Marilyn Howard - Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH

Professor: Marilyn Howard

Department: Political Science

College: Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIST19181
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you want a teacher who actually cares about her class, go to Dr. H. She provides TONS of material, every class she recommends books, authors, articles, and documentaries on whatever subject we're hitting. Blackboard is stuffed with additional material to cover if your struggling. Woman is an unending plethora of resources, She Knows Her Stuff.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIST2223
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is one of the worst people I've ever came across she makes you want to say forget your dreams and just drop out

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIST2223
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Howard's an okay person, but her grades are ridiculous. She's strict, but sometimes it feels like she's looking for reasons not to grade. You don't follow even one direction of hers and she'll refuse to grade your work. She only leaves condescending comments on HW, even if you pass the exams she'll find a reason to fail you. Don't bother.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIST2224
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

VERY TOUGH CLASS! Howard talks very low and covers nothing on the POP QUIZZES & TESTS. She didn't even give us a study guide for the midterm nor final. I highly recommend not to take this class unless you absolutely have too.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIST2224
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

by far the worst proffesor ever and the worst class ive ever taken she makes you feel dumb when you ask questions, does not follow her semster schedule, only took 2 exams in this semester and one was a final. she teaches about a bunch of stuff not covered on her exams and grades them extremely tough i feel like i wasted my time and money AVOID HER

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIST2224
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This is easily the worst professor I've ever had. I've never met someone who cared so little about their job or their students. Please do yourself a favor and avoid this woman.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIST2224
• 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. Howard is an incredibly qualified professor She makes her expectations VERY clear, which is why I find it so hard to understand that people are blaming her for their poor performance. I did well in her class simply by trying, reading the book carefully & following her instructions. Just READ THE BOOK for tests & take time on her assignments.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HIST2223
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Take ur time on the hw, u only get a few on throughout the semester and she grades them tough. Be sure to keep up with the reading b/c she doesn't cover everything in class. Take good notes especially when she defines things. Show up to class b/c she assigns hw in class . Bring a dictionary to class u will get extra credit.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIST2223
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Way to strict on her assignments, will literally take off a bunch of points because you didn't follow 1 of her 100 directions. Lectures are pointless, you won't learn or do anything. If you don't read the book, you won't pass. We only had maybe 15 assignments all semester so you do bad on 1 thing, your grade changes drastically. Avoid at all costs.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIST2224
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Do yourself a favor and never take her classes for any subject. She belittles all of her students and is not open to other view points, only her own because of her PhD that you will never hear the end of. Save yourself and GPA and don't take her classes.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIST2224
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Howard is by far the best professor that I have had throughout my short college career. She is very knowledgeable, and knows her stuff.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIST2223
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Howard is no joke. Her tests covered all of the material, even the stuff she didn't go over in class. If it was in the book or posted to blackboard, it showed up on the tests. Fair warning. Her in-class persona is very abrasive but one on one she was surprisingly friendly and helpful. Read everything twice and visit her during office hours

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIST2223
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Make sure you read all the chapters, as they are everything that is on the tests. She won't teach you anything that will be on the tests, or really anything that you will need to know in the class. Her classes are movies and power points that do not assist in getting a good grade. bottom line, avoid her at all costs.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIST2224
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The test she gives are about nothing she talks about in class. Make sure you have free time to read because every page of that book she expect you to read and YOU ARE TESTED on it. She also adds on blackboard different documents per chapter to read that you're also tested on. She does not give extra credit and she changes her class calendar alot.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIST2224
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Howard teaches to make herself feel powerful and important. She is extremely condescending, and rude. She teaches what she wants to, but what she teaches is not on the tests. Speaking of tests, there are only two, but that's not a good thing. The tests are weighted. I have 130140 points right now, but my percent grade is only an 82%. Good Luck

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: 2224
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE HER UNLESS YOU HAVE TO!! this class is extremely hard, I am a A-B student and got a C! The only girl who got an A was a history major. Many people didn't pass. The online assignments seem easy, but she grades insanely tough. Study guides are too vague, exams are impossible to prepare for. She's very strict and rude. Good luck.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: JUST2223
• 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:

She is the worst teacher ever her study guides for the two exams we took were vague she expects u to know what she knows and that devil has a phd. If u ask her a question be prepared to feel dumb when she answers. Hard work doesn't pay off in her class She thinks low of her students the way she teaches this course is beyond college level

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIST2224
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

At first the class was questionable. the primary source doc test are hard, but the last 3 weeks of school she gave us a bunch of in class work to raise the grade. The final she even gave us a full review packet and all you had to do was study it because every question on the review was on the final. All you have to do is be nice and study.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HIST2224
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Try this class if you want a torpedo through your GPA's gut. Lectures about topics not in textbook. Which would be fine but neither lecture nor textbook material is what shows up on the tests. Creates intricate rules and waits for you to break them so she can take points. More concerned with rules and trapping you into losing points than teaching.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HIST2224
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This class is extremely hard. She doesn't make learning fun, her tests are hard, and she expects you to produce phD level work even though you're attending a community college. I enjoyed her class at first, but things drastically went downhill. I would only take her class if you're looking for a challenge. A very difficult and degrading challenge.