Very frustrating class. Martinet is a nice teacher and is pretty helpful but it is very difficult to do well in the class. The structure of the class and exams make it challenging to pull off a good grade. Somehow she does not curve the exams, even though the class average for each of the exams has been in the 70s. It feels like some of the questions on the exams are trick questions and worded strangely. I left the first exam thinking I did well and ended up getting a 71.

Martinet's really nice, but in lecture, she'll do some examples that are helpful but otherwise, pretty much just reads off of the slides. Overall, the lectures aren't very informative, but her office hours are generally helpful- just make sure you have your own specific questions to bring to the table.

Martinet seems like a really cool person, and she's definitely really smart, but she's not the best teacher I've ever had. She pretty much just reads from the slides, but she does try to do examples in excel and on paper. Labs are kind of stupid, and my TA usually would make an excel worksheet with all the formulas already in there that she'd put on collab, so it only took about 10 minutes every time. Martinet tries to make the classes interesting and does a lot of examples with things like number of beers to BAC, but its kind of a boring class. However she really tries to help out, and lets you attend lectures other than the one you're registered for and when she knew that there was a busy week for most people, she cancelled that weeks homework. All in all not the best teacher but could definitely be a lot worse.

Martinet is a really nice and reasonable professor. You can tell she really cares about your progress. Lectures are sometimes hard to follow, but she is very helpful during office hours. Tests are not that bad if you study hard. Definitely don't take this class unless you have to, but Martinet makes it manageable.

You have to teach yourself everything but it's not that hard.

Even though she's better than Spitzner, her tests are impossible. I got a tutor after the first midterm and felt extremely prepared before the second midterm and then ended up having no idea how to do half of the problems. Definitely find a group to do the homework with.

Gretchen is not a good lecturer. She speeds through her power points and explains everything using Microsoft Excel (which is obviously no help for the midterms). Be prepared to teach yourself most of the material. The labs and homework (both of which are easy to get 100%) are 30% of the final grade, which is huge because she does not curve the midterms. If this class is mandatory for your prerequisites, Gretchen would be easier than Spitzner, as long as you take the time to teach yourself the material or get a good tutor.