Reviews of professor Walter Carlson

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is a tough grader who takes forever to grade assignments. He also does not give extra credit so if you miss one simple assignment your grade drops so much. Lectures are rushed giving students not enough time to take notes. Horrible!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Immature. Favors students. So much lab work. Him and Ms. Lee are the worse duo. He does not care if you fail..... red flag.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Walter Carlson is by far the best professor I have ever had. He makes his class fun and enjoyable. The test were not bad at all so long as you study and go to review sessions. Most labs are pretty fun as well. He gives you all the tools to succeed in his class of you do not listen that is on you.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Because he had a family emergency in the first few weeks, we started later than the actual start date of the late class. . There was rarely weekly homework or studying. The only things you had to give time for was book reports and presentations. There was not a quiz or an exam even though he said there would be in the syllabus

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Carlson is a great lecturer, but his tests could be challenging. His primary method of teaching his students is giving lectures with slides. He also provides extra information, not on the slides that would be tested later on, so be sure to take notes. Attendance is not mandatory, but credits are given for in-class assignments.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Rushed lectures no time to write, no extra credit, tests are short response, matching terms to multiple definitions, I find it absurd in terms of memorization, it drops your grade massively on tests, gives zero guidance on what is an effective method to prep for the test as slides have very little correlation to tests, has incorrect info on slides.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
 I took BIO106 with professor Carlson and he's by the far the best professor I've had for my science courses at Ohlone. Although it's a difficult class that requires you to put in the effort as well as being attentive/attending all labs, it's doable and a great course. His lectures are fun and he is always open to helping outside of class!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His tests are not the easiest but the fun class makes up for it. You won't be able to pass this class by BS'ing but the professor makes it fun to learn. I'd recommend attending the review sessions and studying before tests with other classmates because it makes all the difference for getting a good grade. Don't be afraid to ask him questions.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Cares about students. Grade is mostly based on 2 midterms, final, presentation, and labs. Classes were live, online lectures 4 days a week for summer. It went fast. Tests were open book but constructed such that you'd never have time to look up all the answers. Some didn't study & failed. Treated high school (& younger) students with respect.