I have no idea how Jatila has bad reviews. She is so nice and wants her students to succeed. She is passionate about astronomy and her lectures are very clear and easy to follow. I really recommend her!

I was so excited to take this class, but she didn't teach. She literally did not teach us anything. She just assigned work and students had to teach ourselves. Try to avoid her if you can!

Took this class during the summer thinking - how hard could a lower division Astronomy course be? Over 10 things due every week, extremely hard grader, and unclear on directions for her labs (and there are a lot of them). Better off taking another class if you were already drained from the school year.

Professor van der Veen did not lecture at all and just posted the old lectures of another professor which didn't help much. Changed the grading scale at the last minute, lots of homework, and not helpful/accessible through office hours or email. Had to teach myself everything.

She's so sweet. She wants everyone to do well and genuinely loves what she's teaching. This made me more interested in the material. Would recommend.

A prime example of the drawbacks of a research institute. Absolutely, positively the worst professor of my education at UCSB. She did not teach a single lecture; sent us links to the author of the textbook instead. No help at all through email.

Didn't give a single lecture or teach at all all quarter. Horribly rude and aggressive with emails. Changed syllabus last minute. Worst class I've taken at UCSB.

Did not record any of her own lectures, did not make up any of her own homework, and then complained about having to write her own exam problems because students were looking the others up on google. Just totally hypocritical and unprofessional.

Used another teachers test and then complained that people found the answers. The test questions she wrote made no sense, changed syllabus and final date week 5/6 of a 6 week session. She didn't lecture or do anything for this class. Very rude to students who emailed her. She did give extra credit at the end but that was it, avoid if you can!!!!

This is the worst teacher I have had at UCSB. She didn't do a single lecture, but posted "lectures" from the man who writes the textbook. This class was completely self taught which is awful considering it was already crammed as a 6 week summer session. Super frustrated with the fact that I've paid this much money for a class I had to teach myself

I was EXTREMELY disappointed in this class. 1) She made changes to the syllabus the week before finals, raising the % needed for each grade because the class was doing too well in her opinion 2) Her emails were extremely condescending. She always told people not to complain and not to email her 3) She never lectured, we learned by ourselves

Terrible professor who does not teach at all. Used another professors exam questions and complained that people found the answers. Those she did write were poorly worded and made no sense at all. Would respond back with condescending emails and told students to stop emailing her for help. Avoid taking her at all cost if you can.