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Summary: Great professor! Engaging lectures with interesting content, but wish exams were better.

I'll leave the positive things to a couple sentences because it's well known. She's smiley, energetic, kind...literally all of the above. There were so many bits that she did throughout the semester that were memorable, don't want to spoil them.

My one gripe with this class is the exams. Preface: I'm a third-year who's only gotten one A- (this my second) in college, even with taking tough classes, so maybe I'm salty. The exams had many super-specific detail questions, which she may have talked about for 5 seconds in lecture and if you missed it, there are no online notes. I took super detailed notes during class, made great cheat sheets, but you could study forever and still not ace it.

The questions don't check if you understand the gist of the content. For example, you're not going to be compensated for knowing what contracts fall under statutes of fraud. Instead you're going to be asked about an exception to a suretyship provision under statutes of fraud. It seems easy to study for, but the "exception" type questions start to add up, and you're bound to miss some.

The second midterm (and even the final) had several typos or formatting errors. I'm thinking the exams aren't created with the care and passion in which the lectures are given.

Sherri Moore is easily one of the most enjoyable professors at this school. Comm Law I is an excellent intro legal course that teaches the basics from the constitution and the amendments to criminal and civil law. If you have any interest in law school or the law this is 100% a class to take. Even if you don't, it is an excellent class made enjoyable by a great professor.

Grade Breakdown:
15%: Short, weekly quizzes reviewing material from that week
20%: 50 question midterm
20%: 50 question midterm
45%: 100 question final

For the exams you are allowed to bring handwritten cheat sheets that you are able to cram most of the course material on to.

Must-take class regardless of major. Professor Moore is an incredible lecturer who makes law interesting. This isn't just a commercial law class, it's really more of an introduction to the entirety of the American legal system (constitutional, administrative, common, civil etc.; torts; contracts). Graded extremely fairly - 11 10-question quizzes worth 15% of your grade with the lowest score dropped (these are easy, just review your notes from the week and you should be good), 2 50-question exams worth 20% each, 100-question final worth 45%. All multiple choice. No trick questions, everything comes from class. If you write down everything Moore says and cram as much as possible onto your cheat sheets (tiniest possible handwriting, full sheets of printer paper), you'll do fine.

Sherri Moore is amazing! This is the only class I have taken where handwriting notes is even possible. Sherri doesn't allow ANY tech in the class (she's super strict on it and she'll throw you out if she sees you're on your phone) but in turn she writes down on the board anything we'd ever need to write in our notes. She also allows a front and back cheat sheet on the midterms (3 pages for the final), which was able to hold every piece of information I needed on the exam. She's a fair grader, and will throw out exam questions that the majority of students do poorly on. Overall she did a great job of making a relatively boring topic interesting and engaging! Highly recommend if you're at all interested in law, even if you don't plan on pursuing it as a career-- most of the information is helpful to everyone!

This class is well worth the hype if you have any interest in law. Professor Moore is such a cool woman, and despite the relatively dry nature of some of her lecture topics, she manages to keep the class interesting by adding personal anecdotes. You don't need to do any work outside of class, but going to lecture each week is imperative because she doesn't post notes if you happen to miss lecture. Lectures typically ended around 20 minutes early, but she flies through them so you have to be paying attention in order to get down all the information needed. Her final lecture is incredibly inspiring and is worth attending even if you aren't enrolled in her class. Exams for the class are pretty straightforward forward and a cheat sheet is allowed, so an A/A- is very attainable if you put in some effort. The weekly quizzes are easy, and don't require any studying outside of class to get an A if you pay attention in lecture and pick up concepts easily.

This is a course I recommend you take if you enjoy energetic professors. Sherri Moore is an excellent lecturer. Her charisma is what saves this class from being very boring since the material is somewhat complicated and dry. I found myself getting lost in my notes since she lecturers quickly.
Not only is there a lot to memorize, but the material itself is a bit abstract, and there is no real application of it besides the numerous court cases and scenarios she briefly touches on. I recommend getting a group of people together to study to fill in any details you may have missed in lecture.

Tell me why this was my lowest grade of the semester and ending up tanking my beautiful gpa... Sherri is undoubtedly a great lecturer but her tests cover soooooo much content. I admit I should've put more effort into the cheat sheets and probably would've done better but the material is so boring and I already got into comm so I lost all motivation. This is a class I would recommend taking only if you're ready to devote an immense amount of time studying for the tests.

Coming from an engineer, take this class. Moore is a great professor and the topics are interesting and in my opinion should be general knowledge for everyone. The class isn't too hard, just make sure to be at lecture and take notes. If you are also an engineer with the business minor, don't even think of any other COMM class, just take this. Outside of test weeks, I quite literally spent 0 time on this class outside of class.

Like other posts say, if you study you'll probably end up with an A-. Even if you're not pre-law or comm, you'll still learn a lot of content applicable to daily life (ex: product warranties, property succession, contracts). No homework other than studying for weekly quizzes. Study for those at least an hour a week and A- average for that section is attainable. Some test questions are fairly tricky but make the study guide and you should get at least a B+ on the tests.
Overall, highly recommend it. If you're not sure about pre-law, I think this class is good to take to solidify your interest. Also, go to the last lecture-- and remember to bring some tissues if you're a cry baby like me.
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Sherri Moore is one of the greatest humans on this planet. Her lectures are super engaging, and the quizzes and tests are very straight forward as long as you attend class. There isn't any homework, and you get to use cheat sheets on the tests. I have no interest in being a lawyer, or studying the law, but this class is by far my favorite I have taken at UVA! Everyone should take it!!

like other comments have said, sherri moore is a great person and prof but this class is definitely overrated and not as easy as everyone makes it out to be. some of the quizzes were trickily worded and so were some questions on the exams. don't take this class if you're looking for something relatively easy because it was kind of intense for me.

Not a pleasant course. Sure, Prof Moore is nice but it is hard to see past all the ways she makes her course harder than it has to be. Need a 95 to get an A (I got a 93), no technology in class bc she wants all attention on her (which is so unnecessary bc writing down everything at the speed she goes is a big ask - and honestly it is self centered), and extra credit is basically fruitless. Would not recommend it

This course is more of an introduction to law course more than anything else, but it is definitely worth a shot, especially if you're a Politics or Commerce major (I'm double-majoring in economics and psychology but still enjoyed taking it). Your grade is comprised of weekly quizzes (20%, one gets dropped at the end of the semester), two midterms (20% each) and a final exam (40%). Prof. Moore is a great lecturer that manages to keep the class engaged, and the content is pretty straightforward. There are no readings for this class, but be warned that Prof. Moore goes through A LOT of content during the lectures and you can't type them out (you have to write it all out by hand), so keeping yourself 100% focused is really important in order to do get a good grade. Quizzes are fairly easy and don't require a lot of prior studying, but make sure to review thoroughly for exams as questions can sometimes be tricky. Overall: Interesting content, great professor and fun lecture. I definitely recommend taking it if you have the chance! #tCFfall2021

professor moore is so kind and caring, even in zoom lectures and always found a way to make me smile/laugh during class. we had 3 exams during the semester (including the cumulative final) as well as weekly quizzes. the material can be quite dense, but again, professor moore made me want to try to understand it. if you have the opportunity to take it-- do it! the content is quite helpful to know and it was taught in such a great way.

This is a very good class. You learn a lot, and Prof. Moore is great at explaining things. That being said, it is not the greatest course in the history of the universe as some people say. But that is ok! It is still very good. If you want to know about the law, this is the introduction you need! There is a lot of material but Prof. Moore gives great real-world examples and applications. If you are thinking about law school 100% you should take this. No reading, just weekly collab quizzes and then 2 tests and a final.
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Moore is the GOAT. She made Zoom class interesting and she's just a super nice, cheery person in general. We had open note exams cuz Zoom, but for the future make sure to go to lecture, that is all the info you need to succeed for quizzes/exams. Do the extra credit early in the semester (it's easy and nice to get out of the way). Exams were pretty straightforward and the 2nd midterm and Final are much more application-based (for example, reading about an incident and determining what legal concept is in play) but if you show up and take notes from her outline, you'll be fine. I barely missed a B+ but oh well lol I still loved the class and it's useful info for sure!! Sometimes the topics can be a bit boring, but Sherri definitely makes it interesting and bearable by giving funny jokes or examples, she is super relatable for students and I see why so many people love her as a person! She also dropped our two worst quiz scores so do not worry if one or two don't go as well!!

Sherri Moore is awesome. She is so funny and extremely nice. Having it be online this semester for covid, all the lectures were uploaded online which was really nice because you could go back and re-watch every lecture if you were confused on things. There is no homework so if the class is online, I suggest you rewatch every lecture on double speed to take better notes as your homework for the class. This will ensure you get a good grade. One huge thing to note is that you need to not forget to take any of the quizzes! I forgot to take two of them and got an A- in the class because of it. I calculated my grade and if I had remembered to take the quizzes I forgot I would have gotten an A. All in all a very good class.

Fun class! You learn a lot! Great way to figure out whether you might be interested in law. Perfect for people who really don't know anything about the law. The professor is super nice and engaging. Her final lecture is amazing. TAs are very knowledgeable and helpful. Command-F on tests is crazy helpful given the online format. The only issue with the class is how poorly formatted the notes are.

Take your notes online. The tests are open note during COVID times and it will help a lot. The review sessions with the TAs were also helpful.

Professor Moore is my favorite professor at UVA. She easily relates to students and gives real-life examples of which students can relate. A couple of notes on the format of the class: firstly, there are weekly quizzes. Sometimes, these quizzes became annoying and forced you to pay attention to lectures' most meticulous details. If you missed them, you likely did not fare well on quizzes. Other than weekly quizzes to keep you in check, there are two midterm exams. The exams were doable, but they were not a walk in the park. You needed to study for the exams and to read each of the questions carefully. The same goes for the final: there are 100 questions and if you did not have the stamina to get through the final, you would mightily struggle. By no means is this class an easy "A." An "A-" is attainable, but is with consistent with lots of studying and attending EVERY lecture.

Great professor and class. It's not a business law class though, it's more general legal stuff and covers things that you should know concerning law and your rights. I think it's a good class to take even if you are not very interested in law or business, although some people disagree. The class consisted of two midterms, weekly quizzes and a final. The only outside work are short daily readings/videos and studying for quizzes and tests. However, the cutoff for an A is high (95) and there is a lot of information covered quickly, so it can be tough to get an A. #tCF2020

This class was a class that I had had high hopes for considering I had so many friends recommending it, and who loved Sherri Moore. My experience with the class is that Prof. Moore was nice, and she was funny and the class was interesting and relevant, and informed me of a lot that is good to know however, the class gave so much information so quickly and it was hard to keep up and know what you really needed to focus on when it came to exams. It was a lot. This is not a class I would recommend to people to take as an easy A or just to take as a free elective unless you have a genuine interest in law of some kind or comm.

This class requires work and a lot of studying. Sherri Moore is a great professor and the class itself is very applicable to the real world, however, I don't think it's an easy A. She talked pretty fast during the lectures, so I tried to get down as much information as possible and then rewrote my notes after class which took a while. The weekly quizzes were pretty straightforward but it does take time to study for them. I did well on the quizzes however the tests were pretty difficult. It is almost all application-based, so I recommend going through examples of the material and make sure to write down examples she mentions in class. Your grade is all based on quiz and test scores which can be difficult if you are not a good test taker like me. After our transition to online classes, Sherri was very sweet and accommodating which was so nice. She made our last test and final open notes which eased A LOT of stress. However, you still need to study despite it being open notes because it is all apllication based and requires and in-depth understanding of the material. I worked very hard in the class and ended with a B (even with extra credit) which was pretty disappointing so if you are not a good test taker and really care about your GPA, I would not recommend this class. However, the material itself was pretty interesting at times so if you are interested in law or want to be an informed citizen, then this is a good class to take.

Like everyone else has said, this is a great class; I would definitely recommend to people even if they aren't going into the comm school. Prof. Moore's lectures are super engaging. The one downside is she goes very fast, so I would recommend sitting near the front of the room so you can see what she's writing on the board. There are weekly quizzes, which were pretty easy and there were extra credit opportunities to replace them. The two exams and final were more application based and therefore more difficult than the quizzes, but still doable. The grade breakdown is 20% quizzes, 40% tests, and 40% final.

This is by far the most overrated class I've taken at UVA, which is a shame because I was really looking forward to it based on earlier reviews.

I'll start by discussing the mixed aspects of the class. All in all, it's not really based on business law; it's more accurately described as a general overview of the legal system. Granted we did go over contracts in a few lectures, which of course have many business ramifications. Yet the vast majority of the class did not delve into commercial topics. From this observation, if you plan from the get-go to attend law school - and only if you definitely intend on following up with such plans - you may find this class to be somewhat useful.

Now for the bad. Sadly, notes do not get posted online often, so if you miss one lecture, you will definitely fall behind, and it can pay once you take your weekly quiz. When I say definitely, I legitimately mean it considering the weight the quizzes have on your final grade. Not to mention the fact that lectures go by very, and I mean very, quickly, and plenty of times we were let out twenty minutes ahead of schedule. If anything, I think this did us a major disservice by not spending additional time going into detail on interesting topics or clarifying some more complicated questions. I felt like many of the quizzes and tests' questions were poorly worded and vague, so if you miss one tiny and meticulous detail that may seem insignificant from lecture, you could end up losing points easily. At the same time, I wish we were given some type of textbook or homework to reinforce our knowledge of the material between classes. It just seemed like an unnecessarily difficult class based on the ludicrous amount of detail to memorize, including those that might not even seem applicable to typical legal cases.

Like I said, I had high hopes for this class at the start of the semester based on what other people have said about it. Yet upon reflection I now know it receives way too much hype, and is definitely not the best class that UVA offers. If you must take it as preparation for law school, under the condition you know you will attend later, feel free to do so. If not, it will be an unnecessary drain on your grade that you'll have to pay for later.

Sherri has been doing this for a long time and knows what she’s doing. She is a very dynamic lecturer and makes going to class fun. Be prepared to take notes fast because she can talk quickly, but her exams are always straightforward. An A might be hard to achieve, but an A- is very doable. Requires very little time outside of class and does give you a nice overview of American jurisprudence.

Don't get me wrong. Sherri is a badass queen who is amazing to talk to and get advice from. She is extremely positive and her jokes are hilarious. I love her as a person but do not love her class. Her weekly quizzes are extremely meticulous and can be very confusing. Exam questions are often worded very tricky and are often super specific topics she mentioned once in the class. The class is basically weekly quizzes and exams. I wouldn't recommend unless you need to take it. It is not an easy A and is challenging. Overall, I have a much better understanding of the law and various things such as contracts. Sherri is super inspiring! However, the structure of the class is not something I am fond of :)

Nothing I can really say that hasn't already been said. One of the best classes & professors at UVA. There's no work outside of class, just make sure you show up to all the lectures and take good notes! Quizzes and exams are very straightforward and you'll be totally fine if you're paying attention.

Let me start by saying Professor Moore is a very genuine and kind person. However, I have no idea why everyone thinks this is THE BEST course at UVA. It is simply overrated and there are so many problems and policies that just do not make any sense. For one, no laptops are allowed in class. Now I am usually the type of person to hand write my notes anyway, so I never expected this to be a problem but Professor Moore does NOT use a mic, writes in very small and illegible handwriting and talks VERY fast. In addition, she does not allow you to record the lecture so it is nearly impossible to catch all of the information, which of course will be on the quiz/test. In my honest opinion, I think the class is designed to impair your ability to fully learn the content so that grades are weakened enough to fit a normal distribution. If you gave students the tools to learn this stuff, everyone would have an A, and I guess that looks bad in the eyes of the UVA administration, so instead you will probably spend more time trying to read your notes, than actually studying them. I am sorry to say that this is NOT the best course at UVA, and I would not recommend taking unless you have to.

Apparently you can be UVA's most hyped professor by making TRIN and BOYLAN jokes. This class is incredibly overrated which isn't to say it is bad, it's just okay. This class is worth taking but don't expect Professor Moore to teach at a consistent pace. You have to spend the whole class furiously writing (and there is no opportunity to come back and take better notes if you miss them the first time), only to be let out of class 15 minutes early.

This is by far the most wildly overrated class at UVA. To be a likable professor at UVA, as you can tell based off the other comments, you just have to have a sense of humor, be nice and energetic. In this class, she doesn’t post any PowerPoints or notes on online so if you miss class you are completely screwed. When you are in class, she will fly through the material so fast that you have to rely on the person sitting next to you to make sure you got everything. Does she need to go that fast? No. I hate to break it to you Sherri, but acting like you are doing students a favor by letting them out 20 minutes early for a class that ends at 1:45 is doing nobody any good. Of course this resonates with students (getting out 20 minutes early), but in reality you could get a much thorough explanation of the topics if she wanted to stay there and teach class for the allotted time. To get an A on the exams you need to have a true mastery of the content which is by all means fair. However, there are numerous questions that are poorly worded and vague. As for the TAs, they must feel great about themselves. I got news for you TAs, you are absolutely horrible at your job. For those that didn’t know, numerous people’s midterms were graded with the wrong key. You could have got a 94 in Collab and a 72 in reality without knowing until you went to review your exam (and vice versa). For that to happen in a COMM school class, much less happen at any class at UVA is a total joke. The TAs should be absolutely ashamed of themselves and Professor Moore should take a portion of that responsibility (they are her TAs and handpicked). Overall, a very disappointing course.

She was, no joke, the best professor I've ever had. She was wonderful, knowledgable, hilarious, and just plain cheerful and kind. She's one of the professors that I feel like I'll remember when I'm old and still think back to her final lecture. She really taught me a valuable lesson in that class and, spoiler alert, wasn't about comm law.

Definitely, recommend this class! Easy and fun to learn. However, beware of the exams as they are pretty detailed but its super easy to get a grade between B to A- on the exams. The first two exams are fairly easy but the final which is 100 questions can be a game changer. They offer many extra credit opportunities and make sure to do them early and get them out of the way because the cutoff for an A is so low anything which can help you tip over to the A grade is great. I didn't do the extra credit opportunities as I waited till the end and I ended up with an A- when I was really close to an A

Great class. The only thing you have to do is show up and get the information she gives you. I'd recommend sitting closer to the front because she tends to write smaller due to the high amount of information, and there's no microphone to the class.

Take this class no matter what major you are!! Prof. Moore teaches you incredibly relevant things about your rights and contract law is especially helpful in life. Insanely fun class and Prof. Moore is one of the nicest ladies ever! I promise you won't regret taking this class. So worthwhile. There is a quiz every week so memorizing material gets easier and easier as the semester goes on. The two midterms are pretty easy (50 MC questions) and you get two cheat sheets. Final is a bit harder and you get 3 cheat sheets (100 MC questions). If you get into this class, TAKE IT!!

Really solid class. An A-/B+ is doable, but getting an A seems pretty tough to accomplish. There's no readings for the class, so the only work is studying for the weekly quizzes/tests. Doing well is really about building up a couple of skills. The weekly quizzes are heavy on memorization but the tests are more about applying class concepts to examples. There are generally a couple of straight memorization questions on tests but prepare accordingly and you'll be able to do fairly well in the class.

Sherri is amazing. Additionally, this course is useful to anyone regardless of major. Don't solely rely on cheat sheets to do well. Also I did the extra credit to drop a quiz grade and I can definitely say that it was not worth it. The quiz grade is worth 2% of your grade and the extra credit eats up a solid 6-7 hours of your time. It didn't even help my grade in the end. But not an easy A, despite what the distribution shows. But definitely can't say that I regret taking this class.

This is a great class to take if you're good at multiple choice tests. As for the rest of us, you're gonna have to work a little harder. There are weekly quizzes that make up 20% of your grade. I spent about 90 minutes the night before studying for them and ended up with a 96% average on them. When preparing for the test, ensure making your cheat sheet isn't your only time studying. You also want to know information that you couldn't fit on your cheat sheet. I made this mistake on the first exam and only got an 88% when I know I could have done better. As much as this seems like an easy A- class, you still need to work for it.

Sherri Moore is hands down one of the best professors at UVA. She is so knowledgeable, personable, fashionable, and genuinely cares about her students! I have multiple friends who have gone to her for personal law advice, and she was super helpful. Her final lecture is one of the best things I've ever heard, and I will carry her message with me for as long as I live. However, the class is NOT easy, in my opinion. The tests are fair, but tricky. You do get two cheat sheets which is really helpful, as it would be nearly impossible to memorize all of the details about contracts and torts. You must pay attention in class, as her lecture style is pretty old school- she goes off of an outline (no powerpoint) and speaks/writes on the chalk board. If you miss lecture you're screwed. There are also weekly quizzes which aren't that difficult if you review the material, and you have the opportunity to have the lowest 2 dropped!

As echoed in the other reviews, Sherri Moore is the best part about this course. Her personality is amazing, her fashion sense is phenomenal, and her lecture style is unique and engaging! All of the topics that she covers are structured SO nicely and they are all important topics that you'll likely need to know as an adult someday. Although she does move through lecture material quickly, she takes questions and gives such thorough answers. You are allowed handwritten cheat sheets for exams (super helpful), but I did find myself facing one or two tricky questions so study up! There are weekly in-class quizzes but those are pretty easy if you review the material beforehand. Definitely recommend this course as a fun and interesting class!

I absolutely adored Professor Moore! She is super sweet and approachable, and is also extremely knowledgable about the course matter. She articulates concepts clearly and provides numerous examples to help facilitate our understanding of certain ideas or applications of law. She also provides ample opportunities for students to pose questions.

Professor Moore's exams can be tricky, however, and include questions about details that were covered only briefly in class. That being said, it is imperative for you to approach either Professor Moore or one of the TAs if you did not catch a certain detail in lecture or missed a class in order to get complete notes for you to do well on the exams and weekly quizzes.

As everyone else says, she really is great!! Super entertaining, knowledgable and understanding. Course content is very interesting and relatable to the real world. Definitely a useful course that everyone should try to take. Exams can be a bit tricky, but relatively fair and if you put time into making the cheat sheets you can definitely do well on them. Only issue is the high cutoff for an A. Highly recommend taking this class with Professor Moore.

This course is amazing. I absolutely adore Sherri Moore. She is an amazing person and a great teacher. I think everyone should take this course because it is knowledge that we all should have. It is extremely relevant and useful for the real world. She moves through material quickly, but she makes it very relevant and uses examples that help for a more detailed understanding. There is no homework, just weekly quizzes on content. The exams can be pretty tricky, but she allows handwritten cheat sheets which are very helpful since there is a lot of content. I would absolutely recommend this course to everyone.

Every time you take an exam for professor Moore you'll have to fight the urge to scream "she never taught us about this" because that's exactly what happens. She goes through material so quickly that it's overwhelming and of course all notes must be handwritten or you'll be kicked out of class. Every exam the primary problem I had was not knowing what on earth the question was talking about. Sometimes exams will have like five questions about something she spent 2.5 seconds discussing in class. It's awful. Sometimes exams will test you on things that she didn't even write on the board or in the class outline. Obviously, don't take this class for fun (because it's not). The material is interesting but the way you get assessed on it is so irritating. again, DONT take this class unless you have to.

What can I say that hasn't been said? Sherri is an amazing teacher and lawyer and will have your back as such; she is willing to take student questions on real law concepts, and has been a champion in helping me understand valuable rights I have. I will say the structure of the lectures, in my opinion was slightly disappointing; I didn't love having my head down taking notes the entire class start to finish. And that is what you need to do as the tests are a lot of basic material and you can use cheat sheets. Overall, valuable content, incredible teacher, and a decent class structure make this a very good class.

Everyone says this is a top course at UVA, and for good reason. Sherri Moore is a phenomenal professor, in the sense that she connects with students in a friendly manner, but no one would ever cross her and respects her highly. My strategy for this class was to take good notes in class, then rewrite them in a separate notebook on Wednesday nights (Thursday quizzes). Before the test, make or find quizlets, review scenarios, and make a legible cheat sheet. I probably sunk 2 hours a week, plus an extra 5-6 the week of exams, and pulled an A- no sweat. The A is tough because it is a 95, but doable. Great class, not too hard, and the material is fascinating and very relevant; you learn so much about the legal system.

As everyone below me has mentioned and as anyone at this university will tell you, Sherri Moore is incredible. She is so funny and very wise and will be so real and open with her students. Definitely get to know Sherri Moore whether you take the class or not. However, I would agree with some of the reviews below me in that the class itself is a little overrated. Unless you are interested in law, you are likely to be pretty bored in the course. While Sherri tries to give interesting examples, some of the content is just extremely dry. Also, the class itself moves very fast and you have to hand-write notes extremely quickly (you are not allowed to have laptops out in class), and your hand will likely hurt by the end of class. It's also really difficult to catch every detail that she says because she moves so quickly and can be kind of unorganized. With that, I would also say that the exams are pretty tricky and detail-oriented. You HAVE to know all the small details and little exceptions to the laws, and how to apply them to real-world examples. The final exam was also one of the hardest exams I have taken at UVA. This is not an easy A class. If you study, you will probably get an A-. Don't think that you don't have to try to get an A in here. There are also weekly quizzes, which can be kind of annoying to study for and can be pretty specific. The class itself just was not my favorite, and I did not enjoy it nearly as much as everyone told me that I would. I would say that you should really question how much you are interested in the law before you take the class. But get to know Sherri Moore! She rocks!

Overrated. I wouldn’t take this class if you don’t have to. Sherri Moore is a wealth of knowledge, but her lectures take a great deal of effort. All notes must be handwritten and are very hard to keep up with, especially because of how much you will have to write each class. Weekly quizzes are extremely meticulous and do require you to study for them. Tests are also VERY detail oriented. I took this class because of all the great past recommendations, but things seemed much stricter and unnecessarily difficult this semester compared to what I heard about previous semesters.

sherri is easily the best professor on grounds, all of the learning is done in lecture so if you attend class and pay attention then you will most likely do well.

I highly recommend this class. The material is generally interesting and absolutely carries over to real life. Sherri Moore is a fantastic, and fun, lecturer and knows the material very well. This class requires very little work: go to every class, take good notes, study 30 minutes before the weekly quiz. Other than that, you will spend a few hours making a cheat sheet for the exams but that is it. If you go to class and put in the minimal effort to learn the material before exams, this class is not hard to get an A in.

Okay, let me start with this: I agree with all the reviews below. Yup. Every single one of them. Professor Moore is great and the class is interesting and it's more of an intro law class not a commercial law class but it's fun nonetheless yadayadayada. But I do take issue with people saying its a tough A. No it's not. Check the chart. It shows that 20% of the class gets an A. Not bad in my opinion. Advice to get an A is just pay attention in class. Most people zone out and that's how you get burned on the tests. Any minute detail can and will show up on one of the tests so just pay attention and you'll do fine. Dilly Dilly

Sherri Moore is super sweet and a very knowledgeable Professor. Like the reviewers before me, I will say it is tough to get an A. I pulled off an A this semester but it's hard because the cutoff is a 95. However, it is very manageable to get an A-. The class is entirely lecture based and everyone must take handwritten notes. At first it was annoying because I couldn't write as fast as she spoke but once I got used to it, I actually liked it. It's nice because every thing you have to study is in your notebook. You don't have to buy a textbook or refer to any homework. If you focus completely on what she says the entire time, you will do well. That being said, she does ask a few nuanced/specific questions on her tests which can seem unfair. You have to pay very close attention to random details and that can be the difference between an A and an A-. But if you get the overall information, you'll be fine. Also, she lets you do extra credit which makes your lowest quiz grade a 100 which is helpful. In regards to the material, it is more focused on civil law and there isn't a lot of commerce involved. However, it is a great introduction to the US legal system. There were many non-Comm students in my class. Also, Professor Moore is fairly easy to follow in class and she usually writes out tough concepts on the board. I definitely recommend taking this class! Also, go to the last lecture!

IMO this class is overrated. Professor Moore is extremely engaging and passionate about law, but she can be a bit disorganized when her lecture diverts from the outlines. I am also not a fan of the structure of this course; no readings or anything to engage students more with the subject beyond 1 quiz you study for a week. I also think the "extra credit" policy- attending either one mock trial or writing 2 article response papers to make up at best 2% of your grade- is quite unreasonable for the amount of time you have to spend on such a small percentage of your grade. On the matter of grades, don't take this class if you expect to get an A, as the cutoff for that is a 95, and then an A- is 90-95. Do go to her last lecture though, it was very inspiring.

Great professor. Boring materials. Annoying exams. Frustrating grading. Have little to do with "Commerce," while you can learn about the US legal system on Youtube in an hour.

Just take it.

While Prof. Moore's lecturing style did much to liven the material up, this course feels a little misrepresented by the description and the other reviews. It is not a class about commercial law, but rather American civil law writ large. There's some in contract law and a tiny bit about the UCC (literally one article) that deals with business in particular, but that's it. No compliance, no ethics, no anticompetition. Even worse for an undergraduate course COMM 3410 deals exclusively with current fact, no theory. The course and the tests are 90% the law itself, treating it as fixed and rigid. In this regard, the class is comparable to high school, which is as boring as one would expect. The grade is 80% determined by tests which allow for a cheat sheet. While this makes the class straightforward as anything, it also means that the evaluation for knowing the law is an evaluation of rote memory.

This class was extremely interesting and applicable to every day life. Also, even if you are not interested in pursuing a career in law, Sherri Moore is an amazing, inspirational lecturer! She made even the dry material (property law) interesting and she was great at engaging the class. She is always available for office hours, and I highly recommend to take advantage of them and get to know her outside of class. The class is easy. Read over your notes before tests and quizzes and write really small on your cheat sheets. It was very possible to write all of your notes from each section on the cheat sheets if you wrote small enough. Great class, even better professor!

To begin, yes Sherri Moore is a legend - you don't need another person telling you that to figure out it's true. She is great, hands down. Get to know her whether you take this class or not.

However, I was a bit disappointed with the class itself. I had to take it since it is a comm requirement, but I wouldn't recommend it if you don't have to take it. A few reasons:

1) You have to hand write notes in class, and she moves so quickly that your hand is in pain by the end of it. Also, if you aren't laser focused through the whole hour, you will 100% miss some tiny detail that shows up on the quiz or test. Frustrating. That leads me to my next point...

2) The tests. It's not that they are hard, they are just annoying. I welcome a challenging question that requires critical thinking - we go to college to learn, and good tests teach you things. However, Sherri asks so many questions that involve knowing a specific exception to a law that only applies to the state of New Jersey or something. So you need to be lucky on two fronts: one, you were paying attention during lecture when she mentioned some tiny specific nuance and wrote it down; and two, you decided to include it in your cheat sheet. See what I mean? The 100 question final wasn't fun either.

3) The weekly quizzes were pretty annoying. Not that they were hard either, but it was just something that you needed to do every single week. It got exhausting by the end of the semester. Too much work for a 4th year.

I definitely learned some useful things, but nothing a YouTube video titled "Useful things to know about the U.S. Legal system in 1 hour!" wouldn't have taught me. Hope this clears stuff up for people.

I recommend this course, with some reservations. Sherri Moore is an excellent lecturer, and extremely knowledgeable about the subject matter. The tests are fair, especially if you use your cheat sheets effectively, while an A is still hard to get. The quizzes are every week and usually not too tricky. The only problem with this class is really its structure. She doesn't allow computers, phones, etc. so the only notetaking is by hand. There's also no textbook or online notes, so the only way to get the info is to go to class and handwrite lecture notes for about an hour (class usually ends early) every single lecture of the semester. No computers is a fair policy, and her being a good lecturer largely makes up for it, but there is really not one lecture all semester where you don't handwrite notes for the entirety of the class. That said, the content is extremely interesting, and Sherri Moore is definitely a professor worth having, so if you can get over the structure of the course, it's well worth it.

professor moore is anything but overrated, hands down the best professor I've had at UVa

Sherri Moore is the best professor that I have ever had. She makes the class incredibly interesting and you will learn SO much in this class. She cares so much about her students and the material that she is teaching. This class is the first class I ever recommend to someone when they ask for an interesting class. Do not leave UVA without taking this class!!

This class is very overrated. I came in here expecting to be in the 'best class at UVa'... and I was disappointed. I guess I had high expectations before I came in. Don't get me wrong though, it was a great class. Sherri Moore is a phenomenal and inspirational woman. She tries her best to keep lectures engaging; however, she's not the best lecturer. She bounces around the course outline and spend 1-2 sentences on a few topics... which makes it nearly impossible to keep up. The class is very restrictive as well. It almost feels like I'm in middle school. She kicks you out if you use an electronic device (fortunately, I take notes on paper for all my classes), she calls you out when you leave early or fall asleep, and she gives you a mean glare if you come in late. She doesn't teach off the book, making it impossible to pass if you don't show up to lecture. There's nothing to study other than your notes and if you missed something, you're screwed. She doesn't post her notes because she's self conscious that less people will show up. College classes should revolve around the success of the students, not forcing students to show up to your class. The structure of the class in general is just very poor. That being said, I would still recommend this class. Sherri Moore is a very sweet person. She's an amazing advisor and really loves to get to know her students. The class has no homework other than studying for the weekly quizzes (which takes like 1 hour) and studying for the exams (~6-8 hours, but very occasional). You're allowed to bring a hand written cheat sheet to the exams, which helps. One of the reviews said you get extra credit for making a cheat sheet: that's a lie. There's a quiz drop extra credit but it's almost worthless. The material starts off dry, but becomes much more interesting when you reach Contract Laws. A lot of the stuff is very applicable to life and it's a great feeling! Getting an A is extremely difficult (95+)... so don't expect it to be that easy. I think I held a 98 all semester and blew it on the final. (which was much more difficult compared to the first two exams and worth 50% of your final grade) Overall, a pretty worthwhile class. Applicable class with a sweet professor and very minimal work. You probably won't get an A unless you put in a ton of work and religiously go to office hours. The class does have a very restricted feel to it, so if you enjoy your 'college freedom', you should probably stay away.

Sherri Moore is the most amazing teacher I had this semester! Make sure to study for the midterms and do well on all of the quizzes. They will buffer your grade for the final because it is weighted 50%

Test 1: 15%
Test 2: 15%
Clicker Quizzes (10 total): 20%
Final Exam: 50%

chill class

This has been my favorite class so far at UVa. I am a first year, and Sherri Moore normally doesn't allow first years in this class. However, I shot her an email and she did not hesitate to allow me to enroll. If you have any interest in law at all, like I do, TAKE THIS CLASS! And even if you don't, Professor Moore gives you some pretty solid and applicable legal advice that can be useful to anyone. There are weekly iClicker quizzes, your lowest of which, if you do extra credit, she will drop and replace with a 100. Your only grades in the class are these quizzes and the three exams you take during the semester, but the exams are very straightforward and she allows you 2 cheat sheets, 3 for the final (you can fit all of your notes from the semester on the 3 sheets of paper, I promise you; write small). However, I will warn that because of the nature of cheat sheets, she can justify asking you very complex questions that involve the petty information that you didn't think to write down. Other than this, she is a very dynamic lecturer and it was not difficult to pay attention the whole class; I was actually sad when I got sick and had to miss lecture. So long as you take good notes, this class is an easy B+, a little more difficult to get an A because the final is 50% of your grade. I would highly recommend it to anyone! It's amazing!
P.S. - be sure to go to her "last lecture." You won't regret it! There won't be a dry eye in the room.

Definitely not an easy A, but an easy A-. This class is honestly worth it even for the A- if you have a difficult workload because it allows you to focus on your other classes and is really fun. Professor Moore is the best lecturer I've ever had and although you can't use technology in class, they go by fast/she ends early a lot of the time. She makes the curriculum as applicable to us as possible, really cares for her students and doesn't take the class too seriously in the sense that she understands that no class or death means life or death which I really admire and appreciate. There are weekly 15 minute quizzes but other than that, not much else required for the class other than making the cheatsheets before the exams which can take quite a few hours (but you only have to do it three times a semester). Even if you don't plan on pursuing commerce or law, you should take this class if you are ever looking for an "easy A" because those don't exist, but this class is a gem and you learn basic things that are actually helpful to use in real life (property law, tort law, contract law).

NOT an easy A - definitely an easy easy A- though!! And super fun

This was arguably my favorite course this past semester, and for good reason. Not only is Sherri Moore a fantastic lecturer who makes an otherwise dry subject reasonably riveting and exciting, the overall course material teaches you fairly relevant information that could be useful to your life in general. It helps break down an oftentimes misunderstood topic in the form of law and clearly lays it out, something which is a big credit to the work that Professor Moore does in this class. Be ready to take notes - and good notes too - because they will be your primary study source for the two midterms and the final, in addition to the plethora of smaller quizzes throughout the semester. Don't worry too much about needing the textbook, because I never used mine over the course of the class, since my notes basically fulfilled that function for me instead. Honestly, if you just pay attention in class, everything really should make logical sense and flow from one area to another, effectively "clicking" which will make your life much easier outside of class. I would wholeheartedly recommend this class, simply because it teaches people about an important aspect to their daily lives which they may not pay attention to or may overlook.

I didn't think that she was as great as everyone makes her out to be. She has a lot of energy which not many professors have which was a big plus. However, she doesn't let you use laptops for notes, which can get annoying when she goes back and adds stuff to what she has already written. This class was outside of my usual class, be it that it was more just memorization and then slight application with random details/exceptions to cases. Basically just go to every class, detail every thing she says, and remember all the exceptions to the laws.

Sherri Moore is the best professor at UVa. Hands down. She is inspiring and she has a gift for teaching. Take. Her. Class. She can take any topic, I kid you not, let's say paint drying for the sake of discussion, and turn it into the most interesting thing you have ever heard in your life. She will make herself available to you and she has an incredible story. You will feel sad when the time runs out at the end of class, and you will feel the need to take Comm Law II, because she is just that awesome. I believe the grading break down was two midterms 20% each, a final worth 50%, and 10 clicker questions every Thursday totaling to 100 questions worth 10% of your grade. She allows you to make a "cheat sheet" for each of your tests of two sides for the midterms and three sides for the final in any font which helps when you get stuck, but really helps you learn the material.

Again, she is awesome. You will not regret it, and it will be applicable to your life no matter what your profession is. Take. This. Class.

Sherri Moore: if you're reading this, let me first say thank you for making my semester absolutely incredible and I love you. Never before have I genuinely looked forward to coming to a class and gotten sad when I check the time and see that class is almost over. I have so many great memories from this class I could go on forever about, but what stuck out to me most was seeing you walk down the aisle to the front of the lecture hall before class started every day with your big, happy (and contagious) smile. I truly believe that you're not only the best professor at UVA, but one of the most genuine, funny, and kind people I've ever met.

I came into the class with a slight interest in law and mainly signed up for the class on a whim. However, I was thoroughly engaged in each lecture and found the material relevant and interesting. I'm not going to say it caused me to totally rethink my career path, but it did get me very interested in the world of law and wanting to learn more!

If I could take this class again, I would. Thank you, Sherri Moore, for a wonderful semester and I cannot wait to be back in a little over a month for Comm Law 2!

TL;DR, We need more Sherri Moores on this planet, and if you have any remote interest in the subject (you do), you've got to take this course.

Awesome class. Professor makes the class easy to sit through and you learn a lot without having to do much work. Highly recommend taking this class!

All about the notes and focusing in class. BEST professor at UVA!!!

The best class i've taken at this school/in my life. Sherri is an amazing woman and if you disrespect her i will kill u because you are trash. Also, because a 95 is an A it is a little difficult but getting an A- is a walk in the park. No outside reading just pay attention and don't go on your phone or you will pay the price.

Prof Moore's great lecturer. Not much work besides the textbook readings and attending lectures(a must!). Your grade is 80% based on the three tests

The class is very interesting and she is hilarious. There is a weekly online quiz that is 20% of your grade. The final is 50% and the rest is split between two midterms. All are multiple choice. No homework. If you want to pass then you must go to class. An A- or B+ are doable, but an A is difficult. Both of the midterms had an 87 average and she said the final averages a 90. I would take it again.

Preaching to the choir here but Sherri Moore is AMAZING. She's such a likable person and professor, and makes what could easily be a dry subject entertaining with plenty of personal stories and jokes. Definitely goes beyond what a normal professor of a huge class would do to try to connect with her students. The class has almost no work besides an online quiz every Friday that is really easy if you go to every class and take good notes. Cheat sheets come in clutch for exams, but there's always a few questions that will be trickily worded or seem like that can have multiple answers--the rest is very straightforward. Studying in groups definitely helps to clear up some of the confusing topics she goes over. Overall, Sherri is the GOAT and I could not recommend this class enough.

Everyone says it, but Professor Moore is fantastic - probably the best professor here. She is so knowledgeable on the topic, she's passionate about it, and she's hilarious. She's generous with cancelling classes or quizzes, as well. She has a rule of throwing out test questions that have less than 50% of people getting them right, so she's also very fair.

There are two midterms (each worth 15%), a final (worth 50%) and 10 quizzes (worth 20%). She automatically drops your lowest quiz grade and usually offers extra credit opportunities (attending a mock trial at the law school or attending a lecture/panel) that will allow you to drop another low quiz grade.

Would 110% recommend.

I took this class expecting an easy A, and while it wasn't too difficult, I didn't get an A. There is no outside work, which is nice, but the tests have very specific questions, so you really need to study to do well. The grade came from two midterms and a final, as well as weekly clicker quizzes which were pretty simple. Sherri Moore is one of the most popular professors, and she definitely lived up to expectations, but don't use your cell phone or she WILL call you out. Overall I thought it was an interesting class and pretty easy, but it could get dull at times if you're not super interested in business law.

Took this class last sem, Sherri Moore's definitely one of the best profs I've come across, and this class is totally worth taking. She's really clear in class and provides nice little anecdotes to explain her points, so as long as you go to every class, take notes religiously, and truly understand the content (live and breathe comm law), you should do pretty well for the exams. Her questions could seem ambiguous at times; it helps to not overthink - she has repeatedly told me/us that she's not out to trick you, and truly she isn't. It's harder to get an A now without the 10% attendance grades, but it's still a relatively manageable class. Teaches you a lot - I went in with zero knowledge of the law and learnt so much after one sem, so, yes, definitely do take it.

Sherri Moore is awesome as a professor! She really makes dull material engaging and interesting and is very approachable. Also, you get a 2 page cheat-sheet on exams. I would highly recommend the class, but there are some problems. Moore's test questions are incredibly vague. Because the material is very specific and scenario-based, the vague question often have an ambiguous answer. My friend joked that she probably drinks two bottles of wine before writing the test. As a result, it really doesn't matter how much you study. Whether it be two hour or 15, you'll probably get an A-. Also, some of the material that she teaches is just wrong. The textbook that she tells you to buy actually contradicts some of the stuff she says during lecture. This leads to confusion in studying because you don't know whether to study. A really enjoyable class, but it has its faults.

Not an easy A... Not at all... However, if you put in maximum 30 minutes studying each week for the weekly quiz, you will get 10/10 on the quizzes.
If you study 4 hours for the first midterm, 7 hours for the second midterm, and 12 hours for the final, you will probably end up with an A-
The only people who could possibly get As in this course will be the ones who spend at least 2 hours each week studying and two days studying for the exams.
There are very difficult questions on the exams, albeit most of the exam is easy (hence the large number of A-). Those few really difficult questions will just depend on how extreme you are about getting an A in the course. There is a HUGE diminishing marginal return on studying past the numbers I listed above, and if you have nothing better to do than to study THAT hard for this course, you should enroll in more credits, haha :P

FAVORITE CLASS I have taken at UVA. First, Sherri is an amazing professor. She is a great lecturer: she explains information extremely well and is hilarious and engaging. Furthermore, she is super approachable and very kind during office hours. No reading is necessary, just show up, take good notes, and do well on the weekly quizzes, which are not that challenging. Great class, I would recommend this class to anyone because the information is also really useful and practical!

this class is great and very applicable to life - sometimes it gets into the nitty gritty of laws and since I'm not a law person that isn't the most interesting, but Moore does a really good job of explaining concepts and cases so all students can understand. attendance isn't technical mandatory but the tests come straight from her lectures (and there's a lot of info - come prepared to take lots of notes), and there are easy weekly quizzes based on lecture. #tcf2016

Great class if you don't mind taking notes at a really fast pace for an hour and fifteen minutes straight. Tests are totally based on lecture and so attendance is pretty important to get the notes. Weekly quizzes are easy and based on the previous 2 lectures ‪#‎tcf2016‬

This class was fantastic! Professor Moore was wonderful and there was no outside work. I'm interested in law, so this was a great pre-law course, but even for people not pursuing a law career this course gives you important background knowledge about the basics. I always enjoyed going to class and would really recommend it to anyone!

Great class, and professor Moore keeps it fun with stories and examples and loves to relate comm law to what's going on at UVa and around the US. There's an in-class 5-or-so-question clicker quiz every class and she doesn't drop any (although you can do extra credit to get the equivalent of an extra quiz, and if you completely miss a class you can make it up in office hours - but only a couple times). She reviews before every quiz so unless you're brain-dead these are nothing to sweat, especially since you can't be on your phone in class or she'll call you out in front of the entire 300-person lecture. Since you get a 2-sided cheat sheet every midterm and 3 sides of paper for the final, it's a pretty easy A-, although you are going to have to stay on top of things for an A because there are a fair few picky questions on the exam

Take this class!! I learned so much and Sherri Moore is the best professor ever. Take advantage of her office hours because she will help you so much! You get cheat sheets for the test so the tests are super easy. It helps to study in groups and compare lecture notes but as long as you take good notes this class is nothing to stress about. Highly recommend!!

Professor Moore is the best! Would recommend to anyone interested in law or not!

I highly recommend this class, not only because Sherri Moore is absolutely amazing, but also because it teaches you about your basic rights (which is extremely important). You get a "cheat sheet" on every test, so they're not that hard at all. My only advice would be to study for the weekly (10 point) quizzes- I didn't do too well on them so that ended up bringing my grade down a little. Overall, this class was one of my favorite classes that I've taken at UVA. please take it

Very cool course that teaches you a lot of interesting and important information about law. There isn't any homework besides studying for the weekly quizzes. You have to take a lot of notes in class but Sherri is an awesome teacher who makes the material interesting and fun. I recommend going to office hours even if just to talk to her since she is so cool. 95 for an A but it is pretty doable if you keep up with the material.

This class isn't as easy as everyone makes it seems, because an A is now a 95%. However, Sherri Moore is my favorite professor at UVA because of this class, and I would highly recommend it to anyone.

Great, relatively easy but still very interesting class that I highly recommend! Prof Moore was by far my favorite professor this semester! She definitely knows her stuff and you can tell she really cares about her students. No need to buy the textbook, just be sure to take really good in-class notes! People say it's an easy A class, but there is a lot of material and the grade cutoff for an A is somewhat high (95+) so you do need to prepare for the class. Overall, one of my favorite classes at UVa so far! Definitely recommend.

Professor Moore is the best person ever. She is very entertaining and enthusiastic. She really cares about her students and helps you learn everything you need during class so hardly any outside of class time is necessary. Don't buy the textbook you don't need it. Everyone should take this class before they graduate because Professor Moore is just that awesome.

Wow Sherri Moore is an amazing professor, take this class just for her! Out of my three semesters of college, she has been one of the best professors. This class is a great introduction to the legal system, and some of the material could get boring, but Sherri explains it with such clear, relatable (& funny!) examples, that is easy to understand.

There is no required textbook (Don't buy it!) Just make sure you take great in-class notes and always attend lecture! Write down everything she says, especially if she says something is important! There is no homework, but there are weekly 10 question clicker quizzes. (They're not too bad as long as you review your notes before class, and she drops the lowest one) There are two Multiple choice midterms worth 15%, quizzes are worth 20% total, and a cumulative final worth 50%. There is a TON of information, but Professor Moore allows students to create your own cheat sheet and bring it to the exam, so you can type in a really small font all the important details from your notes and you should be fine. Overall, not too hard to get an A if you put in a good effort, but if you skip class, don't take good notes, or don't create good cheat sheets, it can be hard because there is a TON of information. A lot of my pre-law friends loved this class as well. (I'm a pre-commerce 2nd year btw)

In summary: Take the class, Moore is amazing, material is interesting/relevant/good to know whatever your career field may be, but make sure you take good notes.

I highly recommend this class to everyone, regardless of your major. Prof. Moore does an incredible job of making the material interesting and applicable to a college student (Example: how to not get arrested for underage drinking). You do have to take a lot of notes during class and make sure they are good notes, but like everyone else said, there is no need to buy the book. The tests are very straightforward, but you really have to understand the material to pull of a solid A because some of the questions are tricky. Nonetheless this class is a worthwhile introduction to the American legal system (with an emphasis on business law) that everyone should learn.

Sherri Moore is a fantastic professor, one of the best at the university. This course is quite interesting, and it is a requirement for the Comm School. Three exams (including a cumulative final) make up the bulk of the grade, as well as weekly five question quizzes that are pretty simple so long as you aren't snoozing through class. One thing that this course does require of you is diligent note taking, because all of the exams are based ENTIRELY on her lectures. The textbook is optional, so DON'T buy it because that's a waste of 90 bucks. Overall, a highly recommended course.

Sherri Moore is awesome.

This class is definitely one of my favorite classes at UVA and is probably one of the only classes that will apply to everyone regardless of which major you have! Sherri Moore really just wants everyone to understand the material and cares about her students as human beings. The midterms are not hard as long as you make a good cheat sheet and take good notes throughout the semester and she throws out any problems that at least 50% of the class doesn't answer correctly. The quizzes once a week are straight forward and if you put in any effort at all, you're guaranteed to get a good grade!

Sherri Moore is a great professor who is very knowledgeable and makes the material relevant and applicable to students. No need to read the textbook; just go to lecture and take good notes to study for the three exams, which are all pretty manageable. Overall highly recommend this course for anyone.