Reviews of professor Michael Sacks

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Sack's showed that he really cared about his research. However, any attempts to translate that into teaching for students was poor at best. No exams, but weekly homework was ridiculously long (~15hrs wk) and confusing. Textbook was his own unpublished textbook, riddled with mistakes that translated to his hw. Programming Solid Mechanics course

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Middle of the road professor. Lecture heavy with online homework. He posts lecture notes and sample exams so attendance isn't incredibly important. Easy class to pass as long as you read the notes.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I do not recommend. The textbook is a PDF of 90% un-cited material he 'edited'. The edits have many errors. He does not listen to others when they talk- he actively ignores students asking questions or explaining work. He seemingly has no rubrics and grades based on mood. Not professional. Toxic learning environment. Homework takes a long time.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I randomly took Prof. Sacks, but to my delight, I found out he is a fantastic professor. If you're looking to take Econ 202 at UofL, take it with Sacks, you won't regret it. Trust me.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Sacks was a great professor for Econ. The class has sample exams, and if you know them you will do good. I improved with every exam. Homework is online, and isn't too bad. Lectures were pretty entertaining, and offered extra credit if you went when not a lot of other people did. Overall great professor, would take again!!!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very nice professor, fun stories, his research is pretty cool. Lectures are all over the place. Good thing is no exams, only homeworks, but the homeoworks are very difficult. He is a bit egotistical and assumes we understand what he talks about.