Reviews of professor Virginia Riel

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She is an absolute pleasure and tries her best to accommodate all her students and their needs. It is a theories class so be prepared to read and take notes. She grades very fairly, and everything is open-note. Totally recommend Dr.Riel for this class!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Ms Riel is amazing. She really cares about her students. She would always check on our mental health and well being before starting class which was awesome. She makes class fun and interesting even if the topic is boring!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
If you are looking for an easy GEP class, this is it. Professor was kind and you could tell she cared about her students and wanted them to do well. Class was slightly boring and you had to attend class for credit, but as long as you show up, it will be an easy A+ and you shouldn't have to study much. There's even extra credit if you need it.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Riel truly cared about her students and she always tried to connect us with resources. Her lectures were boring and it was hard to pay attention. They also weren't recorded. There are in-class quizzes every week, so be prepared to attend class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Riel has a tendancy to ramble and get off track, that coupled with the lectures always being nothing but notes makes it hard to follow at times.  However, the class is very easy and she actually shows she cares about her students through actions not words.  Not hard but not exciting.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Riel is caring, but her lectures are boring and heavy. She doesn't give out lecture slides and assumes you will write down everything she says and shows. There are two required books, two discussion posts a week, one quiz and in class assignment a week, an essay and two tests. You have to read and study to do well since lectures aren't helpful

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This class isn't very hard but her lectures are pretty boring. She tries to make them less boring, but with 200+ people in a room nobody wants to talk in front of everybody. Usually one exercise in class thats easy every other lecture, the other lecture is a quiz that's easy. One annotated bibliography, a midterm and a final are most of your grade.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Riel seems kind and is passionate about the course material. Unfortunately, when struggling with poor mental health this semester, my few absences caused my grade to suffer. She strongly enforces attendance and make up work policies-felt extremely unsympathetic given the nature of the mental health struggle across campus this semester.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
did like going to this class (night class 6-8:45) . she was nice but also does not teach the information very well, so the class was hard, especially the quizzes and tests. Had to read A LOT to understand what was going on.  also we had lecture and right after and quiz on what is was about with no study time.