Natalia Grigoriants - Los Angeles Pierce College (was Pierce College )

Professor: Natalia Grigoriants

Department: TBD

College: Los Angeles Pierce College (was Pierce College )

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CS536
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

In my experience from taking most cosci professors, she's a fair exam maker compared to others (except Hart, he's the best). Lectures are fast paced. Labs are confusing. She is knowledgeable in cosci but will make life difficult if you aren't a favorite. I wasn't. Never cried so much in one semester. Still picking her over some others honestly.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CS136
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

pros: will challenge your coding ability tough but fair, she gives you enough chances to make up for your mistakes will force you into being resourceful cons: discouraging, especially to students who need the most help no constructive criticism will make little to no effort in helping struggling students advice: get help by the lab managers

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: COSCI539
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Awful experience. I feel bad for anyone who is forced to take her since she is the only professor for this course. She takes ages to check labs, very unclear what she actually wants. Extremely disrespectful to her students, treats us like we're middle school kids. Words can't explain this professor. Never said this, but worst professor at pierce.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: COSCI539
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I took COSCI 539, 540, and 536 with her and cried Projects were impossible - they require a high level of understanding of newly learned material. Make friends - theyre the reason I passed. Her exams are all LOGIC. Even though I could barely program, I got the highest scores on the exams. Shes a good person, schooled in the USSR, it shows lol.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: COSCI536
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I dont know how she has a job. She thinks she is God, talking to her students like they are 5 years old and need to be disciplined. Lazy (showed up hour late to exam without telling us), never shows up to Office Hours, assignments make no sense! Super unfair with labs. Gives so much work. Lectures are a snooze. Please stay away from this woman

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: COSCI536
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Horrible professor, stay away at all costs. Gets visibly irritated when you do not understand rather than help you understand. Horrible attitude.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: COSCI540
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

EXTREMELY UNORGANIZED!!! Please don't even think about taking 540 with her. 70% of days we have a 2 hour lecture which are excrutiatingly painful to sit through. 7 labs to complete in basically the other days which she never even has time to check. And don't expect any help from her in lab. She's just completely unorganized with time.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: COSCI539
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She shares her notes through a powerpoint during any of the very few lectures we had during the semester and does not want to share it with the class. She zooms through everything and spends 30-45 minutes on each student that knows what they are doing. The clueless are left clueless. There are no tutors for this class. Definitely avoid at all costs

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: COSCI536
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I had no choice but to take 536 with her and my advice: don't even take this class if that's your scenario. Very difficult labs in which she doesn't help with. Extremely vague instructions on tests and homework, and very unorganized lectures that just make you want to look at the clock waiting for them to end.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: COSCI540
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If your a slow learner do not take this class! She teaches so fast and expects you to get it from the get-go. Otherwise, you're going to be teaching yourself like most of the students. At least 70 percent of the class drops near the end. Please take this warning. If you care about your GPA you're better off waiting for another semester take hart.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: COSCI536
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: No
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She wouldn't accept my lab saying she didn't like that I wrote A: to exit program instead of to exit program: A. Midterm had a fill in the blank section(No warning about this) with one question that must be left blank and one that needed a paragraph both with the same line length. She will use you as a example and won't say how to fix a lab. Avoid.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CS536
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Grigoriants is very tough. Lectures are very fast paced, and you must take pictures of every slide if you want to access them. There is no textbook. She is very strict on how the labs should be.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: COMPSCI575
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: No
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

If you did not know anything before you take her class, you wont pass. Shes so mean.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: COSCI540
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Fast paced class. Take pictures, you won't have time to copy everything down. Lab criteria can be vague - submit multiple drafts (resubmit is ok). Prof is extremely knowledgeable and will give extensive 1-1 time, but you'll have to wait during lab for your turn. Use office hours and expand notes out of class. 2 exams (50%), 8 labs (25%), final (25)

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: COSCI539
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Have to agree with most others here. She will go on forever during lectures about the obvious and then randomly pull out specific questions during tests. Her lab instructions are extremely vague, and when grading she will nitpick and find make up new requirements on the spot. She's hardly ever accessible during office hours and rude to boot. Avoid.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CS540
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Stay Away! Her lectures just go on and on and on and on. Always on the phone during office hours. Doesn't help you with labs. And quite rude too. However she extends due dates and curves exams. That's about it.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CS540
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Only good things from her class is she lets you turn labs in late. Thats it. After that it is downhill. She will have long lists of limitations she puts out of the blue on the labs that arent specified anywhere in the prompts. And youll only truly pass if you come in knowing a lot and having a solid understanding of C++. TLDR: AVOID HER. PLEASE.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CS540
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

PLEASE AVOID AT ALL COSTS. She has a serious attitude problem. She will not tell you whats wrong with your assignment. If you ask her, she will tell you to stop wasting her precious time and to figure it out yourself. Really not sure how a college could allow someone as incompetent as her to work there. Seriously the worst professor I have ever had

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: COSCI540
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

No clear grading guidelines. Her slides go too fast for most ppl (cant even write heading of slide before she skims to next slide). And she wont have the heart to post the slides online. Confused 24/7 in her class. Very condescending if you dont understand whats going on. But knows her stuff, I must say.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CSI540
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Dont recommend. Bad at explaining things, unorganized about her own standards, go over quikly and UNWILLING TO HELP