Reviews of professor Valeria Bonatti

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She was a great professor, honestly. Very willing to help and encouraging. However, she was not always up to date on her grades. I had to write a 15 page paper for the final; she never ended up grading it, so it was pointless. Definitely was upset about this, especially when she did not tell us, and we were not given any credit for it.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There was quite a bit of reading, and it helped if you did it, but she basically went over the reading in class. Also, she posted all of the reading on Moodle for us, so you don't have to buy a book necessarily. Tests were take-home essay questions (2 exams, no final), and were easy if you put in some good work for them.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The class is very informative, and the professor is very nice and understanding. 
Grading is fair but a bit slow with the homework at times.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Bonatti is one of the most understanding and kind professors, in my experience. Shes extremely well spoken and conveys the material in a way that makes it easy to understand and really interesting. Shes a very fair grader and gives helpful feedback, and shes always willing to listen if you need to talk.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Discussion & attendance are important to the class, be ready to engage. Overall, a solid professor, her teaching just isn't my style :)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Good class, would take this professor again

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Bonatti does a good job at managing online lectures and class discussions. She is also very nice and ready to answer question, and offers either a break or to finish early.
Some weeks had pretty heavy readings, but you don't really need to read in depth before class.