Reviews of professor Ben Ward

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Good class, he's a nice guy but the grading system is absolutely insane. 90% of your grade comes from three exams and you need a 95 to get an A in the class for some reason and he doesn't round at all. Lectures can be pretty boring too, but material is very easy.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I rarely write reviews but this class sucks. He never responded to any of my emails regarding questions about the tests, you basically have to teach yourself everything using Pearson because that's where all the homework, tests, and final is. The final is 40% and that is ridiculous.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Take Dr. Ward for macro, he is the best by far. Yes, the final is worth 40%, but half of the questions you have seen before either on homeworks or previous tests, so if you just review those, you'll be fine. Make sure to right down or take pictures of the graphs he goes over in class though. He is also super accessible during office hours.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Ward was an okay professor. He provides one point of extra credit to some students who participate in the assignment at the end of the course. All homework and tests are online but are not that easy. To do well in this class you MUST look over the homework and practice. Attendance also helps!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took him cause the reviews said it would be easy but he must've upped his game. His tests are ok. I found the homework easier. He's a good lecturer but his class isn't easy.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Everyone hates on him because his lectures are boring, but attendance isn't required and he posts all the slides. I stopped going to class and taught myself by doing the homework and did good on the tests. Scared about the final tho lol

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
For a big lecture class, the lectures weren't terrible. However, I still found it hard to pay attention. The textbook definitely helped a lot. Midterms were all right, but I felt like they were way harder than the homework and problems we worked through in class, so I never felt truly prepared.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very boring lectures. The homework is not hard until you get to graphs. His test are really hard even though they are open note. There are a lot of questions with not much time. I would not recommend taking him.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The only thing I would have to warn you about is the tests! All of the lectures and homework is fine as it is all online and lectures are simple but the tests really tested your knowledge!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took the class cause students below said it was easy and overall its fair. Not super easy but its fair.His lectures are easy to understand,  HW can be hard but you can do it in groups. People said Tests were easier than HW but I think they are equal. If you can do the homework you will do well on tests. 30% HW,39% Exam ,30% Final,1% participation.