Bharti Motwani

This professor has taught: BMGT301, BMSO758V, BUDT737, BUSI752

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Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/27/2025	If you can take the other prof, save yourself and do it. Dr. Motwani's class is one of the worst I have taken. Her lectures are fast paced and hard to keep up with, and she takes participation points in every lecture, worth a decent chunk of your final grade. Her exams are ridiculous- the Excel exam was 100 questions in 70 minutes, and other exams were challenging and the questions weren't always clear. One question that still haunts me from the very first exam was about the names of the founders of various tech companies. With that being said, I am confident in the Excel, HTML, and Tableau skills that she enforced, and I have talked with kids who had the other prof, and didn't get nearly as much practice with these applications. If you have to take 301 with Dr. Motwani, I have found that actually doing the readings and taking notes on them will give you the best success. Also, attend lectures and write down the weird things that she emphasizes in lectures, because they will appear on the exams. I was able to get an A+ in the class (I finished with about an 89% so the curve went crazy), with high C/low B exam scores, and clutching up on the Tableau group project. I did most of the project on my own, and spent like 16 hours on it in the span of 2 days, but it really helped my grade. Now that I am not in the class anymore, I am grateful for what I learned, but you really have to work for your grade and this class is much harder than it needs to be.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting an A- Anonymous 01/23/2025	Pros: Motwani is a very smart professor. If you're passionate about Information Systems, her knowledge and experience will definitely benefit you. She holds office hours regularly and is willing to add more slots near the due dates of projects or exams. She's responsive to emails, and if you prefer to ask questions after class, she’s happy to stay for a few minutes to help. Cons: It can be difficult to ask her questions about a particular topic during class, as she expects you to be familiar with the material beforehand or if it has already been covered. I agree with the review that the timing and number of questions on her exams can be problematic—sometimes there are 70-100 questions (multiple-choice, multiple answers, true/false), along with 3 short essays on the midterm and final. My tip would be to start with the essay questions first, write as much as you can, then move on to the multiple-choice questions. You can always return to the essays at the end, as the multiple-choice questions may help you with the essays.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/09/2025	Dr. Motwani is one of the most knowledgeable and passionate professors I've had. She enthusiastic about teaching textbook knowledge and practical knowledge that can be used at the industry level. My favorite part of this class was being able to see how every business uses technology and how they can adapt technology to expand their reach. She is willing to take any feedback and hear her students out. As long as you take notes during lecture and actively listen to the examples she gives in class you will do well. Her slides have all the information you need to do well in her class and exams. Additionally you'll learn about excel, html, and tableau- all useful skills.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/29/2024	Professor Motwani is a really nice professor, and she does care about her students. I definitely recommend this class. She makes the lectures a bit fun and always has a mini participation quiz at the end of each class. However, her exams are harder than the overall class. In the exams, there are a lot of MTC questions and 3 mini essay questions at the end. She didn't give us a specific length for the essays, but she said that all the important information and correct terminology needed to be included. I will say that going over her PowerPoint can give you some ideas of what the essay questions could be, as there is no guideline about it. Also make sure to read the book; it can be helpful. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE EXCEL EXAM OR ANY EXAMS. The homeworks are fairly easy; just do them in advance to be able to ask questions after classes for any clarification. She is a really approachable teacher, so just go talk to her if anything. She curves the grades a lot just to make sure that her students get the best out of the class. She really prepares her students to actually use those skills in the future. You gain valuable knowledge on HTML, Tableau, Excel, and MS Access.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/28/2024	Only reason I got a B is because I fumbled. Honestly one of the most caring professors in Smith. You learn a lot, her class might not be an easy A but basically everyone gets at least a B- if you show up and don’t slack. This class helped me land a big time internship so even though I didn’t perform great, I’d highly recommend Motwani. Learned hella too ngl
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/23/2024	Take Dr. Motwani if you’re looking for a semester full of support and amazing teaching. Exams were challenging but if you want an A prepare to study/memorize the textbook extremely well. TAs were also always there to help on any assignment. Overall, as long as you go to class and do the assignments well you’ll do fine.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/23/2024	She really does care for the students and is clearly very experienced and knowledgeable on topics of the class, but she is simply not a great professor. Assignments are pretty vague, and she tends to run out of time leading to a lack of clarity on how exactly to complete assignments. The tests are so odd, they're essentially trivia with essay questions at the end that are extremely vague. She says to read the textbook but it truly is unnecessary. I consistently got 60s-70s on the exams but ended with an A- because of the crazy curve (which was because of the stupidly worded exams). Overall not impossible and she will try to help you, but would definitely recommend taking someone else if available.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/21/2024	Professor Motwani genuinely cares about her students. Her exams are extremely extremely difficult, however her self-awareness and ability to empathize with students is what makes her a great teacher because she ended up curving A LOT. Our exam averages were in the low 70’s with our Excel exam averages being just below the 70’s, which tanked everyone’s grades. But given that she is a super understanding teacher and wants to see everyone succeed, in the end she literally ended up curving our grades an entire letter grade (she made the cutoff for an A an 85%). Overall, yes you will have a difficult semester with difficult exams but in the end, her self-awareness as professor and ability to get on students’ level really helps because she pretty much rose up our grades from the dead haha. The content in the class itself is very useful, as we go through Tableau, Excel and HTML.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/20/2024	Dr. Motwani is one of the most wonderful and genuine professors I’ve had. She truly cares about her students and mixes lectures with hands-on demonstrations in Excel, HTML, and Tableau, which kept the class engaging. She was always willing to assist students both inside and outside of class. However, the exams were so bad. The highest score I got was an 82, and I received Cs on the rest. Exam averages were consistently low—the highest was a 71, with the others in the 60s. One exam included 100 Excel questions in 70 minutes, and the other exams were random textbook trivia questions that were from super nuanced parts of the book. I understand they have to make the exams challenging, but they were also riddled with typos, confusing syntax, and vague phrasing, so I couldn't even express the content I actually knew. Thankfully, the class is graded on rank order. As long as you stay above average, ensure your homework is accurate, and participate in lectures, you shouldn’t struggle to get an A- or better, even with poor exam scores. I believe the grade cutoffs in our class was 82 was an A- and an 85 was an A.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/20/2024	The thing I liked most about Professor Motwani is that she genuinely cared for her students. A lot of students complained about how she taught us too much, but she did it to set us up for success in the future. I especially appreciated how she taught us tools like Excel, MS Access, and Tableau, which will definitely be good to know for any career in business. While I felt some topics covered in the course were not useful to me, I always felt Professor Motwani was knowledgeable and knew what she was talking about. My only complaint with the course was that her exams were long, difficult, and extremely specific, however, it is still possible to get a good grade.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a B- Anonymous 12/20/2024	Make exams tolerable ❌ Make exams apeshit long and structured horribly, then curve grades 3 separate times over the semester to try and counteract it (which doesn't work) ✅
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a B- Anonymous 12/20/2024	Trust me, just take Karake if she's available. I'm saying this because the exam structure was horrendous, and it's basically your entire grade. She gives basically no study guide, she only tells you what chapters will be covered. Then the exams are almost entirely "select all that apply" questions with answer options that are overly vague. Trust me, it's not remotely the same as multiple choice. Yes you can use common sense for some of the questions, but that will only get you so far on a ONE HUNDRED QUESTION, 60 minute exam. Highest grade I ever saw on her exams was like a high B. Average was a low C. The content itself is meh and attendance was mandatory. Concepts weren't difficult to understand, it just seemed pointless because it's a bunch of specific names being given to terms of common sense. I will say that the Excel, Access, and Tableau side of the course was pretty interesting and important. TLDR: exams are horrible, take Karake you're welcome!
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a C+ Anonymous 12/20/2024	Do not take. Professor Motwani is a very nice person but makes her exams much harder than the other bmgt 301 classes. Excel exam is impossible to do good on since you get 100 questions and have 70 minutes to complete while doing mental math of some of them. Classwork isn’t too bad but the exams were very hard to succeed in which is why my grade was so low.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/19/2024	Professor Motwani as a person is fine, she's genuinely interested in your education and wants you to understand the material for the real world. The biggest downfall with her is the way she structures her exams (which accounted for 55% of your final grade). She legitimately believes that 70 minutes is more than enough time to answer 55 questions (of which are Multiple choice, multiple selection, matching, and fill in the blank) along with 3 essay questions that normally are around 300 to 500 words. The overwhelming amount of questions along with limited time left you scrambling the entire exam and barely gave you enough time to answer everything, let along circle back to questions you were sure of. She also basically expected an exact citation of a single slide (of which there were consistently ~150 DENSE slides tested on each exam) for the exam questions and expected in-depth detail of said slide; overarching points of the slide/general summary would not do well and were considered poor quality in her opinion. If she doesn't change her exams, I would avoid the stress of her tests and choose a different prof if possible. Quick addon: If your in her first lecture slot of the day, expect her to be ~5m late to every lecture and then expect the students to make up the lost time at the end of lecture by rushing through material and holding you long!
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/18/2024	Professor Motwani is incredible! While some of the grading for the class was unorganized and the exam questions could be unnecessarily difficult and confusing, she offered a generous curve and has plenty of assignments to cover for poor exam grades. I'm an InfoSys major so I'm a little biased, but I really loved the content she covered and it was fun to learn from her since she was SO knowledgeable about what she was teaching about. She also covers a lot of software/applications that were fun to learn about and will be helpful in the business world. I felt like I learned so much that I will take with me through the rest of my career. I believe this class was well worth the hassle! She's also really sweet and funny!
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Anonymous 12/16/2024	Very good professor. Highly recommend. It was a challenging semester for me, not just in the classroom. However, Dr. Motwani was very very accommodating. It’s very clear that she cares about her students and wants them to succeed. If you struggle, communicate it with her and go to office hours, you’ll be surprised how much she goes out of her way to help. Some of the stuff we learned was difficult but it paid off big time and played a big role in me landing a Big 4 internship this summer.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/11/2024	Only take this course with Motwani if it's your last last last resort. Not only are the lectures a snooze fest but she goes over the topics once then expects you to have mastered each and every concept. If you ask questions she'll respond with "I went over this so many times" when she actually barely went over it to begin with. Exams are extremely hard and she expects us to memorize her 50 slide card decks for each chapter. There's an excel exam that is 100 questions long, 70 minutes and it includes mental math and extremely long answer choices and questions. The comments that say they feel bad because she's nice sometimes is valid, but she's unfair in her teaching style and her expectations from exams is wild. Just take another professor and save yourself the stress.
Bharti Motwani BUDT737 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/12/2024	Professor Motwani is an outstanding teacher who genuinely cares about her students. She works hard to make sure her lessons are thorough and up-to-date, covering topics that are relevant and in demand. Her dedication helps students gain valuable skills and knowledge for their future careers.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 11/11/2024	She is a very knowledgeable. I am taking her this semester and her exams are a bit though but if you go over the textbook you should score good.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a C Anonymous 11/09/2024	Giving this class a 2 star soley on the fact that i like Motwani as a person. She is very knowledgable but her lectures can often be confusing and unstructured. As long as you put in your best effort and maintain a good relationship with her and go to her when you need help you will not have a problem passing the class.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a B Anonymous 11/04/2024	The Excel exam in this class is crazy! 100 questions and only 70 minutes, which wouldnt be bad but some of the questions had light mental math involved which only took away time on top of the already short time limit. Exam's are much harder and longer than Karake's class.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a B- Anonymous 10/31/2024	wow, this course was a lot, and so much reading lol, very nice professor but classes that are mainly theoretical suck like this one. Instructions for assignments are also vague and confusing sometimes. great professor but not very great course.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Anonymous 10/24/2024	Only giving 2 stars because I feel bad since she is good at her field and occasionally nice. She wants her students to succeed and is passionate but WOW does she suck. Makes an intro to information systems class a living hell. Exams are like a trivia. Extremely difficult for literally no reason. Can be very condescending when you ask questions. Avoid unless you need to take with Bharti.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Anonymous 10/24/2024	Only giving 2 stars because I feel bad since she is good at her field and occasionally nice. She wants her students to succeed and is passionate but WOW does she suck. Makes an intro to information systems class a living hell. Exams are like a trivia. Extremely difficult for literally no reason. Can be very condescending when you ask questions. Avoid unless you need to take with Bharti.
Bharti Motwani BUDT737 Expecting an A- Anonymous 10/08/2024	Not a good professor at all. Like others mentioned she seems to get personally offended if you question any of her lectures and threatens to make exams harder. Rushes through material which you will find out is quite useless and the real concepts could be learnt online. Avoid if you can
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a B Anonymous 10/01/2024	horrible professor, she rushes you and doesnt give you a chance to learn. she also threatens to make stuff harder when we dont undersyand the content
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 08/28/2024	She is very nice and has a great understanding of the topic. The grading system is stressful but worked out for me. Make sure to put effort into your projects and you can reach out to the TA for help. I would recommend taking this class.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/20/2024	Professor Motwani is a great and caring professor. She provides many opportunities to bring your grade up through extra credit, participation, and homeworks. Though the course isn't solely based on exams, you will do well on them if you pay attention in class and read the book. About half of the class is spent working on applications like Excel and Tableau, which I found nice because it kept me focused throughout the 1 hour and 15 minute section. I came into the class with no prior skills in Excel and now I can efficiently use it which has helped me in my other courses. I suggest talking to the professor and TA for help on projects and homeworks; they are very approachable and straightforward and will tell you what they are looking for. As long as you put effort into the course then you can 100% get an A.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/20/2024	Professor Motwani was one of my favorite professors this semester. She always engaged the class and would help answer any question. As someone with little background in Excel, HTML, and Tableau she explained everything perfectly for my understanding. I also found her class to be one of the most practical classes I am taking this semester and I have already found ways to talk about it during job interviews. Overall, a great professor if you come to class ready to pay attention and learn!
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/19/2024	Prof Motwani is very sweet and teaches skills that are helpful for our future careers. On average, we spend half of the class working on excel, tableau, and other applications. In the beginning of the class, I had little to no skills in excel and now I know how to efficiently use excel which has helped me in other classes. Your grade in the class isn’t fully based on exams and there was an extra credit opportunity that helped me boost my grade. During class there are clicker questions that go in as participation points at the end of the semester. We also had multiple projects which helped me get a better grade in the class. If you pay attention in class and read the book then the exams won’t be too hard. The professor and TA are very approachable and make it clear what the expectations are for the assignments.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/16/2024	She's an absolute moron and the test material is useless. Learned everything needed about excel and tableau on my own.
Bharti Motwani Expecting an A- Gsaffran 04/16/2024	Not sure what these 1 star reviews are talking about. Prof Motwani is very nice and makes class interesting through using personal experience and provides great material. Make sure to pay attention to the PowerPoint slides for the exams (especially the highlighted areas). Great teacher, the only thing is the workload is somewhat high. New assignments every week which are a little confusing but if you take advantage of the TA office hours they are pretty easy. Attendance is mandatory with in class tests every day which are extremely easy if you pay attention during class (most of the questions are common sense).
Bharti Motwani BUDT737 Anonymous 03/31/2024	Amazing Professor if you are excepting fast paced learning and getting hands on on as many tools
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 03/28/2024	I would say she is one of the best professors for 301. People are just unnecessary giving her less rating. She answers all the questions after class. I would definitely take her class again.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a B Anonymous 03/28/2024	She is one of the best professors. I don't know why people are giving her bad reviews for no reason. She gives her best to answer all the questions. I would definitely take her class again.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 03/07/2024	Do not take her. The other professors only teach excel, but she goes through excel, and then "teaches" python and tableau. You don't actually learn any python, she just gives you the code and you make the smallest little adjustments. She often brags about how smart she is and how she has written so many award winning books, which is great for her, but when she laughs at a student for asking a question, it doesn't make her seem like a very good professor. The project/homework questions are very confusing and can be interpreted in a variety of different ways but only one way is correct. The exams cover the "theory" material which does not seem relevant to the stuff we actually do in class and she does a poor job of explaining it. I am normally a very good student but this class was brutal. I ended with an 89.96% but she would not round it up because she normally does a reverse curve so I got a B+. I do not recommend this professor for 301 unless you are an infosystems major and this is what you truly care about.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Anonymous 02/28/2024	The WORST professor I have ever had. She was absolutely horrible and did not teach at all. The expectations for assignments were so confusing and the exam questions did not make any sense. She curved my grade down to meet the "target GPA" which made me really frustrated. The project was so dumb and I felt so disrespected in this class because of her. Do not take her if you have the choice.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/18/2023	She cares about the students and teaches relevant practical materials such as Python, Tableau, Access, HTML, and Excel. However, she has bad time management and it’s annoying that even though there’s so much emphasis on the practical stuff during class, those are not the things on the exam. The theoretical info on the exams is interesting, but is rushed on during class. Some of the exam questions are stupid and you wouldn’t know the answer unless you memorize the most useless facts in the textbook. The exams are okay if you study and the projects are pretty easy as long as you pay attention in class. Her instructions are vague at times and her email responses aren’t the best. For an introductory class for IS, it’s more difficult than it needs to be and doesn’t seem like most of the stuff that is related to the more advanced IS courses. Overall, an okay class and easy to get higher than a B.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/14/2023	Shes very knowledgable on the topic but not a great professor. The class isn't hard and the exams are straight forward. The biggest issue with the class is Professor Motwanis grading. I have a 92.5 in the class which is a B+ in this class. Very disappointing that the grade does not reflect the work i've put in and everything I have learned that is reflected in my percentage is not reflected in a letter grade. The curve for this class as left a sour taste in the mouth of many students.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/14/2023	She makes this class unecessarily difficult. Coming into this I already had been working with python and excel for a while, so the assignments were easy (as they should be). Generally knowing the content for a class should be a good sign of an easy class, but her arbitrary wording and vague rubrics/standards makes it unclear what is the 'correct' way of doing what she wants. One item on the final presentation rubric was 'go above and beyond', worth 15% of that grade, not extra credit. Overall this all stems from her having a different english background which causes this communication disconnect. I would strongly recommend looking for another professor for this class.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/13/2023	Great teacher if you attend class. She teaches everything you need to know to get perfect scores on the assignments and exams, and provides adequate examples with in-class demonstrations of the "technical" half of the course material and slides for the "theory" half of the material. Exams were straightforward and did not rely on technical knowledge that was tested in the assignments but rather the theory that was presented from the slides. If you are a beginner in Excel, Python, or Tableau, you will be fine, the material covered in each class section perfectly mirrors what is done in the homework and projects so homework and projects were not overly difficult. As long as you go to class, pay attention, and put in the effort to complete assignments, you will get a good grade.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/18/2023	Professor Motwani is very knowledgable and you will learn a lot as long as you simply pay attention. Exams are very straightforward, mostly multiple choice questions, and I got A's on both so far. Some of these reviews feel a bit harsh on her and they are probably from the students that fool around during class or just dislike her for no reason. Some assignments were a bit confusing but she always sends announcements to clear things up. I was originally nervous as this was her first semester teaching, but I think she did well.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/14/2023	Professor Motwani is very nice and gives you all of the resources you need to succeed. The exams are really easy if you listen to her lectures and skim over the textbook and the skills we learn are actually useful. She really encourages class participation and is happy to help when someone is struggling in class.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting a B Anonymous 10/31/2023	Lovely nice lady, trash teacher. The class is split into two aspects, practical skills and theoretical knowledge. The practical skills are interesting and provide exposure to Excel, Python, Tableau, and some web design. There is one assignment per week related to these skills, and a few projects. This is fairly easy and a good way to learn. The problem I have is with this "theoretical knowledge", which is what the exams are on. The questions are poorly written which makes easy concepts turn incredibly hard and the concepts in general are just stupid, and come across as more like "fun facts" than actual knowledge. This is followed by an array of other annoying questions that she hardly reviews and are worded completely different from the textbook. Avoid this professor if you can, I mean it. I am really disappointed with UMD because this course can be 10x better, from what I have heard other professors structure this course differently and are easier. I wouldn't take another class with her if my life depended on it. She is a kind and lovely lady, but I just have to be honest and warn my future terps.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting an A Anonymous 10/25/2023	Seems inexperienced. She rushes through Excel and Python content, so, if you're a beginner at either, it will be difficult to complete those types of assignments. On top of that, her assignment directions are not clear, even to the point where my class spends the first 30 minutes of class asking her questions regarding what the assignment directions mean. She's horrible at time management. Hands-on learning is fun and important, but it shouldn't take up the whole class period, especially since none of that content will be on exams. As far as exams go, they're easy if you study content on her slideshows. The only issue is you're going to have to put the time in to memorize content and read the book she assigns (since she never has time to go over this content during class time). It's also her way or the highway. Any time you challenge her, she gets frustrated and flustered, and then just says you're wrong. She's frustrating to deal with and makes the class more stressful than it needs to be.
Bharti Motwani BMGT301 Expecting an A Anonymous 09/28/2023	She actually cares about how people are doing in the class. The exam was easy, just read the slides. Most of the class is legit learning excel.