Reviews of professor Shira Viel

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Shira is very kind and clearly passionate about teaching. Lectures are recorded and attendance isn't required, so I didn't show up to any lectures yet she still learned my name and said hello to me on test days. The grade is very test heavy, but she curved it a little at the end of the semester and allowed test corrections for the first two tests.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Shira was a great calculus professor, although she taught Calc 1 her class was definitely challenging and work heavy. However, there are several resources Prof. Shira provides to help her students. In order to do well on the homework and tests be prepared to study and attend any office hours if necessary.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Shira is such a sweet woman! She cares deeply about her students doing well and does do her best to ensure that they do. That being said, her tests are pretty hard, and the course relies heavily on your grade on those. Additionally, the homework is graded with a lot of scrutiny but the TA's in the Math Help Room will help you do very well on those.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Viel saves all the hardest problems for the end of lecture, grades on every minor detail, and does not understand your questions when you ask her. Tests are way harder than anything you learn in class; however, the TAs and the Math Help Room make the class bearable. Good luck.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Super difficult grader, final is difficult and hard to prep for, grad TAs make the quality of instruction unstandardized

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She often speeds up and runs out of time during lectures but is a decent lecturer. Lectures and notes are often available online, but occasionally there is no sound for the video. Tests are difficult and focus a lot on notation and very particular applications of the derivative. Very difficult class even after taking calc 2 in high school.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Viel has an attitude that can be compared to Dolores Umbridge's in the Harry Potter books. She's very nice but that gets a little bit annoying sometimes. Tests are pretty hard, and important new material gets covered in the last 10 minutes of the class, thus it can be confusing. Nonetheless, you learn a lot from this course.