Reviews of professor Leela Nageswaran

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The haters actually hate operations management, not this professor. Operations management is going to be boring and difficult no matter where you go. Nageswaran breaks it down, makes it digestible, and is honestly one of the most patient and kind professors when it comes to answering questions.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I don't think that her explanations in class were up to par relative to the other teachers in Foster. A lot of times I just ended up getting more confused after going to class. She was nice, but I don't recommend this class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Leela is actually super nice and very approachable outside of class during OH and via email. class is extremely boring and kind of hard to keep up with, but the topics aren't hard and she posts/gives you all the material you need. HW makes up a good part of your grade and its based off of correctness, but tests are made up of similar Qs.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Her lectures aren't the most entertaining, but she explains concepts very well . The midterm problems are basically problems from the hw and practice midterm with different numbers. I have heard so many horror stories about so many other OMPGT301 profs. I always tell people to take Leela's class and people regret not listening to me.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I was a little worried going into the course but it's turned out to be fine! Still have the final to take but the homework problems weren't too bad (I RECOMMEND FIT TUTORING THO) and the midterm was essentially pulling from that material (I got an 89). It's a lot of plugging in numbers to formulas. Leela's very nice and knowledgeable imo.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Her class isn't necessarily hard, rather just extremely boring. She also disincentivizes you to attend by posting all her solutions online (which isn't bad), but, makes you think in the middle of her class, "why do I need to be here?" It's just hard to imagine a more boring way to present the course content than she did .

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Leela is super sweet and she does a good job explaining concepts. What you get taught midterms are things you have already seen in lectures and the homework. Just review the course-pack problems and hw and you're set for the test. The curve can be pretty high because her class is easy though.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The lectures help understand the concepts well and the examples we solve together in class are very similar to the homework and examples. She prepares you well based on lectures and provided practice problems to exceed in the exam which makes the class average rather high (rip curve).

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took OPMGT 301 with Leela and it was an awesome class. She makes the content super digestible by her examples and simple slides. Leela also is super accessible and all around a very nice person. Highly recommend taking OPMGT 301 with her!