Reviews of professor Nikolas Sparks

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Sparks seems to care a lot about his students. Its plain and evident in the way he prepares questions for lessons and his class structure. he is a friendly and intelligent guy willing to help every student.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Sparks is a teacher that really cares about what his students have to think and say. His class mostly consists of reading analysis and large papers, both of which focus on the ideas that students have. He offers a lot of free choice and help if you every need it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Interesting and engaging course. A great mix of art, music, film, literature, and theory. The professor asks a lot of you, but there are never any expectations other than students engage the materials and one another thoughtfully & respectfully. Gave a ton of feedback on my final paper, addressing both the content and the writing.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
choose him and you won't regret

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Def need to do the reading for the lectures. Prof encourages a lot of participation and the classes are very discussion heavy. Graded on 2 take home exams (short answer and essay) and 2 forum posts. Prof grades a little tough on exams. Taking notes during class will help for the exams. Overall very nice, helpful, and understanding prof.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Sparks is a wonderful teacher, he makes everyone comfortable in class and is lenient about assignments. His class is very participation based but if he asks a question and no one raises their hand he will rephrase the question or move on and not call on people/pressure anyone to answer which is something I think more professors need to do

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Had him for online class this year. I would say he is a solid pick, and there isnt much HW. When it comes to grading, its not hard to get a A- as long as you work for it, do course work and take exams. However, getting an A is extremely difficult because Prof sparks assigns A only if your grade is above 95%! So I would say its easy A-, hard A

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
A great guy who genuinely respects all of his students and tries to be as transparent as possible. Assigns some easy and interesting readings. Hates bureaucracy, so he refuses to take attendance, and he gives everyone a 100% on the "midterm" and "final" exams. Still fresh out of grad school so his class can be rough if people don't participate.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great teacher, would def try to take him if you can.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Sparks adapted his class to be taken online really well, and was always caring and understanding of everyone's needs. He puts a lot of effort into analysing the texts we read as preparation, and has a clear grading criteria that didn't overwhelm anyone. As long as you submit everything on time and pay attention, you'll really like this class.