Reviews of professor Alexander Smolyar

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
A ton of work. Material is mostly boring, discussions from his experience were really the highlights of the class. Covered a number of subjects in much more detail than the book! Very accessible, responsive. More feedback would be helpful. Would definitely take again.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a good professor and very respectful. I thought I was going to fail at the beginning but a big part of the final grade comes from the connect homework.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Midterm covers 8 chtps and has 50MCQ to be finished 1 hr, Final covers 6 chtps and has 75MCQ to be finished in 2 hrs. 5 weekly team case study( 8-10 pages) for first half semester. 5 diagrams finished in a week, a term project "borrowed" from University of Michigan ask to be finished in two weeks with no guideline and help. Talk him if you want :)

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
AVOID at ALL COSTS! This professor teaches a computer info systems class but doesn'tknow how to use Excel or Access himself. He assigns last minute Excel and Access projects, but will thwart any questions students have when they need help. His tests are riduclously hard, which he admits and take pride in, and will ruin your GPA.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great Professor. Lots of work (which he warns you about) but, if you have to take this class, he is the one to take it with! Lots of real world experience, and no nonsense, he tells you like it is. Highly recommend (if you are willing to do the work).

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very unorganized; doesn't follow the syllabus, no grading rubrics, no class plan. Requires (4) 'case study presentations', where each case study will take up two class periods to present. (Meaning he doesn't even teach) He reads directly off the slides with no real world input. The drop date is in one week and we only have 10% of the coursework.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Super knowledgable/experienced and made the class fun, though the subject is pretty boring. A lot of work, which he warned about. Must study for the tests AND do the assigned work, if you're paying attention is very straight forward. Very fair. One of the better professors out there!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Please avoid taking this professor he cannot teach he just reads over the slides his reviews for the tests are a complete joke his tests are hard and are 50 multiple choice questions each! The final is 75 multiple choice questions he is not helpful at doesnt respond to emails makes the class harder than it is TAKE A DIFFERENT PROFESSOR!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This is BY FAR the worst class I've ever taken all because of the "Professor". He clearly does not want to teach, and does not know how to teach. He just reads off slides. He gives out unreasonable amount of works and never return them back(10 pages case study per week). No grading policy, no idea what is going on in class. Avoid him at all cost!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
so bad. avoid at all cost