Reviews of professor Michael Walker

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Second time I've had him, and am glad I chose to take the class. His lectures are insightful, and there's more of a focus on learning and understanding the concepts than cramming info you'll forget immediately. Read the assigned readings if you skip the lectures; if you attend lectures, skim them. Either route will get you an A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Walker is funny and a good lecturer. Your grades are based only on a few essays, so don't take if you are not a strong writer. There are a few extra credit opportunities but they are only worth a point each and you have to show up to know when they are coming. The content is good but the readings are long and you only need to skim them.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Walker very clearly cares about the education he provides to his students. He makes an effort to listen to students (especially about COVID challenges) and the material is interesting and easy to engage with. However, he did not post lecture videos at consistent times. Overall, great guy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Walker knows his stuff, makes lectures entertaining and was super understanding with online learning. All of the course content came full circle and I felt like I learned a lot. Not to mention his grading is not tough!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I don't think I have ever had a professor care this much about their students. He put a lot of time and money into his lectures, which was extremely helpful.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
WALKER IS THE BEST. I took a different soc course last semester and was bored af, Walker totally turned that perception around for me. Lectures are generally lengthly but thorough and entertaining. He does a great job of bringing present issues into the course material. On all fronts as a teacher Walker kills it. Can't recommend him enough!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This guy is THE BEST. invested loads of time/money/energy in video editing so he can provide engaging lectures during covid. And it works. LOVE how down to earth his lectures are and the ways he makes the content accessible and applicable. Love this class.