Reviews of professor Aran Smith

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took Professor Smith for Tennessee History. He has a real love for the material he teaches and makes it as interesting as possible with countless stories and fun facts. He even omits parts that he finds boring. The only grades are from two exams and two essays, but the study guide and good note-taking from the lectures can make them easy.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took him for an online US History class for GCU. He's very knowledgable in history, which is awesome, but he's a tough grader and not very engaging. He didn't make me any more interested in history. My advice if you have him for GCU online: don't work too hard on the discussion question answers. Focus on the papers, he grades those the hardest.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Smith is a tough grader, and there is a lot of reading involved. The quizzes are hard. Study, study,study! So long as you are communicating with him, he will try his best to guide you in the right direction. I got my grade from a B- to an A just by asking him questions to guide me through the class. He is very understanding that class is hard.