Reviews of professor Tom Springer

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Definitely take this class online but it is still a ton of work. You have about 10 chapters of homework including inquizitives and a 100+ question test on lockdown browser every week. There are a few writing assignments which were difficult because he is really passionate about music and expects you to respond accordingly.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
The online class was not bad at all. He was very nice about technology malfunctions.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
By far the worst professor I have ever had. It is easy, but there were probably over 300 assignments. It is all busy work that is automatically graded that he doesn't look at. You have at least 3 hours worth of work every week that an elementary student could do. Genuinely do not take this class whatever you do.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
20+ assignments per week. All his assignments were automatically graded by the computer, so he quite literally did nothing. Lazy, boring, Mind-numbing work. Take this in person. He is a graduate student who has let the power get to his head.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Class was easy but way too much work and kinda misses the point of music appreciation in many ways; a few mandatory concert attendances is fine but overall this was more of a history class with a little basic music theory than anything that helps expose you to music and better appreciate it. Overall, just a lot of work but if you do it, free A.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class required a lot of repetitive quizzes and assignments that were mind-numbing to complete. Exams did consist mostly of questions from previous quizzes and most of the answers were available online. Springer was very good at communicating but other than that, he didn't do much that contributed to the class itself.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
the most unreasonable teacher I have ever had. If you even want to call him a teacher, there are  20+ assignments a week with 5 tests. so unwilling to work with his students DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
~200 assignments of the same, mind-numbing multiple choice quizzes is beyond ridiculous for an elective. If you respect yourself and your time, stay clear of this class and this professor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
5 exams, ~200 assignments, concerts, essays. The frequency and volume of work was so horrendous that i dropped halfway thru the class. I oftentimes spent more time working on this class than my 15 other credits combined. If you have no experience with reading music and/ or already have an intensive workload, then avoid his class like the plague

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I have no problem with Springer, just his class. Every two weeks, there were literally 60 assignments due and a 120-question quiz. The material is not necessarily difficult it's just ridiculously too much. I always did assignments the day off and did fine, just be prepared to block out 3 hours to finish all of it. Not too bad but avoid if u can