Reviews of professor Claire Berger

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
A very accessible and kind professor that is willing to work with you, though not the most effective educator. Dr. Berger tends to over-complicate even the simplest topics, and is not the most familiar with technology so her virtual lectures were often plagued with technical difficulties. I'd recommend taking physics with another professor

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Berger is not a good lecturer while the course coordinator, Professor Munoz is amazing. I did not feel ready for tests after attending Professor Berger's lectures and had to learn everything on my own. The class is structured fairly and the group work in addition to online resources are really helpful to succeed in the course.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Berger is very passionate about her lectures, but often does not focus on test-related material in a way that gives clear understanding of what is expected on exams. She works hand-in-hand with Dr. Alicea-Munoz, the course coordinator, which can make this class much more reasonable as you have access to Dr. Alicea's video lecture recordings.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very sweet and enthusiastic professor, but lectures were generally unhelpful. I know this class is meant to be an overview of modern physics, but it truly felt like equations were being thrown at us with little motivation. This would be fine if attendance wasn't for points which made us go to these unhelpful lectures.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you ask to meet outside of class, she'll always make time.
She genuinely cares about your learning.
She is not tech-savvy, so do not take this professor online.
French accent might make the already dense PHYS 2212 content difficult to follow, so be prepared to show up to lecture and pay attention.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The only redeeming part about her class is that it's a Modern section. Comparing her to the other modern prof, Alicia-Munoz, the way Berger lectures makes no sense. The entire class is pretty much lost during every lecture, she just doesn't explain the concept or how its used. By a few weeks in half the class was watching Alicia's material instead.