Ina Markham - James Madison University

Professor: Ina Markham
Department: Business
College: James Madison University
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She goes out of her way to degrade those who don't perform up to her standards and acts like people want to do bad on assignments. The assignment/exams are not like what we did in class even when she claims they are. Hands down worst professor I have ever had.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: D
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Markham acts like a caring professor and try to push you to do better, but in reality she doesn't care. She will not give partial credit even if you have it 80% correct. Whenever you ask a question, she just repeats what she previously said in a louder tone of voice. She will even cut you off to state what she has to say even if doesn't pertain
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: C+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Ina Markham is by far the worst teacher I have ever had to work with in my entire life. She is disrespectful to those who do not understand the content. She does what she wants and cares only for the goodie goodies in her class, and assigns exuberant amounts of work over the weekends. If you can avoid her DO IT and if you have to take her I'm sorry
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: D
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Ina Markham is the worst prof. I've ever had. If you read this review and still take this class, I don't feel bad for you. WARNING: change your prof. or be ready to study and still get bad grades. Her lectures/voice are intolerable. If the class doesn't ask questions she threatens cutting class that day. For your own good, DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: WD
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
A cursed class, one of the worst I've taken. The material doesn't follow the textbook well, she makes you buy her practice problem book but the questions are very limited. Very tough grader, only a few homework assignments and the tests are everything. The test material doesn't line up with the class or PASS material at all.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: C
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
COB 291 is a tough class no matter who you have. Dr. Markham emphasizes that this class requires you to think differently, not just memorize and regugitate formulas. She truly wants her students to succeed, and while she can come across as blunt, she means well. For as complex as the class is, you will want someone who is straightforward and blunt.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: D+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Markham is the absolute worst. The subject material is easy, but her grading criteria is absolutely ridiculous. She also berates her students for not participating and will childishly refuse to help anyone with questions because "you guys don't care so I won't". AVOID AT ALL COSTS
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
-Objectively the worst professor Ive encountered -Adds excruciating artificial difficulty to a very interesting and easily understandable course -Office hours and outside help always feel futile, ridicules students for not asking questions and berates them for wrong answers -States day 1 she reserves the right to change grades +/-15%
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
291 is one of the harder COB prerequisites and she does everything she can to make sure we are learning. A lot of these reviews are definitely from the slackers who didnt give this class the time of day. Tests are definitely hard, but if you study and do all the practice problems you'll pass. Other than that its 4 excel homeworks that are easy As
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Markham truly cares about her students and wants her classes to succeed. If you go to her office hours with legitimate questions and have done your work as best you can, she will help you. 291 is a tough class regardless of the professor, but she prepares you for future COB classes. She was really tough, but she makes the class rewarding.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Markham is a great professor. She truly cares about her students, but she forces you to work for it. You definitely earn the grade you receive. She encourages students to come for office hours. Added a bonus homework and dropped our lowest score for homeworks. 3 tests and a final all worth 100 points each. Truly a great professor if you work hard.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
It's a hard class in general. Of all the professors that teach it she is one of the better ones. She seems really strict at first, but only because she cares about students knowing the information and entering the world as prepared as possible and she loosens up as you get to know her. If you are actually looking to learn in college I recommend her
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
If you do the practice problems and don't get behind from the beginning you will be fine. Its a challenging class
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: WD
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
STAY AWAY from Markham. At all costs do not take her for 291. She gives me nightmares to this day and she'll put the fear of god into you. Grades extremely tough. We had 4 hws and most of the class would fail and she yelled at us cause we were not competent. Awful awful grader and instructor stay away.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Markham has the best intentions, but COB 291 is a hard class. I have learned a lot from her, but she is very picky in regards to grading. She seems to be very tough but once you get to know her she is actually very sweet.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: D
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This woman hates herself, her life, and her job. And because of this, she will make you pay. Is it fair? No. But she will literally ruin your life anyway. So I recommend you don't take her even if she's the last professor available for the class, which is always the case with her, because no one wants to take her, don't let it be you for any reason
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
This was the toughest business class ive taken a jmu so far. She's a great teacher and youll learn a lot but the class has no easy grades which makes it tough. There are 4 HW that are difficult and graded hard. The are also 4 tests including the final which are even harder. She means well, but not an easy class. I would find a different professor.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: WD
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She is a great teacher; you really learn a lot from her. However, extremely tough grader. Forgot to round my decimals on an excel hw assignment worth a test grade, everything else was correct, and was given a D on the assignment. She's very strict. This class gave me anxiety
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: C
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Markham makes this class harder than it needs to be. She is extremely intelligent, but she isn't a very compassionate teacher. I was scared to ask questions because she would make people feel dumb if they did. Tests are extremely difficult, but final was manageable. Easy course material but very difficult with this professor.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: COB291
  • Grade Received: F
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
For some reason she's always in a bad mood. If two students consecutively ask her a question she'll start answering them with sass. Like um, you're a professor, this is your profession why are you so angry when students who pay thousands in tuition ask you a question? Markham knows the subject **obviously** but just doesn't know how to teach.
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