Reviews of professor Richard Carter

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
A very large percentage of your grade is dependent on attendance and answering questions in class. I did very well on exams but found that my participation grade was my downfall in this class. Carter is an okay lecturer, it was just difficult to connect with him because the class size was so large.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Carter is a great guy, his classes are laid back and funny. Lectures are long and boring but you need to pay attention. Most of the class is pretty easy, except the exams. The exams are really hard; you have to know literaly everything on the powerpoints, and some. Start studying for exams at least a week before and you'll be ok.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Honestly he was a good professor however the worst exams I've ever had. This is a self taught course with lots of research on your own. The studying that is required for this class takes all your time.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
You will end up spending all of your free time stressing about and studying for this class. An insane amount of material thrown at you to completely memorize. Basically impossible for anyone with jobs or a life to learn everything they need to know for the extremely difficult exams. Exams are crazy hard and averages are low. Avoid if possible.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Entertaining, charismatic Professor. The work structure is fairly laid back, and most info comes from powerpoints. Personally, I don't like that attendance is mandatory, as I don't gain much from lectures. Homework is easy, but Exams can be disproportionately hard. Nothing you can't pass with good studying though. Laid-back pacing, lots of studying

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Carter is okay with test averages being low and will not curve exams, but will occasionally take questions off if he doesn't like them. He does want you to do well and it's helpful to go to his office to talk about the exams. Study a lot! Go to SI! Exams are straight from lecture slides. Know diagrams. Not an easy class but I did enjoy it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I like his lectures, he explains things on the slides well and it's obvious he's passionate about the material. He's good about extending deadlines, but typically only if a large portion of the class misses an assignment. He won't usually extend one if you ask.