Reviews of professor Nelson Laplante

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The classes I took from Professor LaPlante were MATH153 MATH154, MATH172, and ECON201. There was no textbook assigned only the free PDF that was optional. He gives partial credit on exams and curves the grade heavily if you are active in class. All of his classes have a similar format. He is great at responding to students even at 3am finals week.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I liked professor LaPlante. I liked the material, and homework was reasonable. It can be daunting at first, because he posts SO many resources - but he does not expect you to read/watch them all. I think he just posts whatever he finds relevant, much of it is excess material. A little unorganized, but I learned a lot and enjoyed the class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is so understanding when it comes to things you need and emails very quickly. I would take another class from him any day!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is an excellent economics professor with a great deal of passion and things to say. Although attendance is not required he really appreciates it if you do show up and it can result in a better grade.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
do not take this class if you are genuinely interested in learning about economics. you will not. had him a while back and forgot to review. off topic lectures constantly with zero class engagement. often gives biased articles to read instead of presenting just the information.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There was extra credit, he went to my campus many times, and the grading was clear. My problem was that the class was very biased and had a libertarian view, and I felt like the book didn't have that focus. You had to figure out how to answer questions how he wanted them and I felt like I didn't learn what I was supposed to learn in his class.