Reviews of professor Richard Snyder

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Synder is a very kind and approachable professor. Don't worry too much about attending lecture, he posts super detailed slides online and basically reads off them in class. Discussions are mandatory but helpful. Grade consists only of 3 big exams and a small portion of participation. Exams are super easy if you go through the material.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
gives great feedback* I would drive every day to school for this man. Incredibly caring and understanding for his students as people with their own lives and as young college students. Explains concepts thoroughly and his study guides are essentially the tests. Very helpful. also p cute 10/10 would recommend

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Lots of readings. Super hard to get an A if u don't have background knowledge / not a native speaker. Lecture slides and lectures are so confusing and heavy. Takes a long time to review and study. DO NOT TAKE for GE, not worth it. There're better options.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Very straightforward class. Lectures are quite bland, but Professor Snyder clearly loves what he does and is very knowledgeable. Slides are posted online, so attendance isn't mandatory, and none of the course books were used. There are three exams that should be easy if you follow along with all the lectures.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very good he is so kind and understanding. I had to miss a midterm for family and he was completely understanding and kept checking up on me to make sure I was okay and not drowning in my work. He cared more about my mental health than about getting my test finished. Very great, kind, and overall amazing.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If Professor Snyder is teaching it, do not take it. He is a very nice man, but he is HORRENDOUS at teaching. I cannot tell you how lost I was the first two weeks and how much effort it took to do well in that class just for the first quiz. He would literally just write critical information on the White Board and not explain it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Easy GE. All I did was was watch the lectures and then the day before the exams I read the lecture slides again and went over a quizlet. Got all A's for the exams but ended up with a B+ because participation in discussions is 10% of your grade and I didn't go to any of them - TA was generous and still gave me a 50/100 for participation.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Snyder is a really great professor and truly loves what he teaches. Lectures can sometimes be a little boring, but stay paying attention to the slides and you'll do great on the tests! He is a really sweet guy. Would definitely take one of his classes again!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I didn't like this prof as a teacher of a writing class. He's too restrictive with the prompts and unless you do what he wants you'll  receive a lower grade than you should. His teaching is uninspiring, he mumbles, and says "yeah" even when it's clear he disagrees. I wish other profs were offering a W course in classics this quarter.