Reviews of professor Nathaniel Laywine

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very passionate about the topic. Only reason attendance is mandatory is because you get marks from attending. Textbook is a must if you want to do good on the quizzes. Very friendly and understanding too. Had one of my in class assignments disappear on me and he helped me find it and let me send it to his email cause it wouldn't show up on D2L.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Nathaniel was so nice and the lecture content was really interesting and easy to get through. The tests were straightforward but the essay was a little complicated and broad. The readings were long but I got by with just watching the lecture and then skimming readings for the information from the lecture. He answers emails pretty quick.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Honestly his lectures are boring and dense. He takes up  3 hours with no breaks and his powerpoints are vague. His exam for a 2nd year class was way harder than it needed to be obviously showing he's not there in the best interest of his students. He was also rude to students at times during lecture. This was his first class at york and it shows.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Friendly prof, but I recommend taking another prof. His midterm and final are based heavily on the readings in the textbook, less on his slides. There is attendance taken for ten marks, but in 10 random classes, so be ready to show up to all classes.