Reviews of professor Maria Larusso

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor was very difficult to communicate with, and when you did get the chance to communicate with her she was not accommodating. I would not recommend this professor to anyone unless you want to fail the class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I had a very negative experience with this professor. She is awful with communication/answering emails, and is not flexible on missing class for legitimate reasons, despite claiming to be at the beginning of the semester. The final grade is based on two exams and one group presentation (you won't get a good grade if you have presentation anxiety.)

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
very disappointed. consistently failed to respond to emails, attendance was mandatory, no accommodation for ppl who missed classed. she shows no interest in wanting to help her students and basically your entire grade will be a project and 2 exams. Overall, I had way to many problems with this professor and don't recommend for an easy A class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The class has 11 chapter quizzes and you can find most of the answers on Quizlet. The 2 exams are done online and some are from the quizzes. It's open note and you even get the slides. To get a higher grade, you should participate in class. She takes attendance. There is one group project at the end. Pick a book and present it.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This professor is nice however her grading is not clear at all. During the COVID Pandemic I received no emails and no information about classwork. There were no places to submit assignments and no due dates on them as well. She said everything through online lectures and nothing on announcements or emails. I would not take it again.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor LaRusso is super kind to students and cares a lot about what she teaches on. Class is easy to do well in if you put in your work. The only thing is she is really bad at answering emails so I wish communication was a little bit improved but overall she is very kind to her students and cares about them a lot and them doing well in her class