Olga Parshina

One of my favorite courses at Middlbury! I really liked Olga's teaching style, her grading methods, and the course content. Tests were all open notes, and Olga was happy to help you get to the right answer on the weekly homeworks. Class was engaging, and Olga taught with lots of examples, videos, group work, etc. Highly recommend.

I really enjoyed the content of this course, and it felt like a refreshing break from my other STEM classes. The material itself wasn’t too difficult, and all assessments were open book, but getting a high grade was harder than I expected since the course didn’t have that many points overall, and it was so easy to lose small points. It’s important to be careful with the work, and I also found that the regular exam and quiz time felt very tight.

I really enjoyed the content of this course, and it felt like a refreshing break from my other STEM classes. The material itself wasn’t too difficult, and all assessments were open book, but getting a high grade was harder than I expected since the course didn’t have that many points overall, and it was so easy to lose small points. …Read more

Professor Parshina is a really great intro-level teacher. She explains things really well and her weekly quizzes are open-book and not too difficult. She does like to assign some group work but it's usually pretty casual.