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GUSTAVO PARRA-MONTESINOS

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Raw average: 1.50/5 from 4 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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CEE440 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Prof Parra knows the topics but lacks in explaining on a more basic level. Lectures are just reading off sloppy pdfs and he expects you to do everything using his own specific methods. HW are very complicated compared to class examples (not to mention he barely covers mathcad which is expected to be used for some assignments).
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CEE649 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
Professor Parra is an extremely intelligent person and it comes off as a bit overwhelming at times. He does lecture a bit robotically while he teaches off of his pre-scanned pdf documents, but he does intermittently stop to ask if there are any questions, which is extremely important to take advantage of because he will stop to re-explain items.
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CEE649 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Prof. Parra is exceptionally knowledgeable in Structural Engineering. However, he has lost touch with what it is like to be a student. He lectures monotonously off of pre-written scanned PDFs that are impossible to keep pace with and relies heavily on the program MathCAD for homework which he never teaches students to use.
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CEE440 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Professor Parra is clearly very intelligent. However, he struggles with teaching. There were many topics that were not simplified to the student level whatsoever. His lectures are just him reading off a pdf with very complicated examples. Homework's are just a test of your Mathcad coding ability.
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Classes with GUSTAVO PARRA-MONTESINOS

No teaching recorded in Fall 2026.

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Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2026CIVENGR 643Prestressed Concrete
Spring 2026CIVENGR 744Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Fall 2025CIVENGR 440Structural Analysis II
Spring 2025CIVENGR 340Structural Analysis I
Fall 2024CIVENGR 440Structural Analysis II
Fall 2024CIVENGR 699Independent Study
Spring 2024CIVENGR 699Independent Study
Spring 2024CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2023CIVENGR 440Structural Analysis II
Fall 2023CIVENGR 649Special Topics in Structural Engineering
Fall 2023CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2023CIVENGR 744Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Spring 2023CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2023CIVENGR 990Thesis
Fall 2022CIVENGR 440Structural Analysis II
Fall 2022CIVENGR 649Special Topics in Structural Engineering
Fall 2022CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2022CIVENGR 990Thesis
Spring 2022CIVENGR 744Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Spring 2022CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2022CIVENGR 990Thesis
Fall 2021CIVENGR 440Structural Analysis II
Fall 2021CIVENGR 649Special Topics in Structural Engineering
Fall 2021CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2021CIVENGR 990Thesis
Fall 2020CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2020CIVENGR 999Advanced Independent Study
Spring 2020CIVENGR 440Structural Analysis II
Spring 2020CIVENGR 649Special Topics in Structural Engineering
Spring 2020CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2020CIVENGR 990Thesis
Fall 2019CIVENGR 749Special Topics in Structural Engineering
Fall 2019CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2019CIVENGR 990Thesis
Spring 2019CIVENGR 440Structural Analysis II
Spring 2019CIVENGR 749Special Topics in Structural Engineering
Spring 2019CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2019CIVENGR 990Thesis
Fall 2018CIVENGR 649Special Topics in Structural Engineering
Fall 2018CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2018CIVENGR 990Thesis
Spring 2018CIVENGR 440Structural Analysis II
Spring 2018CIVENGR 749Special Topics in Structural Engineering
Spring 2018CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2018CIVENGR 990Thesis
Fall 2017CIVENGR 749Special Topics in Structural Engineering
Fall 2017CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2017CIVENGR 749Special Topics in Structural Engineering
Spring 2017CIVENGR 790Master's Research or Thesis
Spring 2017CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2016CIVENGR 790Master's Research or Thesis
Fall 2016CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2016CIVENGR 749Special Topics in Structural Engineering
Spring 2016CIVENGR 790Master's Research or Thesis
Spring 2016CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2015CIVENGR 340Structural Analysis I
Fall 2015CIVENGR 749Special Topics in Structural Engineering
Fall 2015CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2015CIVENGR 649Special Topics in Structural Engineering
Spring 2015CIVENGR 749Special Topics in Structural Engineering
Spring 2015CIVENGR 790Master's Research or Thesis
Spring 2015CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2014CIVENGR 340Structural Analysis I
Fall 2014CIVENGR 440Structural Analysis II
Fall 2014CIVENGR 790Master's Research or Thesis
Fall 2014CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2014CIVENGR 340Structural Analysis I
Spring 2014CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2013CIVENGR 440Structural Analysis II
Fall 2013CIVENGR 749Special Topics in Structural Engineering
Spring 2013CIVENGR 749Special Topics in Structural Engineering
Fall 2012CIVENGR 440Structural Analysis II

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