Reviews of professor Afsaneh Nouri Houshyar

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worst Professor at Cal Poly. Be prepared to listen to a recorded lecture during Zoom. She puts everyone into groups and assigns a chapter for you to learn on your own and then make an hour long video presentation, if your teammates drop, it's all on you to make up the work, no exceptions. First group presentation was already due the 2nd week.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is a tough grader about quizzes and HW. However, the course material is relatively easy if you do the minimum of watching the one video lecture and attend class once a week. Most content in the course is given as table format, where you just plug and chug numbers into basic algebra. She shows the process of each unit, thus being serviceable.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The May 13th, 2024 review is a complete lie. The student who wrote the review never showed up to class. This professor does have rough spots. She will mark a question wrong even if one thing is incorrect but she will never give you a zero on an assignment unless you deserve it. I am not her biggest fan but lying about a professor is just wrong.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Horrible at explaining things. She is a prime example of someone who has no business teaching. I'd also add that she pads these ratings with fake reviews.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Not really good. Uses pre recorded lectures, during lectures time. Wish it was asynchronous. The information is important but she doesn't cut to the chase. Not very clear on what she expects on summaries so make sure to ask her multiple times. She seems very knowledgeable, yet I think she could update her teaching methods.