Reviews of professor Yagya Joshi

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Terrible is an understatement. Has a very heavy accent. Confusing lectures. Tests are all long response and he barely gives out points. Said there was extra credit but that wasn't exactly true. Doesn't respond to emails. Gives study guides that are completely different from the actual test. He ended up giving out Cs when his syllabus promised B-.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Joshi lectured for only half semester (replacing the amazing Dr Sargsian). Thanks to his exam (only last exam) I lost my good average and ended with a B+. Exam was half MC half free response. Not a bad prof, but has a tendency of lecturing in lenght about stuff that wont be on the exam, ergo wasting valuable lecture time.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Keeping aside his little heavy accent, He is a great professor. His jokes are sometime hard to understand but not his lectures.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His lecture materials were good and well prepared. Sometimes he struggled to explain and I think its because of the language barrier. He offered an extra credit in the final and curved the second test and I got A-. He later changes his style splitting the class in to a lecture and problem solving and it was for good.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He was hard to understand at the beginning due to his thick accent. It is not that hard to just pass the class but if you are aiming for A, he makes your work for it. He gives a study guide for the exams. But only half of them show up in the test. His exams are tricky but not that hard if you pay attention in his class. Good professor overall.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He doesnt know how to communicate his ideas well. He also want straightforward with grading, being that he claimed attendance was extra credit but it really wasnt. I had to teach myself for the majority of the class and honestly his lectures were useless as the exams are only free response problems. Try taking this with someone else.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He gave me an wonderful semester. His lectures are clear and organized. He always gives you update of latest developments in the field of Astronomy. I did not like the fact that he did not make his lecture slides and animations available to the class to download. Excellent Professor to teach Astronomy for non-science majors.