I'm pretty sure that many of the other students would agree with this evaluation because she is such a sweet teacher. She's just started instructing in 2005, but already seemes one of the best DS professors like Saltzman or Miyaoka. Take her class, and add your opinion if you've already taken one. 2 Mids, 1 Final, and Power point in her class.

A very sweet teacher indeed. She is just very very very nice...altho her class aint that easy, but u'll pass it alright! u can even get an A so long as u pay attention to the materials...duhh..! cheat sheet is okay...overall...okay class great teacher!!!

good teacher. just study and you'll pass. 2 midterms with a page (front & back) notes to use. tests are pretty easy..about 5 q's but with subproblems. on the final, you are allowed 2 pages of notes (front & back). final has 8 q's.

She's a very cute lady, very helpful and still enthusiatic (new). I think she's the easiest one to take for this class. You won't regret it. NO projects!!! Exams are just like homework...open notes. HW optional....extra cred. I got an A-.

Professor Soorapanth is one of the nicest teachers at SFSU. She is very clear in her lectures and so willing to help her students! She is even will to meet with you outside her normal office hours. Her grading criteria is very fair. GO Sada!

Professor Soorapanth is one of the best professors I have ever had. She is very clear with the mathematical processes involved and makes the concepts very easy to understands. The projects are very easy and the online homework is wonderful. I highly recommend her!

To be honest, good teacher but the subject is hard.do all the hw at a fast pace,problems on exams are formatted differently from the hw, so it takes me a while to understand what some of the problems ask for. btw, final is super hard, i did terrible on my final, but still ended up getting an A, i guess the majority of the class didn't do well.

Extremely helpful and attentive with enough homework to make sure you get it. Exams cover class discussions and is appreciated because it makes coming to class valuable. Professor Soorapanth does her best to make sure everyone understands the material and teaches with the students in mind. Great teacher, A+! I wish she taught all the math classes.

The tests are tolerable if you go to class and keep up on the work; they are multiple choice, and the homework mostly correlates with what will be on the tests. She'll give you the answers and show you how to solve the homework in class and on paper before each test.

Professor Sada is definitely one of the best professors in SFSU! She is knowledgeable at breaking down complex DS 212 concepts into simpler parts for students to understand. Also, she offers wonderful tutoring sessions during her office hours. Her exam problems are similar to her in class and homework problems. Professor Sada is a two thumbs up!

She is definitely one of the BEST teachers in SFSU! She is good at making those incomprehensive parts into crystal explanation. She is very patient and make sure everybody understand the concept. No collected homework,but they will help if you do. Open book exams, which means if you work well in class you will get a good grade.

She genuinely wants all her students to understand all the things she teaches. She even provides tutoring sessions during her office hours. Super helpful, enthusiastic and hot! You don't have to read the textbook, you only need to read the powerpoints (my opinion). I got an A in this class, and I recommend this teacher!

Sada is very nice and helpful. It helps to print out the slides for the class b/c tests are open book and notes. HW and class participation are mandatory but are also helpful.

I think she is the BEST DS teacher in SFSTATE. Don't take it with the others because they are not straight foward. i'm total serious with this teacher, she is straight foward, just attend class and do the homework(counts 10% of you grade), and make a good cheat sheet, you will get an A

I totally agree with the comments of the person below me. This prof. is one of the BEST professors at SFSU! She is very nice, sweet, and friendly. She offers 2 midterms, and 1 final. Pay attention to all of her wonderful class lectures, participate in class, do the hw, study hard, and form a good cheatsheet, then you will "A"s this class.

Great teacher overall. 2 midterms and 1 final. Quite a bit of HW but you get plenty of time to do it. Participate in class for points as much as possible. She has a slight accent but will get used to as time goes on. Take this teacher, best DS prof from what i heard from other students taking other teachers. Good class would recommend. NWO

Professor Sada is a wonderful teacher! I took both her D.S. 212 and 412 classes, and I liked her teaching style. She explains materials very well and has a way of getting students to participate in class. Her classes are two of the best classes I've taken at SFSU. I highly recommend you to take her DS 212 & 412 classes!

Very nice teacher! Obviously enthusiastic about the subject, talks a little too fast though. Lets you have a page of notes during the test, good teacher!

Great teacher, I always struggled with stats, but she definitely made it comprehend-able. She has a minor accent, but more than makes up for it with clear and persistent examples. She's very nice and helpful to top it off. Come to class and do the homework, everything else will be easy if you do. Midterms and Final are both open note/open book.

She's very patient with students, and is able to thoroughly explain solution sets. I highly recommend her for students who struggle with math.

Highly recommended. She is very helpful overall, and definitely wants students to do well in the class. Her lectures move very fast, but she spends time on each chapter so there's plenty of time for questions. Class participation is mandatory, part of your grade, but easy to get by answering in class. She lets you out early a lot, too!

I came into this class not knowing D.S. materials that well, but this prof. explains materials very well, makes it easy to understand, and she's very helpful during class, after class, and during her office hours. I ended up doing well in her class, and liked DS thanks to this prof's help. Highly recommend her to everyone!

Shes probably the BEST math teacher I've ever had. Her lectures are very thorough and have many examples to make sure you understand the content. She's very helpful, and is good at answering your questions. There's 3 exams, all of which you get to have a cheat sheet. The only problem I had was that the online hw can be long and tedious at times.

She is a great teacher. Her class is very organized. There are 2 midterms and a final and she lets you use cheatsheets. She even lets class out early most of the time. She speaks very quickly which forces you to pay attention. Overall, I learned a lot from this class and I would recommend her as a great stats professor!

Wonderful professor. Make sure to PAY ATTENTION, as long as you listen and ask on what you're confused about she'll gladly help you. Of course calculus isn't the easiest subject but she is the BEST stats teacher at sfsu. I attended every class, listened, participated, did the homework and I got an A-. It's very do-able!! And I'm no math wiz!!

Great teacher

I just see a beautiful teacher in the class everyday. Nice, caring and helpful. I had a hard time passing her class because I wasnt lucky with the exams. Although I didnt do well, at least I am able to learn from her. I definately DON'T RECOMMEND taking this class over the summer if you did not study ahead.Your chances are better with the semester

She moves VERY quickly through her lectures. You have to pay attention actively. If you daydream for a minute, you'll be lost. Despite lecturing at breakneck speed, her lectures are organized and informative and she is good about explaining again anything that you ask about. She also encourages students to visit during office hours for more help.

Do the online HW, Don't try to cram it last minute though. Pay attention if math isn't your thing then you need to focus and not get behind while she talks or you'll get lost. Power point slides, Exams are based off of hw and in class problems but aren't too hard. 1 page of notes per exam, save them for the final when u can use them again.

She is good.

Lectures via power point. Homework is not too overwhelming. I liked that exams were pretty much exact same as homework. no surprises... Subject isn't easy but I got a B and suck at math. Just make sure not to fall behind and you should pass.

Just going to say this. A lot of people skip class and expect to understand the material. This class is easy if you attend. Do not skip class and expect to know everything during the exam. Easy class

The professor is very good, I take this class Fall'14 & she gives very clear instructions on what is learning. As long as you attend the class & do homework without skip, it's really not a tough class. She covers all exam content in class or PPT, I don't even read test book & just go through the PPT is good enough to prepare for exam.

Very knowledgeable. Always there for the students. Able to help with any question. Better not to skip classes.

I took BUS776 in Fall 2014. She is not only knowledgeable and intelligent, but also beautiful and graceful. The course itself is heavily based on math, but it's not that complicated. Sada makes her PPT clear and concise enough for students to refer to. She is patient and helpful with students who have questions. I like her and recommend this course

Okay so I don't get this. You get 20 problems in the midterms and 10 out of these 20 problems are concept based problems. We're learning equations the entire time and nowhere in the syllabus she mentions that she will be throwing concept based problems. Midterms play the main role in this class. the material is easy but her midterms are super hard.

This professor was very nice and patient with me. She helped me focus and ground myself. She certainly brought me out of comfort zone, which taught me a thing or two. Because the class did not do so well on the first midterm, she gave us two extra credit assignments, which in my case raised my first midterm's grade significantly. She is helpful.

First two midterms will be based off the notes,examples, ideas, and concepts of the power point. Remember to take good notes in class. Final is still heavily based off the power point with some problems from homework. A very talented professor. Thanks to this class, I became more interested in my Decision Science major. Powerpointsstudy guide.

For DS212 she's a good teacher. There are 3 midterms, she drops the lowest score & allows a note sheet. Which is reasonable because it's unrealistic for people to remember so many formulas. Going to class & taking notes is important because she goes over examples step-by-step which will be in the test. Tests are similar to homework/class problems.

She posts her lectures online but it is always good to come in because she goes over problems in the lectures and on the homework. She has 3 midterms, a final, and homework every week. She drops the lowest midterm as well. She allows cheat sheets on the test and final too.

I took Operations Management with Professor Soorapanth and she was great, super clear, helpful and was an overall great teacher. I appreciated how willing she was to help in and out of class, through email and office hours. I would definitely take her again!!! It was a great balance of not being terrifyingly hard, but challengingly interesting.

Professor Sada is a great Decision Science professor. I had her for DS412 and DS312. She is a fair grader. You must pay attention in class and take down good notes (it will show up on the tests). Read the book if you do not understand the material well. The test was not very hard but you do need to understand the material well. Excellent professor.

Sada is approachable and is pretty clear through her lectures. The examples are given and the way she explains helped a lot. Her exams were hard but cheat sheets help! She mostly goes through problem-solving but lacks concepts. Unfortunately, her exams consist of that, where the students struggle in so be careful with that. I rec her.

Contrary to most of the reviews, I thought Professor Soorapanth was great. Her lectures were so clear that I never needed to touch the book and still got an A in the class without much studying. I made very detailed and organized cheat sheets and simply reviewed each chapter's ppt once the day before the exam. Her class should be easy to pass.

I thought Professor Soorapanth was great. I went into this class worried because I understand DS412 is to be difficult, but Sada made it really easy. I would watch the prerecorded lessons prior to the actual lecture itself and that helped a lot! The quizzes are a bit difficult compared to the homework, but overall this class was fine w Sada!

DS 412 w/ Professor Soorapanth during the Summer. Online but she was always a/v for help through email. She explains things very clearly and it was easy to understand. Homework problems can be a lot since there are multiple parts to a question. multiple attempts for homework.Quizzes are harder than the homework

It's a difficult class. I had a hybrid class and most of the learning is from the lectures and not in person. Still, the lectures were straight forward and I have no complaints on the teacher, its just a difficult subject and you MUST make sure to dedicate time on.

she gives clear guides for the exams and the grading. She's very helpful when it comes to questions about the homework and the classwork. She actually cares about her students learning. you just need to pay attention, look at the slides that she gives you, and do/review the homework. because most of the problems are practice for the exams.

The professor is straightforward, using lecture time efficiently and answering student questions well. There were three tests that matched the homework (Pearson MyLab) 1:1, so there were no surprises. Participation by answering questions was mandatory, but the professor made it easy. There's also an optional final to replace a poor test grade.

If you read the slides and do the online homework, you can easily excel. The homework allowed five attempts per problem and included videos that broke down all the steps. We were allowed two double sided cheat sheets for each exam, which was more than enough. Participation's graded, you only need to participate 80% of the time to get full credit.