Reviews of professor Matthew Rhodes

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Grades assignments too late for you to know how to do better on the next ones. Overall bad attitude with how he interacts with the class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very boring lecture videos, he literally reads his notes and does not make any effort to explain the material.
It's not a very difficult class; you need to be able to watch or read his very boring notes.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Seems to give clear grading criteria but doesn't follow it. Feedback was a yes/no checklist against the rubric. For example: I formatted references the same way for each paper, sometimes they'd be marked correct, other times not. Feedback was: "APA References: Yes/No". Course material (syllabus, instructions etc) were extremely wordy and redundant.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There is inconsistent feedback timelines and will not respond in a timely manner to emails. Be prepared to do navigate your learning on your own.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Won't give any examples of how to correctly do an assignment until after the assignment is graded. Enjoys making overly-critical and unhelpful remarks for writing feedback (e.g., "Poorly Written" on a 90% grade). Gives contradicting instructions for assignments in multiple different locations online rather than using one simplified handout.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
No extra credits, only one attempt for each assignment. Lectures do take a lot of time, but these lectures are very thorough and will help you to pass all tests. Assignments are based on materials in lectures, no surprises. 2 proctored exams, several papers, DB's and each week homework (as a quiz).