Marja Kankaanrinta - University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Professor: Marja Kankaanrinta

Department: Engineering

College: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH2310
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She has a very thick accent, but once you get a week or so into the course she's understandable. Her lectures are very clear although she doesn't always have the best idea of whether or not students are following her. Tests are easy.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH2310
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Marja is a very sweet lady. At first her accent and mannerisms are somewhat surprising, but she honestly is really helpful and just wants you to do the best you can. Her explanations are good and she writes a lot of helpful notes. If you need to take Calc 3 she is the person to take it with.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH3000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is a nice lady and is very interested in the subject matter. There was a good amount of homework but then again it was 4 credit hours. I would definitely take another class with her. She writes REALLY fast in class but provides lots of her examples.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH2310
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Has a hard accent to understand for some and some of her partial derivative signs look like other things so note taking can be annoying. she usually does a good job explaining things and if you go to office hours she is very helpful. she was kind of stingy on partial credit though so make sure to show all work on the tests. she knew the material.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH231
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is very nice and means well. Her tests are pretty fair also. Lectures tend to drag on... she spends every minute of classtime gunning through topic after topic. She often writes lengthy proofs during class -- a waste of time in my view. Could just as easily learn this class from the textbook.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH231
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Best math teacher ever

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: APMA111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She was a bit hard to understand at first, but if you try, you'll get used to it in a little bit. Once you get past that, she's actually a very good teacher. Also, she's extremely helpful if you go to her office hours. I learned half a semester worth of stuff in half an hour. And it's not her fault that calc II is the most failed class at UVa

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: APMA111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Hard to understand what she was saying. Her tests and quizes were hard too.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: APMA111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Pretty hard class, the average grade for my section for the tests was usually around 60s. However, i thought her lectures were pretty helpful and there was an abundance of review sessions and TA hours. (tho Santhana didnt seem to kno wut he was talkin bout) Overall, i thought it was a worthwhile class and i was happy with my grade.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: APMA111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Take Beck if you have a choice!!!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: APMA111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Can hardly understand a word she says. All lecture notes and example problems come directly from the book and do not reflect the problems on the test which are much harder.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: APMA111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

i cant understand a frickin word she says

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: APMA213
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Not helpful at all. I was forced to teach myself from the book the entire time. Tests are very hard.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: APMA212
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I couldnt understand her at all, even when she tried to explain herself, she has bad handwriting too

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: APMA111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She doesn't communicate clearly. I failed that class.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: APMA212
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: APMA111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Best math course I've ever had.