Reviews of professor Matt Dugan

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I've had Matt as a professor in multiple classes, and I understand why some people on here might be upset - but, he's not interested in giving easy grades, and he doesn't expect people to regurgitate information like so many other classes at UVM do. He prepares students for the real world's actual challenges. He is an excellent professor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
 one of the worst and most useless classes I've taken at uvm. None of my peers like Dugan. He doesn't even lecture he makes groups present on chapters from the book every week. Then he proceeds to either give you all or nothing when it comes to points. I have never used this app but felt like I had to just to tell uvm students to avoid dugan.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dugan is awesome and really knowledgeable about the Public Communication field. It depends on what class you take but work is manageable and he gives good feedback. He goes off on tangents a lot but lectures are ok.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Literally the worst professor at UVM. Made me consider changing my entire major. Having a problem in class? Dont bother emailing him unless you are looking for the most condescending response. The CEO of the real world, the Grand Canyon and mansplaining.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I literally have never had such a bad time in any class. Lazy professor, class is 3 papers and a participation grade, those papers are team-based papers so he has to read less, topic of paper is vague and has few guidelines, which he doesn't clarify if you ask for help you get belittled at worst, condescending response at best, incredibly unhelpful

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dugan's News Writing class was very well-structured. Every other week you write an article and the weeks in between you edit another student's work. You get what you give in this class. He gives amazing feedback on all of your work (and props to him because he did it all after his TA dropped). Lastly, the textbook was actually pretty enjoyable!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His classes consist of unnecessary, common sense-based presentations... ie. communication is key! He doesn't spend any time actually teaching and then is condescending when you ask for clarification. Good luck asking questions or going to office hours. He couldn't give a straightforward answer to save his life. AND the textbooks are $100+

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dugan is the worst professor I've had at UVM. He did not teach the class a single thing. Instead, he made the students teach the class through group presentations. I would highly recommend taking this class with a different professor or just online. Don't put yourself through the torture of taking 127 with Dugan.