Professor

Claudio Villanueva

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Easiness 3.5 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Workload 5.0 / 5 How light the workload is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Clarity 2.5 / 5 How clear the professor is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Helpfulness 3.5 / 5 How helpful the professor is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Aug. 4, 2025
Quarter: Spring 2025
Grade: A

I wanted to like this module but I was quite disappointed by Prof. Villanueva's teaching style. First off, his slides are terribly unorganized with either no text or a mountain of text with no way to know what was important. Continuing this, for an unknown reason he would post two different versions of the slides and sometimes the slides in lecture would be just one or a mix of both decks. He spoke... so... slowly and asked so many questions to the audience with 30 seconds of silence that it was extremely disengaging. I gave up attending lecture when it became clear that I could never remain focused or understand in class. And it wasn't just me. By the end of the module, maybe 1/4 of the class was showing up and even looking around I would see people falling asleep. My method of survival relied on watching the lectures at 2x speed and going to discussion since the TAs were actually able to properly organize the material with what we needed to know. His test was easy enough though, just memorize and regurgitate like the rest of Phy Sci. If you've made it this far, you'll need to take this professor and this module anyway, just don't have high hopes for his teaching style and save your time by not going to lecture.

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Feb. 14, 2024
Quarter: Spring 2023
Grade: A+

I honestly cannot remember much about Villanueva, he seemed forgettable. Nothing struck me as bad or good. His lectures were meh, and his exam seems decently easy/manageable. He seemed to be less enthusiastic about teaching as compared to quijada and certainly when compared with Correa.

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PHYSCI 111B
Quarter: Spring 2025
Grade: A
Aug. 4, 2025

I wanted to like this module but I was quite disappointed by Prof. Villanueva's teaching style. First off, his slides are terribly unorganized with either no text or a mountain of text with no way to know what was important. Continuing this, for an unknown reason he would post two different versions of the slides and sometimes the slides in lecture would be just one or a mix of both decks. He spoke... so... slowly and asked so many questions to the audience with 30 seconds of silence that it was extremely disengaging. I gave up attending lecture when it became clear that I could never remain focused or understand in class. And it wasn't just me. By the end of the module, maybe 1/4 of the class was showing up and even looking around I would see people falling asleep. My method of survival relied on watching the lectures at 2x speed and going to discussion since the TAs were actually able to properly organize the material with what we needed to know. His test was easy enough though, just memorize and regurgitate like the rest of Phy Sci. If you've made it this far, you'll need to take this professor and this module anyway, just don't have high hopes for his teaching style and save your time by not going to lecture.

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PHYSCI 111B
Quarter: Spring 2023
Grade: A+
Feb. 14, 2024

I honestly cannot remember much about Villanueva, he seemed forgettable. Nothing struck me as bad or good. His lectures were meh, and his exam seems decently easy/manageable. He seemed to be less enthusiastic about teaching as compared to quijada and certainly when compared with Correa.

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