Reviews of professor Javier Vilcaez

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
he has a really heavy accent :(

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Attendance is mandatory, but all he does is read the slideshows off the board, which he posts on Canvas before class. There are 3 midterm exams and all the questions can be found in the slideshows except for 10-15 additional questions. You have to attend class for the answers. The lab TA's are super unhelpful and will just give you lab answers.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This professor is the most unconfident man I've ever met. He is nearly impossible to understand through the mumbling. The class is easy, but it he is not engaging at all. I bought the textbook, but it was a waste of money, we haven't referenced it once. He reads a min. of 75 slides verbatim every class. He doesn't teach, he merely reads. Avoid him.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
All he does is lecture off of a powerpoint. He mumbles a lot and is very hard to understand. The tests are easy if you pay attention to the sample exam questions he gives you. He is not very good at responding to emails.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Study all sample exam questions that are given during the lectures. The answers will not be posted on Canvas. Lab attendance matters!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Most of the grades are tests, which he provides no study guide for. He just reads off slideshows, and the test questions are based from the questions in the slideshow. The TAs just give you the answers for the labs.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
class was set up where we did a quiz everyday, but our tests were weighted heavy. our labs were worth 60% of our grade and the TA who ran it did not do a good job of explaining how to do the labs. the professor does not add anything to the lectures and just reads the pre-written lecture slides so class, since there is no attendance, is pointless

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DO NOT take this class. he goes through around 50 slides; he mumbles so much that you CANNOT even understand him. went to his office hours and he didn't even help or care. labs kinda suck too (worth 35% of grade) . class is only 100 point course. only 2 tests - midterm (25% of grade) and final (30% of grade). attendance is worth 10% of your grade .