Sonia Kay Wurst

BIT25 · 14A · BUS115 · BUS14A · BIT2034 · BUS14B · BIT025 · BIT113 · 78 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 91/100
RMP rating: 4.5/5
Take again: 82.5%
Difficulty: 2.7

The decision

if you will use office hours and keep up with ; prefer in-person over pure async online.

Best fit · Beginner FriendlyCaring MentorClear LecturesAccessible Outside ClassOpen Book ExamsHomework Heavy Calc

Highly caring and
Open-book open-notes tests and partial credit make grades achievable with effort
and some online sections feel self-taught

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

68/100

and late work flexibility help, but you still must complete all platform work and study.

BIT and ; BUS14 winter online is harder for an A.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

66/100

; BIT computer classes are widely called easy.

Online self-taught calc .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

52/100

while online and some older reviews treat it as optional.

In-person more often mandatory; online usually not.

Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

88/100

Large majority call her the because she cares and .

Recommendation is strongest in person; a few online .

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

74/100

and late work with notice appear often.

Format shift

In-person and older reviews emphasize open book; online still gives partial credit on chapter exams.

Workload

Moderate

48/100

Weekly Knewton Alta MyMathLab style work is steady and can feel heavy in short terms.

Format shift

Winter online workload is the .

Teaching experience

Excellent

90/100

Students repeatedly praise clarity patience office hours and encouragement for math-anxious learners.

Format shift

; online success depends on using resources.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Mix of and several exams including midterm and final.

Format shift

Online leans on MML Knewton plus exams; BIT is assignment and open-book quiz heavy.

Luni fit check

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Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

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Classroom format

In person

35 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

, and supportive style even when business calc gets tough around matrices.

Main concern

A minority say class time is wasted on warm-ups with too little board practice.

What students said

“Dr. Wurst is the best professor I've had at PCC. She cares about her students and .”
BUS14A

“I've always struggled with math but so clearly.”
BUS14A

“ at all. Will spend an hour on warm up exercises”
14A

Remote format

Online

15 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online is workable with and many resources but often feels self-taught with heavy weekly platforms work and .

Main concern

Async winter sessions can overwhelm with workload and weak algebra background hurts badly.

What students said

“Absolutely loved taking this class. I was in her 100% online section and I thought it was kind of hard learning calculus early on but she provides a bunch of resources”
BUS14A

“Mostly a self taught class, so be prepared. and tend to be difficult.”
BUS14B

“Quizzes and exams are online which is open book, open notes and .”
BIT025

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Many sections allow open book notes and even computers on tests while still requiring real study.

Open BookOpen NotesPartial CreditQuiz RetakesResource Allowed

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

84/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

open notes yet still challenging if you do not prepare.

Open Book TestsOpen NotesStill Need To Study

“ . It is easy as long as you listen.”
BUS14A

“ , but she lets you use all resources like computer, textbook, notes.”
BUS14A

Online

Online exams and quizzes are commonly open book open notes with .

Open Book Online ExamsOpen NotesMML Or Knewton

“Quizzes and exams are online which is open book, open notes and .”
BIT025

“She gives .”
BUS14B

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“Dr. Wurst is the best professor I've had at PCC. She cares about her students and .”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews across BUS and BIT courses online and in person, emphasizing care accessibility and open-resource assessment. Credibility rating: High.

❤️ Student Care

90/100

“She had more faith in me than I had in myself”

📘

84/100

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👍 Recommendation

88/100

“10/10 would recommend taking her class.”

📚 Workload Note

48/100

“Very heavy workload makes it quite stressful to complete this course.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

She really breaks down each problem, explaining everything clearly
Her so well
patient and caring professor

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

as long as you study
She only accepts late work 5 times a semester
.Lots of work

Theme 3

💻 About Online Format

Mostly a self taught class, so be prepared
Teaching yourself calculus is not fun

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews over many years consistently describe a caring accessible professor with .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 562

4 out of 58

3 out of 52

2 out of 52

1 out of 54

Course coverage

BUS14A16 reviews

BUS14B10 reviews

14A8 reviews

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

37 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 1 · A 18

B range

B+ 6 · B 5 · B- 2

C range

C 1 · C- 1

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

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Sonia Kay Wurst

x x x x x x x if you will use office hours and keep up with x x; prefer in-person over pure async online.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

FairEffort

Beginner

Varies

MustTake

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

❤️ Student Care

📘 x x

👍 Recommendation

📚 Workload Note

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

💻 About Online Format

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

if you will use office hours and keep up with ; prefer in-person over pure async online.

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