I really enjoyed having Gardner as a professor and I think she deserves a better rating. Her grading scheme was 35% midterm, 35% final, 30% assignments (broken down into 4 assignments: 10%, 9%, 8%, 1% and then a 5th assignment that was pass/no pass but I think everyone basically passes it). The assignments are super straightforward and I got above 96% on all of them. The pass/no pass assignment takes around 14-20 hours total but it honestly helps you prepare for the midterm soooo much. Her midterm and final are exactly like the course reader and she also assigns textbook problems that aren't graded. A lot of people I know didn't do them and still got A's in the class but I found them super helpful. That being said, you still need to study pretty hard for the exams and I studied at least 5 days in advance because her exams are content heavy. The exams are all free response which is honestly really nice because you receive a lot of partial credit. She also gave 3% extra credit for filling out the course evaluation and curved our midterm so an A-/A was an 84. I went to her office hours a few times for career help and help with the material and she is really nice and wants you to do well. She brought the Big 4 Accounting Firms to our class to help us network so you can tell she wants you to do well and prepare for your career.

By FAR the hardest class I have ever taken. This course has long and pointless assignments which are expected to take 20-40 hours, and have nothing to do with the actual class and tests. Pretty much tons of pointless busy work which takes hours and distracts you from the actual class. Lectures are not recorded so you have to go. Midterms and finals are extremely hard, I believe the average was a C-D and she still didnt curve it. Horrible class, wait another quarter or 2 to take this class with Woo.

Only take this class if are willing to spend a ton of time on it. There are 4 large assignments that each take up a large amount of time (Assignment 2 is supposed to take 20-40 hours), and most of them are not helpful for learning the actual course material. Lectures are not recorded, so it's important to attend lecture in-person otherwise you will miss a lot. The midterm and final are difficult and there is no multiple choice. The only redeeming parts of the class is that Gardner is a good and engaging lecturer and you will learn the material quite well. However, if there is the option to take it with Woo, do it. This class is not easy even though the material is, which sucks considering it's an intro course.

The class is time intensive, with many assignments that take a lot of time out of lecture. However, if you put in the time, you will learn so many useful life skills and useful information through this class. Would recommend.

This class is just not as bad as some people have made it seem. The only thing that was annoying for me was that she doesn't record lectures so you do have to go to class. My major has nothing to do with this field but I found it really interesting, and the assignments are relevant to improving your financial literacy. You do have to study a lot of material for the exams but it's doable and I could have gotten a better grade if I had put more time into it, so an A is definitely possible for everybody you just have to be willing to put effort in (which is easier to do if you think you will find this content interesting). Getting the textbook was virtually useless so you don't really have to buy it, I used it once to look up the directions for an assignment but you could probably get a classmate to send you the information.

Gardner is a really amazing and super engaging lecturer. She is somehow able to make the boringness of accounting interesting. Her assignments are extremely tedious but aren't intellectually challenging or particularly difficult. Exams were quite difficult and it was hard to tell what to expect, but if you just study out of the course reader you'll be fine. I'm taking 1B with Woo right now, and I think the fundamentals taught by Gardner are extremely beneficial. If you just put in minimal effort for this class, you'll be great and probably really successful in future accounting classes.

I like how she teaches; she is intelligent, but her assignments are terrible. For our assignments, we were forced to write more everything on paper for some reason. I wrote more than 3000 words BY HAND, which took me 5 hours, whereas that could've been done in 20 minutes with MS word. I admit I'm not the best at writing, but still, I just don't see how writing by hand makes sense. Some of the questions in the homework were also biased and didn't really have to do with class material.

do not take this class if you don't need to... seriously you are better off waiting another quarter to get woo. genuinely one of the worst lecturers I have ever listened to and is a professor that clearly gives no craps about her students. better off not going to lecture at all and studying from her recorded lectures. she harps on how to be a millionaire rather than properly explaining the principles of accounting. she also sends out her stupid study guide that is so vague and basically tells you to memorize her entire course reader two days before the exams. her assignments take forever to do (i've spent maybe over 120 hours on them) and she only puts one in at the end of the day that is based on peer evaluation. DO NOT take this class, this class is genuinely too much work for what its worth.

I am a sophomore, and I have taken about 13 courses now - some in Math and some in Astronomy. I have worked with many professors, good and bad. But this professor is literally the worst I could ever get. The class starts with an over-enthusiastic start, and you feel that there are good things to come. But that is not the case, the start is just compensation for the terrible learning experience you will have. Management 1A does not have complex content - but it does have a difficult professor. Gardner is so bad that, me who has done many Accounting internships in the past, somehow gets confused. She teaches things in a way to make her subject sound more complex than it is and she talks like she is trying to be a theatre girl. It is so annoying sitting in her lecture and constantly losing the point she tries to make and figuring out the definitions of the twenty key terms she wants to use every single sentence. There is so no need for management to be explained like a complex quantum physics topic, but somehow, I believe I could do much better at quantum physics than management with this professor.

I am taking this class with some friends, and a lot of them are dropping the major because of how Garnder teaches this class. Her assignments and workload, and exams are a completely different story. They are overly long, unnecessarily created and are just making the learning experience worse for everyone. Also, she is high-strung in her ways, does not take criticism and asks you to print everything on paper and will deduct credit if not done. If you are trying to take Management 1A, then take it with Woo (the other professor) and it will be much less taxing on your mind.

Honestly, when I was in this class I was bitter that I got an A- but now that I don't have Gardner anymore I realize how I miss having her as professor. She is honestly one of the best professors I have ever had, the way in which she teaches is incredibly clear, and her lecture notes are very very helpful.