Reviews of professor Michael Walker

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
We spent half the semester watching a documentary. I didn't learn anything new and feel the class was a complete waste of time and money.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Walker leads entertaining lectures (sometimes feels like standup...), which are the main sources of your course and content information, other than some assigned readings. You can skip the readings, but using them as evidence in the five 3-page papers is recommended. Overall a very chill class with not much workload.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Walker is one of the best professors at UMN! He engages students in meaningful conversation and is really interesting to listen to. The class consists of 5 essays each worth 20 points and extra credit opportunities, so it easy to gauge how you are doing in the class. I think that class really makes you think, and I cannot recommend it enough.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
His lectures were super entertaining and funny. The class was graded on 5, two page, double spaced essays and multiple extra credit opportunities. He gives a lot of optional scientific papers to read, but you can pass just fine without them.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Walker wants you to succeed. The only grades were 3 essays and the final. His prompts are not meant to confuse you, you have all the resources. Lots of readings but all the key information he covers in his lectures. He's very engaging and tries to simplify the information for you. The final was super straightforward too.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
You will not regret taking this any class with Dr. Walker. He cares about his students which is rare. Lectures are engaging and insightful which made class fun. Do the reading and sight it in your papers! Overall an amazing professor. Definitely learned a lot!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Walker was by far my favorite professor this semester. I actually looked forward to coming to class and listening to lectures. He made the content so engaging and personable, and I loved listening to his hilarious personal stories. The only grades in the class were 5 essays, with a few extra credit opportunities. No hw, just readings.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Absolutely hilarious and caring professor. You're only graded on 4 papers and a 20 point final; this is the only class where I wished lectures were longer. Fantastic course thanks to him and the intriguing content he included in it. Recommend it 100% to everyone.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's amazing. Try to go to all the lectures because he randomly assigns extra credit. I noticed that he assigns it on the first day of class and the days that we watch movies/documentaries so make sure you go to those. Total of 5 essays. This semester it was 3 essays and 2 quizzes due to corona. The class is amazing too & he's hilarious.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I really enjoyed this class and Walker as a professor. In terms of the class it wasn't too difficult and he did a good job at explaining everything and would put the slides up with additional notes on canvas.