Medha Bodas - San Jose State University

Professor: Medha Bodas
Department: Mathematics
College: San Jose State University
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: MATH31
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Amazing professor. How well you do in the class is truly up to you, the student. Bodas does everything she can to help students succeed in her class. She gives a lot of homework, and students can sometimes find her quiz answers in the previous notes. Take her!!!! I think some students have a negative outlook which is why she has bad ratings.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: MATH31
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This professor sucks and does not care about the student's success
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: MATH31
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I love professor Bodas. I had to retake calc2 because I failed it during Spring 2020 with another professor. She does assign homework every night, but it helps prepare us for the upcoming quizzes. We have a quiz just about every week which prepares us for the test (2). Quiz questions can sometimes mimic hwk or note examples. Go to office hrs.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: CALC1
  • Grade Received: C
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Terrible teacher, does not know how to interact with students in a professional manner. She gets angry when students make a mistake and this is not the type of person you want to learn from.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: MATH32
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Since the class transitioned to zoom, she was accommodating to the students and extended the deadline because she wants to see that learning actually happens. While taking notes, the proof parts in the lecture are just for your knowledge but not really needed in the quizzes and exams. From my experience, quizzes and exams were like open notes.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: MATH32
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
After the transition to Zoom during COVID, she canceled the 2nd midterm and made the class forgiving. The lectures are boring and lots of homework. There were also weekly quizzes and try to get perfect scores if you can. She allows a cheat sheet for the final and the exams are no different from the WebAssign homework so practice as much as you can.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: MATH32
  • Grade Received: C
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Likes to go on tangents, and her lectures don't go over how to solve problems when to do what. Basically focuses way too much time on the theoretical side of things and rushes over the examples. Also, really wish that she would offer partial credit on her quizzes during the COVID 19 online phase.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: MATH32
  • Grade Received: C
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Easily one of the worst professors I've had at SJSU. Her lectures go off extreme tangents and sometimes she wouldn't even finish the example she starts which relates to very important concepts. Attempts to be engaging but fail to do so during her lectures and answer questions condescendingly.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: MATH32
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Overall, I had a difficult time learning in this class because of her lecture style. She spends time showing how to get to an equation but never showed any examples on how to apply it. Also spent 30-45 minutes each lecture reviewing last lecture's content and didn't leave any time for new content.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: MATH31
  • Grade Received: C+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
The worst professor in SJSU. The lecture was boring and her teaching strategy was also terrible because the class was going too fast and she always skip steps in questions. The tests are more more harder than homework and lecture examples. I always feel uncomfortable due to her attitude to students. Skip her if you can.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: MATH32
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Her transition to Zoom from COVID made the class more forgiving: she's a fair person. I've only taken 1 midterm in person (COVID) and it didn't seem to different from the homework. To do well on the midterm, do WebAssign legitimately and attend lectures. Don't write down the PROOFS she does in lectures, but listen and then record what you need.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: MATH31
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
The best way I can describe having Mrs. Bodas as an instructor is, Fair. I was never surprised by what was in her quizzes and exams. All the questions were fair game. Just make sure you do the homework and familiarize yourself with the example given in lectures.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: MATH10
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Professor Bodas makes Statistics unreasonably hard. Be aware that you will have hard tests on which you have to write exactly what she requires, or she will take away large amounts of points. Pay attention to every single explanation on the homework, and use those explanations on your tests and quizzes. Definitely would not recommend for anyone.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: MATH31
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Worst lecturer I've ever had for sure. I had to retake this class because I got a C- with a different professor and needed a higher score to pass, but once I sat in her lecture, I literally felt like I lost the knowledge I had prior. She tells tangent stories and sometimes doesn't finish examples. Absolutely sad.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: MATH71
  • Grade Received: F
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Hard class to pass, she is not afraid to fail anyone in the class even if you try hard and sometimes gives 0 points. She never goes over what we went over as a majority in the class and never even announces class mean or anything like that. It's better for the class to have a clear sense of where everyone is. She is way too tough a grader.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: MATH71
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She legitemately cares about her students. Although she might not be for everyone in regards to how she teaches she is always willing to give more help. I just don't like how fast she is and how she answers the 1 or 2 students in the class who always answer her questions when the whole rest of the class is clueless at times. She's a good person.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: MATH71
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
her lectures are hard to follow if you don't have a good calc background. all she does is examples and assigns tons of hw that just gets tedious. Although she gives you a pretty good idea of what will be on the quizzes and exams, they are still very hard and require lots of studying. skip class and you won't pass. study guides suck. might toavoid.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: MATH71
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Awful, avoid at all costs
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: MATH30P
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Tests and the final exam are substantially harder compared to homework and quizzes. She goes by quickly in lecture, and may sometimes not finish a problem. Calc1 was not as difficult to me but take another prof if one is available. Other than that, she is very approachable and wants students to pass, but look out for the difficulty spike in exams.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: MATH30P
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Bodas has to be one of the worst professors I have ever taken. Exams are stupid and hard. She is incredibly unorganized. I attended most of her lectures and still had to learn most of the material my own. Avoid at all costs.
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