Reviews of professor John Paskus

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Awful professor do NOT take him unless necessary. I will put hours into an assignment following instructions word for word only to get a 65% absolutely ruined my gpa

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
AVOID this professor! Lectures are tedious and lengthy. He lacks clear assignment rubrics, often grading based on personal whims rather than defined criteria. Only creates rubrics when pressured by supervisors. Unwilling to negotiate or explain harsh grading. CSUS students, advocate for clear rubrics from admin! Talk to higher ups until he caves.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is a nice person but an unreasonably tough grader who takes points off for vague reasons and "missing information" that he never indicated should be included in our work. Also did not stick to the syllabus and held class on a day that the official course schedule said was off with only a last-minute heads up about the change. pretty bad tbh.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class might be better if taken in person, but is very difficult online. He posts way too much material to be read and understood in one week and it seems outdated and is hard to follow. He grades the weekly writing assignments very hard and never gives full credit meaning you have to do good on the lengthy short answer exams that take 2 hours.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is an extremely strict grader. Often times his prompts for assignments are quite short, general, and not very clear on what he is looking for yet he expects very specific things while grading and never seems to be pleased with your work. He enjoys giving only half credit on weekly homework that is sufficient to the instructions.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
There is very little original content or ideas in his lecture. If by chance you are not required to take this class, find something similar taught by someone different to peak your interest. As others said prompts are general yet points will be taken off for specific things not in the prompt. I had hoped to challenge him on this but prompt was gone