Reviews of professor Douglas Norton

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a chill grader and was very helpful with questions during office hours. He assigns two papers that you must pass to get through this class. If you're a good writer, you're set. Do the little assignments and read the readings, and you'll get through this class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
ECO4554. Really nice guy and you can tell he cares, but the class is a ridiculous amount of work for the elective credit it is. Be ready for an impossible amount of reading and lecture videos on top of the lectures, which are more important than the lectures themselves. If you miss one day of videos, be prepared to feel super lost.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took calc in high school and felt this was an easy review course, although if you haven't taken calc before it's probably very confusing. He will teach the entire class - take notes and pay attention! Always do the homework and go to his office hours. Test dates are super flexible (class vote) and some can be take-home. He likes to joke around.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's very clear as to what he expects from students and I appreciated that. The professor was also very responsive to the needs of the class and adjusted the course accordingly. Overall, he's a fantastic professor that made the topic very palatable. Highly recommend!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took him for micro, so I was super excited when i found out he was teaching the UDW req this semester. The exams were honestly pretty difficult- even though the final was open note, I think class avg was a D. But hes SUPER helpful with the papers, which is what you take a UDW for. A really nice guy, and he cares about helping you learn.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Math was my favoite subject before taking this class. His lectures are mindnumingly boring and very hard to follow. If students asked questions he would constantly make mistakes and then give up on the problem halfway through. His tests are very hard but he curves generously. Would not reccommend!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Norton is such a sweet and kind guy. He was very supportive if you were confused in class. However, I really didn't click with his teaching style. I never took calc in high school so this class was very confusing to me because he sped through a lot. His tests can be either take home or in class (class decision) and almost no homework.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Norton was one of the most enjoyable professors I have had at FSU. He makes it clear attendance isn't mandatory but helps a lot to pass. The lectures were interesting, the tests were straight forwards and he does very helpful review sessions. He is a really hard grader on essays. I usually do good but I struggled both times. Great prof!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Doug is a great guy, but the class is so disorganized.