Reviews of professor Alec Linde

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The Professor doesnt tell you specifically what he wants in assignments, but then grades you for things he doesnt tell you to include. Response time to emails is bad, and gives improper feedback. Always points out the negative in students work never the positive, and many put downs. I dont recommend this professor to anyone.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I'm not much of a review writer regarding anything so hopefully that'll add some weight to this. I would simply avoid this professor. His class is busy work with very little guidance. The lectures are poorly executed by a TA (I think) and the material barely equips you for the arduous homework/busy work.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Class was a bit strange at times - points taken off for things not stated on the rubric, professor states he will take off points for using Wikipedia as a source, despite using it himself in one of the readings. Otherwise, he seems interested in the subject material and a good grade can be obtained with enough effort, but not recommended.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Discussion boards every week, papers almost every week, homework quizzes every week. He isn't so bad but he's more of a moderator for the online class. Just busy work to get a grade. The class is okay and interesting, he used videos produced by another instructor at ASU and that guy was cool. Wish I took him instead.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Taken Spring 2020 during pandemic to fill SB/G req. Class uses Yellowdig discussion posts: don't forget about them or your grade will suffer. Grading requirements aren't very clear for weekly assignments, expect to lose some points if you're not super detailed. Extra credit assignment can earn you 5%.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I never write reviews on here. This was easily one of the most pointless classes i have taken. The lecture literally have no substance, are factually incorrect, and the grading is completely unfair. I had to write 4 papers, 2 tests, approximately 20 discussion boards, and I promise you will never get an A on any assignment - even if you do the work

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I ignored the reviews here because challenges are good and getting out of my comfort zone is good. Please don't do it. God. I've never been in such a time consuming online class. It's obvious the teacher didn't build the course, is stand-offish, and has so many extreme assignments and they are all out of THREE points. Average grade  2/3  66% !!!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This is possibly the worst teacher I've had at ASU. His online course is insanely hard. I have barely learned anything too, it is just all busy work. Very harsh grader as well. He also does not like to help you when you email him, basically just talks down to you. Unless class and waste of time in my opinion.