest, smartest woman I have ever met, but she will ALWAYS make time for students. She also gives a TON of extra credit if you put in effort.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH10663
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

The best math professor I've taken thus far

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH117
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Homework is mandatory, a majority of the grade, and there is a TON of it. You won't pass unless you do the homework. Homework includes a reading guide for the text book, online problems, and written work from the book.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CALC2
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Calc 2 was terrible and Shepherd made it way worse. I would tell her that I didn't remember stuff from Calc 1 and she would reassure me that I could figure it out- but didn't help. She grouped us with Asian kids that knew how to do the work, but had 0 interest in doing their homework AND teaching me how to do mine. 4-8 hours of homework every night

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PRECALCULUS
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Mary Shepherd's class was easily the most unprofessional joke of a class I've ever participated in. Her tests are pretty rough, but not impossible. Class averages range from a 30-60%. She justifies this horrendous average by a horrendous amount of homework she expects complete every day. She isn't helpful. She'd rather scream at you than help.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CALCULUSII
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Cons: The most mentally challenging thing I have ever done. At some point EVERYBODY has a mental break down. Calc becomes the only thing in your life, TONS of work. Pros: Dr. Shepherd sincerely cares about you and goes the extra mile, you'll understand the subject >, you learn how to read a math text book (BIG PRO)Protip;learn to live in her office

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PRE115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Terrible. Don't ever take her class. It was a nightmare.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PRECALC
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Awful teacher. She will demand so much so work from you that will you stress you out. Average test scores ranges from 30-high 60s.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ABSTRACTALGEBRA
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Terrible teacher. You have to teach the entire class to yourself and she would "help" you but most times just said figure it out. Thought she was a nice person but plays favorites way too much. Do not take her for any class. She assigns way too much HW and expects it complete every class.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CALCULUSI
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

To everyone that says shes an amazing teacher and all. Her class basically requires 4 hours of work a day and her class isn't my only class so where in the world does she expect us to get that much time for her classes? Even through all that I did her work and still got a B when if I had taken any other teacher I would have an A! DON'T TAKE HER!!!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH1712
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

DO THE WEBWORK!! I got an A on 3 of her tests and C's on everything else including the final but I got an A in the class b/c i got a 100 on all the webwork. another thing is GO TO OFFICE HOUR!! it really helps. she doesnt teach in class so the office hour is vital. overall DON'T TAKE HER!!! but if you don't have a choice, just do what i said