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Communication

Amanda Schwerdt

CMST20 · CMSTCMST · CMST25 · CMST10 · 14 lifetime ratings

AI rating
48/100
RMP rating
4.0/5
Take again
50%
Difficulty
3.3

The decision

if you want real intercultural depth and and steady workload; skip if you need an easy A or fast online support.

Best fit · Effort For RewardTough GraderHeavy WorkloadIntercultural ExpertClear RubricsHard to Reach Online
  • Strong real-world intercultural experience and .
  • Grading is picky and C.
  • Online sections draw the and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Multiple students call her a hard or , and some report class averages stuck near C despite effort.

Online ; in-person reviews also note hard-to-please standards and low class averages.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

Content is interesting but paced with , and high reported difficulty.

Both formats describe substantial reading and work; .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

and stress participation and multi-day discussion responses.

Online and in-person comments that .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

50/100

; fans praise learning and clarity while and access issues.

Online reviews are more split negative; in-person history is warmer but still mixed on workload.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

32/100

, and reports of C-range averages show strict standards.

Format shift

Online students ; in-person also reports hard-to-please scoring.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lots of , and 3-unit course.

Format shift

Both formats mention heavy work; summer and online sections amplify that feeling.

Teaching experience

Good

62/100

, and deep intercultural expertise.

Format shift

and fun; online quality collapses when she is hard to reach.

Assessment method

Balanced

48/100

Mix of discussion posts, essays, quizzes, and .

Format shift

; some tags also call sections test heavy.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

10 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person and older hybrid notes mix fun activities and work and hard-to-please grading.

Main concern

Heavy workload for unit value and .

What students said

“Fantastic teacher, fun class, easy grader, fun activities. and this class.”
CMST10
“She was extremely difficult and hard to please. No one in the class received higher than a C”
CMST20

Remote format

Online

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

and her global experience, others call her unreachable, picky, and the .

Main concern

Slow or missing responses and while she lives overseas.

What students said

“Maybe she was an okay teacher in person but online she is terrible. and you can never clarify because she is impossible to get a hold of.”
CMST10
“Mandy lives in South Korea and has so many intercultural experiences it is hard not to learn from her. Her class is really clearly formatted and .”
CMST20

Exam style

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Assessments mix discussion posts, essays, and tests; reviews .

EssaysDiscussion PostsQuizzesTest Heavy

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person notes mention quizzes, big essays, and .

EssaysQuizzesHard Grading
“ and 2 big essays at the end of the semester”
CMST20
“ and abstract.”
CMST25

Online

Online work centers on multi-day discussion posts and clear but demanding criteria; .

Discussion PostsClear ExpectationsTest Heavy
“Probably the most difficult part is remembering that you .”
CMST20
“ ”
CMST10

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“She is rigorous but you will learn a lot. She has been all over the world and when I took it she was living in England.”

Voice snapshots generated from 14 reviews, highlighting intercultural expertise, grading strictness, and online access issues. Credibility rating: Medium.

🌍 Real-World Expertise

78/100

“Mandy lives in South Korea and has so many intercultural experiences it is hard not to learn from her.”

📝

32/100

“She was very picky with grading. She doesn't get back to you very fast at all and takes a very long time to grade.”

📚 Heavy Workload

28/100

“it was way too much work for a 3 unit class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Her class is really clearly formatted and .
  • Excellent class structure. Great material and breaks up the class with fun activities.
  • She makes good use of rubrics so you know exactly what she is looking for.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • .
  • No one in the class received higher than a C
  • As long as you do the work and make put in an effort, she is going to help you to get the .

Theme 3

💻 About Online Access

  • online she is terrible. and you can never clarify
  • She lives in a different country and it's obvious her classes are on the back burner.

Data context

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Analysis sample

14

Recent reviews read by the AI

14

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Fourteen reviews spanning many years give decent coverage, but grades are sparse and .

Inside 14 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 59
4 out of 51
3 out of 51
2 out of 51
1 out of 52

Course coverage

CMST207 reviews
CMST105 reviews
CMST251 review
CMSTCMST1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

2

B+ 2

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values