Reviews of professor Laura Cocas

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very unsatisfied with the course and teaching style. Professor demanded very high standards without relaying those standards until after the assignment was turned in. Did not use class time effectively to benefit the students learning. Lectures were very long and expected you to have a very wide knowledge in a class that was an introductory level.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Extremely high expectations. Assumes previous knowledge. Assigns insane amount of work. Throws you in deep end without any help or guidance. Hard grader. I do not recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She does expect a lot from her students, however, it is an upper division class, so you need to work for your grade. If you prepare for classes, do the readings, and reach out to her, she will do her best to make sure you succeed. She deeply cares about her students and will for sure teach you things you will never forget.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She helped me immensely to learn how to read complex research papers. She gives awesome help if you go to her office hours and participation matters and will really help you do well on the tests if you pay attention to the questions discussed. I recommend putting in extra time to revisit your class notes, if you don't want to read the whole textboo

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Laura scoffs when you ask a question as if we're supposed to know every single thing she is teaching. Talks at a million words a minute, laughs at your questions, and simply does not care if you understand the material or not. She is always right, and the student is always wrong. I had no other choice but her. She's mean, mean, and mean.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very tough grader: you have to have very specific answers or its completely wrong, uncaring, unempathetic, not at all helpful, and dismissive. really doesn't care if you get it .

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
No clear grading criteria. Lectures off pictures that are not even from textbook with no captions or words. Impossible to follow lectures as she is extremely disorganized and everywhere. Doesnt how to do the labs so most of the time you are trying to figure it out on your own. Major assignments due almost every week. You are forced to teach urself