Professor
Leslie Rith-Najarian
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Most Helpful Review
Winter 2024 - I took this course in Winter24 and I really enjoyed Professor Rith-Najarian's teaching style. She was always engaging and encouraging to students and wanted all of us to understand and properly learn the material. Participation is definitely important for your grade but there are plenty of opportunities to engage and share ideas with the Professor and other peers. I went to her office hours several times and she provided guidance with the homework and also professional advice for grad school which was really helpful for me. The homework worksheets are helpful for the research process and I liked that her process was different than other research processes I have studied before. Grades for these worksheets are very important and the final was open note with a study guide. Overall, I would take another class with her and I really liked how she made a class about research engaging yet informative at the same time.
Winter 2024 - I took this course in Winter24 and I really enjoyed Professor Rith-Najarian's teaching style. She was always engaging and encouraging to students and wanted all of us to understand and properly learn the material. Participation is definitely important for your grade but there are plenty of opportunities to engage and share ideas with the Professor and other peers. I went to her office hours several times and she provided guidance with the homework and also professional advice for grad school which was really helpful for me. The homework worksheets are helpful for the research process and I liked that her process was different than other research processes I have studied before. Grades for these worksheets are very important and the final was open note with a study guide. Overall, I would take another class with her and I really liked how she made a class about research engaging yet informative at the same time.
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Fall 2025 - Professor Rith-Najarian offers a grade bonus if you only miss 3 lectures of the whole quarter but all classes are recorded in case you don't want to go. Lectures are interesting but is mostly read off of slides which are posted later on. She does not round grades so don't expect her to. She offers two extra credit opportunities which are super easy. The midterm was probably more difficult than the Final in my opinion. You are allowed 1 page of notes during the final but nothing for the midterm. There are readings every week and a mini 5 question quiz after each reading. The readings are honestly long but aren't too bad once you get the hang of it. If you go to every lecture and take notes during the readings you should do good in the course.
Fall 2025 - Professor Rith-Najarian offers a grade bonus if you only miss 3 lectures of the whole quarter but all classes are recorded in case you don't want to go. Lectures are interesting but is mostly read off of slides which are posted later on. She does not round grades so don't expect her to. She offers two extra credit opportunities which are super easy. The midterm was probably more difficult than the Final in my opinion. You are allowed 1 page of notes during the final but nothing for the midterm. There are readings every week and a mini 5 question quiz after each reading. The readings are honestly long but aren't too bad once you get the hang of it. If you go to every lecture and take notes during the readings you should do good in the course.
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