Reviews of professor Debidatta Mahapatra

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took him online and he was terrible I dont recommend taking him, the weekly assignments were completely tedious (Discussion post and a weird homework program). He gives a 10 page paper at the end of the semester that is tedious and grades harshly. Weird essay structure. Overall I would never waste my time in that class again.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Terrible. Never gives higher than an 85. Canvas and the instructions said a due date was on Jan 28th but in an announcement on the bottom of the long list of things he wrote, he briefly mentioned that if you did it by the 26th, you'd get more points. I had 10 points taken off my paper because it wasn't submitted the date he said he wanted it done.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Overall I really enjoyed this course!! I must admit that in the beginning, I thought that I would not like very much. However, throughout the course, professor Mahapata made it very easy to enjoy and to complete. He gives one discussion and one essay question per week, and they are about the chapter learned in the week.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This is the kind of professor that wants to be off on weekends and give you assignments with due dates to Wednesday. Quizzes and discussions. There is quiz every week. He's a tough grader and his criteria isn't clear. His questions does not state what he really expect on your answers. I did not like him, and I wouldn't take him again. No way!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
NOTHING IS CLEAR IN THIS CLASS, no criteria for anything. My grade went down from an A to a C because he decided to grade the final assignments randomly. Lectures were so boring it felt like a program talking for two hours. Very unorganized and all over the place. Overall very unprofessional. Would not recommend to anyone. .

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I had a high B the entire semester and then we moved to online classes b/c of COVID-19. And for his final assignment it is a 10 page 2500 word essay with no clear grading structure and this also accounts for 40% of your final grade. I had an old English teacher grade my paper and received a A on it from her yet he gave me a C and tanked my grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The professor has a thick accent so it's essential that you pay attention. the class is super easy, we had 5 open note quizzes, the midterm was open note and based off of the prior quizzes, as was the final, as for hw, you have a discussion post every week (150-200 words) based off of the class discussion for that week and we barely used the book.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This professor is sooooo great! Im not really a B or A student and in his class it was so easy to get one. He makes the work seem easy. Definitely suggest taking his courses! No hw, just discussion posts and easy quizzes!!