Reviews of professor Michael French

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
French is a classic. one of the most understanding professors I've ever had. French works with his classes and takes his students seriously and treats his students with respect.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. French is one of the better professors I have had at Grinnell. He explains things very clearly and covers the material in depth in class. He also really cares about his students and is always willing to meet with students outside of office hours. Exams were challenging, but not impossible to do well on if you put the work in.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
It's very obvious this teacher doesn't care about his class so why should the students? As someone who cares about politics taking his government class felt like something I would have taken in freshman year high school. Extremely surface level and taught poorly. Laziest professor I've ever had, and believe me that's saying a lot.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
French is awesome!! He is easy to work with, do your part you'll get your grade. Yet you actually have to try. The assignments are not hard so the quicker you get them done the less work on your end. He is accessible outside of class and he's a very caring person. Also extremely funny.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I believe that Micheal French is a great professor. When I first started at the University of New Haven in the summer of 2021, I was taking this online course. French's brightening attitude toward the class made college less daunting and helped me feel like I belonged here. Even teaching online classes he made an effort to make class interactive!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof French is the most chill prof I've ever had. He is always willing to help students outside of office hours, and taking his labs were really fun! His lectures are also well organized, so you will have good notes to study for exams. His tests aren't easy (it's def not an easy A class), but very reasonable, so if you study hard it'll be fine :))

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Best class I've taken at U. New Haven by far. The class content was super interesting and Prof. French made it super fun to learn. I enjoyed going to class. I would take another class of his in a heartbeat. I didn't even realize I was learning.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Wonderful professor and makes class extremely interesting.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. French's lectures are pretty plain and boring but easy. His quizzes are quite interesting to take (and not very out of the box); his grading on quizzes is not very harsh but lab writeup is kind of harsh, so talk to him before handing in your writeup. Take his course if you are interested in proteins and ubiquitin. Otherwise, please don't.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I really enjoyed this class! Professor French was very engaging and really understood the topics we were discussing. He applied what was read in the book to the lectures (even if some of the the book content was a little dry). He also provided a fun/safe environment for students to have discussion/debate on ethical topics. Highly recommend!