Reviews of professor Valeriya Posylnaya

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If I were to take the class over again I would 100% take it in person. This class is pretty hard to get a good understanding when taken online. Exams are a heavy portion of the grade in class but will round overall grade if close to the next grade up!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
9 assignments, 3 quizzes, 3 exams. Go through the slides and read and you'll be fine. Know your calculations, and quizzes and exams are lockdown browser. Difficult class but nothing out of the ordinary. Boring but was decent online. Would recommend taking in person though, you'll learn more.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Just awful. I am taking her class in the Fall of 2020. Obviously, times are tough due to covid, but she has not held a class session once. The best part is she does not upload lectures either. She gets paid to be a university professor for what exactly? I am grinding to afford this education just to learn nothing. Come on Duluth, please hire better

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you are seeing this do not take her. This class was blended and we had class once every other week. She did not post anything online to learn the material just the basic book slides. Tests are 82% of your grade so if you get a B on two tests say goodbye to an A in the class. Overall do not take her.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Don't take this class online! It is all math and you will have to teach it all to yourself from videos. I recommend taking it in person.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Grade is based on exams and quizzes. Go to class because the problems she does on the board shows up on the tests. There's no homework and I found the textbook to be useless. Only bad thing about the class is there's too many questions on the exams and people have to stay 5-10 minutes after class to finish. Study the night before and you got an A.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Valeriya was a great professor. Many students find this class very difficult, however, if you study for the exams and quizzes the night before, you'll do just fine. The book is very helpful for understanding the multiple choice questions on exams and quizzes, but not really necessary. You do have to try in this class. Not an easy A.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Overall a hard subject and her examples/handwriting are sometimes hard to follow. Grade is mainly determined by exam scores but she does offer point-back opportunities for those that are in class on those days (so go to class). The final is optional if you want to replace a low exam score but it will replace even if the final score is lower!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very, very test heavy. At times she is intimidating to speak with. She comes into classes ready for business. Phone on your desk? Don't come to class.

Difficult material with a professor that goes through slides like she's in a race doesn't help either.

Would I take it again with her? Probably not. Maybe find a different professor if available.