Reviews of professor Colin Smith

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's very nice but extremely intellectual. Very difficult readings and slow at grading. Not very straight forward, but willing to explain. Very shy and struggles for students to understand his train of thought. He is flexible with assignment dates though and very friendly.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very hard grader on simple assignments especially for intro level class. Takes forever to return assignments with feedback. Midterm was a good representation of what you should know, but papers are complex.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I'm sure he's a nice man outside of class, but one of the worst professors I've ever had. He'll assign readings, but then in class, he'll ramble on for so long you don't even get to them. He comes across as condescending (a shared opinion, not just mine). However, his grading is clear - make sure you read the guidelines and get your stuff done.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Amazing professor! His lectures are awesome. He teaches at a high level but his method makes it easy to follow him. You can tell he puts a lot of effort into the content and flow of his slides. He never speaks down to students and always welcomes questions. Hes very light hearted yet very intelligent. Would take every class with him if I could!!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Colin wants everyone to pass, can lecture too much in the beginning about the information and not enough about where everything is in the lab but he is just starting out. Very fair grader and will tell you everything he is going to be looking for way in advance before he receives the assignments to grade. Very flexible and understanding as well.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He literally doesn't teach. Honestly don't even bother with lectures just read the textbook.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I am a current Soc/Anthro major and I am dreading another class with him. We never have scheduled discussions and he has said racist/sexist things in class. He also never shows up to class on time. Your grade will suffer if he doesn't like you.

Grade: in-class participation (10%), two exams (20% each), a final (35%), and a short paper (15%).

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof Smith's class was very straightforward. Though he wasn't always the best at explaining complex topics, he had these incredible notes slides that he taught off of that contained everything you need to know for HWs/tests. HWs can be challenging, definitely make use of office hours. Would prob only recommend if you've taken AP Chemistry though.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Colin is very timid and awkward- much harder of a grader than I expected

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Smith is a really nice guy who is very knowledgeable and experienced in his field. I enjoyed his class and found him to be a good prof!