Reviews of professor Roxana-Irina Popescu

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Roxana was a great professor and an even better person. She truly cared for everyone in the class and wanted everyone to leave lecture learning something new. Lectures weren't mandatory but she wrote all her examples on a whiteboard and didn't record. Some examples were exactly like the exams but some were harder than others. Would 100% take her!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you need to take Calc 1 take Roxana over anyone else. Her lectures are well structured and she goes over everything. As long as you pay attention in class its really easy to ace her quizzes and tests. When I compared my quizzes to my friend's, hers were much easier.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I really liked her and her teaching methods. I would say she teaches the course like you took calc in high school which I have not so a little bit harder than should be. I also don't like that she doesn't post lecture notes or practice exams, but gives partial and extra credit on exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I love her. She wants to see her students succeed. She'll do as much as she can to help you perform well and pass her class. I wish I could take her for calc 2 but unfortunately, she is not teaching it spring semester. The class was hard for me since I never took calc in high school but she made calc so much easier to understand. take Roxana

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
What a gem. Roxana makes night classes tolerable and really has a passion for teaching math. Homework prepares you for exams which are difficult but curved with extra credit. Final was much easier than departmental final and got to replace lowest midterm. Get familiar with the conceptual part of calc and review algebra b4 taking the class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I really liked Prof Popescu as a professor. The questions on the exams were a little harder than what she taught us but with good practice and preparation, I think it is quite manageable.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She knows the material very well, and is great at explaining each topic. Wastes no time- she will walk into the room and immediately get her markers out to begin the lecture. Do not skip class. She doesn't have slides to post since she just writes on the board for lectures. Weekly lon-capa homework. Very lenient grader, and curves her exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I came into this class with limited math knowledge, only taking pre-calc in hs and doing bad in that. Surprisingly, almost everything Roxana taught I actually understood. LONCAPA homework every week, as well as a quiz every week except midterm and finals week. I'd recommend going to class as she goes over hw problems and prepares you for quizzes.