Reviews of professor James Olsen

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He does not check up on his students to make sure they are understanding the material. His idea of checking up on his students is putting in a last minute assignment. He gives no feedback on ANY of the weekly assignments. His lectures only confuse you more. I highly recommend someone else to teach you, read the books and you'll be better off.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The class was fun but there is so much homework, and some of it was just insane. It was very interesting. Also, CHECK THE RUBRIC!!! the text books are mentioned there but not on the mason site.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Olsen has been one of my favorite professors so far. He is incredibly smart and genuinely loves what he does. Yes, there is a lot of reading and writing, but start assignments early! If you don't have time for the reading you can just skim the text and still understand. He is always available after class, so reach out if you need help!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
There are so many papers and the reading quizzes are very VERY specific. Professor offers mediocre feedback. Overall, do NOT take this class online.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I have never been so stressed out in my life. I've never had so much homework in a LOWER LEVEL CLASS. 99% of learning is done outside of class making attending extremely unnecessary and boring but hey gotta get those attendance points. Absolutely ridiculous expectations, grades the 5 million assignments late and 4 completion. Do NOT take his class.