Reviews of professor Diba Mani

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
All lectures were pre-recorded by professor Ahlgren. Mani's exams were 40 questions 50 minutes. The exams were fairly easy if you watched the lectures and read the textbook. I had professor Mani during the corona pandemic. She was the most accommodating professor I ever had. She extended the normal 50 min testing period to 2 hours.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Mani is a tough teacher. It is like she wants to see her students fail. She is not empathetic and is by the book. Her exams are difficult and her lectures are long and boring. lab is in person and online. Do the worksheets read the book attend lectures. You could pass, but office hours are needed because the course is loaded with information.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Mani's class is difficult, with detailed exams. However, doing well in the class is attainable with hard studying and consistent attendance. She is very caring about individual student needs, and actually took the time to make the lab quizzes online for me when I was having health issues this semester and couldn't attend in person.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class is so awful and unorganized. Our slides were insanely long and confusing. The quizzes also barely covered lecture content and were worded terribly so it was really hard to do well. Diba Mani was nice but she is an AWFUL lecturer. If you can please take this class with another person.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class was honestly a waste of my time so if you need to take it then just take it with someone else because Diba gives tons of busy work and then gives us a midterm and a final on nothing we have learned. The content is simple but she words her exams to make it difficult to understand what she's asking.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Mani was clear in her expectations, even the one exam. Plenty of open book activities to counter the test & short quizzes & review sheet to prep for it. No issue with fairness. Did presentations on research papers, which is useful for resume & post-grad interviews. More than fair grading on those with constructive feedback. Accessible format!