Reviews of professor Martin van Boekel

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Martin is a super nice professor that cares a lot about his students. You can really tell he wants his students to do well in his class. He gives you his phone number and allows you to reach out if you need any assistance. Overall, he's a decent teacher and a really good person

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The class was pretty easy but focused heavily on group work so depending on the group your in that determines the amount and difficulty of your course load. The lectures weren't mandatory because he posted all the slides.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you can take this course with another professor, do so. He had 5 quizzes, 5 hw assignments, and two group projects (not counting lab work). He had a syllabus, course schedule, and TA's sending out emails every Sunday, and none of the dates matched up. He said the text is required, but you can defiantly get by without it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I thought that I would struggle in this class but it was way easier than I expected it to be. There is a lot of group work, so that might effect your grade if any of your group member don't do any work. Lectures are not mandatory and lecture notes were easy to understand without going to lecture. Gina was a good TA & there are many extra credit!!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Martin is a good professor. I don't know if I'd recommend taking 1281 for psych credit because the class itself is weird and really reliant on group projects, but Martin is a very caring and approachable professor who doesn't hesitate to connect with students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Best professor I've had at the U so far. They are extremely caring and respectful, gives awesome feedback. As long as you pay attention and participate in discussions (which flow easily and are guided by discussion posts), it is easy to do well in this class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Take this class over psch1001! this class was very easy and fun, your grade depends on the group projects every week. Martin is a great prof that makes sure to learn your name and cares about his students. the only downside is that you do get assigned a group for the semester and your grade depends on if they do their work well.