Reviews of professor Michael Laws

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Laws is a cool guy, and he makes himself available through office hours. However, this class was by far the most difficult class I've taken. So much homework and it was hard at that, and then the tests were also difficult. He does give out partial credit though and he's a nice person. Please use his office hours and he will help you!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This professor is a nightmare. He gets angry if you don't take notes, gives graded homework
 before we've covered the material leaving no room to actually understand it. His tests barely have questions so 70% of what you learn is not covered during exams.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you know what's good for you and If you want a nice life, just don't take this professor.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Laws knows what he's talking about, but its HARD FOR HIM TO COVEY THAT TO STUDENTS. Not recommended if you're not good at math. Lots of hw on ALEKS like any math course, group assignments once a week. Go to class or fall behind. Tests are worth A LOT. No extra credit. Not a good communicator, but he is trying to make a better effort.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
No test makeups. Graded inclass homework BEFORE were finish the module of the week. "Prerequisite review" on ALEKS that gives UNRELATED COURSE TOPICS  as more work. Randomly makes the "optional" study guides a grade even tho the first one wasn't. REMOVES the explanation button on the ALEKS Study guide. (How else am I supposed to study?)

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
It was an unnecessarily difficult learning environment.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very unhelpful. So much homework every week. Tests are so hard and very few questions that are each weighted heavy. Studied for hours each week in the SMART center and still barely passed the class. Just does practice problems all class everyday. Do not recommend at all. Half our class dropped and the other half barely passed or failed

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
not a good teacher, very difficult to follow is lectures, we basically had to teach ourselves through aleks which was then made impossible when he removed the explanation button.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I had Professor Laws for precalc and calc 1 and loved him. He definitly cares about every student and wants you to excel. His grading is tough and lectures can be hard to follow if you're behind. Pop quizzes in class a lot that you do with a group. He drops a few grades at end of semester. There is lots of homework though, GO TO OFFICE HOURS!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Assigns a lot of homework.  First, the problems on the homework are way harder than the problems that he goes over in class. Second, there is some material on the homework that hasn't been covered in class.  He removed the explanation button off of the ALEKS study guides which makes it very difficult to study for the tests.  ALEKS is a nightmare.