Reviews of professor Matthew Dugas

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
4+ tests in a sem. Nice, friendly, caring prof, but he does grade a little tough. He is specific and detailed about what he expects, which can be frustrating, but he cares about you understanding it. Tests are average difficulty. COME TO CLASS, he adds a lot on top of the bare slides you see on Canvas. Grade = tests, occasional v short assignments

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I learned a lot about both ecology and the scientific method in general with this professor. He does make you work for a good grade (there were a lot of questions that were not cut and dry about the correct answer) but just so long as you watched the videos and went to lecture you would be okay. Beware of tough group lab assignments, however.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Ive had difficult professors, dont get me wrong. Being in a science major is difficult. Its one thing when a professor is difficult and its another when hes degrading, careless, disrespectful. The list could go on for miles. Do not take this Professor. He does not care about you or your grade. Doesnt know how to teacher either. AVOID

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Dugas doesn't take his job seriously and you can tell. He does a poor job explaining important concepts. He decreases the exam study guides throughout the semester so you never figure out how to prep for exams. Exams test specific examples, not concepts. Little to no guidance for independent projects. If you ask questions, he talks down to you.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Has a good sense of humor and is friendly. I enjoy the things we learn about but he makes everything way more difficult than it needs to be, making the class extremely confusing. Doesn't really lecture. Just stands there and waits for his class of 100 students to answer things.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I haven't actually learned anything in this class and it's a major specific class for me. Asks questions on new material the whole class period and when no one answers he gets mad. There's no clear criteria and for an exam study guide he combined all of the powerpoints for the unit (pictures and no words) which we already had access to. Horrible.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
makes the class much harder than it needs to be, he grades in a way that your answer may be correct but if it is not exactly what is on the key you get no points. Just avoid if possible

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Literally said in class its not a good exam if you get 100% makes no sense. Thats what you should want your students to get. He gets off topic a lot, will literally sit and wait for you to answer a question. He makes us teach the class literally. Its called lecture for a reason.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Definitely need to go to class, but as long as you go to class and pay attention/take notes the exams arent too hard. Lectures are interesting and funny and he finds ways to give good examples which will be important for the exams. Genuinely cares about students as long as you put in the work.