Reviews of professor Katia Vega

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Taken her for a coding class. She doesn't quite explain things clearly, and doesn't really emphasize main ideas nor terms: this made it hard to do in-class exercises. Canvas files weren't usually updated in a timely manner so it was difficult to keep up on the schedule and weekly assignments. However she is also a new faculty member.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's an okay teacher but it's often hard to understand her. Also she takes forever to put in grades. Be sure to pay attention during her lectures because she has you do several challenges during every class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I think this was her first time teaching DES001 alongside McNeil. All things considered, it wasn't bad. She and her work seem interesting. I wish I could have seen more of her, as McNeil handled the main lecture and she'd step in from time to time. Sometimes her answers are hard to understand but she seems to be a decent person and designer.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures are unclear, she not good at explaining/teaching. There is not enough guidance in order to accomplish exercises/assignments successfully. I was excited to learn, but she has made it extremely difficult.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Probably the worst Design class I've taken out of my four years. The class was fun with the technology, but was hard to do because she didn't really teach. She has slides of what she wanted to do and then gave us the rest of the class to do it. There was lots of coding work from Arduino that I did not know of and that she did barely teach.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
DES001 was split between Professor Vega and Professor McNeil, but Professor Vega did not lecture as much. The class was chaotic and we rarely understood what was being asked of us. Professor Vega tried to answer our questions but didn't. Past students and TAs will be more helpful than the professors. She was passionate but unclear.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Vega is an amazing and caring professor. DES 1 was very messy, but as a professor she was very helpful. She answered questions well and genuinely cared for students. Grading is not tough at all. Vega had a very good understanding of the course content and always explained the assignments very clearly.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
She is definitely a supportive and caring professor!! Her feedback is really helpful!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This professor brings a unique set of skills: you are expected to learn coding, wiring, soldering, sewing. There are many interesting things to learn in just one quarter. I wish the class were taught in 2 quarters. She is very patient and knowledgeable, although a little disorganized and inexperienced. Take this class if you like to try new things

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Honestly not that present during lectures, had small bits to say within the class (taught with another professor). Was honestly really fun to listen to, specially when bringing up her work with students and outside of the classroom.