Reviews of professor Efren Velaquez

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Weekly assignments are easy, a lot of notes , test are hard.Good professor.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Velasquez gives fun lectures and enjoys engaging with students. Will give a lot of assignments- 6 essays, online quizzes, and research portion. Show up to class for participation points! Is good at communicating with students outside class and shows he cares about your concerns/grades. I learned a lot from him and made an A! Great guy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor V is a wonderful person and teacher. Always makes jokes, knows his stuff, and his class is overall enjoyable since psychology is something we deal with every day. Lots of assignments that aren't difficult. Homework and chapter quizzes on achieve, packback discussions, tests (Study guide is provided), and research (mainly surveys).

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This professor seems to have a hard time staying on topic within class and is quite distracting. The powerpoints he teaches from, he flies threw and makes taking notes almost impossible. The information between the powerpoints and textbook contradict each other. The book itself even contradicts itself. The assignments do not help to learn at all.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Not good for a visual learner. Does not understand life situations. This is not a hard class, he is just a hard teacher. Will give you a 0 for not showing work on a single question. Test are impossible and he makes you feel stupid for asking questions or coming to him.  VERY egotistical. do not recommend and I hope he gets denied for tenure.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This guy is unreasonably difficult. At the beginning of the class he would brag about students dropping out, and by halfway through the course many of them did, plenty because of how unreasonable and unsympathetic he is. He looks for reasons to take points off, he just reads off the powerpoints and laughs at you if you're struggling. Very unhelpful

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This is a hard class. By nature, the material is challenging. It's a weed-out course. Those things are not the fault of the professor. Dr Velazquez does a good job of breaking down the concepts, trying to explain them in every-day language, and finding applications when appropriate. He also has a good sense of humor and cares about his students.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Best teacher you can choose for 3070K. Very hard material but he works with you to try and make it as easy as possible. You will dedicate A LOT of time to this class. 5 exams, 6 homeworks, 12 lab assignments. Only criticism is that the tests were more concepts than the math itself and we didn't cover that as much as I would've liked.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
His lectures are amazing and really gets you engaged. Homework was always easy.  His tests were okay, just be sure to know everything from your study guide. Overall a great professor!