Reviews of professor Ronald Rivas

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
People are being harsh, Rivas is extremely nice and caring and pretty flexible. Yes he is extremely disorganized but he won't punish you if you turn something in late cause you didn't know. Work is simple and everything else is straightforward. Those who can't keep up are those who can't read the syllabus, it's pretty clear. Super nice guy!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
So thankful to take this class on my last semester. He truly cares about his students and loves to teach about the real world. His online exams are easy if you study the slides/textbook.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great professor. Highly recommend him. No textbook needed

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
All of our deadlines were due in the same week- it would have been better if it was spaced out. Rivas is very passionate- he stayed after class for an hour and helped me with my part of the project. You just have to show up and be ready to be cold-called in class, and you have to do quizzes.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Not sure how he would be in person but online was not a bad experience. He's very group project heavy and that guides the class more than he actually lectures. There's a decent amount of work, but it's not "hard". He cares about his students and is a fair grader and you can definitely get an A, as long as you can keep up. Very nice guy.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Rivas is easily the most kind hearted and caring professor I have had at NU. He encourages students to apply strategy concepts to their own lives, which made the course really interesting. There IS a lot of reading and participation is 30%, but the more you engage, the more you will learn- so it is well worth it if you can keep up!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I had to take STRT in order to graduate, and Prof Rivas' class was a pretty painless way to get through it! I took the online class and everything was well laid-out. Rivas also encourages extra credit and extends deadlines to accomodate students' lives. Really nice guy overall!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Really nice guy! As someone intimidated by Strategy but needed to take it to graduate, I'm glad I took Rivas because it was pretty straight-forward and painless. The final project isn't fun as it's a group project, but there's no getting around group projects at NEU!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
CONNECT quizzes, lots of case work, minimal live lecturing (instead we have to use old, recorded videos). Assignment resources can be in like 1 of 5 places every night. Prof. Rivas is kind-hearted but my positive remarks on the course stops there... There is always students confused about what is even due because his CANVAS is so disorganized.