Reviews of professor Jordan Watts

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I strongly suggest that you dont attend Central Michigan. Only 1 of 5 of my professors taught class live. Central Michigan professors do a poor job teaching online. They read slides over Zoom (or pre-recorded video) and dont make it understandable. I asked tax prof for better resources to understand the material and she said read the book.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Watts is obviously crazy intelligent, but he moves WAY too fast. I would be behind in the notes the whole class. He would go very in detail on the information we were learning to the point that it was too much. I have never had a teacher move as fast as he did during lectures.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Jordan's class was, in simple terms, exhausting. He is very test-heavy. The final is worth 30% of your grade and he doesn't give you any material to work with besides "past work" which doesn't help when the final is 10 questions, so not knowing what was on it or what to study, my grade dropped from a high A to a B+. Good luck if you have him.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Weekly quizzes are not too bad, but exams are tough. He goes through a lot of proofs and unnecessary information, but he does do a lot of examples. He is very willing to help although his explanations are sometimes hard to follow. I definitely had to put in the work in this class. Lowest 3 quizzes are dropped and final is cumulative but curved.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worst prof I've ever had. I would have graduated with a 4.0 if not for this class. His lectures are dry and confusing; he just writes proofs on the board with no explanation while the class struggles to scribble them down. He is also purposely unhelpful in office hours. Homework and tests are exceedingly difficult. Avoid at all costs.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Watts is very knowledgeable in his field, which can be really intimidating at first. After this, he is a very good professor, and is always prepared to answer any questions or clarify.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Thinks students need to "earn" their formula sheet. In practice this means if you take exam 1 there will be no formulas on it, however exam 2 will have formulas useful for exam 1. A bit silly, don't you think. Now this could be useful if exam 1 stuff was on exam 2, but its not. Also goes WAY too in depth on math, 2 hours for a formula. Awful time.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Honestly this class was extremely difficult, but the professor did an excellent job with lectures, and was always accessible via email or office hours. He did a great job helping me to not only get the correct answer but understand why whenever I went to him. He provided every opportunity in this class to perform well. I would definitely take again