Reviews of professor Avram Primack

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He really is a caring professor. His quizzes are graded tough (ex. on a question worth 5 points he might give you 4.7; its hard to get full points), HOWEVER if you go talk to him in office hours he will happily go over and adjust your score if you talk to him about your answer or ask him to explain why he graded something a particular way.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Definitely laid back on most things, and simply shows you the steps you need to take to complete a task. There's a lack of clarity and professionalism at times. Grading and feedback are confusing and he can start rambling in lectures about things no one seems to know about.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's super interesting. Lectures seem like he's just rambling and I'm not sure if I really learned anything. He says he takes attendance but he doesn't really notice if you're not there. There are group projects and small assignments that he doesn't really give instructions/rubric for, and an end of year poster project. Overall it's ok.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Primack was incredibly accommodating to all his students. The material is challenging at first as most students do not have GIS experience. However, Professor Primack holds daily office hours and is always happy to help students.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Primack is a funny and talkative dude. He made me laugh numerous of time over random stuff. However, I don't think I learned one thing in the class. He's not actually teaching but more just talking about stuff he knows. For example this isn't a fact based class but more his interpretation on conservation bio. Easy A class but didn't learn

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Never take anything with this professor. His homework assignments take 5 hours and his lectures are useless. You have to teach yourself everything.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Primack was a lot of fun and not too hard. Most information was pretty basic knowledge and he was easily accessible outside of class. Talk with him, meet during office hours, and you have a wonderful resource for recommendation letters.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Nice guy but really needs to step up his game. Class is easy to the point where you can't focus on learning. Often goes off track. Very slow grader with very arbitrary attendance policies and test formats. Get another professor that you will learn from.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The worst professor I have ever had at IU. Doesn't know how to use canvas and mis-grades things. Berates students during class. Showed our grades and went through them in front of everyone. Gives assignments that are harder than things we have to do in the real world. Do not take any classes with this man.