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I only had Gloria as a sub one time, but just from that one class I can tell that she's a good professor, which is a rare sight here @ UW. I wanted to post this review and point out that most of the negative reviews about Gloria are from younger students who took calc 1/2 with her, and that they likely weren't anticipating college math to be hard.Rate My Professors ↗
Gloria is a funny lady but a HORRIBLE teacher. I took calculus in high school and understood it just fine, then took it with Gloria and became more confused about things I already had some questions on. Unless you have a decent TA, I suggest getting a tutor or a different professor. Worst professor I've had thus far. Avoid at all cost.Rate My Professors ↗
She obviously is a very intelligent person, but she does not know how to teach the material. Homework, lecture, quizzes, and the midterms never seemed to be connected. Requires a lot of work and studying on your own if you want to do well. The final was a lot easier than the midterms though which helped my grade greatly.Rate My Professors ↗
Her exams are all fair, but if you don't get a good ta it can be very difficult. Shes not very good at giving examples so you have to learn a lot of variations on problems by yourself. Passable if you work hard.Rate My Professors ↗
Tests were fair. But her class was pretty hard to follow, previous calculus classes are necessary to follow what she's talking about.Rate My Professors ↗
Awful, her lectures were extremely hard to follow and she never answered questions during class well. She presumed all of us already knew the information she was teaching and always presumed the student to be wrong.Rate My Professors ↗
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No teaching recorded in Fall 2026.
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Explore courses taught by this instructor →| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2020 | MATH 699 | Directed Study |
| Spring 2020 | MATH 561 | Differential Geometry |
| Spring 2017 | MATH 519 | Ordinary Differential Equations |
| Spring 2017 | MATH 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2016 | MATH 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2016 | MATH 421 | The Theory of Single Variable Calculus |
| Fall 2014 | MATH 761 | Differentiable Manifolds |
| Fall 2013 | MATH 221 | Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1 |
| Spring 2013 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2012 | MATH 376 | Topics in Multi-variable Calculus and Differential Equations |
| Spring 2012 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2011 | MATH 375 | Topics in Multi-variable Calculus and Linear Algebra |
| Fall 2011 | MATH 761 | Differentiable Manifolds |
| Spring 2011 | MATH 522 | Analysis II |
| Fall 2010 | MATH 234 | Calculus--functions of Several Variables |
| Fall 2010 | MATH 761 | Differentiable Manifolds |
| Spring 2010 | MATH 222 | Calculus and Analytic Geometry 2 |
| Fall 2009 | MATH 221 | Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1 |
| Fall 2009 | MATH 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2009 | MATH 761 | Differentiable Manifolds |
| Spring 2009 | MATH 222 | Calculus and Analytic Geometry 2 |
| Spring 2009 | MATH 522 | Analysis II |
| Spring 2009 | MATH 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2008 | MATH 221 | Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1 |
| Spring 2008 | MATH 561 | Differential Geometry |
| Fall 2007 | MATH 421 | The Theory of Single Variable Calculus |
| Spring 2007 | MATH 376 | Topics in Multi-variable Calculus and Differential Equations |
| Spring 2007 | MATH 682 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2006 | MATH 375 | Topics in Multi-variable Calculus and Linear Algebra |
| Fall 2006 | MATH 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
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