Reviews of professor Manuel Duran

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Duran is tough, for sure, and you will be spending several hours a week on homework. That being said, his guidelines are clear, his schedule is reasonable, and he is a great communicator. Several times during the semester he jumped on a Zoom call with me to fix any issues or to clarify any troubles I was having in the class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Does virtually nothing to help his online students. Lecture material is basically just the book. Has incredibly unfair and discriminatory grading practices. Refuses to answer legitimate questions about how he derived your score. Avoid at all cost.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Tons of homework. So much that I can't understand how you could work or have a full-time course load while taking this class. He requires 48 hours to respond to emails and doesn't hold class for almost half the semester while still having rigid due dates. He gets defensive and argumentative when corrected in class and uses outdated programs.