Reviews of professor Matt Anderson

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Anderson is an above average professor but this class makes it difficult to like him. It is a mandatory class that is graded almost entirely on 3 projects that are written fully in MatLab. Be careful with grading because the TA's grade everyones project differently. This is a terrible course that is unfortunantly required for ME majors.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Anderson knows a lot and wants to teach you. The problem is there is way too much going on in the class. You have 33 homeworks, 30+ in class activities, 8 quizzes, 2 midterms, and a final. This class would be much better with 1/3 of the homeworks and drop the classroom games (activities). Grading is tough and expectations are sometimes vague.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The lectures involved tons of theory but no examples similar to homework or exam problems. Does try to help out and is a nice person otherwise. Not great at teaching practical examples however

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Overall, Matt holds his students to a high standard, but nothing unreasonable for engineering students. He doesn't do a lot of in-class examples, but there are plenty in discussion. He is very helpful in office hours. I was not a fan of his quizzes, 5 of them worth 5% of the total grade each.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
A lot of people don't like this prof, but he was fair overall. The "quizzes" are pretty rough and the 3 projects we did over the course of the semester were tough, but overall, not too bad compared to others in the department.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor knows his topics and what to cover, but he doesn't teach the class thoroughly. As in his lectures rarely have any real examples that help you, nor does his homework solutions help you understand the concept better. Better read and understand the textbook topics for his tests/quizzes. Otherwise, good luck with the tough grader.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I've had professor Anderson for 6 classes now and I can't recommend a better professor in ME. He is clear, caring, and an overall great person. Makes every student feel valued... the ME program could use a lot more professors like him. He likes to challenge his students with homework, however, tests are more than fair every time.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There are 33 homeworks (usually 2 problems), but I didn't mind since it made the course content less intimidating than being presented in longer assignments. Anderson is a great lecturer. Came to academia after time in industry, and you can tell he's passionate about teaching. Midterms and quizzes are pretty fair.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Matt Anderson is a pretty good professor. He lectures were ok, basically just hit major points in the textbook. There was 1 homework per week and they were pretty easy. Some contained heavy MATLAB sections that weren't really useful. Exams were pretty middle of the road. Overall a fun, youthful professor that won't bore you to death.