Reviews of professor Mark Vander Ley

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is very engaged, has great feedback, is not an easy A but very worth the time and effort you put in. Highly recommend,

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mark was always available outside of class. Very supportive of students. Clear grading criteria (you were never confused about what to do and when it was due). Fair and easy grader as long as you put in the work. One short paper, one presentation. Open-book, untimed quiz each week. Weekly discussion posts. Pretty clear cut! Would take him again!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Great, informative weekly video lectures and agree with other students-caring lectures but cold when asked questions. A lot of reading and paper writing but the course has a lot of info so expected that. Quizzes were ambiguous and overly challenging even with adequate study and knowledge of the material, frustrating. Not sure I would take again.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This instructor is not helpful in interactions and has a feel of privilege. The paternalistic comment by a previous student here definitely resonates with me. I rarely notice instructors and prefer to never have to reach out. In interacting with this instructor, he has the feel of caring while his actions are not congruent at all with that feel.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dedicated. Fair. Provided great feedback, both constructive and positive.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Weekly chapter quizzes had one or two each week that were challenging to understand what was being asked. Flexible, adaptable and understanding but also did not take accountability for misguided information.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Poorly organized and left the students scrambling for direction as the syllabus oftentimes did not reflect his lectures. Feedback was vague/ generalized and did not provide opportunities for improvement. I will avoid his courses for the remainder of this program.