Reviews of professor Paul Kochmanski

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Overall a very interesting class, I felt like I learned a lot. Tests are not that bad, as long as you read the textbook. The textbook is actually interesting and not boring or hard to read. He does grade on participation. As long as you attend every class, you can still get a decent participation/attendance grade without even participating.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
he's a funny guy and all, but be prepared for a lot of work. his lectures are basically copy-pasted from the textbook word-for-word. hw grading feels inconsistent at best. the class only has two tests, but they basically make or break your grade and there isn't a lot of extra credit.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Kochmanski is a very bad communicator. He will be unorganized and not provide class notes when appropriate. He also will not respond to students for weeks when emailed. Hes not accommodating when students need help. If you have a question? Good luck

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is literally one of the worst professors I have ever had. This man doesn't even know how to properly print an exam or teach a class. You ask a question and he doesn't know the answer and makes you figure it out or uses your notes to create an answer. His exams are over 80 questions with essay questions and my class period is 80 minutes long.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Paul Kochmanski ruined my semester I have never experienced a class that has offended me more. He refuses to give A's on anything. He single handedly picked on my insecurities this semester. About 25% of the time i left this class holding back tears.  when you email him he makes sure to share every personal details he can for the whole class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
There was a good deal of reading & homework required for lecture. If you are organized and proactive you should be fine. I thought at times he made few mistakes where he acknowledged & credited us for his mistake. It was a very interesting course, where you really didn't need lectures to learn the material and ace the course.