Reviews of professor James Martin

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Overall a fun guy to have class with. Often gets off topic talking about his past music experience, but they are interesting stories. Take basic notes over the important info, read the textbook out of class, and the class is pretty easy.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Super nice and tries to be relatable but goes on so many unrelated tangents while lecturing and runs out of time. Sends out study guides less than a week before the tests. The listening notebook is tedious but okay if you keep up with it weekly. The department recently started making listening tests which are difficult.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Just know that if you take his class online, you will get a "Welcome to my class" and never hear from him again until grades are due. This online class is the definition of self-taught. I'm sure he's a great teacher, but he didn't teach me anything.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Very nice guy, cracks a lot of good jokes. Only complaint is that he barely ever answers emails. I emailed him in February and sent a followup in April. It was May before I asked him in class why he never responded to emails. He told me to resend it and he would be sure to respond. I did and he didn't.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
James Martin is genuinely my favorite professor I have ever had. I'm a science major, and had to take two of his music classes in order to get my gen eds out of the way. His are the easiest, and the most fun to be part of. He is very interactive, speaks clearly, and is easy to understand. Attend class and do your listening guides, and you'll pass.