Reviews of professor Nicholas Akdag

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
A very quiet but amazing teacher. His lectures are very clear, so you know what he's talking about.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
If you love music, take this class. The online summer course went by fast, but it was fun. Each week had a couple discussions, lectures and quizzes. He will give you a heads up while he is lecturing on important topics. Quizzes are short but some questions need to be answered in a paragraph. Very easy if you take good notes and a great professor.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Akdag is very enthusiastic about the subject and happy to teach students. Lectures contain a lot of information and are posted on canvas which can be used to take quizzes. Your grade depends on a midterm, final, concert report, and mainly the quizzes. If you take good notes and attend class, you won't struggle with these other assignments

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Akdag is the definition of easy-going. Ear training quizes every other week, but he replayed all the questions, gave extra credit for practicing the day before, & was always encouraging. You're graded based on progress shown. Akdag showed inspirational videos on musicianship & we talked about motivation a lot. Super relaxed & funny too.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Assignment instructions where clear and expectations for each were the same.  This made it more enjoyable to read, view, and listen to assignments, so that I could address task expectations and prepare for quizzes.  Expect to spend some time in this class, however he made it so that I wanted to learn more about the music and people.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Awesome lectures. Easy finals

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you love rock music, this will be your favorite class ever taken at VC! I took it online & I enjoyed watching Prof Akdag's lectures. His enthusiasm when talking about the bands & the history really shows. The 4-week class has daily lecture, quiz, & discussion. The final project was creative, I had fun writing it!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Akdag is amazing, he is really knowledgeable and gives amazing lectures! Super nice and funny, he knows how to make a lecture fun. I would definitely take another class from him! The discussion posts and tests were really easy if you paid attention. It's a really fun class if you are interested in learning more about rock and roll!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor has a way to teach music. I took this class hesitantly and immediately fell in love with it. It has been by far my favorite class. He gives weekly quizzes, a midterm, in which you have to select a song and talk about it for 3 minutes online, and a final that consists of a 4-page paper on an album that resonates with you. Overall, easy A.