Reviews of professor Isabel Fernandez Puentes

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She's a new professor and she is trying her best, however, she doesn't answer emails sometimes. Her explanations in office hours and her lectures are hard to follow. I would verify everything she says on Carmen because she sometimes posts wrong information and forgets to correct such as the exam time, etc.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Her flipped classroom model was actually good. She explains all the logic you need to know in order to tackle the problems. Set aside time to watch all the videos. I typically did this on weekends. Going to the review days are actually helpful and prepare you for the homework. Tests are easier than the homeworks. Only gets hard after module 8.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Overall, she was a good professor but a few things she did really annoyed me. Her flipped classroom model makes a 3 hr credit course seem like a 6 hr credit course. She has 3 chances to teach this content in person, but instead she does a WAY over simplified example, then has students complete a much harder participation problem. Not bad otherwise.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Had great slides and uploaded all lectures and annotations for reference. Had short in-class participation assignments and course material didn't go too fast.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Avoid if possible. This professor will make a 3 credit class feel like a 6 credit class. As a CSE major, the content is pointless and nothing you learn will ever be used post grad.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The homework grading is exceptionally harsh and rarely has direct correlation to exam content. The flipped classroom model she uses is...passable, however we once again see a huge disparity between the difficulty of example problems and homework/exams. She relies exclusively on videos to teach content which can make it very difficult to learn

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Fernandez is one of my favorite lecturers. Her slides are amazing, and the lectures are very hands on. Just get ready to learn a lot of new concepts. Her midterms are pretty challenging, but she has so much prep material on Carmen that helped me a lot. You can tell she wants you to learn, and I love that. Would take her again in a heart beat.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is strict, does not accept late work, and the homework is due Friday at 7PM for some reason. Attendance is not mandatory, but she has an in-class pop quiz every other class so you definitely need to go. Her Carmen organization is amazing and she posts the annotated class slides and recordings. She is hard to contact by email (doesn't respond).

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Assign long hard homework. No correlation between homework and exams. The exams are painfully hard and the practice exam is little to no help. Overall a very challenging and test heavy class be ready to spend a lot of time reviewing the material easily should be a four to five credit hour class.