Reviews of professor Cristina Moya

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Don't take this class for a GE. The prof made snarky comments throughout, the way she teaches feels like she expects us to be just as educated as her on the topic, and you have pretty much 0 opportunity to practice the concepts learned in class before being tested on them. The writing portion is doable but painful, even my TA didn't like the prompt

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
hahahahahahah! I don't even know what to say about this professor. She does not care about her students. It's funny how she boast how students never do good in her exam. Just shows how she's unwilling to change how she teach. OKAYYYY. Very stressful and condescending person.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
While Ant 1 with Professor Moya was the hardest class I took my first quarter, it is very cool to see a professor genuinely love her what she teaches. She is one of the most knowledgeable teachers I have ever had. I have never met anyone who was able to answer every question a student had. Reading applications of the concepts was super helpful

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor seems to be a successful researcher and clearly knows her study, but is not an effective teacher and is does not seem to care to be. She is condescending when trying to convey material and discussing grades (during the rare times she addresses expectations). The class made myself and many other students question anthro and UC Davis.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Participation is mandatory. Lectures are terrible, her slides are so boring and confusing. Exams are very difficult even if you study. She gets mad and makes petty snarky comments. She doesn't seem to care about her students. There is 2 writing assignments (essays). She does not provide a study guide or resources to help you study. Don't take her!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures had Kahoots for participation points and I still would not go because it just was not interesting and barely helped. She knows her information, but I still feel confused after every lecture. The 2 writing assignments are not terrible, only if you are actually interested in evolutionary concepts. I regret taking this class for my W.R.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She let's class choose between 2 grading systems. For this quarter, it was participation (40%), weekly quizzes (40%), Final (20%). Weekly quizzes (9) required 1-2 heavy readings which weren't too bad. Participation was just doing the kahoots in class, lowest 2 are dropped. Final is open note, lecture, readings. Class was fairly easy.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you want to suffer please take this course. Exams are very confusing (the mean grade was 21/34) for the first exam, and the papers are not easy to understand. I wouldn't take her, she doesn't seem like she really knows what she's doing. I'm failing right now, but I attend every lecture and lab and I try my hardest. This class isn't for everyone.