Reviews of professor Michael Ritter

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
He's really really nice. However his lectures are absolutely dreadful, they are the most boring thing I have ever witnessed in my life. Perhaps would be better as an online class?

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a great professor that is very knowledgeable and passionate about the topics he teaches. This is my third class that I have had with Ritter over the past few years and I really enjoy how kind and understanding of a professor he is. Only complaint is how long grading takes sometimes, although as long as you show up and try you'll do well.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I think Dr. Ritter is a great professor, he may not be the best for beginners like I've seen in other reviews, but for 300-400 level classes, they're pretty good. He's not a great emailer, but the class is pretty straight forward and balanced, and pretty easy for a 400-level class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Michael Ritter is awesome. He is super kind and he always seems happy to be teaching. He cares about his students learning the course material but he also wants his students to succeed. As long as you complete the assignments, you will do well in this course. He's so nice.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is impossible to get ahold of, only responds to one thing in an entire email, promises extra credit for certain things but NEVER puts the extra credit into your grade. Never follows through on what he says he'll do/help you with. The term paper is vague and worth a huge portion of the grade. The attendance is 15% of the grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Ritter tends to lecture a lot (maybe not the most exciting prof.), but he seems to care if you get it. The reading load is not too much for an intro. college-level course (20-30 pages per week), and he gives good feedback on papers/exam questions. Very accessible outside of class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I hardly ever attended lecture, but I did not like this class. I learned everything on my own. Class was half synchronous and half asynchronous. He primarily reads off the lecture slides and one hour lectures felt so long. I didn't get much feedback on my assignments. He responds fairly quickly to emails and helps you locate material on Blackboard

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Fairly easy class, as long as you pay attention and keep up with readings it is not bad. Lectures can be boring though.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
3 tests and 1 term paper is your entire grade. Would say he was going to curve grades, but then didn't. Also, still to this day (the following semester) I don't know how my grade became what it was because he didn't post all of the grades on Blackboard. All I know is I got a C in this class even though I am knowledgable on the subject.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Ritter is a really nice guy, but I do not recommend this class. Relies too much on slides and will talk your head off. To pass this class you need to read the book which is overly boring, just going to class and taking notes is not enough. Do not take this class, save yourself.