Reviews of professor Mario Watkins

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
First off Dr. Watkins makes you buy his own book... He waited last minute to grade all the assignments. Didn't know what grade I was expecting until 2 weeks before the course ended. Never got back to me regarding a very important, time-sensitive issue. What can I say, probably doesn't care about his students.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Class was easy if you stay on top of things, never gives 100s. Instructions for major projects are vague and takes points off if you don't meet his standards which he doesn't articulate.

Will re-open things if you miss and email.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Watkins is an excellent professor that shows compassion and concern for his students.  The online textbook he created during the pandemic was informative and insightful.  Although some of my classmates complained, he provided an alternative option when supply chain issues prevented students from purchasing a previously used textbook.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Great teacher and an easy class. A week is usually a couple of videos and reading a PowerPoint or an article with an assignment. The assignment is just a discussion or a simple project. Takes about an hour out of your week for this class. Definitely recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Learned a lot about the Environment and policies about global issues

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Terrible at communication. Would rarely answer emails and when he did, it was nonsense just to get you to stop emailing him. Many assignments had incorrect rubrics or were overly tedious for no reason. Online textbook questions were filled with errors and he never corrected them. Major assignments not graded till final due date. Avoid at all cost.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Bad at staying on class topic (got political), never gave 100s, and only ever used one chapter from the book he requires you to purchase. While the class is a breeze, the Prof is so frustrating I would not take this class again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I enjoyed that class.  The syllabus was clear and easy to follow.  I was able to get in touch with him by cell phone and email.  I saw the bad reviews, but my experience was excellent.  To my understanding, many of the issues students complained about were due to the pandemic and COVID, not based on the effectiveness of Dr. Watkins.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The textbook that is required for this course is not useful since a few of the assignments refers to the textbook but can still be done using the information in the powerpoints, articles and videos provided. Most of the assignments are discussion posts and projects.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Watkins heart clearly wasn't in it this semester. The book and quizes were nearly incomprehensible and filled with many errors. He was uncommunative and graded assignments last minute like literally at the very end of the course. Wouldn't recommend him to anyone.