Reviews of professor Jose Cortina

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Tests are hard. Must read the textbook. He gave us an google spreadsheet to help us plot out our grades, but it didn't make any sense. Would have been better if he used Excel. He cares about his students and tries to get to know you and help you when you ask. Pop Quizzes, Final is optional and offers extra credit.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
EASY!! participate every other class(he's watching), READ the textbook(take notes) and listen/take notes of vid lectures to be prepped for discussion/pop quizzes. Thats literally all I did to get an A. Plus at the end he gives extra credit. You CANNOT miss a quiz. This was a very informational class he talked to us like we were his colleagues.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Since I took this class fully online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this class felt more difficult and the grading was harsh. I wasted my money buying the textbook. Only opened it once during the beginning of the semester and has been closed ever since. I didnt take this class seriously and it shouldve been an easy A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I love Cortina, he's really great and caring. However, at the beginning of the year I wrote off how difficult it would be. Exams were hard, and until I read the textbook i did terrible. Possibility of a pop quiz every class. 4 exams, one dropped or optional final. All lecture, no group or busy work. Spring 18 was first sem at VCU from GMU

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you put in the effort you'll do just fine. He's really passionate about what he teaches and he wants his students to succeed. The exams are really hard, you need to study A LOT. He gives study guides and there's a pop quiz almost every other class. DON't MISS CLASS UNLESS YOU HAVE TO, everything is exam/lecture based & somewhat textbook

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
It was a fun class, he made the material interesting by cracking jokes and providing real-life examples of the material. However, the tests were sometimes unnecessarily hard, and there are no phones or computers allowed in class (only hand-written notes). Only tests and quizzes, no writing or projects except for the introduction thread.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
His quizzes are easy as long as you take notes and read a bit of the text book, I highly recommend writing down notes. You're also not allowed to use laptops or phones in this class.