APMA 2130

Prof Spencer is such a nice professor and really made a subject that I usually don't like into a fun one. Definitely recommend her. Also, this class in general is very structured and the worksheets are very helpful in explaining everything. I had to take this for my major (and probably wouldn't have taken it if I didn't have to), but if you're thinking about taking it, go for it!

Disclaimer: I took this course in Fall 2020 semester when classes were online.

This course was very disorganized. Spencer is a great person but she was struggling a lot to run the class online. Worksheets and Written Homework problem sets took forever to be returned and there in general seemed to be a lack of support for students. If this class had been in person it would have been much, much better.

This course is by far one of the hardest APMA classes I've taken at UVA. Spencer is very all over the place in terms of teaching, so it made it that much harder, as well as the class being very difficult in general. If you work hard, you could probably do well. I would make sure to go to office hours and study a lot for tests. However, if you have the option to take another course instead of this one, I would.

Spencer is a very jovial and considerate person and I say this only having known her while she was pregnant. When I had a panic attack right before a test and emailed her she calmed me down and let me take the exam the next week. Hw consists of regular webworks and written homework packets (weekly to biweekly). Additionally before each class a pre class worksheet is due that takes no more than 30 min. The teaching style is she goes over the preclass ws then we have time to work on an in class ws. While I didn’t enjoy this class as it was a lot of work it was definitely the class I retained the most from.