Reviews of professor David Smith

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Smith is great, I cannot understand his rating here. He grades you based on participation in discussion boards. If you want to get an A in this class you should reply to all your classmates, cite the info, and have a great discussion. There are only two exams. Pretty easy. I would take him again.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The level of difficulty prof smith or 'alpha' makes the class is unreasonable. the design problems take WEEKS and you have to go to office hours or check piazza to uncover vague information. Additionally, most of your grade comes down to 2 exams. I learned almost nothing about design as i was just trying to keep up with this class. Do NOT recommend

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
An amazing professor who truly cares about teaching. Since it is a minimal, low key easy work load (most assignments are group projects), you can really focus on the material. I learned A LOT from Professor Smith. He is a great guy who is always willing to talk more about the material outside of class. 10/10 recommend

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DO NOT TAKE HIM! So many reason to not take him. His lectures he expects you to write everything word for word what he says and he acts like we can catch up. Theres an essay that you had to write about I wrote it and followed the directions. Didnt receive the grade I wanted. Long story short dont take him.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
All my friends told me to take this guy, but he doesn't show examples in class, basically emphatically reads the textbook (Shigley) to you. The DPs (Design Problem Projects) are graded by TAs that don't hold office hours so you have no clue what they want until they fail the whole class on the first project.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I love his class. He's very lenient to students. But he doesnt like late comers. You'll make 2 papers in his class, but he is not a tough grader. As long as he can understand what you wrote, you're golden. I wish i could take him again for another class but my humanities is in different core now. Take him!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worst professor ever. To give you an idea, the final was issued to us and it was due in 4 days. We had to write two 5-pg papers in that time, including 15 citations + 5 sources in each. I don't think he realizes all the ppl in this program are working parents. Oh- and he doesn't respond to emails. He barely even responds to posts.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Textbooks are a must (3 textbooks). Easy reading and easy assignments. Blackboard participation was required but easy. Just follow the instructions and syllabus and you will be fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Smith is a good teacher, as long as you show up and pay attention to his lectures you'll get good grades on the tests. Make sure you take good notes because he does not post his lectures online, and if you miss class he won't send you the material you missed either. There aren't many assignments, the grading is very test-heavy.