Reviews of professor Fred Martin

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Fred really cares, but he can't explain things very well. In this class, you need to learn a lot, and Fred doesn't do a great job of covering all the material. Individually learning the material is a must to be successful in later courses.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He can not give a lecture without talking about racquetball. He simply does not know how to work out a problem or he just assumes everyone knows and skips problems without showing anyone. He is a nice guy but can not give a good lecture like his counter-part. Also on top of the workload for EF157 this just does not help anyone.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Coming out of the course, I lacked many basic circuit skills. I realized I needed these for my degree and learned them after the course, which the book was helpful for. The class was an easy A, but it didn't really teach or test the knowledge effectively for such an essential course. He can be more interested in being liked than teaching material.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Martin is a great professor! I recommend him to anyone! I really enjoyed ECE-301 with him. He is always accessible outside of class, and I felt like I learned the material well from the assignments. He really cares about his students and cares about teaching the material well.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Super super easy but he doesnt teach at all so you have to figure out how to use an arduino on ur own

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Said Tuesday lecture was optional at the beginning but no one was showing up so he got upset and made it mandatory. Threatened pop quizzes if class attendance was low. Lectures are terrible because he rambles about nothing. The circuits we have to make are easy to look up. Doesn't respond to emails. Group project at end easy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Martin is very passionate about his field. His lectures provided not only information regarding the basics of circuit building, but also information that is beneficial for students looking to enter the corporate job force. The class provided a lot of flexibility in choosing a project, and he was quick to respond to emails with clear feedback.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I had Professor Martin for Circuits 2 in the Fall of 2019 and he was a very nice and knowledgeable professor. He always took time to help me whenever I came to his office and he would respond back to emails regularly. I enjoyed his class but as in any class you must put the work in to do well. Overall, Professor Martin is a great guy and professor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Fred Martin is, on a good day, a bad lecturer. He is very unfamiliar with the course material. He does not work out problems in class. He instead works them out beforehand and can't explain how he did it because he forgets. He gets distracted easily and will spend half a class period talking about racquetball. Nice guy, but incompetent at best.