Reviews of professor Devaleena Das

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Gender and Sexuality is a seemingly straightforward class with discussions, two tests, and one big semester project. This class was online, and I was interested in the subject and thought it would be an easy class. It absolutely was not. Dr. Das' instructions are extremely unclear, and grades extremely harshly on assignments that are poorly worded.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Lectures are pretty boring, most of it a discussion of the readings on Canvas. She grades on attendance, but most lectures aren't necessary. There's a group project that isn't too difficult, and the 2 tests are online and are open-note. I mainly showed up to the review class before tests and copied the answers she gave to the test questions. Easy A

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I didn't show up to class for a month straight and still got an A. 90% of the material covered in this class is common sense, and the other 10% can be found quicker and easier with a Google search than through lecture. We had two exams which made up almost the whole grade. Both were online and could be done from home (even the final.) Pointless.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This professor was just okay. A lot of times her lectures turned into rants by her and the other students which felt nice, but ultimately I never feel like I learn much. The weekly discussions and posters are easy. Her class is 100 points and 96/100 is an A. I missed one discussion post worth 5 and my GPA suffers because of a lib ed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Das is incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about Women's Studies and feminism. She really solidified my desire to study the subject. Make sure to go to most of the lectures and read the materials.