The most unorganized class and professor. Her lecture style is very dry and hard to engage. Taking into account that it was her first year, hopefully she will improve so that students in the future won't have to suffer like we did.

SOOOOOOBAD

Lectures aren't useful. You're best off reading the lecture notes.

Boring and pointless lecture. The content is hard and she doesn't teach very well. Avoid if possible.

She is a terrible professor with pointless lecture.

Before the day of CSCI104 final, my friends and I get the conclusion that Professor Batista is really smart, but she should not have the assumption that her students are as smart as her, since we didn't go to Harvard and also didn't have a PhD degree in computer science.

I had and am having serious depression after taking Sandras 104. And Im currently still receiving help from USC mental health center. Im not the only one. If you dont want to be denied everyday for your time and energy and work, please try another Professor. Im being very serious and Im warning everyone who is looking at this.

Although I entered this class with a strong background in math and computer science, I believe the concepts are not difficult to learn. With that said, Professor Batista was the worst professor I have ever had. I asked many times for help and guidance on how to learn. Nothing. She reads formulas and calls them "lectures". 0/10. Do not recommend.

My semester isnt even done and I have so much to say about her. Before our 8 question midterm, she said wed probably only finish 4-5 questions in given time but its ok cuz wed get a B-. I finished 6/8 questions and got less than 50% on it. Questions were 50 times harder than the hw, it was impossible for us to do in 2 hours. Avoid her if u can.

The structure of the class is not beneficial for an online format. Its difficult learning already hard concepts with just limited resources and YouTube videos outside of class. The midterm average was just above a 50 which shows how unorganized the class is.

This class has taught me nothing aside from how to feel immensely stupid, and how to take an exam while crying. I think about how my foundation is going to be crap for the rest of CS classes. A student told her the midterm made him feel like he doesn't know anything, and she said "that's good". She's the worst teacher ever, I hate her so much.

I and several other students are having mental health crises because of this class. She doesnt lecture, then mocks and condescends us when we tell her we are struggling. She accused the class of cheating on an exam with a 56 average. Designs exams knowing we wont finish in time. Worst prof Ive ever had, Id rather drop out than take her again.

Eeally hard only went over hw in lectures posted asynchronous videos to watch that were bad quality and not as exhaustive as a normal lecture would have been. Tests are insanely hard with most of the class failing.

Possibly one of the worst experiences of my academic career. The tests were unreasonably difficult, she would never give us enough time to complete them, and then would act condescending towards us when we brought issues up with her. Teaches on a flipped classroom style that frankly does not work for the content. Avoid at all costs.

Get ready to teach yourself. This professor does not lecture during class, instead she has the students teach each other. I went to her OH after failing a quiz and she told me to work harder and belittled me the entire time. I then spent the rest of my semester watching videos from a guy on YouTube and studying 15+ hrs a week to pass this class.

I would rate 170's difficulty as 3. However, she brought it to 5+. INSANE course format!!! Real course contents are pre-recorded and she lectures HWs during live zoom time. So be prepared to spend 2x time in 170. That being said, she is also such a BAD lecturer, I could find a youtube video that explains much better than her. Uncurved MT avg is a F

Makes you watch bad prerecorded videos outside of class then do "group work" in class where everyone just sits there confused since she never taught the material. When people raise concerns she just defends her teaching style despite the majority of the class failing the midterm and having no idea what's going on.

Professor Batista is likely a talented complexity theorist, but her ability to share knowledge is nonexistent. She fails to provide the minimum resources required to learn material. Class is heavy on group work, with little guidance or direction. She tests on material outside the scope of the class. Hands down the worst experience I have had.

THE worst professor Ive ever had. She assigns recorded video lectures to be watched outside of class where she murmurs so quietly and unintelligibly as if she was hit in the head before recording them. During the actual lecture time just sends everyone to work in groups. NEVER answers questions, instead calls on other students to do it for her.

legitimately the worst professor i've ever had. she's so smart that she can't comprehend how we don't understand the material. she's so convinced that her teaching format is perfect that she completely ignores us when we tell her we're struggling, and condescendingly lectures us about how this "group work" format will help us get a job at Google.

Kinds of irony, she let us submitted a mandatory question bank weekly, and her "great" ability to comprehend people and communicate made her can't answer any of them. So she ends up quit answering any questions from the question bank but still let us submit.

Please, please, please choose CSCI 170 in another semester without her if you want an enjoyable life.

bad pre-recorded videos

No respect for student, no lectures, belittles you, test average is an F, bad pre-recorded videos, assigns extra credit then takes it away, does not answer questions, defends teaching style instead of teaching, does nothing to help her students, says it good if you are confused. This is not even half of the complaints I have heard from classmates.

Sandra Batista seems to have no respect for anyone. I would rather transfer to another school than have to take her class again. I was so excited to take her class because she is a female in stem and has amazing qualifications but I was SEVERELY mistaken. WORST PROFESSOR I HAVE EVER HAD!!!! If you want to salvage your mental health STAY AWAY!!!!

This is not just a hard class with students grumbling about getting a B. This class is so poorly run by a hostile professor that most students are living in dread and worrying about failing when they only need a 20 on the final. She has no capacity for empathy or self-awareness. If you want to be pushed to the brink of a mental breakdown, take her.

Professor Batista is simply an abhorrent lecturer, she opted to spend half of her lecture time sending students into group breakout rooms while leaving the majority of the actual teaching to pre-recorded lecture videos that were hit or miss. Mostly the ladder. She has wasted the time and money of many students this semester, who simply hope to pass

Stay away man

God Bless your soul if you take this class. I would rather drop the idea of doing CS altogether than sitting in this class for a second

Undoubtedly one of the worst experiences that I have ever had. She makes the class unnecessarily difficult, and designs exams that we can't finish on time. Please avoid her for the sake of your mental health, or you will probably seriously suffer.

To give her some credit, Sandra seems to be well-meaning... HOWEVER, any time a student brings up an issue w/ the class, she blames the students for not understanding the material, and she doesn't take any responsibility for her own shortcomings. When answering questions, she's often condescending and unhelpful. Do yourself a favor and stay away

THE WORST LECTURER, PERIOD.

!!STAY AWAY FROM THIS CLASS!! She refuses to actually teach, instead sending us pre-recorded videos and using her idiotic method of making us self-learn. She is condescending and rude when asked questions, also seems to have a chip on her shoulder and big ego. She cannot stand students that dont get it and refuses to explain things thoroughly.

Terrible professor. Class was taught in a flipped format with all of our learning happening outside of class. When nearly the entire class failed the midterm, she refused to acknowledge that her method of teaching was not learning and instead blamed the students. Stay away.

This class is ridiculous. Its suppose to be hard and push us but the material is not the problem, its the RUDE professor. Myself and MANY others understand the topics/concepts. However, this flipped classroom thing that Sandra does, helps no one. We are missing the details on how to do the problems. Seriously confused on why she is teaching 170.

Batista just does not know how to teach the problem solving concepts in an understandable or digestible manner to the students. The homework assignments are way harder than the lecture slides and the exams are almost impossible compared to the homework assignments. You will easily find yourself lost and staring at an empty exam paper or HW

I'm just going to say one sentence: WORST PROFESSOR EVER!!!!!!!! Please use all the bad words you can think of and then describe her using them. Totally fine and no exaggeration. Avoid her for your physical and mental health. Please make sure you do not spill coffee on her when you accidentally run into her in school.

The class is so hard. I might did not get correct for any of the problems on final. It's just so hard and what she teaches is never related to the real exam. She is also bad at teaching as well.

Horrible experience, wish I could've taken a different professor. She makes us watch pre-recorded videos that are unclear and doesn't teach during actual lecture time. She is really intimidating and not nice to some students when they ask questions from what I've heard, and exams are so difficult and she barely curves. Don't take her, you'll cry

This prof is by far one of the worst ive ever taken. If blind person with no fingers taught this class in sign language i would have understood better. Rarely ever re-explains things if students dot understand. Makes the most basic concepts seem like rocket science. Tests are impossible to do in the time she gives.

The least helpful aspect of this class is that there is no lecture, even though we, the students, specifically requested that to her. She knew online learning would make this hard, but she didn't even care about our needs. Midterm average was a 56 and final was a 54, so you get how poorly the students are understanding the materials in this class.

She sucks

Not good