Reviews of professor Barry Dyck

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Barry gives no course outline and no assignment on the first day. yeah sounds awesome until he starts giving assignments that are assigned one day and due the next. He does not care at all about you if you do not believe in the same things he does. This course is a total mess. I hope I never see Barry again. Awful hire U of M.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I have never taken a class with a prof who put less effort into the class. Workload is light, but expectations are so unclear that you will spend just as long figuring out what he wants. Responds obtusely to any question about how you will be assessed. Repetitively preaches his own educational philosophy, strawmanning other views in bad faith.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worst. Prof. Ever. No assignments, no course schedule, no assigned readings -sounds great, but it was a hot mess. Answers questions with more questions. Incredibly rude, disrespectful and hypocritical. Blames students for not learning rather than take responsibility for his poor "lessons." Used our class as an "experiment". Avoid if you can!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Barry's a 5 for some, a 1 for many. *Gently* pushes back and critiques ideas he disagrees with, because he doesn't believe in treating his students like undergrads. If you've never had a Prof give you a counter argument before, it can feel rough. But he does it to expand thinking. Never mean. But can be very disorganized. GO IN WITH OPEN MIND