Reviews of professor Luke Wood

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Wood is nice, intelligent, and knows his field. He doesnt like lazy students. I recommend his course if you are motivated. Wood is one of the better profs to take comparative and quant with. Hes also reasonable about the workload.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
We only had synchronous discussion sessions once a week. His lectures were boring and were not engaging. His grading never made sense and he didnt make expectation for assignments very clear. I did not learn much.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Wood is both non-specific and unhelpful. His assignments are lazy and his lectures are boring so his class was soul sucking. The assignments weren't hard, they just sucked (no will to do them), basically all "regurgitate a massive reading", but he also never makes it clear what he wants. The balance of his grading makes no sense either

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Graded on a 240 point scale.  Professor Wood says attendance an participation matter but there is no grade stated in the syllabus.  Little to no feedback given on assignments.  4 short papers all worth 10 points but it is impossible to get a 10 even if you meet with him.  Additionally, Professor Wood made an A a 95% which makes no sense.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
All assignments/assessments were papers. Challenging class, but definitely manageable.