Reviews of professor Chris Olds

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Chris is my favorite online instructor at the school. His class is organized and the lecture videos help. The free books are considerate for students. I do like hard copy books more to take notes. The link to buy the hard copy if we want is my suggestion to him.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Mr. Olds gives a lot of extra credit opportunities so I am not too worried about the class. He is friendly when you ask him questions after class. His personality is very serious but not in a mean way. The class is 8 weeks and is not a lot of work. I would prefer less group work and group grades personally but the class is still enjoyable.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
A bad instructor overall. Unnecessarily tough grader who acts like he knows more than you and is therefore superior to you, not like he actually wants you to learn or even enjoy the subject matter.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
In the seminar there were weekly discussions. The reading was one textbook and library articles. There were multiple extra credit assignments. Participate every week and do the extra credit for a A grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class was 8 weeks long.The textbook was covered quickly. Lectures are narrated videos with film clips and music. Easy to reach for Zoom. Lectures talk about only a few of the same topic as the textbook. Study from both lectures videos and readings  to get full points for weekly discussion. Paper assignment for the final. Easygoing on due date

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If I had listened to my friends advice to NOT take this professor I would have but I had no choice as all classes were full. He gives alot of homework which OK, he has a review and very heavy feedback on EVERYTHING . There is lack of care for his students, and when reached out he does not make an effort to help the student out or go out of his way

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This guy is incredibly boring.  Tough grader and just says you don't quote the textbook or something like that vague answers.  This was an 8 week course and a lot work goes into this. There was ample items for extra credit which i defiantly recommend doing.  This almost acts like a 300-400 level course. Acted almost like a graduate level course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I enjoyed the class with Olds. His lecture videos were clear and he defined the main vocab terms. Quizzes were open book with a lot of time to complete. I did not feel stressed doing the work even though international relations was a new topic for me. I recommend pols 230 for anyone who wants a current events class on international topics.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The instructor should grade faster if he is going to be harsh; however, ample extra credit is offered. Instructor sticks out from others because he offers lectures to online students. Most professors fail miserably in this regard. Offers OERs and responds in depth to questions asked about the material. As long as you're not lazy, you'll get an A.