Reviews of professor Michael Strating

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Strating is one of my favourite profs at the U. Super engaging, encouraged a lot of discussions in class that were interesting versus just talking at us. Willing to accommodate and help out students with the papers! He responds to emails quickly and is really approachable. If you have the opportunity, take his class!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Just be sure to read the textbook and attend the lectures if you are able to. He repeats a lot of the material from the textbook, but also adds in extra parts that may be included on the exam. I took his summer course and there was a reasonable amount of work given. His sarcastic comments may not be understood by all, but I thought he was funny.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He took himself and his class way too seriously, very smug and above all, BORING. His grading criteria was very unclear -- due to the fact that he wanted a low class average (made this very clear to students) in case the averages were too high on exams. When I met with the GA she said she couldn't bump my mark bc HE didn't want a high average.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He seemed okay at first but he got progressively worse as the semester progressed. He was pretty passive aggressive and seemed annoyed that the class did so well on the first midterm. His lectures were incredibly dry... He had the textbook memorized and was so monotone. I would probably avoid his class in the future.