Reviews of professor Nathan Brouwer

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Do not take Brouwer's class. He has 200+ slides in his decks, 90% of which is completely nonsensical and repeated. 20-25 Canvas assignments per week and you never know which ones count for credit. Grades are virtually ALL exams with no drops, a lot of which is just based on random things he says in lecture. Take LITERALLY any other professor!!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DO NOT TAKE HIM! Tests are overall worth over 85% of your final grade and the questions either don't make sense or do not have a correct answer even though he claims the questions came from previous years. The only nice thing is that the final exam is broken into 4 parts and can replace the first 3 exams if you do better. Wasn't worth the stress.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lectures are very disorganzied and slideshows were normally 150-200 slides long. Exams weren't too difficult, however there would be random questions on topics he barely covered in lecture. Lots of practice problems available on canvas, but they were usually easier than exam questions. He is a funny guy who knows what he's talking about.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Run now! The test accounts for high overall grade and the questions are very difficult. He has so many weired assigment. His PPT is very disorganized, so I suggest you read through the textbook first, then review the PPT. I took one exam 90+ and the rest of the exams were around 85 before I got an A, but god knows how much time was put into that.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He's so unorganized. Everyday he has a lecture with 200+ slides. Lmk why I am being tested more on geography than biology? Tests were difficult and he almost always made a mistake on them and silently would write a note on the projector like "this word should actually be this word on problem 7" which also almost always would change the answer.AVOID

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is very disorganized has multiple quizzes which are worth just one point but it becomes very hard to keep track of them. Tests were very hard, only good thing is that you get another attempt at them during the final. Has 300+ slides per lec and does not go over content properly in class. Questions on the test are weirdly worded. DO NOT TAKE!!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
You guys bullied the poor man out of Pitt. He was great to have in class and was always available for help in office hours. Not hard to do well.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He was very nice guy. I personally did not do well with the fill in the blank portions on his test and he had them on the final as well. His grading system is kinda strange and all over the place with a lot of two question quizzes due.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Most people here that hate on him also got As. Yes his lectures are 200+ slides BUT HALF OF THEM ARE PICTURES! I would recomend you study for the exam at least 3 days in advance so you are not cramming everything last minute. Final replaces exam grades, I got a 71 on my second exam and got a 102 on the final. Ended the class with a 101.23!