Reviews of professor Zane Mackin

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not take a course with this professor. He goes off on tangents for weeks focusing on a specific material and then will take his frustration and anger out that the class is behind on everyone else even though it his own doing. I do not recommend taking a class with this professor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The worst teacher Ive ever met at TUJ. I just want to warn students considering to take his class. He grades by few things. No laptop or online services allowed. Paper only. Unhelpful lecture.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His lectures are interesting and engaging given the material. Not too many or too difficult assignments. All of the tests and quizzes gave you the option to write about a passage we had discussed in class, so as long as you pay attention to the lectures, you'll probably be fine. He was very lenient with due dates, pushed a lot of stuff back for us.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
For sure a super passionate professor! One of the most fun professors I have ever had. Quite frankly, I do not think he is very strict either. Everyone puts away their electronical devices (for the most part) as per his request, but what does that really matter? 

He is engaging and overall just a cool dude!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I had trouble understanding the course material at first, but I was able to improve after I reached out to him during office hours. He was extremely helpful and suggested multiple ways to help me study better. Although the class is definitely reading intensive, reaching out allows you to get a better understanding of the readings.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
By far the worst teacher I've ever had. He was incredibly rude in each class, assigned textbooks that were not available in the library because he changes the editions every year (the librarians even complained about him to me), and he grades primarily on quizzes (20 mins to answer 5 essay questions about extremely specific things). Horrible.