Reviews of professor Virginia Riel

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very test heavy, lectures are long but not very informative. Few opportunities to get grades, fairly easy to get a B but extremely hard to get anything above an A-. Assessments rarely relate back to the reading or lecture. Overall my experience was very poor, would not recommend/ take this professor again.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Ms. Riel is a very nice and caring woman. I've never seen a teacher so constantly lessen the burden of her own course because of her thoughts towards students other classes. Her lectures are a yap fest that I can barely listen to. She posts notes and study guides which is appreciated. The class is useless IMO but an easy GEP to take for diversity.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class was easy for me and it's good to take for a GEP. Dr. Riel is nice and will give lots of extra credit opportunities to boost your grade. She does a good job trying to help others outside of class as well.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Places a considerable emphasis on student mental health, to the degree she compromised the material. There was very little learning required to pass the quizzes and tests, all could be inferred through common sense. If you want an easy A with a kind prof, this is for you, but don't expect to learn anything that you couldn't have inferred already.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She always claims to care about the mental health of her students, but then grades attendance very harshly. She talks through every class, and while she's knowledgeable; her droning doesn't help you learn anything. The assignments do nothing to help you learn the material, and I always felt very frustrated because I thought I did a good job.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Had Dr.Riel for SOC 400. Overall, she is a great professor but can be very lecture-heavy. Will have to read in the class a lot b.c the lectures will be based on them. Make sure to pay attention in class, attendance is mandatory. She is a sweet, caring, and kind professor. Her lectures can be boring

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
She is very kind and really understanding with your questions!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I loved Professor Riel but the class itself could be a bit boring. The class is mostly just lecture and some class discussion but sometimes the topics were interesting. Riel was very kind and respectful to her students. She graded pretty fairly. There's a lot of readings but overall isn't bad at all!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class was a cakewalk. Riel is a caring teacher; and overall pretty understanding. The lectures can be boring; but just play games or something. She gives you the answers to the quiz; 5 minutes before it; and if you just try to memorize the answers you should get an easy 100% every time. This is the perfect Gen-Ed course.