Reviews of professor Carlos Cordova

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Cordova is an incredibly nice, soft-spoken man that you can tell knows what he's doing when it comes to design. He can be a tough grader at times, but is also very encouraging and gives very clear feedback on how to improve. Lets you come up for help in class, a bit hard-of-hearing but have patience and he'll be a great help.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Completely arbitrary grading system that doesn't follow the curriculum but rather his own personal tastes. He literally changed a group project to a individual project... weeks after we had already started it as a group. Will tell you your work looks great in class and then give you a D-. First class I ever dropped and I have no regrets.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Unprofessional, condescending, and just flat-out rude. Due dates and expectations change daily, and grading criteria are never consistent. The class is about catering to his design style, and if you create good work that doesn't match his personal preferences, he'll mark you down. He doesn't teach anything. He just enjoys destroying your grade.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Honestly I don't know how I survived his class. I've learned literally nothing. And as much as I love typography, this is just horrible how he has ruined so many things that I could have learned. During class he does nothing but explains the assignments which are already there in Halo and does not teach at all

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He really care about the improvement of the students and he gives a very good, well-detailed feedback. However, during the beginning of the year, some of his explanation are unclear but he improved later on. He is super strict and detailed oriented, and tough grader. He seems scary but he has a very good heart.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I've read other reviews that says he is rude and that the instructions are clear. However, he provides all the resources you need. The curriculum is very good and will help you grow your design skills. His feedback is very critical, but that also means you learn a lot and can improve your work drastically, and he recognizes when students work hard.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Never taught us anything. Has no consideration for other people's time. Asked a professor during her break (she needed to pick her kids from school) to help us make our notebooks because he didn't want to come to the school. Had us print out things even though it was an online class. Doesn't remember when or what is due. Never responds online.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
To preface, Cordova is a nice guy, but he's not fit for the role of being a professor. He gets annoyed if you ask him too many questions, and he gets really frustrated if he has to repeat himself. If you suck up to him, it's possible to become a teacher's pet, which can come in handy given the amount of work he expects you to do outside of class.