Reviews of professor Steven Hoffman

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I am in the class rn & I was so excited to LEARN about SW but this is a waste of time. Attendance is mandatory but lectures are awful. He jokes for 40 mins & then gives a lot of busy work "to teach yourself." If you want an easy class to sit through and do blind assignments (that take 3 hours a week) take it, but if you want to learn about SW don't

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof Hoffman was nice I just don't think he knew his material.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Super easy class. He literally said on the first day that everyone can have an A if they want. Weekly readings with a writeup (half the time I didn't even read the chapter), 2 short papers, one group project. I spent maybe 1.5 hours a week on this class. Lectures were sometimes boring but overall I got the feel for the profession.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Class discussions were a delight. Brother hoffman is new to BYU but he is definitely a positive addition to the faculty. I learned tons and the workload was managable

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Literally so easy. You had to show up, but you definitely didnt have to pay attention. There were a few papers, some group presentations, some individual (two minute max) presentations, 20 hours of volunteer work, and the best part? No tests. He wants you to get what you want out of the course as you explore social work. I loved this class so much.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Hoffman is super chill. It almost got to the point where it was a bit TOO chill in class, and there was a lot of busy work. I don't know how much I learned about the field of social work, but we did learn a lot about being a good person I guess you could say. Also, you have to be in class. And the final is a group project. EASY class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
SUPER EASY CLASS. You only have 1 class period a week, not 2. 2-3 short assignments every week. Lectures are relatively engaging, but pretty basic (hardcore INTRO class). Brother Hoffman himself is super funny, sincere, and caring. Only had positive experiences with him.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class didn't teach us about social work. He assigns GC talks each week and asks you to write papers on them. When people ask him questions in class, he literally says, "I don't know. That's for you to figure out." His lectures are also boring since he doesn't know his material well. If I could go back in time, I wouldn't take this class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Easy A, be prepared to read so many confrence talks it almost felt like a relgion class. Had a mid semester eval and many students said they would like readings more aligned with social work (this is a social work class) but he said he would not change because confrence has the best lessons for social workers. TA was also very hard to work with.