Reviews of professor Manjeet Birk

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The first two reviews of this prof make no sense, considering the class hasn't even ended yet at the time I've posted this. Overall, her lectures are amazing, and her slides are well-organized and clear. You can tell she cares about the subject matter and is careful to give content warnings. Doesn't post her slides online, so go to class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you take this class, be prepared to get unclear grading criteria. Prof Birk will at most give 2-3 sentences of direction for an assignment worth 20+ percent of your grade. Also, participation matters, even though your TA will have no clue who you are! So, show up for tutorials.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Birk is a haughty professor, no doubt a knowledgeable woman, but with little tolerance for opinions other than her own. Her TA Baia is a nightmare, both of them have unclear grading standards. Lectures are far too reliant on boring, drawn-out stories of individual experiences of students. A total disaster at receiving criticism, so beware!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Birk wasn't terrible, but definitely would have liked to see more from her, especially introducing this new course. Found it very hard to focus sometimes as she just reads off a script and records herself reading it, then calls that a lecture. Easy marker, assignments pretty straightforward. Not worth the time, pick another elective ASAP!