Reviews of professor Ayse Durukan Sonmez

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Ignore the negative reviews, she is an amazing professor. Her class was the easiest in the block and was pretty enjoyable compared to most other block courses. She gave lots of great extra credit opportunities and had a forgiveness final that could replace any bad exam scores.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. DS is a caring and helpful professor. Her lectures are clear and interesting, and she gives clear grading criteria. Assignments are not very tough and TAs are super accessible for help. Lot of concepts to memorize for exams, so practice Excel and make Quizlets. Overall, BUAD350 is pretty easy, and Dr. DS is very straightforward.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A real gem. I struggled but she was always very supportive. I may even choose analytics as a major now.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Sonmez really cares about her students and wants them to succeed. She also gives opportunity for extra credit. Excel is hard for me so the class was also hard, but I was ok as long as I went to office hours whenever I had a question. Also, anything she assigns is fair game on the test so take good notes in class and do all the readings.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The material is manageable but the wording on the tests can be confusing. She is a really nice person and is accessible outside class but some material on the tests is not what she covers in class. Definitely don't underestimate the class but overall there's a lot of opportunities to improve your grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
ADS is the reason I chose to be an analytics major. I'm surprised to see some of the negative reviews as she truly cares a lot about her students and is a fantastic professor. She breaks down very unfamiliar material very well, is super available outside of class, will walk you through the projects in office hours, and wants students to succeed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor DS is exceptional as a professor and makes the guidelines for this class incredibly clear. The material can be very tricky, so make sure to study and practice the concepts, especially when you get to optimization in unit 2. She does a forgiveness final if you don't do well on the first exam and offers SONA extra credit!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is the sweetest professor! She is super understanding and all assignments and tests are not very difficult. She does not try to trick you and is always willing to help. She is very passionate about BA. In class is usually spent doing examples and case studies that are turned in for participation.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Easily the most boring class I take here. A complete waste of your life. Of course it is easy. Imagine spending a whole class talking about Excel.