Reviews of professor Zahra Sotoudeh

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Hybrid online format: one zoom meeting a week, otherwise it is asynchronous. She works out a lot of examples online and in the lecture videos she assigns you to watch. The HW and tests are through Wiley Plus. There isn't partial credit, but she gives you three attempts on tests and HW. Very helpful during office hours. Do the homework to pass!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This course was difficult. You'll have to put in the work and practice. Live lectures once a week. Tests asynchronous and done through WileyPlus, no partial credit. Every point counts in this class. Focus on the equations and when to apply them. No set office hours, you will have to seek help yourself.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Sotoudeh is a great professor and listens and adapts the class to student feedback. She gives lots of examples in class that are similar to test questions and wants students to succeed. If you watch the videos before class, the examples are easy to follow. Do the homework and practice problems before the exams and you should be fine.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She doesn't lecture and expresses no interest in lecturing. Her homework assignments are incredibly cumbersome and they barely help. The only reason I go to class is that my attendance is graded and I would just teach myself at this point. You'd get more out of not going to class to avoid her confusing teaching.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Summary of this professor: Very Picky about her exams and goes by if she likes your answer. Based on her perspective and her way. The lecture has no correlation with HW,Exams and Final. Few Extra Credit Opportunities. Exams are very long and difficult and not manageable in the time frame.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Sotoudeh has the best teaching style. Don't get me wrong, Statics isn't an easy subject, it's physics after all. My heart raced each time we touched a new chapter; however, her teaching style makes a huge difference. Keep up w/ the pace, you'll regret it if you don't. Be ready to work & give it your time and soul for a good grade.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Class is technically in-person, I selected OC b/c Zahra expects you to learn V.D. from the web and provides 3 class ex. and the hardest hw. If you have a modicum of laziness or have a "I'll learn as I go" type mindset - DO NOT Take This Professor. Ask some prior students. Choose this professor and you're setting yourself up for your own failure.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She has good intentions when she teaches, but her class is held one day each week and it is typically a day of speed running examples and doing polls on things that don't really matter on tests. She uses various Youtube and Wiley videos to teach the content, but it's hard to fall into a learning pattern when the source of content isn't consistent.