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Sangeetha Madhavan AASP189I Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/07/2016	The previous negative reviews are completely right! She is the worst professor I have ever had for a GenEd. She was not clear for what she specifically wanted for each part of the project and then graded very harshly. Our rough draft papers grade average was a 11/20. Which is incredibly low. I would not take her again.
Sangeetha Madhavan AASP189I Anonymous 05/08/2016	I actually made a account just to warn you, DO NOT TAKE HER. Unless you're an African American Studies she's going to screw you. Things like other classes, time constraints, etc don't matter to her, 30+ pages of reading, weekly paper, and a vague term project that she didn't really know what she wanted. She's under the impression that no-one takes classes to fill up electives/requirements, and anyone who signed up has a fervent interest in this and gives you shit if you don't. TLDR: Bad professor, harsh grader, 9am class that takes attendance.
Sangeetha Madhavan AASP189I Expecting an A Anonymous 05/21/2015	I am an engineering major who took AASP189I as a Gen-Ed elective, and came out of it more interested in the topic and more engaged by the course than I expected to be. I would say I agree to limited extent with the below reviews on a few points: 1) She is a serious teacher, in that she cares a lot about the subject and expects students to care too. She is not averse to putting students on the spot (though she will call on others if a student is truly stumped). In that vein, she assigns decent amounts of reading, even to this Honors Seminar class. We had a 15 page paper culminating a community project, and about 25 pages of reading per week. The first assignment she hits you with a 34 page paper by Dr. Sangaramoorthy (also in the AASP department), I think to get everyone into the flow of things and/or scared of the work to come. That being said, the material is usually not too difficult conceptually, and the first week's piece is the toughest you'll probably face. 2) I think she does play favorites to a limited extent (and I say that as someone who probably benefitted from that tendency). If you speak more in class, and if you raise cogent points, she is more likely to look upon your work a little more favorably. Again, though, this is not some huge thing as far as I can tell; I am merely speculating that my grade might have benefitted a point or two here and there from the benefit of the doubt. I did not notice what below reviews described as 'disrespectful,' 'rude,' or 'demeaning' behavior. While I happened to agree with her on most points, I think that either she read the below reviews, or took a slight edge off, or was more relaxed with the Honors Seminar (or what have you), because while she freely challenged what students would say, she never did so in a blatant "You are wrong," or "What?" kind of way. She would bridge to something else and tie in a reason adding nuance to or perhaps contradicting the point, but not disrespectfully. In summation: Work is moderate (some of the readings are dry), but not too bad: Weekly readings (3) with summation, Project w/Paper (15 Pages), and Mid-term/Final [my year made a big open-source Google Doc reviewing everything and it worked well]. Course is more interesting than (I) expected, and Prof. Madhavan is in my opinion not what the below reviews make her out to be. For three Gen-Ed's especially, this class is well worth it.

Sangeetha Madhavan
AASP189I

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/07/2016

The previous negative reviews are completely right! She is the worst professor I have ever had for a GenEd. She was not clear for what she specifically wanted for each part of the project and then graded very harshly. Our rough draft papers grade average was a 11/20. Which is incredibly low. I would not take her again.

Sangeetha Madhavan
AASP189I

Anonymous
05/08/2016

I actually made a account just to warn you, DO NOT TAKE HER. Unless you're an African American Studies she's going to screw you. Things like other classes, time constraints, etc don't matter to her, 30+ pages of reading, weekly paper, and a vague term project that she didn't really know what she wanted. She's under the impression that no-one takes classes to fill up electives/requirements, and anyone who signed up has a fervent interest in this and gives you shit if you don't. TLDR: Bad professor, harsh grader, 9am class that takes attendance.

Sangeetha Madhavan
AASP189I

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/21/2015

I am an engineering major who took AASP189I as a Gen-Ed elective, and came out of it more interested in the topic and more engaged by the course than I expected to be. I would say I agree to limited extent with the below reviews on a few points: 1) She is a serious teacher, in that she cares a lot about the subject and expects students to care too. She is not averse to putting students on the spot (though she will call on others if a student is truly stumped). In that vein, she assigns decent amounts of reading, even to this Honors Seminar class. We had a 15 page paper culminating a community project, and about 25 pages of reading per week. The first assignment she hits you with a 34 page paper by Dr. Sangaramoorthy (also in the AASP department), I think to get everyone into the flow of things and/or scared of the work to come. That being said, the material is usually not too difficult conceptually, and the first week's piece is the toughest you'll probably face. 2) I think she does play favorites to a limited extent (and I say that as someone who probably benefitted from that tendency). If you speak more in class, and if you raise cogent points, she is more likely to look upon your work a little more favorably. Again, though, this is not some huge thing as far as I can tell; I am merely speculating that my grade might have benefitted a point or two here and there from the benefit of the doubt. I did not notice what below reviews described as 'disrespectful,' 'rude,' or 'demeaning' behavior. While I happened to agree with her on most points, I think that either she read the below reviews, or took a slight edge off, or was more relaxed with the Honors Seminar (or what have you), because while she freely challenged what students would say, she never did so in a blatant "You are wrong," or "What?" kind of way. She would bridge to something else and tie in a reason adding nuance to or perhaps contradicting the point, but not disrespectfully. In summation: Work is moderate (some of the readings are dry), but not too bad: Weekly readings (3) with summation, Project w/Paper (15 Pages), and Mid-term/Final [my year made a big open-source Google Doc reviewing everything and it worked well]. Course is more interesting than (I) expected, and Prof. Madhavan is in my opinion not what the below reviews make her out to be. For three Gen-Ed's especially, this class is well worth it.

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