Reviews of professor Oleg Stakhanov

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I enjoyed his class and he is obviously passionate about sociology and uses fun examples to get his point across. However, if you take his online courses be careful. His videos rarely work and I needed to call Tech support 3 times to even be able to watch them. I spent more time trying to watch his videos than being in class and studying combined.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This man over explains every little thing, forcing you to watch hours upon hours of lecture every week. Do not attend the pointless "optional weekly zoom meetings" they are a waste of time. Also, to expect a 25 page paper in a first year social class is a bit much. The class is very easy, just use the textbook.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
There is a 25 page term paper due at the end of the semester worth 20% of your total grade. This paper if failed will result in an automatic 49% in the class. Literally says expect to do bad on it at the start of the semester. The class avg. for the paper in my semester was 46%... Take Rita's class if possible.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Oleg cares about what he teaches and is a passionate lecturer, but that's kind of it. He doesn't provide any criteria for assignments and does not have any due dates for assignments OR midterms on the syllabus which is highly inconvenient to plan for. Avoid just because of the extra hassle his general sense of ambiguity creates.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Do not choose Prof Oleg. Instructions for assignments are unclear and his explanations are unhelpful. Classes go over time and leave students confused after asking questions. Around 3 hrs of recorded lectures per week & a zoom session, but the textbook is used for tests and differs from lectures. Passive-aggressive tone in emails. Unprofessional.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Stakhanov's course was extremely interesting and helpful. He summarized hundreds of pages worth of material into short ppts. I highly recommend going to his lectures because he gives the most interesting examples to think about. The guidelines about the term paper is a bit confusing, but if you use the correct format, it will be fine.