Reviews of professor Jasper Verschoor

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not many assigned workload, but better do some extra reading for your own good and get better participation. Yes, Participation matters. And exams weigh a lot, but the exam is like an assignment, not a test. You'll find his lectures interesting, and better be prepared and pay attention for each lecture.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a great guy. Lectures are interesting, I enjoyed his perspective. Assigns essays instead of exams, these don't have a clear grading rubric and he will take points of for unclear reason with no feedback. Sometimes complains about being a com coll prof which felt degrading. Doesn't acknowledge good work or good students, dont expect validation.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Attend his lectures otherwise you'll have a hard time with the tests. His lecture slides are nowhere helpful, he talks slow and says uhms a lot. He has a term sheet but to quote "Don't even bother googling it since the information provided online is different than what I teach". I've had my fair share of teachers, he's one of the worst.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
A lot of readings but you get used to the work given and it becomes easier. The lectures were boring but also  important because the information he gives in it are going to be in the exams. Grading felt very fair and always gave feedback on assignments. Was a pleasant class just do the work on time and make sure to understand the source material.