Reviews of professor Ayse Parla

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
My FAVE class so far. Prof. Parla is just inspirational. I loved her lectures. A lot of reading  but she made  difficult concepts really clear and interesting. Parla has an amazing presence she made such a large class feel small. Definitely recommend!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I am seriously lost as to how AN101 has such great ratings. This class was the bane of my existence. The exams cover an ABSURD amount of detail/material, I'm talking 18+ hours of studying if you're looking to get an A. Professor Parla is a great lecturer, but the exams make this class utterly unbearable.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Parla always made super interesting lectures and was super engaging. I will say sometimes she would get frazzled with technology which would delay the lecture but other than that no complaints. My TF was super helpful in her feedback. There are three papers, 1 midterm, and 1 final. If you study and take good notes you should be fine.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Cool class!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Graded based on attendance & section participation, 3 papers (not as long as essays), a midterm, and a final. When I paid attention in class, I found the materials interesting, but it was not easy to follow b/c her slides were not the best. There is so much reading but she also goes over them in class so I stopped reading after 2 weeks.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Parlas lectures are great. There are three papers which are extremely informal and easy to do/bs and get good grades on. Its a good idea to do the readings, but most people ik didnt do them and still passed with an A. Its a large class, so not very much individualized attention but I enjoyed her style of teaching/the subject!