Reviews of professor Curtis Nelson

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Nelson is nice but I feel like he's too specific about what he wants - which can be really frustrating since I feel like most of the papers aren't very clear themselves. He's also really stringent on late times. This class is much easier if you just take it from another professor. This class is mentally exhausting and I can't wait for it to end.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Completely uncompromising on due dates and is extremely specific on what he wants. I signed up to take this class online and was graded very harshly during the first week's assignment. When I reached out to him, he proceeded to tell me why I was wrong and I needed to follow instructions better. He does not care about his students. No forgiveness.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Be careful with him. He completely enforces Br. Helfrich's requirements (even the tiny details that aren't in the rubric but explained in the document). I averaged 12 hours a week in this course with a deviation of 6 hours. He's really smart too. You can learn a lot from him, but if you're looking for an easy A I would explore your other options.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Brother Nelson, as many people have mentioned, is a very strict grader. I did not once receive a 100% on my end of week papers. He will dock you an egregious amount of points for small things, but he will explain why. Additionally, he does help out explaining why you received the grade with feedback. Also is very caring as well.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Gives good feedback explaining your grade. For one paper, the graphic in the text confused me as to what the essential elements of the methodology were, and he picked up on that just from reading my paper and cleared it up for me in the feedback. Pretty cool.