Professor
Jose Loya
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Winter 2024 - I took the Fiat Lux on Racial Discrimination in Housing. The class only met three times and revolved around a single book, "The Color of Law." The professor is super knowledgeable, approachable, and very funny, so the class is entertaining. For grading, I submitted a one-page reflection and presented a short slideshow about the book; the grading was based on completion (it's also mandatory pass/fail). Like most Fiat Lux classes, if you're interested in the topic, the seminar will be amazing.
Winter 2024 - I took the Fiat Lux on Racial Discrimination in Housing. The class only met three times and revolved around a single book, "The Color of Law." The professor is super knowledgeable, approachable, and very funny, so the class is entertaining. For grading, I submitted a one-page reflection and presented a short slideshow about the book; the grading was based on completion (it's also mandatory pass/fail). Like most Fiat Lux classes, if you're interested in the topic, the seminar will be amazing.
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Winter 2026 - If I had to take another Statistics class, I would want it to be taught by Professor Loya! He is super funny, helpful, and engaging. He teaches the statistics portion in lecture, while the TAs do the majority of the R demonstrations used for the labs (which is mainly just copying and pasting). Even then, if you have any confusion or questions on anything, he does lunch hours with his students. Grading is Participation/Attendance 5%, Homework Assignments 15%, Lab Assignments 25%, Midterm 25%, Final Exam 30%. He does 3 random attendance check-ins for the participation grade. Homework assignments are given every other week and graded on completion rather than correctness. Lab assignments are given on the weeks with no homework and need to be done with a partner in the class, so definitely make a friend in the lecture or section. Our midterm was closed note, but for the final, we were able to create an 8x11 1/2 cheat sheet, which helped tremendously. Overall, I would highly recommend taking this class with Loya.
Winter 2026 - If I had to take another Statistics class, I would want it to be taught by Professor Loya! He is super funny, helpful, and engaging. He teaches the statistics portion in lecture, while the TAs do the majority of the R demonstrations used for the labs (which is mainly just copying and pasting). Even then, if you have any confusion or questions on anything, he does lunch hours with his students. Grading is Participation/Attendance 5%, Homework Assignments 15%, Lab Assignments 25%, Midterm 25%, Final Exam 30%. He does 3 random attendance check-ins for the participation grade. Homework assignments are given every other week and graded on completion rather than correctness. Lab assignments are given on the weeks with no homework and need to be done with a partner in the class, so definitely make a friend in the lecture or section. Our midterm was closed note, but for the final, we were able to create an 8x11 1/2 cheat sheet, which helped tremendously. Overall, I would highly recommend taking this class with Loya.
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