Reviews of professor Kevin Valenzuela

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Having a kid must be hard... In fact I wasted 90 minutes of my life because his "sitter" called out. However,  my circumstances can't be excused. Ty for the lack of understanding because apparently your circumstances are excusable and not mine.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His style of teaching does not facilitate learning. I get he wants us to think critically about the information we are given but it's hard when the foundation of the information isn't clear. The atmosphere in class when he asks questions is palpable. Similar issues from KIN 300 persist, instead now everything matters so you have to attend lectures.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you are willing to give up your summer to do 300, there are pros and cons but it wasn't bad. It was asych so it's self-paced and the grading is pretty fair. Only thing was Valenzuela was also the lab TA and the labs were not easy to do at home. His exams are pulled from past quizzes and HWs but it takes a lot of practice to do the problems.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Recorded lectures are not very helpful. In-person lectures don't help much, either. Definitely not the type of professor that wants to see their students succeed. Exams fall on busiest weeks and it's clear he has no sympathy for this.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you did well in KIN300 you should do fine. Grading criteria and rubrics weren't really clear and he is a tough grader but almost all assignments had a median score of around a B, so don't freak out too much. Keep up with lectures and show up to class because he doesn't post the ppt. for in-person classes & you're gonna need that info.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is an okay professor but kind of intimidating to talk to. I feel dumb asking him questions sometimes. The lab TA's grade reports very harshly cuz Valenuzuela tells them to. make sure your extremely detailed when it comes to the reports. Overall I would prefer not to take a class where this professor is teaching.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class is already difficult as is, but Dr Valenzuela made it 10x harder. I've had him for KIN 201, KIN 300, and KIN 441. The first class was ok, but the other two were awful. I found his lectures hard to follow because there was little information on the slides, and he did not answer questions very well. Also not very understanding to students.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
You gotta keep up with recorded lectures for quizzes and be sure to review your past quizzes for midterms and exams since the questions are similar. For some reason he doesn't upload the PowerPoint for in-person lectures so be prepared to take pictures of the slides during class because that content will be needed for assignments.