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Difficulty23%
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“More practical than educational”
BUS173B - 2.0 rating“Brags bout being offered CFO role”
177 - 1.0 ratingClass Info
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91%
Textbook Required
56%
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BUS173
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Reviews (93)
will treat you like a college student. hard exam and super fast lectures!
She is a horrible teacher; does not explain well; does not help students; but she does curve
She's tough but she is fair...her tests are similar to her examples and she doesnt give any surprises, so only the people who do not study complains about her.
She's pretty tough! At times it's a little difficult to follow and understand her lecture because she goes through her presentation/slides fast. You really have to be on top of things in her course!!
I'm really not sure why she's still teaching because she can't teach. She never returns exam, she takes criticism personally, she gave us exams on the first and 2nd week of school, she could go through three chapters in just an hour, she's clear as mud!!
Clicks, and clicks but cant explain the material. doesnt go over HW. So U dont know if your doing it correct or not.
She is the WORST teacher I have ever had. All she does is go over the powerpoint slides from the textbook...super fast.
I hated this class and I am a finance major. She doesn't care about her students and does not teach class. One of the worst instrutors ever, although her test were not that hard. If you like boring, horrible classes take Anu.
Lectures are supppppper fast. If you're not a finance major, or if you think finance is boring, DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS FROM HER!! This woman is the reason why coffee was invented...You will be an addict by the end of the semester. Take ANYONE but her.
Weres the same magenta shirts everyday. Be prepared to be yelled at and treated like crap. Beware of true flase tests that she claims she doesn't give. Don't ask questions in class. Don't take this class. She is completely insane.
Take a class with her, then you'll know exactly what teaching should never be. If she doesn't have time to hastely whip through material, then it will certainly be your problem - count on it!!!
This class in general is difficult. But if you want to make it 1,000 times harder, take her. She goes through her slides faster then you can blink. So my question is "are you racing or teaching?"
Screwed over the whole class with an out-of-the-blue true false exam, and even went so far as to tell the whole class there was cheating, but said it didn't matter and would not throw out exam. Really made all my studying pay off (sarcasm).
All i can say about this teacher is WACK!!! Do not take this teacher for any course. Her exams are difficult, and she doesn't know how to lecture. She reads her slides, and thats about it. I highly recommend that you do not take her
A very bad teacher! Her lectures are the worst I have ever had, she does not explain anything at all. Her tests are semi-difficult, but considering there is a fair curve, it doesn't matter how hard the test is. Overall, nothing learned, easy B-.
don't take her class unless you are mad. Her test are diffucult. Lectures only showing slides. If you are not a white, don't ask her questions, she has discrimination toward Ascian and African people.
Trying to add this class next semester, don't do it even if there is space available, u will not learn anything in this class. Her lectures do not make sense at all. She does not even give enough time to go over the homeworks. Take Weigle, beside her.
Unapproachable, can't lecture, very critical of students and its not even constructive critism. DONT TAKE HER. Her lecture consist of reading off the publisher's slides, if I wanted to, I could do that myself!
Teacher sux. -----Javier G.
DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS AT ALL. SHE GRADES UNFAIRLY, MIDTERMS DON'T MATCH HER CHEESY SLIDE LECTURES, FINAL IS COMPHRENSIVE (HARD), DISCRIMINATES MINORITIES, DOES NOT GO OVER HOMEHOMEWORK IN FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME (only 3 min.)
Oh man, she is tough stuff. If you want a challenge of your intellect and more importantly, your SANITY, take her. She does allow people with an A going into the final to skip it. Make that your main goal. I had an A going into the final and escaped it.
I saw her name on here and I thought I would tell you all how much of an evil woman she really is. She is by far the worst teacher I have ever taken! She does not teach but expects you to teach yourself. She is unhelpful and unfair!DONT TAKE HER! trust me
The fact that this woman was allowed to get her teaching credentials is a testimate to the messed up school system. She is more worried about people cheating on her tests then if they understand the material. Boycott her class and get her fired!
So far the worst teacher at SJSU. Come to think of it, the worst teacher I've ever had in my 22 years living on Earth. It seems like she takes pleasure in our failures and doesn't want us to learn. I purposely failed her class and I've never been so relieved getting my first "F". Don't take her.
Great teacher, skipped the final with an A in the class!!!
This teacher is a very smart person and knows the material very well. The only fault is that she goes throught the materials too fast and it becomes hard to follow. Her final was not that difficult.
I have been in school for over 14 years, and I have not seen any rude and min prof as her. She expects you to all by your self.she is not consistant in correcting exams.she is dry.What she talk is Harverd.you have my word, you will not get more B- if your GPA is above 3.5 as I do. Dont take with her
SHE IS THE WOREST EVER IN MY SCHOOLING LIFE. SHE GRADES UNFAIRLY,YOU NEED TO BE WHITE TO GET A GOOD ANSWER.BELIVE ME, SHE REALLY IS. SHE IS SUX..MIDTERMS DON'T MATCH HER CHEESY SLIDE LECTURES,SHE NEVER TELL YOU HOW WELL YOU HAVE DONE, DISCRIMINATES MINORITIES REALLY BAD.BOY COT AND GET HER HER FIRE
Not clear. Will skip the first two-three chapters of the book since she thinks they are not needed. (this is actually essential review material) Assumes you know everything but teaches nothing. If you don't have a finance backround and are not refreshed on your accounting classes, do not take her!
It is not even through the entire semester and I am dreading this class. She is so hard and expects you to be able to memorize eight chapters for fill ins on the midterms. She thinks just because she never had multiple choice tests that we shouldnt. Dont take her!!!!
three midterm one comprehensive final. the third midterm covers 10 chapters, final covers 20 chapters. having a no study guide and no multiple choice policy. 20 short answer questions and 10 calculation problems in 5/4 hours. assumes students having a strong finance background.
poor teacher. do not take this class
She is a terrible teacher. I am a good student (Dean Scholar) so I know how to work hard and that learning takes effort but she is horrible. She has to scale her exams so much because no one knows the material. Even one of her colleagues said "God bless you" when I said I was taking 177 with her. DO NOT TAKE HER! Worst teacher at State!
Jesus please read the chapters before going to class otherwise be prepared to feel like a lost dog for the next hour or three depending on if it is a night class. Rather then a just numbers assetment, she also tests you on the principles of finance. So don't just practice how todo the formulas, that is only 50-60% of the grade.
lectures fast. 20 short answer questions & 10 problems in 1 hour and 15 minutes. Need to know the stuff inside out! exam 1 covers 7 chapters, 2 has 4, 3 has 10, a comprehensive final. You should concentrate your effort on the first 3 exams to get the final waived; otherwise 177 final will hurt all your other finals cz it covers 21 chapters.
Wears magenta everyday. Can become angered easily by any well-intentioned questions. Will inform the class they are mostly idiots as a motivational speech. Tends to overeact to anything involving a student speaking.
She is very smart and has good intentions but she can not teach. Powerpoint and book only. Tests are hard but they are streight out of text. I memorized the whole book. I studied more for this class than any other in 4 years and learned less than in any other class. I managed to get an A, so I am not complaining. Take Pantos if you can
She is a tough professor and hard to follow, however, as a minority myself, I never felt discriminated, at all in her class.
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She is one of the worst teachers I have had through my college life. She is smart but CANNOT teach. She is not helpful!!She gets defensive if you ask a question unless you are one of the really smart kids.Dont waste your time with her!Wait to take it another semester if you have to. She should be banned from teaching!
Worst teacher I've ever had. Really fast paced and doesn't offer enough real life situations with her lesson. Too fast, no clarity in her lectures. Makes mistakes, always in a rush. no outside contact. Only good thing about her style is she gives a take home midterm after each midterm for an extra 25 points (in case you lose that much in your test)
Her tests are not actually that difficult if you study. The concept questions and calculations come from the book and homework. So, do the homework carefully can help you out on the exam. She curves the exam.
If you come prepared for the class,you'll understand what she is saying if not you're lost until you read the book and do the home work.One good remark about her is she always reviews and summerizes the chapters before exam.Understand her examples,do your homework and online quizes,also read her power point for concept part of her exams.she curves.
DO NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER! she goes too fast, you don't learn, you end up not caring. i hella studied for this class, and there is a curve, but i ended up with a C. take a different class! or teacher at least.
I didn't like this professor. I even dropped out of her Bus 173B course because there was no textbook, no schedule, and only about 12 students who decided to stay. She loves to get her excel spreadsheets on the overhead projector to assign groups, presentations, and other confusing material. Very unorthodox teaching style.
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! She is the worst, most condescending teacher I've ever had. Never clearly explains what she expects from you and her exams are a disorganized mess. Word to the wise, believe everthing that is written about her. It is all true!
Vuorikoski has an MBA from Harvard, but she can be very unclear in her assignments sometimes. She updates her website constantly and it can be hard to keep up with all her changes. That said, you will learn a lot about finance in this class and it is very useful. Most of your grades are from group presentations so get a good team and you are fine.
Rude and impatient!! The WORST teacher I ever had!!! She is lazy and never let students review the exams. Don't waste money to take class with her.
Great class. If you put the time in and do all the homework, you will pass the class. The people who posted bad ratings probable didn't do any work and they are upset that the got a bad grade. It is up to you how good you do in the class. Plus she curves!! This was one of my favorite classes at SJSU. GREAT TEACHER!!!
She is not always clear and she doesn't hand back tests in class ever. So this isn't an easy class, but it's not that hard either. If you read the book, do the homework, and study you will do well. There may be easier teachers out there though.
Vuorikoski obviously posted that last glowing review. What a liar. Here's the truth. Yes she curves the class and you can pass if you read the material on your own, but she is terribly rude and unoganized and will make your life hell any chance she can get. Just because you pass a test that is curved doesn't mean you learned anything.
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worst professor ever at sjsu.....do not take her, never had a such a unstructured class, she is vague and unhelpful, very full of herself and never makes time for students and not understanding at all, she is very mean and makes students feel stupid!!!
She's a terribly mean person. She insults people and makes you feel bad. She never tells you what you do wrong so you keep making the same mistakes. Exams take 4 hours on excel along with 20 hrs. of prep work. She didn't ever teach anything. Doesn't offer any office hours! If you think you can avoid Campsey by taking her for 173A, don't do it
Are you people just lazy? Ignore the reviews; get in a good group and do the work. It's not that hard, really. You do work for 3 weeks and then do nothing for another 6. You don't have to attend class often. You will leave the class with an understanding of forecasting and financial statements that you will wish you had when you took Campsey.
Still can't believe why she is still a professor. She seems to not care about students, but her son. She is mean and likes to put down students. Wish she got fired.
WOW! Probably( crossed out probably and insert is) the hardest teacher i've had in 4 years at sjsu. Assumes students have a strong finance/accounting background and zooms through lecture, which is on powerpoint, like a ferrari. Exams are on excel and extremely difficult. Trust me, avoid her at all cost even if you have to wait another semester.
This is a very hard class with huge curve though. Lectures are fast and she jumps everywhere. Very confusing. 2 midterm and 1 comprehensive final(50%, 25+ chapters) and on excel. Nobody is able to finish the exams because they are too long. Oh, she likes to wear matching color socks, pants, shirts, outer jacket, and hair tie. THATS SO HOT!!(NOT)
believe everything u hear about this teacher. hard, mean, demands alot of work. however, get in a good group, turn in the required presentation work on time and you'll pass easily. the work doesn't have to be completely right, it just has to make sense. presenting bears no pts. i thought i failed the midterm, but i guess there was a fat curve
Jesus!! What a horrible professor. Mean and mean!!! She is unorganized and assuming that everyone can zoom in and zoom out like her mouse click button. A professor lives in her fantasy. Stupid and ignorant. Doesn't know any better about teaching.
I respect this teacher for her vast knowledge, but the fact is if you are going to attend her class be ready to work hard. If you put in "A" level work, your most likely going to get an "A." Just read the Chapters and do all the H.W. and you'll be fine. If you do this, your almost certain to get at least a "B."
She is crazy this women. Go to class even though her lectures are not informative b/c she pays attention on who is there or not. Excel midterms are impossible to finish but don't worry she curves everything. I don't think a CFO from a firm can complete her midterms in the time she allows to complete it. She likes to hear herself toak in lecture
One worst professor on the campus. Lectured first couple weeks, then went on sitting at back watching the students doing their presentations the rest of the semester. Threw out vast knwoledge at times. 2mt n 1 final, mt paper never handed back n textbook never used at all. If i knew the porject had NEGATIVE pv, i wouldn't waste my $.
WOW! School just started and she already gave us a project to submit next class meeting. Project is VERRRYYYY long and tough. We have to answer 50 PAGES of questions that i've been laboring on since Friday... This is unbelievable. I'm not looking forward to the rest of the semester ='(...
This class was as boring as can be and that was not a good thing because this class is difficult. Need to be an Excel expert for her take home mid-terms which are designed for you to fail miserably because she says you will not finish it. Practice your forecasting skills as that is emphasized heavily on the exam. Other than that pray for a HUGEcurv
Not helpful at all. Zooms through every chapter in the entire text. There's nothing you could do to prepare for her extremely difficult test. She had the most craziest curves I had every seen ( she had to because everyone failed her test). Try not to take this teacher, she herself is very good at finance but horrible at passing down the knowledge.
Surprisingly an easy class. All you do is presentations with a group of 3-4 people and everyone split the workload to make the class more managable. Workload is intense in the beginning but don't let that scare you. It slows down as group work kicks in. If you participate in the group work the quizzes NOT exams will be easy.
I had bullis for the sp. 09 semester and I'll say that she looks pretty when not donning that life preserve. Anyway, the excel crap is pretty straight forward, just be sure to bring your laptop to class. If you don?t have office, use the msworks spredsheet, it comes with your computer You won?t be doing any visualbasic garbage anyway.
Worst professor ever. Acts like everyone knows the material already and does absolutely no teaching - therefore going to class is useless since u can just turn in everything online. Her lectures are worthless, so i suggest u bring a laptop to surf the net if u do attend class
Great knowledge about finance. She doesn't teach well and there is no text book but you learn alot.You need to figure things out on your own but projects are exactly like things you do on the job.Take her if you want to learn financial management and get a job or you will regret it once you graduate. DO NOT TAKE EASY WAY OUT
Professor is better than people think. She is somewhat confusing, but very helpful when answering questions. She requires a lot of self-study and does not require a book (which may change). This class is like working in the real world - no one is going to hold your hand. Use your brain, be creative, and ask questions.
More practical than educational.Success depends on being in a good group.Had the pleasure of working in a group who never has time to meet except b4 presentation and in class.Helpful in showcasing real life work.Falls flat in solid concepts.Notes on board unreadable.I really want to do well,but team atmosphere slowly screwed me over. Life.
WORST professor I have ever had. She is incredibly disorganized, unclear, and sends very rude emails to her students. I would expect much more from an SJSU instructor. Her exam was incredibly impossible to complete in the time frame given.
I did not like this professor at first and I considered dropping the course. As the semester went on she provided a lot more information for assignments and exams which made it much easier to learn. She is very helpful for in class group assignments to make it easier when taking the midterms. She also gives a lot of feedback for the exams.
Worst you can ever get.. Only thing i would tell you is don't jump in fire... by taking her class....
Intermediate Excel knowledge as well as a laptop is needed during lectures. Extremely unorganized, materials are sporadically given throughout the semester on a day to day basis. . Intimidating professor but open to WebEx one-on-one remote meetings for students. Join a study group and learn on your own.
If you want to learn a lot about finance and be prepared for a career after college, I highly recommend taking her. She has a lot of real world experience. She also requires everything to be done in excel which is very important in today's job search. She is very helpful and always responds to emails quickly. She truly cares about her success!
A lot of work, tough grader, lectures are long, very unorganized, the test itself is confusing and throws you off.
It's shame she was chosen to teach such as an important class for Fin. majors. This is the class that supposedly prepares you to become a Financial Analyst, yet I took nothing out of it. Why am I paying tuition money for a professor that wants you to"figure it out"Absolutely took nothing from her or this class. Brags bout being offered CFO role
Hardest professor, mainly because she expects way too much from students. If you take her class, expect to drop all priorities on Midterm week & Quiz days and funnel it towards her. Quizzes are cherry picked from lectures and are multiple choice BUT are confusing. Class AVG got below 40% on some Quizzes. First Exam Class AVG was 50%.
Her lectures are unorganized and difficult to follow. Grading depends more on works in teams. If your teams get stuck in somewhere, good luck. She is not responsive to students when she feels busy. Too much drama too in this class.
It is about her management than educating students. Students had to do a lot, but she did not give feedback at all to one team. One of her guys is very rude when keeping asking "are you sure?" in other team's presentation while he did not give a reason for his opinion plus he did many mistakes. Very disrespectful. Yet she allowed it to happen.
This class is a catch-22. Showing up to lecture is a waste of valuable study time, however you won't pass if you don't do the weekly group exercises at class-end. Her hw is to copy her excel sheets, however they are outdated and contain many errors (so you're really only learning about 25%. I respect her, but she's an acceptable job.
1 exam, 1 final, 2 quiz, weekly hw, 2 group project with presentation, and that's not even the worst part. She expect everything to be done on excel. Yes, you heard me right, the hw and exam in excel. These concepts aren't easy but she flies by them with very little example. NOT RECOMMENDED.
Not a bad person, but not a good professor. Bus177 material isn't difficult the only thing that is difficult is the format of the tests. Excel exams are heavily weighed on your overall grade and doing them is very difficult. Try to avoid taking this for your finance elective if you can because you don't learn a lot in this class.
I took this class and was satisfied with her. Her teaching style is not the best and she is to fast sometimes when she goes trough the slides, but she helps you any time if you have some problems and explain it again. She is responding Emails in less than 20 minutes and she is doing exam reviews which help a lot for the exams.
RUN!! Don't take this class with her, she is a very nice person, but a horrible teacher. Very confusing, her class doesn't have a clear structure and she is not fair with her grading. If you can avoid her, do yourself a favor, if you don't, good luck
The professor is very kind and helpful. 1 MC Final, 2 excel midterms, 1 HW and 1 Exercise per week, and 2 group presentations. Final is comprehensive. Every thing on excel midterms were reviewed before one week. Exercise points are just the attendance . HW had solutions without formulas and wrong not affect the grade. Easy class. Would take again.
Not sure why so many people bag on her. If you attend the class and follow along, you should get an A. The reviews before the tests are very similar to the exams. She genuinely wants to help her students. The lectures are long but she makes them doable with group exercises.
Nice lady who cares for her students, but she does a poor job explaining the concepts necessary to do well in the course. Expect a lot of self studying to compensate. Three group projects, three tricky multiple choice exams (despite allowing a notecard), and several additional assignments on the side. Class required more effort than really needed.
Very unorganized. You can pass or even get an A, but too much trouble. If you can avoid her, do it!
The curve is the only thing that saved me. One of the harder classes I have taken at SJSU. The material isn't rocket science but she zooms through lecture and you barely have a chance to understand what she is showing you. If you have the option to, I would avoid this class!
Bruh! There is no word can describe how awful and horrible Anu is as a professor. I know I am dumb but she made me dumber. Her lectures are really long and uninteresting. You will hardly learn anything from her lectures and get lost if you lose focus on her slides for couple seconds. Tests are super long and stupidly confusing. Dont even take her!
Class Info
Attendance Mandatory
91%
Textbook Required
56%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B+
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Improving
+0.36 avg changeRatings by Course
BUS173
2.5
(2)BUS177
2.4
(22)BUS173A
2.4
(11)BUS173B
1.9
(18)BUS170
1.8
(23)Difficulty by Course
170
5.0
173A
5.0
B170
5.0
BUS172A
5.0
BUS
5.0