Reviews of professor Michael Allan

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I loved his personality and he always made it a goal to remember my name!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is so kind and cares a lot about his students and the class. Even in our class of 80 people he learned everyone's names and a fact about them, and would have group discussions in class so it wasn't just lecturing. There also isn't really a midterm or final, just weekly assignments and a small writing assignment at the end. Definitely recommend!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Delightful professor with interesting perspectives on the intersection of comic books, graphic novels, and real-world existences and biases. The workload wasn't too much, but you did have to work to get the projects done well.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Michael is a fabulous professor! He is super welcoming and you can tell he truly cares about his students. As for the class, if you are looking for a class on FILM, be warned it is really about animation. Wish I had known that going in. It is a fun class overall, but some of the assignments feel like busy work. Worth taking for professor though!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Overall COLT 103 was an easy and enjoyable class. You are graded on weekly assignments and %20 of the grade is participation. Your GE matters too, unfortunately I didn't like mine that much but the grading was still easy.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I really liked Michael, I just hated the subject. It says literature and film, but it actually is about animation (like claymation, anime, etc.). Michael is clearly very passionate and is very entertaining, so it made the subject less terrible. If you're even semi-interested in the topic though, definitely take this. I just am not.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Michael Allan was an incredibly personable/relatable professor. Thorough in his lectures and reviews of class readings. Very supportive of all his students and their ideas. Plus you get to watch movie clips in class and he has great taste!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Michael puts a lot of thought and care into his class. He has a very engaging teaching style and teaches the class how I wish others were taught. The content is great, and after paying attention in the lectures and going to the discussions, I felt really confident going into the final even though the readings could confuse me. Can't recommend more!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
He is very funny and you can relate to him easily. However, grades are never posted. We just got our grades in canvas week 9.