Reviews of professor Richard Lauer

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
A very nice and caring professor. The PowerPoints are a little complicating to study , but if you take your time the exams arent bad. He gives many extra credit opportunities that allow you to easily bump your grade up. The material is a little dry but Lauer makes it as interesting as he can.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Just teach yourself. Reads verbatim from the power point. Doesn't show up to review sessions. TA did review sessions and couldn't answer questions (it was cringe-worthy.) Sloppy powerpoints full of WAY too much information. You're left trying to figure out what you should actually learn. They throw spaghetti at you and see what sticks. Awful.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Do NOT take this course if you have not taken anatomy & physiology I and II. I recommend taking this AFTER you have taken A&P I & II, biomechanics, and exercise physiology. It will be completely fine if you have taken these. Professor just reads powerpoints and plays corny videos that are not helpful whatsoever. Do not get text book.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
You can tell he would be a nice guy in real life but he is not the best teacher (he's decent). He reads off the power point. There are labs. Test and quizzes. The quizzes are all online. The test are very very hard. He'll help you if you go to office hours. I gave him a four because even though I fail the test I think I'll still get a B.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His exams and lectures just seemed too different from each other. Even if I studied an entire day, and right before the exam, and used the slides DURING THE EXAM, I still couldn't get an A. Had him during the transition of online classes for COVID and he just didn't do a good job at it. Locked exams so you can't study off your mistakes for final.