Extremely helpful, Matrix Algebra is a tough course to teach, if you are ever confused visit her in office hours. She will help you and more. She is very patient and will take time out of her schedule to help you. Ms. Oshkai does not let you get away with "I understand" she ensures that you know and will help you get a good mark.

Extremely helpful and good at presenting the material

Don't agree with the negative comments abt her. Awesome accent, good looking, clear derivations and explanations of theorems and examples. Ridiculous midterms but fair final. Overall great prof.

Awesome accent, quite difficult material to learn, but she manages to teach it very well IMO. Pretty difficult midterms, but easier final (if you study).

Great prof. She's really tough but because of the you end up working really hard and get a lot more out of it. I feel like I learned more in that class than any other. Hated the course at the beginning but ended up really liking it once I really started studying and got the hang of it. Doesn't hurt that she's really hot.

easy to listen to, great explainations, helpful and respectful, very approachable, good laughs in the class as well

Probably the best teacher in the math department. Consider yourself lucky if you get her. Anyone who doesn't understand what she is talking about is a retard, and shouldn't be talking the class in the first place. There is a lot of help for this course as well, no reason for not getting a good mark.

Oshkai may have an accent, but it just makes you wanna listen to her more. *wink* The way she structures her class is amazing, she just knows exactly what people have trouble with. Although it is still Calculus, so its still pretty hard.

Very talented teacher, informative lectures and gives very good examples instead of notey notes. Her midterms are hard but they will benefit you as she writes a majority of all finals. Her accent is a little hard to understand but she explains concepts well.

She may seem intimidating and her tests most certainly are but she really wants you to do well and she will clarify concepts and makes sure you understand. She is a great prof and really knows her stuff. Absolutely have her for a math prof!!

Classes fly by with Svetlana. Every day, I would look at the clock only to find that the classes was about to end when I thought we were less than half way through. She is an amazing prof that explains everything extremely well.

The first time you have her, you won't like her until around the end of the class, when you realize she is extremely good at teaching. She's just hard to get used to. The second class I had with her, I would have failed if it wasn't for her extremely detailed notes and really REALLY helpful examples. Choose her over all others, you won't regret it.

Took math 100 with her. Wasn't too sure in the beginning, failed the first two assignments and barely passed both midterms. But because of meticulous explanations and frequent requests for feedback on her part I rocked the final and finished with an A-. Highly recommend for those new to calc.

I wish I had taken Math 100 with her as well. She explains things quite well, if you can understand her accent. Her midterms are hard, but they really prepare you for the final, and thanks to the math dep't scaling policy her midterms will probably raise your final mark. She's also easy on the eyes...

This is one of the best math profs I have ever had. Everything is explained extremely well. Her derivations introduce new, and very useful techniques. I would move my timetable around to be in her class. AMAZING!

So hot. And Helpful.

She was a very good teacher her midterms are hard so use the practice questions that she outlines in the course outline. Try and sit in the front so she doesn't call on you to answer any questions. Also be quiet in her class or she'll call you out and make you look like a fool in front of every. Overall the best teacher i've had so far.

Best math teacher I have ever had. She is tough, but she gets you through it. If you put in the effort, it is worth it. I moved my schedule around to get in her class for 101. HIGHLY recommend!

Great prof. Has a Russian accent which is difficult to understand at first, but once you get it your golden. Likable, makes you laugh now and then (gave a mini Russian lesson every math 110 course... Which we laughed at). Very helpful in lectures, very audience based (when doing an example shell call on the audience for every step). Office hrs gr8.

hard work but funny jokes and well worth getting for any math class. sometimes you have to ask her to repeat because she switches into russian by accident

Great Prof, so far I had her for 100, and 110, and currently having 101 with her!!

really good teacher!

Oshkai is a babe

She makes great notes and is happy to help you. plus it makes it easier to learn and pay attention when your prof is eye candy :P

Svetlana is a great calculus prof and excellent motivator. I went to every single one of her classes and each helped me understand the material better, and let me know what I needed to focus on in my own time. She's the best math prof at uvic so get her if you can! Math is no easy feat so the marking and tests are hard. As a bonus she's funny too!

Good teacher, brutal tests. Make sure the textbook you use becomes your bible, because you're going to need to practise a lot to be successful in this course. Classes with her fly by very quickly.

Has a lot to offer students that are willing to put in the effort. Svetlana has pretty high expectations, but her tests are very fair and representative of what should be expected of students.

I loved her class I wish she taught my other math classes too. Her explanations are really easy to follow.

If you can get used to the Russian accent she's amazing. Her notes are easy to follow and she's so helpful if you approach her after class. Her midterms are hard but its helpful because it prepares you for the final. Highly recommend math 100 and 101 with her!

She is willing to help you after class and outside of class. Her teaching is absolutely great and her sense of humor makes class fun. If you sit near the front and put full effort into the class in and outside of school, you will do well.

A smoking cougar. A bit on the tough side in terms of work, but it helps with the exams. Has a tough sense of humour. I liked her

Excellent teacher. I have had a number of math teachers at UVic and she is by far my favorite. Read the textbook, and let her help you, you'll do fine.

Great prof with an awesome sense of humour. knows her stuff and gives useful examples and tries to engage class. never thought i'd say this, but i actually look forward to attending her lectures. love her mavi jeans too.

She is amazing, very interesting and clear. Her notes are easy to understand and her class is actually fun, I started to look forward to math after a few classes with her. I have now had both math 100 and 101 with her. She is my favorite prof at uvic!

Excellent professor with a great sense of humor. All the haters need to remember they are not in high school anymore. Exams are difficult but fair. If you put in the work you will do well in her class.

Show up to class and you'll be fine.

Great Prof. Had her for both math 100 and 101. Lectures are interesting and she works through lots of examples. plus she gives you time to work out in-class examples. I actually look forward to this class. Willing to help you if u see her during her office hours. However, at first, it was hard to get over her accent but you get use to it.

A GREAT prof! I had her for 100 and 101 and I am trying to get in with her for stat next year. If you didn't like her, you just didn't work hard enough. She is tough, but overall and amazing prof. Super funny and caring in office hours.

Great examples and clarity. Very intelligent and always engaging the class. Midterms and finals are fair.

Excellent teacher, great examples and clear instructions. Very helpful in office hours. From others opinions it is a love/hate her thing, but if you work hard and don't get behind her class is great. Highly recommend, but don't expect to get through Math 101 without working hard.

I didn't like her class at first, but after 2 or 3 weeks I really liked her teaching methods and how she tried to get everybody in class involved. Now looking forward to having my 101 with her in spring... p.s. I like her accent; especially the way her GOOD MORNINGS sound... like good moanin...

Svetlana is great! Her accent isn't even slightly distracting and I really enjoyed how much she seemed to care about her students. Her exams were definitely more difficult than previous years, but still fair. Plus, her humour definitely adds to the class!

Very nice and caring teacher. If a student has a question in the lecture, she'll go into it in detail. The midterms and final were pretty hard though

She is very helpful and seems to genuinely care that the students so well. Unfortunately, her midterms were hard and her final exam was terrible. If she is MA 100 course coordinator, STUDY UP.

even if I didn't pass the class I would still recommend taking math with her. she is a really good prof and a lot of students from other lectures even sit in on her lectures. Her accent is not hard to understand at all and she's got a great sense of humor! she also is extremely helpful if you do go to her with a question.

Wonderful teacher. I didn't find the exams difficult at all.

She is simply the best, always go to class. Gives you everything you need to ace the tests and give great motivational speechs.

Loved her! After midterms she would often spend up to 30 mins of the lecture discussing statistics: giving us the avg, mean, how we compared to the prev batch etc. Which teacher does that? Also always arranged for us to see our final exams to make sure we were satisfied with our mark. If youre expecting calc to be easy, you will be disappointed.

Excellent prof! Meet her during her office hours. She is ALWAYS ready to help. Office hours were so productive. Lectures were pure awesome

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Definitely a great prof!!!Take her lecture for a whole year, and got A+ in the final. Use typical examples to explain the concept and give us useful summary sheets. Read the textbook for more detail. The Assignments are hard , but motivates us to think. She is very approachable and willing to help, don't be afraid to ask questions!

Clearly explained things and tried really hard to get the class involved. Very friendly and approachable after class. Very helpful in explaining extra questions. Definitely go to lectures, even if you took calculus before, new material will be covered. Really enjoyed this class with and hope to have her again!

Oshkai is mother Russia. She has the most Russian accent ever. It's amazing. I didn't have trouble understanding her, but if you don't like people with accents, you won't like her. She's hilarious in her own way, and incredibly helpful when you ask her questions. A sincere feeling from her that she truly wants you to learn and succeed in her class.

Unlike other profs, Oshkai's lectures help significantly for the midterms and final.

I found her lectures very useful. She goes through the material rather fast, sometimes assuming everyone knows certain conceptstechniques, but I found that she explained most of the steps she took in solving each problem.

Clear and interesting lectures

A very helpful professor. In my opinion, the best of the Math 100 and Math 101 professors.

Total girl crush on this amazing woman. She is super sweet, funny and intelligent. Has an accent but you can understand every word she says. Make sure to take her class if you want a reliable, and VERY helpful prof.

Great prof - has an accent but is still very clear with what she is trying to say. A tough first year course, but she does a very good job preparing the students, as long as they are willing to pay attention and work.

She's an amazing math professor who explains things super clear and is super helpful when it comes to office hours. She is also very entertaining, I didn't mind her accent at all. Definitely would take any class with her again.

I think her tests are not so difficult. The difficult thing is that the figures she gives us are big and difficult to calculate. She teaches very clearly also she has a little different way of pronunciation.

I love her She's amazing

Great lecturer, clear in her notes, and accent isn't a problem at all. Funny and genuine person and quite enthusiastic. This time around the tests are hard, and the time given to do them is very little. I 100% recommend her, but study hard and do the homework.

I think students should do a lot of practice, so you will find that the exams aren't that tough at all. Overall, a wonderful class for you to attend although sometimes she is not so helpful in her office hours.

A wonderful class!

Svetlana Oshakai, math coordinator, her tests are a little hard I went to her office hours and told me all of her question are strictly from the textbook maybe from you tutorial, she's from Soviet Russia where the education system was harder but right now I do an hour or two math every day and I'm doing alright, she is 0%BS 100%Russian

Great teacher. Don't talk during lectures she'll call you out and embarass you

awesome lectures, difficult midterms, have to study a lot to do well

Her every lecture is amazing and you can learn a lot during the class. Her exams were fair, but her marking on the exam is awful and tough. The average of three midterms is just nearly close to 50%. Overall, if you want to learn mathematical knowledge, choose her. Otherwise, If you want to earn very high marks, I highly recommend you to avoid her.

Compared to any math prof I have had, her lectures are clear and helpful. She manages to explain concepts without just writing theorem after theorem down. The courses she teaches are not easy, so you will not do well if you do not put in work. Be sure to utilize the study plan in MML.

svetlana really cared for her students and worked hard in trying to teach really tough material

MATH 110 is a really difficult class, but Svetlana is the best prof you can have for it. She really cares about the students, and is there to help you through tough material. Students would often see her immediately after lecture and she would answer questions really clearly. The final was difficult but fair, and I under-prepared (my fault).

Her midterms were difficult because of the 45-minute time limits and hard knowledge. However, the final exam were extremely similar to the questions in the midterm. I highly recommend you to practice the questions on the textbook, especially Chapter 11 because it is an important part and not in the midterms.

Fantastic teacher

Best math teacher I have met in UVIC. Math 101 isn't very easy but she exactly told me how to be successful in this course. Please do the final exam very carefully and your grade would be fine.

Awesome prof, awesome accent.

From Russia With Love. This Eurasian bombshell of a Victoria professor is everything you can ask for from a mathematician. With derivatives, integrals, and a touch of sexy, taking her class will leave your brain bolstered and your knees weak.

Best professor I have had

Math 101 is a hard class no matter who you take it with, but Svetlana has been teaching the course for years so she's by far the most competent of all the Math 101 profs. She's knows her stuff and truly does want you to do well. I highly recommend doing as many textbook questions as you can in this course, since she bases her tests on the book.

She was a good prof, and always very friendly and willing to take questions. Sometimes lectures were confusing, but more because of the material than her teaching. She did her best to help make a difficult course better.

Do ALL the recommended textbook questions right from the beginning, not just while studying for the final. And read the textbook and work through the examples because that's where she gets exam questions from. A fair, clear, helpful and sometimes funny prof who cares about students' success. Definitely recommend doing math 101 with her.

Svetlana is an amazing math prof. She's kind of like a math mom, honestly - always makes us say "good afternoon" at the start of class. It's a really hard class, but her explanations are so clear & she's very organized. She always gives good feedback after midterms & tries to improve class scores. Even better than Butterfield!

Svetlana is an amazing prof. I had her for MATH110 in my first semester of first year and switched around my entire schedule in second semester in order to have her as a MATH101 prof in the spring. She has a slight accent but is still pretty easy to understand. She also does a lot of in class examples which I found helps a lot.

Svetlana is a beautiful human. I wish I could have her as my prof for all my classes. There's no words to describe her

Excellent instructor, favourite math prof by far. Very caring if you talk to her 1-on-1, and definitely lets you know exactly what's expected of you right off the bat. Midterms are fair! Just do all the assigned homework. Also, she draws the best diagrams which really helped me understand the concepts better.

One of the best profs I have had. Explains concepts in class extremely well. Asks students for input and what they would like to focus on. Office hours very fair and helpful. And shes just a sweet human being in general :) Math 101 was difficult but she is super helpful with explaining if you go seek the help you need. Plus notes very clear to read

Svetlana is the most caring professor I've had. You will learn so much in this course under her tough Russian love. Wouldn't take the course with anyone else but Svetlana.

SOVIET SVETLANA 10/10 WOULD TAKE AGAIN :)

Soooo kind. Is very empathetic towards students and at the same time actually teaches you math. It is NOT an easy course, but she makes it bearable.

Oshkai is one of the best profs I have had so far. She does many examples in class and is incredibly caring about how everyone is doing. She's very open to questions and answers them very clearly. Her russian accent was somewhat hard to understand at first but after a few lectures it was fine. She is a super happy prof and I enjoyed going to class.

I've never learned more in lectures. She is extremely clear and competent.

Svetlana explains hard concepts very clearly. She likes giving "trick" questions during exams, so be prepared to really put your mind to understanding the material, and not just memorizing how a problem should be solved. But even if you pass with a low grade in her class, you will have great knowledge of 101 material (if you attend the lectures).

She is a very caring teacher who is willing to communicate and adjust her methods for the benefit of the students. Her tests are tough. Two of the three midterms I had had below 50% average but it could just be the material being hard. If you're a top student, you will love her guaranteed.

Best prof at UVic I've ever had. She teaches a hard course but she also provides you with the material and advice on how to succeed, just show up for class. She's super caring for her students. Her lectures are fun (for math) and her accent is amazing.

Svetlana is a great instructor. Her lectures are wonderfully detailed. The best way to succeed in her course is to finish the suggested questions right after learning the material in class. Aswell her course is designed for you to learn out of the textbook before a lecture. So don't expect to be an expert after a class. Tests are tough tough tough

The best Prof I have ever met. Oshkai is a awesome prof who is always ready to help you. If you have to take 101/100, I will definitely recommend her. The lecture is interesting and useful. The notes are really important. The tests are not that hard, but you do need to go through everything and do some practice. Love Oshkai sooooooo much!

Svet is my gal. She seems like on of those professors that became a professor to teach and not do research. It's amazing how much control she has over a lecture hall of 250 people and keeps all of them engaged. Explains the material in a great way and her pace is perfect. 11/10 best prof so far.

She made me want to attend the lectures. I'm not a math person, but I actually enjoyed calculus. One of the best instructors I've ever had, and I'm disappointed that I could not take her Math101 class.

Only class I attended every lecture for just because of how great she was.

Svetlana is hands down the best math teacher/professor I've ever had! She's great at explaining the "why" behind concepts before delving into them, which is crucial for a subject like calc. You can ask her the dumbest questions in the world and she won't judge you. Funny, genuinely caring, well spoken professor. Can't recommend enough! :)

Honestly one of the best profs I've had, in any subject, ever. I hate math, yet this class was actually one of my favourites. Going from her 100 class to someone else's 101 class was such a shocker, and if I could have switched into her section, I would have.

Svetlana is an amazing person and is greatly respected by her students. However, she may rush through certain important and/or difficult topics and spend days on topics that are easy to understand for those who have taken calculus before. Get ready to feel bad about yourself on midterm #2 or #3, there's always one that will get ya down.

Love her. Not a difficult course if you've taken calculus 12. I really enjoyed her lectures and low key look forward to going to her classes actually. She's also very kind and caring, the kind of teacher who actually cares and want you to do well, though in Svetlana's class, you need to absolutely do the work. Not an easy A but you'll learn a lot!!

Accompanied by her amazing personality, Svetlana delivers well-explained and thorough lectures that made MATH100 the easiest course I've taken to date.

Svetlanas notes are some of the best I've seen, straightforward and easy to follow. She does a great job of explaining concepts without overcomplicating them. There are a few projects in this class and their instructions are a little difficult to follow, so they can kind of chip at your grade. The midterms ranged from a breeze to.. not a breeze.

Svetlana is an engaging and overall solid prof. She made calculus not terrible and her lecture notes were fantastic. Would 100% recommend.

absolute gem! i adore her

Very awesome, amazing, and engaging prof. Every lecture was entertaining, despite the difficulty of the course. She would always be available for extra help and support with any issues.

Svetlana gives some of the best lectures on Math that I've ever had. Be careful though, she can go through some material fast, especially if nobody speaks up, so do!

Probably the most engaging math lectures you're gonna get.

Sometimes hard to understand in class and not super engaging to listen to, though clearly passionate. Also she somehow managed to accidentally email the entire midterm to the class the night before then rewrite a significantly harder one to replace it.

Probably one of the best math instructors I've had so far.

A dependable and warm character. Clearly dedicated to her profession as a university teacher. Maturely handles class progression and classroom events. Inspired and helped me a lot in calculus II learning (side material is Paul's online notes). I doubt that I will meet many math teachers as good as her in the future.

Svetlana is an amazing prof. 101 is hard in general but her lectures are super clear and helpful. Students in the other prof's lectures would come to ours just for her. She's very caring but fair. Failed the first midterm, considered dropping, talked to her and she helped me map a plan to succeed, no bs about how hard it would be but it was doable

She was a good prof during when we still had face to face classes. People need to chill tho. Final Exam was difficult and was hard to do in the given time but not impossible if you put in the necessary effort. Not all, but a lot of these people are capping with their complaints and excuses.

Unfortunately a lot of these reviews are from people that didn't do well on the online final due to COVID this year. Svetlana is one of the best math professors out there. She makes her expectations clear and explains concepts amazingly well. Yes, math 101 is a hard course, but these reviews don't reflect Svetlana as a professor.

I had Svetlana during my first two semesters in university. I'm not a whiz at math, in fact I used to hate it. Svetlana genuinely cares about her students. She starts every lecture by asking how her students are doing. Her testing methods didn't go well online during COVID but otherwise, she always held office hours to support her students.

Svetlana is a friendly, caring professor. She is very tough on midterms but does a fairly good job preparing you for them in lecture. She mainly does a quick 10-15min lesson, followed by sample problems till the end of class. As long as you do the examples from the perspective of learning the underlying principles of the math, you'll do fine.

Contrary to most peoples opinion I found her to be very caring, she has a lot of students to take care of but she always answered my emails. This course was taught as if you have already taken calculus, which is why the course is here. The stuff taught in this course should have been similar to what you were taught in high school.

I think she ran the course well considering how quickly everything moved online Content taught through YouTube videos They were great at explaining concepts^ Lectures served to provide clarification on difficult problems She's caring and thoughtful Only negatives were heavy workload (3-4 assignments/quizzes per week) and difficult exams

Svetlana is the best math prof in the whole university. No questions asked. She is AMAZING. She will help you pass this course no matter what. She wants to see you succeed. Don't be scared, you will pass this course if you take from her, she will make sure of it. You will understand everything. Even online. I highly recommend her to anyone.

Svetlana is very good at teach concepts and is a very nice professor. Her exams are difficult, but still fair. Very organized class, would take her again.

Many of the reviews are misleading. Students are provided with enough material to succeed in the course. People need to recognize that Calc is not easy or straightforward. Having prior Calc experience will be an asset in her class, I also recommend trying to stay ahead to get the most of her lectures and use bright space tools to prepare for tests

Wait, why does she have such a bad score? MATH 101 is difficult by nature, but she does an excellent job teaching and answering questions in great detail. Midterms were a bit unfair with how little time we got, but the final was perfectly reasonable. I always felt comfortable in her lectures, even if I didn't understand everything.

Svetlana's class is HARD (I had a 95 in gr 12 calc but I ended with a 74 in her class, and I worked hard) but she is an amazing teacher. I really enjoyed the lectures, Svetlana is engaging and really cares about teaching. She is very honest but in a reassuring way. Despite it being my lowest mark, she was still my favourite prof. Go to office hours

By far my favorite teacher this semester! Her lectures were easy to follow and she gives lots of opportunities for marks outside of the exams. The workload was heavy but if you work through the practice materials and go during office hours her tests are very fair.

Svetlana was approachable and respectful.The bright space page was extremely organized and she provided many resources such as library of reliable sources.The grading method nd instructions were clear.Assignment took around 2 hours/week-reasonable.The midterm was a bit harder than expected.Sit in the first rows,participate and you will do amazing.

Svetlana might teach courses that many people find challenging, but she is definitely not to blame. Her brightspace has tons of resources, and her lectures provide a good overview of the topics. This course has lots of assignments, quizzes, and tests which seem overwhelming but take weight off the exams.

The program used for quizzes, tests, and homework (mylabmath) shows steps and gives a lot of practice questions. Yes, it's a lot of work, but it's calculus so that's expected. The exams were TOUGH, but again, if you do all the practice you'll be fine. I got a 97 overall. Don't be scared to ask for help! She is super kind and helpful.

Oshkai is a pretty good professor but get ready to have tons and tons of homework. She is really nice but the workload is insane.

I was worried about this class going in as I did poorly in pre-calc 12, and have never taken calculus. Surprisingly, this has been my favorite class this semester. It's not easy by any means, but just do the hw and you'll be fine. Lectures are entertaining and concepts are explained clearly. She might try and scare you on the 1st day - ignore it.

This class was HARD but Svetlana was awesome. Her lectures are filled with examples and set you up well for the homework (which there is a LOT of). She grades fairly, and is very flexible is you feel like you demonstrated understanding on a test but were not given the marks, and will change the mark. I really really enjoyed lectures with her :)

Loved this class! Passionate & clear lectures (encouraged me to pursue a minor in math!) The pacing is due to the volume/difficulty of material. Weekly hw was helpful imo + tests were fair. People struggle due to a lack of fluent precalc skills. Go to office hours! She's happy to help & takes all questions. Many resources on BS & MLM.

She is an excellent professor, I highly recommend taking a class with her. Be prepared ro study a lot and work hard on her classes, not that she is hard but rather because the course is not easy. If you show up for office hours she will answer and explain is details any problem you have. One of the greatest professors i have ever seen.

I would say there were a lot of homework due and assignments, but after getting to the final you realize that all these assignments you had to do was a good foundation to prepare you to the final, and the prof is an amazing prof absolutely recommend her if you ever need to take this class. She is super helpful in office hours too.

Hard class, but she genuinely wants to help you succeed and offers office hours multiple times a week. Weekly homework assignments with quiz, and design questions BUT the practice is honestly necessary, gets easier more you do. Lectures are content heavy so strongly recommend taking the time to read text for clarification and going to office hours

Professor Oshkai is amazing. She never minds slowing down, has office hours multiple times a week, can be reached via Brightspace and email, was accommodating and is just a really kind human. The course isn't easy and there's lots of homework if you want to pass, but she supplies lots of material similar to what will be tested.

Definitely go to all the lectures, Professor Oshkai is very good at explaining concepts. However, it seems like the exams are on only the easiest and hardest versions of questions. Exams are harder than you would expect them to be for the content. Professor Oshkai is very caring and helpful though, so I still quite recommend this class.

Svetlana is a great lady. You can tell she has been teaching a long time based on the tricks she had to help us understand. The midterm mark averages were low but if you are willing to study HARD, there are so many resources available. Online textbook heavy. Go to lecture if you want to do well. Classes were not recorded unless you were sick.

Svetlana was an amazing teacher, she always came to class with a positive attitude. Although the hw assignments are a lot of questions (around 25) they aren't hard. "recommended questions" are supplied to the class which the exams are based upon. If you do them, you will be able to survive her confusingly designed exams.

I think all these ratings are pretty harsh on Prof. Oshkai. She is super sweet and approachable. I think people don't like how homework heavy this course is, but it forced me to understand and actually learn the content. It's not hard material, you just have to put in work to get the hang of it. She gives you everything necessary to do good

I did really well in highschool pre-cal, didn't take intro calc, and I honestly found the course quite tame. It makes sense that its supposed to be the easiest one. Best thing about this course, NO TRIG IDENTITIES. just do the homework and practice its that simple

I absolutely love Svetlana. If you're someone who's going in because you want to take the math course and you WANT to do well, Svetlana is a great educator as her methods of teaching go above and beyond. You should absolutely ask her questions and you will see she truly does care about her students and wants them to succeed. Absolutely terrific.

Svetlana has been one of my favorite professors this past semesters. She genuinely wants her students to do well and is so wholesome during lectures. She also provides lots of homeworks and gateway tests (3% weight) to prepare for exams. Her exams are also super easy and marking is fair. TIPS: attend all lectures and finish all homework

I believe the poor reviews for Svetlana is because she teaches a tough course that a lot of first year students aren't prepared for. The exam questions were pulled right from the practice problems she posted on the course outline, and she told us that in advance. A lot class average isn't due to a poor instructor, but unprepared students.

a very caring prof. every week a set of around 15-20 practice problems was posted, which is kinda a lot, but it's the key for successfully completing the course. all the problems on the midterms and on the final were taken from an online textbook, which made it fairly easy to prepare. though, the class average was only 57%.

Svetlana is a wonderful teacher and the nicest woman ever. She offers lots of support with her office hours that she holds 6x a week where you can basically get private tutoring. Even with office hours though the midterms were very hard and the homework questions I didn't find prepared me well for the midterms but the final was pretty easy.

Super kind and good at explaining things in a simple way. The weekly MyLabMath assignments and quizzes were very time consuming but definitely prepared me well for the midterms and final exam. Tests were fair and she even put a question that a lot of people struggled with on the first midterm on the second one as a bonus.

Quite at teaching the subject matter and cares about students and that they do well. Still a difficult course with more mandatory homework than most classes. Overall a pretty decent prof and I would definitely take a course with her again.

The teacher style was clear yet engaging. Really involves the students in the lecture by asking questions and doing activities, also likes to make jokes. But this does not take time away from the actually math. This class completely changes the way I approach math, would really recommend if you're willing to put in the effort.

Probably the best math teacher I've ever had in my life; extremely supportive & friendly. I noticed that she actively tailors the course based on feedback. The homework tends to be easier than the exams, but all the exam/lecture q's are pulled directly from the textbook. Just make sure to actually do the homework and pay attention in lecture!

Entertaining lectures, would recommend

She's a great prof, very enthusiastic and helpful, quick to respond to emails and forum posts, and is generally kind and understanding. the coursework was very time consuming, but I believe it did a good job at preparing us for the exams. She gives you all the resources you need to succeed, you just need to actually use them.

I took MATH 101 and Svetlana was the course coordinator. I watched some of the lectures she posted for all the sections and I think she did a good job explaining the material. Above all I think she is very kind. She seems dedicated to helping students learn. She gave me a lot of good feedback on how I can improve, and left me inspired!

I don't think there's a professor who cares about the quality of your math education more than Svetlana Oshkai. She took every moment to provide student with online and offline resources, her time and helpful feedback. Her course structure is actually based on studies on how to get best success in first year math classes.

She is the goat!!! and people who say otherwise are likely just mad because they weren't expecting university level calculus to be hard like be fr... She's a GREAT prof it's not her fault that the course material itself is difficult she does a great job at explaining it.

The course itself was hard but office hours with Svetlana saved me, wonderful woman, clear explanations

Wonderful teacher, the content was challenging at times but taught well.

she's good

One of the best professors I have ever had! She somehow managed to make lectures about calculus engaging and entertaining. She clearly cares a lot about her students doing well and has designed the course based off of her own studies on success in calculus courses. Her office hours were so helpful! She deserves a much higher score on here.