Reviews of professor Michael Schultz

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He doesn't do any lectures for his online course. You just have to read through his notes. The homework included material that he does not cover anywhere in his notes. For example: he tells you to perform Gaussian Elimintion to put a matrix in reduced-row-echelon form (RREF), but he doesn't explain what RREF is or how to perform elimination.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Forces you to use his "made up notation style" and penalizes you with a failing grade on assignments/quizzes/exams for not using it even if both the answers and work are identical to the solutions (except for the ridiculous notation). Avoid especially if you actually know linear algebra but need to take it for credit. Avoid even if you haven't.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I enjoyed the class, the geometrical approach to Linear Algebra felt a bit abstract and took a bit to wrap my head around, but I think he is a good instructor for the class. The homework was tough, but doable. He wrote the textbook for the class and gave it for free, it was a little light on examples to follow but the lectures usually covered it.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Makes you write in complete sentences which causes his grading to be inconsistent, and if you don't mention his 'keywords', then you will lose points, even if your answers are correct. Homework and Quizzes contain material he has not covered or glossed over. No structure to his lectures, which are mandatory. Just bad all around. Avoid if possible.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I've never had a professor so willing to work closely with students. He structures things so homework is assigned for you to really think hard about, then they cover the material in class the next day. The homework is very hard, but he will literally walk you through every problem if you go to him. Very abstract. Very caring.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very flexible for work, didn't need to watch the lectures when they were given, could watch when you could fit in your schedule. Man the homework was tough. But he grades generously. No exams, just some bigger project problems which was way nice for this class. Would absolutely take another class from him.