Reviews of professor Radu Vlas

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
There is a semester-long group project so it's crucial you get a good group. 3 exams that are based on the lectures, 2-3 assignments outside of class and a couple in class. He takes attendance every day and offers extra credit.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Way too much work and none of it is explained clearly. Completely unavailable to help you at all. He never replies to emails even if its extremely important, and neither does his TA. Unless you absolutely must take this class, dont. Its not worth tanking your GPA for

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Course heavily focuses on SAP. The cases are long, tedious, and often outdated. Don't expect any feedback on any assignments, he still hasn't graded anything from the entire semester and we have our last assignment this week. The ERP Simulations are over Zoom and one was cancelled and he admitted the work can be done w/o the (paid!!) simulation.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Not too many assignments. Tests really straight forward with a provided study guide. 5% extra credit for course survey so really only an 88% for an A in the course. Real nice guy but lot of dry lecture. Attendance optional.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Totally self taught course with little to no guidance from Vlas. He does not provide feedback on assignments so you are just left to hope you aren't making mistakes. No grades posted all semester. For the amount of money UMASS charges per course, you'd expect that the teachers would add value and not use outdated cases and powerpoints from 2010.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class is very very dry. He reads literally off the slides. the hw can take up to 4 hrs to complete. They are not that hard but just really time consuming. The exams are pretty rough, only because he limits the time and doesnt really tell you what to study. He gives you a study guide but it just every slide from the lexture. Dont take it

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
There are only 3 exams and he gives a study guide for all of them. The assignments are all pretty hard and he doesn't tell you what he wants. Rarely checks his emails so it's hard to find him outside of class. Takes forever grading assignments so you won't know your grade until the end of semester. I would recommend another prof.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Radu is a nice guy. The lecture material is pretty dry and non-specific, making exams a bit difficult to study for. You are placed in a group who you will work with on a semester-long project broken into different parts. The tasks can be a bit difficult because the lectures don't get into the specifics but he grades fairly and is available for help