Assigns close to 25 problems for hw but grades around 5. Assigns hw for material due next day after just covering the topic.Gives no curves. Tough graded. Takes points off for grammatical errors in MATH. Flys through lectures, doesnt go over hw. Takes silence as understandment of the material. AVOID.

Take this professor if you enjoy failing/struggling immensely in Math. Forget about asking questions during class, she often gave a short inadequate answers. She barely reviewed the material covered in class at a later date, which gave us only the day it was being taught to understand it. Also, HW is graded harshly with no later reconciliation.

I am a bio major but I studied calculus more than bio this semester and I still have a D in this class. She skips a lot of calculation steps during the lectures because she is going to go over all the chapters. It becomes really confusing when she skips steps all the time. shouldnt take her when you want your teachers to show you all the steps.

She is the worst professor I've ever had in VCU. She NEVER reviews for exams, just avoid her classes completely.

Took off 8 points for not putting a positive sign, and didn't show my work on a implied domain problem (Square root of 15-3x). Common sense question i lost another 6 points on. ON A TEST -__-

This is probably the worst teacher you can take. she is very strict with what she wants from you and is a tough grader. very fast passed lectures and has an annoying voice. CHOOSE ANOTHER PROFESSOR.

Worst teacher I have ever had grades so hard for no good reason if you forget a comma you lose 5 to 10 points should be a drill instructor instead. rushes through lectures and expects you to know everything by next class. would avoid unnecessary stress

Wasnt worth it at all. Shouldve been on time for registration and picked a different professor that got higher views. I went to EVERY single class and at the end still didnt get the grade I wanted? Finished all Aleks assignments and STILL didnt make the cut. Save yourself the time and stress please.

I took her for Math 151 but that wasn't an option in the course codes so I just put 141. I really don't care for her teaching style, and she's pretty rude. Discouraged students to ask questions and tests are worth nearly 70% of your grade. I'll likely have to retake this class.

She is not a teacher that you want to have. Her test review prepares you poorly for your exams. Also, she relies on us doing homework to learn the topics rather than teaching us herself. She isn't open t students talking either when we need help in class. Overall she is a bad teacher from the way she carries herself to her teaching ability.

Professor Cox is a horrible teacher, her lectures are extremely boring and hard to follow, and she discourages students from asking questions, you have to teach yourself through ALEKS explanations which is not the best way to learn, and even if you stay on top of the homework and content, you'll still flunk every test. Don't take this class.

Definitely the worst professor I have had so far here. Lectures are not efficient nor effective. She continues to ignore student questions and will tell you to ask it during office hours. She will accuse you of cheating with horrible evidence, if you don't do the problem her way its cheating in her book. Save yourselves and don't take her EVER.

I failed almost every test I took even after hours per week of studying. I ended up having to drop the class because I wouldnt have passed. This class made me absolutely miserable. Prof Cox is an awful teacher, please save yourself the trouble and dont take her

I had to drop the class. She discourages you asking questions and accused over half of us in the class for cheating because we had done the problem a different way then she had taught it. All you do is ALEKS. worst professor ever

If you take this class you'll have to teach yourself Math from ALEKS. She almost always refuses to answer questions during lectures, leaving you in the dark. Online math is impossible to start, but Prof. Cox somehow made it harder to do.

Lots of ALEKS homework, lectures do not reflect what will be on the four exams you will take throughout the semester. Honestly choose a different professor if possible. Also, apparently accused a handful of students of cheating because they didn't solve it the way she taught. Had to withdraw to save myself from failing.

To state it simply she has a big ego. If you can don't take her class. s. If you don't solve a problem in your own way she will report you for cheating. Like she did for a lot of her students this semester. (If your students are struggling in a course it says something about you. Learn to accept the fact that you can't teach and act upon it)

Don't take her class. Her class is a waste of energy, time and money. She barely teaches you anything for the course but instead assigns a lot of Aleks assignments. Her exams are full of questions that don't reflect the homework assignments. If you teach yourself you will probably be accused of cheating bc you didn't use her methods.

Worst professor ever. Save yourself time and money and do not take this professor. She does not posses any teaching skill. She would not even respond if you ask her for help. All she will do is to report half of the class for cheating becase the problems were resolved in a different way that the one she taught. Lots of ALEKS homework.

Jody Cox comes off as a nice person the first day of class, but I promise you don't be deceived. Her class is literally set up for you to fail. Tests are 48% of your overall grade. They are probably some of the hardests tests I have ever taken not because they are difficult, but because we dont learn what is on them. RIP to your semester. (4.0 GPA)

Tests look nothing like the review material that she gives. If you find a different way to do the problems than what she taught you, she takes off points. Test are 48% of your grade so if you do badly on one its hard to come back.

Definitely the worst class I have ever taken in my life! the material on tests dont reflect what your reviews are, quizzes are only 5% of your final grade, whereas tests are 48%. I am a deans list student and her class has me failing and possible losing grant money. Completely not fair and I hope someone does a reevaluation on her poor teaching.

Jody assigns a lot of homework on ALEKS and you're pretty much expected to learn the material straight from the homework since her lectures are just reteaching what's taught on ALEKS. There's homework due three times a week and a quiz every Monday. Exams are recorded and monitored. Make friends in this class otherwise studying for this class sucks.

Tons of homework assigned that felt completely different than what we learned in class. Her 'notes' consisted of one or two sentences of what was actually going on and 80 examples of doing the same problem over and over just with varying numbers or variables. Will accuse you of cheating if you choose a different method to solve a problem.

The worst professor I have ever had. Class average on every test and quiz was 60% or below. She doesnt drop lowest exam score either, DO NOT take her class

Professor Cox gives too much group work instead of teaching an actual lesson. She expects us to learn things on our own in teams, which does not accomplish anything if no one has a clue about what theyre doing. It would be more beneficial if she taught the lesson first and then used the group work as extra practice. Too much work

Jody is the worst professor ive ever dealt with. she does not care about you. the tests are nothing like the homework and infinitely harder. avoid at all costs.

PLEASE AVOID. You pay $100 to teach yourself on Aleks each week which is nothing like what is in class. She hands you blank worksheets each class and expects you to learn by "working through it" when she NEVER taught material once. Not even a tutor would help you in the class and the TA's don't know how to explain the material either. Fire her VCU!

Literally a waste of your time. she doesnt help you with anything and doesnt care about her students well being, my arm was swollen and she wouldnt let me take the quiz after I missed it because I got Into an accident the day before. She literally lectures like you are 5 and does things for no reason

I do not recommend taking MATH 141 or any math course with her. If you need the class for credit and she is the only option, I recommend that you just wait and take it the next semester with another professor.

She has adopted a revolutionary teaching style where the teacher does not have to teach the students! You may wonder, "aren't teachers supposed to teach their students?" Not her. All your learning takes place outside of class on your own with a system called ALEKS. In class, all you do is work in a group of people who have don't understand. Not fun

Jody Cox is incapable of teaching a college level math. Her course is set up to be the same as a high school math class. In addition, be prepared to do all of your studying outside of class on Aleks. Class time is spent in groups of 4 simply guessing the answers to your notes because she does not explain how to solve problems beforehand. DONOTTAKE!

You pay thousands a semester to be taught by a program called Aleks. We walk into class and are handed a blank worksheet with material we haven't even learned yet...Professor Cox and TAs do walk around the classroom and wander questions, but will never fully help you solve a question but will rather say "read over it and try again."

If there is another professor available, anyone is better. This professor was condescending and not helpful at all and did not care about students who actually needed help. The professor would come early and stay after on test days which was maybe the only plus, I could give. otherwise after taking this class i literally took the semester off.

I have never been more agitated with someone's teaching style. Absolutely the worst math teacher I have ever had. Even putting in the effort lands you a grade. You don't learn anything in class, as it is all worksheets she gives the group of four and you are basically told to do stuff you didn't learn! Thought the reviews were exaggerating, nope.

She is one of the worst math teachers you could possibly have. If you thought teachers were supposed to actually teach well you'll be astonished by her style. She does a terrible job explaining stuff and then doesn't even explain the correct examples. Don't forget the part where she completely forgets to teach entire concepts. The class avg was a D

DO NOT TAKE. Genuinely the hardest and worst class I've ever taken. Her lectures are scattered and hard to follow and every assignment is done on ALEKS which doesn't line up with what she teaches during class. Yet tests/quizzes are done on the lecture material. I saw the bad ratings and thought they were exaggerating. They weren't even a little bit

I was taking her class for calculus and it was not fun. I had to withdraw from it unfortunately. The way she teaches is awful. She basically gives you a worksheet each class and goes over the answers after a few minutes. When she lectures, she really doesn't explain everything. She also has quizzes around every two weeks and min of 3 hw every week

Does not know how to teach. All class she just gives worksheets and goes over them after a few min. She only lectures a little bit in the middle of class. She just doesn't explain anything well. I had to withdraw from her class.

I had the absolute worst experience with professor Cox and her MATH 151 class. She does not teach for more than the first 10 mins of class. You are expected to know the material before you take the course because how else are you supposed to complete the blank worksheets she hands out with no explanation or lecture? DO NOT TAKE HER COURSE.

take math 151 with literally anyone else. She makes it impossible for you to do well.

Genuinely take Math 151 with anyone else. Hands down the worst professor I've ever had in every way possible. Good luck if you get put in her section.

she was literally the worst professor or teacher ive ever had. i took her my first semester of my freshman year and she treated the class like a middle school class. she was not helpful and is very snarky. would literally never take her class again.

Jody Cox is the worst teacher anybody could be unlucky enough to get with. SHE LITERALLY GOES OUT OF HER WAY TO MAKE YOU FAIL. Her textbook is a 70 dollar scam, and she teaches nothing for the tests. She throws you to the wolves after shooting you in both knee caps. Then expects you to rise up like jesus christ. IF YOU CAN AVOID IT, DONT TAKE HER.

No, never again. Awful.

I would rather drop out than take another class with this women.

The reason I have an A is because I already knew the content. She can be condescending and she kinda scares me. She grades attendance during class and she looks at you when she does. She goes through a few pages of the workbook (do not buy it, she will upload a PDF) then tells you to do a few problems. If I didn't know it I would be so confused.

I'm usually a A plus student and I'm usually a quick learner but jody cox was truly my worst math teacher ever, when I went to office hours she made me feel so dumb and slow. She takes points off for small stuff on test but she does give half credit. If you want to pass this class go the extra mile and go to tutoring.

A large part of your grade is based on TopHat participation in class. There is a quiz every week unless there is a test. She has little to no empathy for students. Her expectations are ridiculously high, especially considering this is a 100-level class. She forces you to lock your phone in a box during class as if we are children. Do not recommend.

WORST TEACHER EVER!!!!!! the TAs are more helpful and supportive than she is.

Might be the worst professor you will have in college. If you have the opportunity to not take her or switch out I highly recommend it she doesn't engage with her students in anyway she always thinks you have an attitude with her and she barely has office hours. I would have probably gotten an F if it wasn't for the TAs and SI

She dosent teach, only uses the work book. You have class almost every day, and you can't miss much or you loose points on your grade… top hat is weighted heavy. She isn't even at one of the class sessions. Thank you TAs.

One of the worst MTH professors at VCU. Too much homework and barely enough time to get it done, and the SI leaders barely know how to interact with students and know just as little as she does. This situation underscores the urgent need for a comprehensive faculty evaluation. If anyone should be laid off first in the department, it should be her.

literally everything is group work, she teaches for 5 seconds and then gives the entire class a random page to work on and then grades it through tophat every single time you go to class, the GA's and TA's don't even know what's going on half the time, and the weekly quizzes will lower your grade profusely. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH JODY COX! thx

oh my goodness gracious guys DO NOT TAKE HER. we have to put our phones in suitcases which marks our attendance, which is strange for a classroom full of adults. she's extremely passive aggressive and MARK MY WORDS: THEY WILL TAKE ANY POINT POSSIBLE OFF ON YOUR QUIZZES. guys please im begging.. also the phone thing is crazy but yeah xx good luck

Additude issue to be frank. The way the class is taught is setting you up for failure. She teaches for a few minutes then has your group (who also doesn't know the material) teach you and you teach them? This class is HARD. Prepare to suffer but Jody doesn't make it better. Take ANYONE else, and choose peace because you won't get it with her.

she does not care about whether you have a viable reason for not being in class if you miss ANYTHINGG even for like 10 minutes of the class she wont help you like she says she will. she moves at the speed of light in her class and will not slow down.

DO NOT TAKE HER!!! She barely teaches; it is more of group work than her teaching. The quizzes are only 2 questions, 10 points each, so if you get one question wrong, you're gonna fail. The TA teaches on quiz days, and she isn't even there to give the quiz; it's only the TA. No retakes on quizzes or tests. The whole phone thing is just crazy.