Debra Ross - Grand Valley State University

Professor: Debra Ross

Department: TBD

College: Grand Valley State University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CJ320
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Ross was weird, she took forever to grade things but if you do well at following directions she never took more than 2-3 points off per discussion post so it was fine not having them graded ASAP. 3 exams and weekly discussion posts. Interesting content but she gives a lot more to read than what is actually needed to complete weekly work.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: WGS320
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Ross teaches this class without a text book, though there is heavy use of photocopied textbook pages she posts. Discussion posts made from emotional, noneducational 3 min Facebook videos. She grades harshly - 6 points of 20 goes towards grammar. She does not reply to emails - confirmed by several students. Unspoken requirement of Grammarly

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CJWGS320
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Take her if you want to learn, not for an easy A. For the first few discussion board, I consistently got points off for minimal grammar issues. At the end of the semester, she was 8 weeks behind in grading. I'm convinced this is the only reason why I stopped getting docked grammar points because she rushed to grade. Shocked I ended with an A.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CJ320
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Had this as an online class and the topics were actually interesting. BUT she is an extremely tough grader for no reason and takes FOREVER to grade. She will you give you feedback on discussion boards you did months ago and expect your writing to have changed or to have fixed the corrections she gave when they are already turned in every week.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: WGS320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Worst prof I've had. I am a straight-A student and have never had so much nit-pickiness pertaining to my writing. I work in a professional setting, it's not how professionals write. This is the last week of class and there is still 2 months of assignments not graded, which makes it hard to adjust to her level of pickiness. Unnecessarily difficult.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CJWGS320
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This class was honestly life-changing. I learned so much in such a short period of time. Dr. Ross is not a tough grader despite what the other posts have said. I have made grammatical errors in my posts yet have gotten 100% on them because I understood the material. Make sure you go through the Powerpoints, skim the reading, and watch the videos!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: WGSCJ320
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The class has a lot of content, but it is all really interesting and engaging material. She is stickler for grammar in the discussion boards, but if you use Grammarly you shouldn't have to worry about much. She assigns a lot of reading, but for the exams you really only have to know the content from the powerpoints and the videos

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CJ320
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Ross is a great professor who gives good feedback and provides a great use of material for this course. I learned so much in this class. She makes it very clear what she expects from you in the syllabus as well as the beginning of the class. Do what she says and you'll be successful!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: WGS320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Ross focuses so much on grammar yet she uses the wrong words in exams. For example, she used the 'precipitator', but meant perpetrator; made the question quite confusing. Also, the class is test heavy meaning most of your points come from the three tests you take in the class and not from the 12 discussion board posts/responses.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CJ320
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Clear guidelines for discussion posts. If you follow her guidelines exactly, including using proper grammar and punctuation, you will almost certainly get full points for these. 2 discussion posts/week (I took this in the summer) with 2 responses to other students per post (total of 6 posts/week. 3 online exams. Time consuming, but easy to succeed.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CJ101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Only problem I had with her is that the discussion board for the online class, she focused too much on grammar. It's two point off per post. You are expected to write "you are" in stead of "you're". Even my English prof said that was a little much for an intro class. Other then that the test are easy, some questions are repeated, and she seems nice

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CJ320
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Complains about how you write essays but fails to sufficiently explain as to why she marked you down.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CJ101
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Ross was a good professor and explained things well, but the tests were hard and she's a really tough grader. She has really awesome lectures and she explains things pretty well, but the tests aren't based on memorizing- you have to apply what you've learned. She's hard on papers- acts like she's a English prof. Would take again.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CJ320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Ross expects a lot from her students and she states that on the first day of class. One thing is for sure that her Take Home Essay Exams are pretty heavy, but if you attend lectures (which are very interesting and fun, depends on how you participate) and do the readings you will be fine. PARTICIPATION is A HUGE PART OF YOUR GRADE. Go to class!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CJ408
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I LOVED this class. Dr. Ross is a great professor! I had her for White Collar Crime (CJ 408) and definitely recommend the class! Her lectures are not boring and she relates these crimes to your every day life so you can protect yourself. Her papers are long but if you work hard you will get an A. Her exams are not too tough. Very fair professor.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CJ320
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Debra Ross is wonderful! I cannot say enough good things about this professor! Although she is a tough grader, gives a lot of readings and expects a lot, she is hilarious, caring and is there for you! If you have to take CJWGS 320 take it with her! I'm looking into more classes in the future to take with her!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CJ101
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Ross was a great teacher to take. All the material on the test was covered in class through the powerpoints. I didn't read the book all semester and got As and Bs on tests due to studying the powerpoints. She is very interactive and entertaining. I would recommend taking her.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CJ40802
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is annoying. If you love to write 10 page papers and hear about how great she thinks she is this class is for you. I think she thinks that this is the only class students are taking. It is very time consuming and pointless. I would not recommend her to anybody. If you can take this class with somebody else I would advise it.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CJ300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is always on a huge power trip, really rude if you disagree with her, loud and in your face too. A lot of the grade in the class is based on little details that are only important to her. Not a fan of this class or this professor.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CJ320
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I did not like her very much. She told us if our e-mails didn't have proper headings, body and closings she would not respond. Really? I understand it's college but the amount of work was crazy, especially when you have other classes. She was also on the rude side. Try and find someone else.