Reviews of professor Sri Upadhyay

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Best professor I've had at JMU! This is the second class I've taken with Dr. Upadhyay, I really enjoyed the class and content. There are weekly articles and chapters to read, final project proposal, and presentation. Discussions were always fun, I highly recommend her for this & cog! She's a great professor who loves what she teaches and it shows!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Ok. Discussions every class became very annoying and monotonous. Lectures were very repetitive because of prep guides and the interteaching. PGs helped but sometimes it was hard and so time consuming to find info. Exams usually centered around one or two topics which was unfair. Shes very nice and a good lecturer but not super helpful one on one.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This is an interteaching class, and Dr. Sri has the TAs do nearly all of the work for her. Prep guides are graded based on completion and hardly any feedback is given on them, lecture the following class is based on what we report not knowing, despite the fact that you can't know what you don't know when no one tells you you're wrong. Awful class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Her lectures put me to sleep almost every class. There are prep guides due every class and they take a lot of time to complete. If you are not a fan of inter-teaching do not take this class. One of my least favorite classes I have taken at JMU. Try to avoid if possible. I put in maximum effort but felt like I learned literally nothing.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
AVOID AT ALL COSTS! her lectures are beyond boring and you learn nothing. Prep guides are 4-5 questions but have parts a-h. she grades them off of accuracy and if you do not use the exact wording used in the textbook and get it exactly right you fail

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class was awful. I dreaded going to every lecture. Lectures are very boring, repetitive, & dont cover topics well. I felt as I learned nothing in this class. Attendance is mandatory (based on DRSs) and if you do not go it severely impacts your grade, despite anything happens, it doesn't matter it will still drop your grade. Avoid if possible.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I'm a straight A student... this is the first B I've ever gotten. The lectures are SO boring; almost everyone is doing something else on their computer. She speaks in the same tone 24/7 and I dissociate 5 min into lecture (which is ironic given her PhD she should be an expert at keeping attention and students engaged). PGs are a pain for this class

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lectures can be lengthy and not the most exciting, but the content is manageable if you stay on top of the prep guides. Exams are open note, writing assignments are just for extra credit, and I do genuinely feel that I learned a lot. She answers questions in detail and provides a lot of practice for applying concepts.